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SUM24 Playhouse Players: Frankencrayon

$175

with Jenna Darsee

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

Grades 2-3 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The crayons are ready to tell the thrilling tale of Frankencrayon. The roles are cast, but then disaster strikes. Someone has scribbled on the page! Horrifying! The story can’t go on! Learn the basics of story dramatization and creative problem-solving while rehearsing the play.

Full Course

SUM24 Playhouse Players: The Name of This Book is Secret

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

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Based on the books by Pseudononymous Bosch. Join Cass and Max-Ernest on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange circumstances, with the adventures and villains they encounter along the way. Not only is the name of this book secret, the story inside is, too. A. Big. Secret.

Full Course

SUM24 A to Z Mysteries: Detective Camp

$175

with Allison Koch

Calendar Jul 8, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3 · 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, July 8-12 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Welcome to summer camp for detectives, with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose! Spend a week following clues and learning about the science of crime solving. Figure out your part of the puzzle-is something suspicious? Act out the story and discover the clues!

Full Course

SUM24 Fortunately, The Milk

$285

with Rusk Dorsett

Calendar Jul 8, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 7-9 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 8-12 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

"That's not something you see every day. And then something odd happened."Find out just how odd things can get in this hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal by Neil Gaiman, complete with alien abduction and dinosaurs.

Will run

SUM24 Spy School

$285

with Tali Eisenstadt

Calendar Jul 8, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 8-12 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so! Unfortunately Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. He’s shocked to discover that his school is actually a junior CIA academy. Could the CIA really want him?

Full Course

SUM24 Tales from the Coop

$175

with Anna Zimney

Calendar Jul 8, 2024 at 1:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Kindergarten 2024-Grade 1 · 1:30-3:30 PM, July 8-12 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Who knew chickens had so many stories to tell? We’ll retell fairy tales with Interrupting Chicken, reimagine them with Chicken Big, and go on an epic adventure with a hero who happens to be a chicken in Gladys the Magic Chicken.

Will run

SUM24 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer

$285

with Allison Koontz

Calendar Jul 15, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 15-19 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

School hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close his building, he’s not too upset about it, until he realizes this means he’s going to be sent to a different school than his best friend. Can he save their school? Find out!

Full Course

SUM24 Performance Academy: Broadway Stars

$300

with Sarah Schaefer

Calendar Jul 15, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Performance Academy: Broadway Stars

Grades 5-8 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 15-19 · $290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

We aren't quite ready to announce this title yet, but it's a brand new musical kids' adaptation of a popular animated movie. We'll be able to announce soon!

Full Course




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