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| Barb Martin | ... | Herself - Camp director | |
| Carl Samuelson | ... | Himself - camp founder | |
| Robert Wright | ... | Himself - camper | |
| Latasha Wright | ... | Herself - Robert's mother | |
| Maddy Weinstein | ... | Herself - camper | |
| Jacqueline Weinstein | ... | Herself - Maddy's mother | |
| Alan Weinstein | ... | Himself - Maddy's father | |
| Doug Quinn | ... | Himself - acting teacher | |
| Randi Kleiner | ... | Herself - camper | |
| Ellen Kleiner | ... | Herself - Randi's mother | |
| Jeff Murphy | ... | Himself - Our Time Cabaret director | |
| Nicole Doring | ... | Herself | |
| Roxane Sigona | ... | Herself - Nicole's mother | |
| Taylor Rabow | ... | Himself | |
| Fred Rabow | ... | Himself - Taylor's father | |
| Susan Barker | ... | Herself - Taylor's mother | |
| Konnie Kittrell | ... | Herself - director | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Skylar Astin | ... | Himself | |
| Ian Joseph | ... | Himself | |
| Kat Pogo | ... | Herself | |
Directed by | |||
| Alexandra Shiva | |||
Produced by | |||
| Jason Blum | .... | executive producer | |
| Penelope Falk | .... | co-producer | |
| Alexandra Shiva | .... | producer | |
| Lily Thorne | .... | associate producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Daniel B. Gold | |||
| Wolfgang Held | |||
| Martina Radwan | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Penelope Falk | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Brad Bergbom | .... | sound | |
| David Corcoran | .... | sound recordist | |
| David Ellinwood | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Josh Isaac | .... | additional sound recordist (as Joshua Isaac) | |
| Brian Miksis | .... | sound | |
| Tony Volante | .... | re-recording mixer | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Andy Goldman | .... | graphic design | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Andy Hanna | .... | assistant editor | |
| Chris Mole | .... | on-line editor | |
| Ira Schweitzer | .... | colorist: high definition | |
Music Department | |||
| Steven Anderson | .... | music coordinator | |
| Linda Cohen | .... | music supervisor | |
Other crew | |||
| Victoria S. Cook | .... | legal counsel | |
| Kerthy Fix | .... | transcriber | |
| Andy Goldman | .... | title designer | |
| Anne Stulz | .... | publicist (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Iddo Arad | .... | thanks | |
| Samantha Baraf | .... | thanks | |
| Matthew Bauman | .... | thanks | |
| Etai Benshlomo | .... | thanks | |
| Katie Berman | .... | thanks | |
| Joshua Blum | .... | thanks | |
| Tina Chai | .... | thanks | |
| Daisy Chaplin | .... | thanks | |
| Sandy Chaplin | .... | thanks | |
| Bradley Chema | .... | thanks | |
| Alison Corke | .... | thanks | |
| Jeremy Dawson | .... | thanks | |
| Emma Demar | .... | thanks | |
| David Falk | .... | thanks | |
| Aaron Gelbman | .... | thanks | |
| Leigh Gerber | .... | thanks | |
| Todd Graff | .... | thanks | |
| Bill Graves | .... | thanks | |
| Gordon Greenberg | .... | thanks | |
| Diane Halling | .... | thanks (as Diane Needham) | |
| Kalen Hariouk | .... | thanks | |
| Max Hausman | .... | thanks | |
| Miles Jacoby | .... | thanks | |
| Ian Joseph | .... | thanks | |
| Harvey Kleiner | .... | thanks | |
| Paul Kloss | .... | thanks | |
| Amy Lederman | .... | thanks | |
| Sean MacDonald | .... | thanks | |
| Jonathan Marc Marc | .... | thanks | |
| Carolyn McNight | .... | thanks | |
| Nicole Milbrod | .... | thanks | |
| David Moellenkamp | .... | thanks | |
| Adam Moreno | .... | special thanks | |
| Brian Muller | .... | thanks | |
| Larry Nye | .... | thanks | |
| Doug O'Connor | .... | thanks | |
| Harold Prince | .... | thanks | |
| Judy Prince | .... | thanks | |
| David Quinn | .... | thanks | |
| David Quinn | .... | thanks | |
| Cindy Samen | .... | thanks | |
| Jonathan Samen | .... | thanks | |
| Carl Samuelson | .... | in memory of | |
| Deborah Samuelson | .... | thanks | |
| Elsie Samuelson | .... | in memory of | |
| Lithe Sebesta | .... | thanks | |
| Toby Shimin | .... | thanks | |
| Gil Shiva | .... | thanks | |
| Shana Vaccaro | .... | thanks | |
| Jeff Ward | .... | thanks | |
| Debra Waxman | .... | thanks | |
| Jessica Waxman | .... | thanks | |
| Kathleen Whysner | .... | thanks | |
| Gavin Wiesen | .... | thanks | |
| Brittany Zaken | .... | thanks | |
| Hillary Zipperstein | .... | thanks | |
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"Stagedoor" is a documentary about Stagedoor Manor, a camp in the Catskills for young people who love to perform or want to make show business a career.
These kids are all ages, from middle school to teens; many of them feel like misfits in their schools, lots of them have ADD, about 70% (according to one of the administrators) of the boys are gay. The documentary focuses on five kids and takes us through auditions, acting class, dress rehearsal, and performance -- at the end of the camp, there are 12 productions, plus the 40 most talented go to two hotels and do a cabaret show.
It was certainly interesting, but too much was crammed into 1 hour and 19 minutes. While the documentary focused on five kids, it was pretty scattered in parts, and frankly, if they hadn't told us they were focusing on these people, I wouldn't have known it.
Also interesting was some insight into the home lives -- the mother who didn't want her boy in Newark during the hot summer, the parents who were pretty sure their daughter didn't have any talent but let her go because she loved it, the young girl with the autistic brother, all fascinating glimpses into what brings a child into concentrating on heightened imagination.
I would have loved to have seen more of the actual performing or auditions. There was a lot of footage of kids standing around talking and hugging. And some of it was just high school stuff - the cabaret clique, the forbidden kissing game, a stern lecture from one of the administrators.
It's always nice to see young people and their great energy and ambitions before the outside world gets hold of them. And it's great to know there's a place for them to exercise their talent.