The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are excited and proud to announce our Assistant Stage Manager for our 2019 Production, Sidney Mejia.

Sidney Mejia is a junior at North Arlington High School where she is the treasurer of her class, a basketball cheerleader, color guard member, and Stage Manager of the drama club. Sidney has been part of the drama club since 6th grade and has experience in both props and stage management. She has participated in over 10 productions including CSF’s 2018 musical “Shrek”. Off the stage, Sidney enjoys baking and listening to show tunes . She looks forward to studying political science and film in college. This summer, Sidney is over joyed to be returning to CSF as Assistant Stage Manager and is excited to be supporting such an incredible cause!

Our 2019 Production will be James and the Giant Peach! 🍑

Shows will be August 1, 2, 3, 9, & 10 at Bloomfield High School.

Information on auditions will be released next week!

#SawyerJaneAndTheGiantPeach

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are proud and excited to announce our Orchestra Director, Allan Daleus.

A Bloomfield Native, Allan Daleus is a sophomore music education major at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He studies his primary instruments, clarinet and bass clarinet, under Professor KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle and plays in the MSU Symphonic and Campus Bands, the MSU Wind Symphony, and the MSU Clarinet Choir. Allan is currently the Vice President of MSU’s National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate Chapter. Recently, he began his work at the John J. Cali School of Music Extension Division where he teaches theory and clarinet lessons. Outside of the music school, Allan is still very involved in his craft by arranging, conducting, and providing private instrumental and theory lessons in communities around New Jersey. Previously, Allan was the Music Director for Bloomfield High School’s Spring Productions from 2015-2017 where his responsibilities included arranging/composing the music and putting together, rehearsing, and conducting the pit orchestra. He also founded and served as the Bloomfield Middle School Wind Ensemble’s conductor from 2016-2018. As a freelancing musician, Allan has played shows such as Once Upon A Mattress, All Shook Up, Seussical, The Pajama Game, Legally Blonde, The Wiz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, and others.

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are excited and proud to announce our Music Director for our 2019 Production, Tom Russo.

Tom Russo is happy to be back, along side accompanist Leigh Weinman, for his 5th summer with The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players. Tom has assistant musically directed and musically directed the past 4 shows for Talent Time which include, Legally Blonde, Footloose, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Shrek. He loves coming back year after year to help raise money for a person in need. He would like to thank the Executive Board, Matt and Courtney, and Gabbyi for giving him the opportunity to MD again this summer. He is excited to be working alongside such talented and dedicated people to raise money for Sawyer Jane.

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are proud and excited to announce our Co-Directors for our 2019 Production, Courtney McManus and Matt Vaccaro!

Courtney McManus is a 6th grade English teacher in Rutherford, and a current student in the M.A. Theatre Studies program at Montclair State. She has directed and choreographed multiple musicals in the Rutherford school district, including most recently Mamma Mia! at RHS. She studied Irish step dancing with the Ardmore Academy, and has dabbled in other forms of dance such as hip hop and ballroom. She is excited to be working with CSF this summer to raise money for such a wonderful cause.

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are proud and excited to announce our Producer for our 2019 Production, Gabriella Ramirez.

Gabriella Ramirez is a current student at Georgian Court University as a Digital Communications Major, with a Concentration in Digital Journalism and a Minor in Women Studies. Her experience in the performing arts includes performing and directing in dramas and musical theatre at both the college and high school level, including the most recent Green Day’s American Idiot as Whatsername at the University of Delaware. As a student, she works towards her dreams of producing children television shows. She is very excited and honored to accept her first role as a producer, especially with The Charles Seller Foundation.

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are in search of our Production team for 2019!

Each summer our members, who are in their mid-teens to early thirties, produce and perform a musical in which all profits benefit a family in the Bloomfield area who is burdened with high medical bills. Our work is both a rewarding and educational experience that allows our performers to not only grow professionally, but also fosters lifelong relationships.

We are actively searching for Directors, Choreographers, Musical Directors, Technical Directors, and Stage Managers who want to throw their hats into the ring to be a part of this amazing foundation this summer. All positions are open for lead and assistant roles. Time commitment for all positions will be from the end of May to early August.

The Charles Seller Foundation is thrilled to announce that our 2019 Beneficiary is Sawyer Jane Barrow of Bloomfield, NJ!

Sawyer is a 9-month-old who was born with a Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation, or VGAM. VGAM affects the large veins that returns blood from the brain to the heart. Sawyer’s VGAM was diagnosed in-utero via an ultrasound, and was deemed very serious. She was born at 35 weeks and spent the first month of her life in the NICU at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has since been treated at Boston Children’s Hospital, and is currently stable.