About Us

The Staff

Director, Pit Band Coordinator, Vocal Coach - Jean Immler

Choreographer - Joy Wagner

Michael Del Rossi (Founder & Artistic Director) — Michael is the founder and director of the Broadway Bound Players. He continues to improve the quality of theater in South Jersey and hopes to someday expand the group into a full-fledged, community theater. Michael is a graduate of Rowan University and is a social studies teacher in Medford, N.J.

History

In the spring of 2002, Rowan University student Michael Del Rossi had an idea: to form a summer theater group for young adults in Gloucester County, N.J. Growing up as a theater buff, he had noticed a decline in the number of these programs in South Jersey — and an increase in their prices.

When he approached the local townships to ask for funding to start the Broadway Bound Players, he received an enthusiastic response. He also secured permission for the group to use the high school's auditorium.

The fledgling troupe signed up its first members in June 2002. After just over a month of rehearsals, the Players put on a highly praised production of "The Pajama Game." "Anything Goes" followed in 2003 and "Once Upon a Mattress" was staged last season. This year, the show goes on with "Footloose."

Every year, the BBP accepts applications from youths aged 13 to 21 for another start-to-finish summer theater production.  [Click here to register.]