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SUM24 10 Minute Plays

$285

with Allison Crain

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 7-9 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 17-21 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Performers serious about exploring the art of acting are assigned roles in short plays and monologues to emphasize working in a professional environment. Beginners are challenged with learning lines and blocking. Advanced actors can delve in to the emotional life of the character and gain a finer understanding of how to manipulate stage space. Be ready to give it your all!

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SUM24 Performance Academy: Alice in Wonderland Grades 4-6

$285

with Kim Van Haecke

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 17-21 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Audition, rehearse, and perform in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Go down the rabbit hole with Alice, attend an "unbirthday" party, and drink tea with the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Enrollment guarantees a part in the play. 

Full Course

SUM24 Lands of Wonder Grades K-1

$175

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 9:30 am, runs for 1 week

Kindergarten 2024-Grade 1 · 9:30-11:30 AM, June 17-21 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The rabbit hole took Alice to Wonderland, the twister took Dorothy to Oz, and the wardrobe took the Pevensie children to Narnia. Each day we’ll enter and explore a different magical world in which nothing happens as we expect it. We’ll even create our own magical world and characters that live in it!

Full Course

SUM24 Lands of Wonder Grades 2-3

$175

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3 · 1:00-4:00 PM, June 17-21 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The rabbit hole took Alice to Wonderland, the twister took Dorothy to Oz, and the wardrobe took the Pevensie children to Narnia. Each day we’ll enter and explore a different magical world in which nothing happens as we expect it. We’ll even create our own magical world and characters that live in it!

Full Course

SUM24 Performance Academy: Alice in Wonderland Grades 6-8

$285

with Sarah Schaefer

Calendar Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 6-8 · 9:00 AM -4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Audition, rehearse, and perform in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Go down the rabbit hole with Alice, attend an "unbirthday" party, and drink tea with the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Enrollment guarantees a part in the play.

Full Course

SUM24 Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

$285

with Molly Thorsen

Calendar Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Red is not afraid of anything, even the big bad wolf. But when her granny falls ill, fearless Red is forced to confront her one weakness-magic. With the help of a blond, porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red goes on a quest to cure Granny. Audition for roles, learn your lines, practice your blocking, and get ready to take the stage!

Full Course

SUM24 Toy Stories

$175

with Allison Koch

Calendar Jun 24, 2024 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3 · 1:00-4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Imagine the inner lives of toys and act out their stories using books such as Toys Go Out and The Velveteen Rabbit and others as inspiration. What would your toys say if they could talk? Let’s find out!

Full Course

SUM24 Audition Workshop

$175
Calendar Jul 1, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 5-8, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The 2024-25 Season will be announced soon, and includes great titles with roles for young people. Work with Playhouse directors to get the experience necessary to be comfortable and successful in auditions. Participation in the course does not guarantee a role but will acquaint students with scenes from the shows, available roles and audition procedures used at The Playhouse. We’ll also learn how to navigate a dance audition and how to pick an audition song.

*Due to the unique structure of this camp, there will not be a parent sharing at the end of the class session.

Full Course




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