Rock The Ages Red Carpet Movie Premiere

Rock The Ages Red Carpet Movie Premiere

By Krystle J Bailey

You won’t want to miss the red carpet movie premiere of If Life Were A Musical: Rock The Ages. This mini Hollywood production was written and produced by Kevin McCafferty, a local Egg Harbor Township middle school media teacher.

Each summer, Kevin leads a group of children ages 10-18 years old through learning scripts, rehearsals, on location filming, student editing, and ultimately a premier of their work. Kevin went to school for theatre at Temple University and spent several years working Off Broadway in NYC. After returning to South Jersey, he received his teaching degree from Stockton University and began teaching at Alder Avenue Middle School in EHT. Soon after, Kevin merged his love of teaching with his love of film and theatre with a yearly summer camp for the youth.

What started as a small acting class at Cygnus Creative Arts Centre has evolved to become a full production with 28 students participating in this year’s camp. He now has former middle school students working alongside of him including choreographer, Jessica Rosenthal and editor, Al Ziegler.

This year’s story focuses on friendship, inclusion, and acceptance including special needs students in the cast. There is a music video feature as a part of the film including 10 adults from the Arc of Atlantic County, the leading provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The members of Arc were invited in and taught choreography as they recorded their “We’re Not Gonna Take It” music video.

“This experience has been rewarding in many ways. I have been able to bond with cast members of various ages. I get to teach them classic rock songs and even perform alongside of them in our opening number,” says program director Kevin McCafferty.

The camp participants are building character skills as well as film, acting, and editing while they spent several weeks with Kevin McCafferty at Cygnus.

Come out and support their red carpet feature film on August 17th and 17th at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center. The event is open to the public and tickets are $5. Doors open at 6:30pm with a live performance by the cast after the film. Facebook event with up to date information can be found by searching Rock the Ages Red Carpet Movie Premiere.