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Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe (& Juliet, Waitress), who is originally from Visalia, is offering a very special masterclass through the TCOE Theatre Company and Tulare County Theatre Boosters.
April 29, 2025 at the TCOE Planetarium and Science Center (11535 Ave. 264 in Visalia)
Check-in begins at 7:15 p.m. The 80-minute masterclass begins at 7:30 p.m.
Open to 25 students in grades 7th-12th and will include a group warm-up and group photo.
$10 fee. Scholarships are available, email bethany.rader@tcoe.org for information.
A lucky 8 students will be selected at random to work directly with Betsy for the main portion of the masterclass. The remaining participants will watch and learn from the others.
For those lucky 8 students, 32 bars of music will need to be approved by Bethany and Charlotte by April 22, 2025.
An additional 5 slots will be open to performing arts college students and arts educators to audit the masterclass at $50 each.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Betsy Wolfe will soon be starring in the highly anticipated upcoming musical JOY in New York City this summer. She most recently wrapped her acclaimed tenure with the hit musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway, where her performance was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Previously, Wolfe starred as Jenna Hunterson, the title role in the Tony nominated musical Waitress, Cordelia in the Broadway revival of Falsettos, and her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. She starred in the holiday film Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist, the indie film First One In, and had a guest starring role on the CBS series Instinct. Other Broadway credits include Ellen in Bullets Over Broadway, Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 110 in the Shade, and Everyday Rapture. Wolfe made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Die Fledermaus. She has been a guest artist for over 60 symphony, pops, and philharmonic orchestras around the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The New York Pops, and the BBC Orchestra. Wolfe received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in musical theatre from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She founded BroadwayEvolved, a groundbreaking musical theatre training program for students currently in its seventh year.
Betsy is originally from Visalia and graduated from Golden West High School.