ACT, SING, DANCE, and CREATE in our Playhouse on the Square's Summer Camps and Theatre Intensives.
Discounts and After Care (AC) available. Sessions are capped at 50% capacity and all students must follow COVID Protocols.
NEW SUMMER OFFERINGS!
POTS KIDS (Rising K-2nd Grade)
Story Drama: If You Give a Mouse a….
Dates: July 5-9 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-2:00pm + AC Tuition: $250 Spots: 15
Mice, pigs, and moose—oh my! Allow your young artist’s imagination to run free as they explore the building blocks of live theatre. Students will attend classes learning music, movement, and storytelling while they work with professional teaching artists to construct their own short play using skills and crafts created in class. Find out what happens when you give a mouse a cookie, give a pig a pancake, give a moose a muffin, and give your kid a summer of theatre. Since these animals are here to stay, join us as we explore story, movement, and characterization through these classic books by Laura Numeroff. Showcase Performance: Fri July 9 @1:30pm
Story Drama: Where the Wild Things Are
Dates: July 12-16 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-2:00pm + AC Tuition: $250 Spots: 15
Stamp, stomp, and growl! Join Max, a naughty, mischievous, and unruly kid, who drives his mother wild! One day, a mysterious jungle appears in his bedroom… a jungle full of Wild Things. Allow your young artist’s imagination to run wild as they explore the building blocks of live theater. Students will attend classes while exploring music, movement, and storytelling while they work with professional teaching artists to create their own short play using skills and crafts created in class. Explore this award-winning book by Maurice Sendak as we delve into story, characterization, and teamwork while discovering when it’s ok to let out our wild side. Showcase Performance: Fri July 16 @1:30pm
POTS JR. (Rising 3rd-6th Grade)
Jr Conservatory: Rock the Summer!
Dates: June 7-18 (2-weeks) Time: 9:00am-3:00pm + AC Tuition: $400 Spots: 30
We Will Rock You! Get ready to make some noise as students explode onto the stage with some of your favorite rock stars and musical numbers. This camp will focus on selling a song through acting and voice, finding the characters you have inside, and is a great introduction to musical theatre performance that will improve your confidence on stage. Using rock hits, students will develop a series of scenes around songs and dances that will have you rockin’ through the summer. Grab your best air guitars and come jam with us!
This is a two-week program with daily classes in acting, dance, and voice. The program focuses on creative acting skills and reinforces the discipline of body, voice, and imagination. Classes will blend theatrical technique with the various creative themes of each session. In addition, students will create original short plays based on the skills and theme of the session. Showcase Performance: Fri June 18 @2:00pm
Jr Conservatory: Frozen in Summer!
Dates: June 21-July 2 (2-weeks) Time: 9:00am-3:00pm + AC Tuition: $400 Spots: 30
Head “Into the Unknown” as we explore Arendelle through the characters, songs, and stories from the Frozen films and its origin story, The Snow Queen. Make friends with reindeer, magical snowmen, trolls, and more as we create all new adventures using the characters we already know and love. “Let It Go” and cool off from the summer heat as we get “Lost in the Woods” while performing on the stage.
This is a two-week program with daily classes in acting, dance, and voice. The program focuses on creative acting skills and reinforces the discipline of body, voice, and imagination. Classes will blend theatrical technique with the various creative themes of each session. In addition, students will create original short plays based on the skills and theme of the session. Showcase Performance: Fri July 2 @2:00pm
Production Camp: Willy Wonka KIDS
Dates: July 19-23 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-4:00pm + AC Tuition: $275 Spots: 25
Get ready for a delicious adventure! Adapted from the classic Roald Dahl novel, Willy Wonka KIDS follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. The contestants must learn to follow Mr. Wonka's rules in the factory — or suffer the consequences! This camp is a one-week immersion in performing in a musical production that will take you from auditions to your opening performance.
