Editor's note: Marisa Malanga is a North Caldwell resident who will be a sophomore at West Essex Regional High School. She is participating in the Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory at Montclair State University. The five-week program culminates this weekend with the New Voices: Pure Imagination Concert at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Classes were over and this past week we were focusing on the technical aspects for this weekend's big concert. Everything became more stressful and the final touches were being placed on musical numbers. This was the most hectic time in the …

Editor's note: Marisa Malanga is a North Caldwell resident who will be a sophomore at West Essex Regional High School. She is participating in the Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory at Montclair State University. The five-week program culminates with the New Voices: Pure Imagination Concert on July 30 and 31 at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Here's the second in a series of Malanga's experience at the conservatory: Every teacher in the conservatory wants the student to tell a story whether it be through song, dance or acting scene. If someone is auditioning for a show, that…

Editor's note: Marisa Malanga is a North Caldwell resident who will be a sophomore at West Essex Regional High School. She is participating in the Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory at Montclair State University. The five-week program culminates with the New Voices: Pure Imagination Concert on July 30 and 31 at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Here's the first in a series of Malanga's experience at the conservatory: This summer I am blessed to be a part of the Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory at Montclair State University. The conservatory is an …