Lights, camera, summer camp! Theater camps are a great way to get your little star ready for Broadway! Whether it’s singing, dancing, acting, or all three, these camps offer a fantastic combination of intensive training and fun improv games for all ages. Plus, end-of-camp showcases are among the cutest things to witness!The 14th Street Y is teaming up with programming partners Amas Musical Theatre, MCC Theater, and the Red Fern Theatre Company to create a Teen Theater Summer Institute. From July 7-18, students entering grades 6-12 can learn from musical theater, acting, and theater for social justice experts. Classes will include physical theater, script analysis, and training for high school theater auditions. The program will conclude with a student performance in their Off Broadway Theater for family and friends. 14streety.org/teens
Kids and teens in the Atlantic Acting School theater groups spend their summer putting together a performance project or play. The Summer Youth Arts Program (ages 5-8) teaches youngsters to form their own theater company, participate in acting classes, creative writing, music, and art. In the Young Creators Workshop (ages 9-11), children create costumes and sets, perform shows, and learn how to prepare monologues and scene work. For the older students, the Summer Young Actors Workshop allows students to work on short film development, improv, and scene study. atlanticactingschool.org
For ten weeks over the summer, Camp Applause gives children entering Kindergarten through grade 11 a chance to hone their skills and get in touch with their theatrical side. Taught by professional actors, Camp Applause offers classes such as singing, acting, dance, costume and set design, improv, as well as theater games and appearances by Broadway stars. applauseny.com
Campers ages 5 – 18 at the Christian Youth Theater Camp play improv games and learn about what it takes to put on a musical theater show. Campers get to show off their talent at the end of the week in a high-energy showcase featuring selections from classic and current Broadway shows. cytnyc.org
Marymount Summer is a five-week-long day camp offering programs for children 3.5 to 14 years old. Going on 20 years of summer fun, the camp offers different camps for different ages. Young Explorers Camp is offered to children in first grade, Cabaret to those entering Kindergarten and first grade, World Cultures Camp for 3.5–5-year-olds, Drama Camp and Science and Technology Camp for children in grades 2-7, Innovation Design and Media Camp for the seventh through ninth graders, a new Sports Camp for those in third through sixth, and afternoon programs for children 7-14. marymountsummer.org
The New Victory Theater offers three kids’ weeks during the summer: Comedy Kids, Theater Kids, and Circus Kids. From July 14-18, the Comedy Kids will explore improv, clowning, and prop and physical comedy. The Theater week, which takes place July 21-25, will allow kids to explore all different aspects of theater. from acting to puppetry. During the week of July 28, the Circus Kids will learn clowning, juggling, dance, and more! All kids’ weeks are for ages 7-11. newvictory.org
Camps hosted by TADA! Youth Theater focus on musical theater skills and play building for kids ages 4-14. Taught by two teaching artists, the programs also cover associated themes such as theater games, comedic improv, and dramatic play. Children can master cool dance moves, sing their hearts out, create original musicals, learn Broadway and Off-Broadway numbers, and produce their own shows all in preparation for showing off their hard work to family and friends at the very end of camp. tadatheater.com
High school students at the Waterwell Summer Theater Lab will engage in a one-week intensive workshop focusing on theater and musical theater. Teachers are “master educators and working professionals” who will make this experience unforgettable. Two-week sessions are also available. waterwell.org