Production camps are an opportunity for students to study, rehearse and perform a scripted musical! These camps will focus on the performer with minimal costumes and scenery. Get ready to work on character development, rehearsal etiquette, and the production process. This camp will allow you to continue your theatrical training while becoming more confident as you learn about the process of performing in live theatre! Performance: Fri July 23 @3:00pm
Production Camp: Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDS
Dates: July 26-30 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-4:00pm + AC Tuition: $275 Spots: 25
Roar with the dinosaurs! Adapted from the hit book series of the same name, Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDS follows Jack and Annie who discover a tree house full of books while exploring one afternoon. When Jack wishes he could see a real dinosaur, they are swept away only to discover they have been transported back to the time of the dinosaurs. Jack and Annie have a harrowing adventure, befriending some dinosaurs along the way as they try to make their way back home. This camp is a one-week immersion in performing in a musical production that will take you from auditions to your opening performance.
Production camps are an opportunity for students to study, rehearse and perform a scripted musical! These camps will focus on the performer with minimal costumes and scenery. Get ready to work on character development, rehearsal etiquette, and the production process. This camp will allow you to continue your theatrical training while becoming more confident as you learn about the process of performing in live theatre! Performance: Fri July 30 @3:00pm
POTS SR. (Rising 7th-12th Grade)
Sr Conservatory: Design & Tech Intensive
Dates: June 7-18 (2-weeks) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Tuition: $500 Spots: 32
Technical theatre and design is the backbone of each theatrical production. Work with Playhouse on the Square’s designers and guest artists as you learn the skills needed to be a theatrical designer and technician. In this two-week intensive, students will create their own design concepts of a production and will attend workshops in design, stage management, production development, and more which culminates in a Tech Olympics and Open House display of designs. In addition students will learn the basics of costume sewing, sound design, set construction, and other elements of technical theatre.
Parents/Guardians will need to sign an additional waiver to approve their studentusing/interacting with tools and equipment. Design Open House: Fri June 18 @5:00pm-6:00pm.
Sr Conservatory: Acting Intensive
Dates: June 21-July 2 (2-weeks) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Tuition: $500 Spots: 32
Acting is about discipline, rigor, and imagination. Work with professional actors and directors in a series of classes created to focus, grow, and strengthen your acting skills. In this two-week intensive, students will attend classes that focus on scene acting, monologue writing, movement, improvisation, text analysis, audition techniques and more. Work on your characterization, backstory, delivery, stage presence and more. In addition to the core acting classes, students will attend scene workshops where they will work on writing original scenes to put their acting skills to the test. Showcase Performance: Fri July 2 @3:30pm
Sr. Conservatory: Musical Theatre Intensive
Dates: July 5-16 (2-weeks) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Tuition: $500 Spots: 32
Musical theatre challenges the performer to tell stories through acting, singing, and dancing. In this two-week intensive students, will attend classes in jazz/musical theatre dance, tap, lyrical/ballet, vocal technique, writing for the stage, choreography, and more. Work on your dance technique, vocal endurance, and characterization as you learn a variety of classic and contemporary musical performances. Classes will have a beginner’s and intermediate/advanced track to help us meet each student at their level for best artistic growth. Showcase Performance: Fri July 16 @3:30pm
Sr Conservatory: One-Act Intensive (Rising 9th-12th Grade & Pre-College)
Dates: A: July 19-23 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Tuition: $250 Spots: 30
B: July 26-30 (1-week) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Tuition: $250 Spots: 30
From brainstorming to performance in under a week. In this summer intensive, students will learn how to collectively develop a one-act production in five days. Instructors will guide students through development, writing, rehearsal, and performance of an original short play that is collaboratively written by the students themselves. Students will also attend daily seminars in writing, movement, improvisation, text analysis, directing, teamwork and more. This session is a great immersion into working as a writing ensemble and creating an original production. Put your acting and writing skills to the test in this rapid fire intensive. Showcase Performance: Fri July 23 & 30 @3:30pm