Come and have a roaring good time at our Summer Stars Camp this summer at The Playhouse! We offer a variety of classes that give children a chance to play, learn, and express themselves using the theater arts.
Follow the links below for camp and class descriptions, and a registration form:
Summer Stars: Destination Imagination
Ages 4-5
July 11-15, 2011
Monday-Friday, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Cost: $120/student
Take a trip of a lifetime! Go anywhere in the world, and to any point in time. We'll use the power of your imagination to take an amazing journey, developing your vocal, physical, and ensemble skills along the way.
Summer Stars Performing Arts Camp
Ages 6-8, 9-11, 12-15
July 18-30, 2011
Monday-Friday, 9:00am-3:15pm
Performance at 10:30am, July 30
Be a star this summer and come to our Summer Stars at Sunset Camp. Each class meets Monday through Friday for two weeks. Take one, two, three, or four classes to fill your summer days between 9:00am-3:15pm. There will be a performance on the morning of Saturday, July 31 followed by a camp BBQ potluck, so mark your calendars! Specific performance schedule will be determined after registration closes. Minimum for each class is 6; max is 15, so register now! All campers will receive a camp t-shirt and a permanent smile on their face.
| One Class | $100 |
| Two Classes | $200 |
| Three Classes | $280 (Bring a lunch each day!) |
| All Four Classes | $360 (Bring a lunch each day!) |
| 9:00-10:15 | 10:30-11:45 | 12:30-1:45 | 2:00-3:15 | |
| Ages 6-8 | Once Upon A Time | Destination Imagination |
Musical Theatre | Creative Drama |
| Ages 9-11 | Make a Scene | Action! Act! | Incredible Improv | Musical Theatre |
| Ages 12-15 | Musical Theatre | Make a Scene | Comedy Sketch | Incredible Improv |
Summer Stars Performance Camp: The Secret Garden
Ages: Completed Grades K-6
August 1-6, 2011
Monday-Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm (Saturday Performance)
Cost: $250/student
Star in our own adaption of The Secret Garden. Camp participants will learn about auditioning and then audition for our play (everyone is cast). Next, participants will hone their acting skills and have a lot of fun rehearsing the production. Participants will also have the opportunity to design and build costumes, props and set pieces. Finally, we will perform our production of The Secret Garden on Saturday afternoon.
Summer Camp Class Descriptions
Action! Act!
Students will develop ideas for their own commercials, creating their own original product to sell. Using only the kids' ideas, the instructor will put their work into a commercial script. Students will then perform their commercials live.
Comedy Sketch Writing
Work out your comic timing and lose yourself laughing! This course will teach you to develop and write comedic sketches. Theatre games, improvisation and a variety of writing exercises will allow students to explore the role of the writer in theatre. The class will culminate in a presentation of a staged reading of each student's sketch.
Creative Dramatics
Children's poetry and folk tales will serve as the basis of this energetic acting class. Through the use of creativity, improvisation, dialogue, and movement exercises, young actors will learn how to bring the written page to life on stage. Each exciting class will build confidence as students learn acting basics.
Destination Imagination
Take a trip of a lifetime!Go anywhere in the world, and to any point in time. We'll use the power of your imagination to take an amazing journey, developing your vocal, physical, and ensemble skills along the way.
Incredible Improv
This class is designed to build confidence and foster creative thinking through the art of improvisation. Theatre games and exercises will be used to help encourage each student's creative and listening skills
Make a Scene
This fun format introduces students to warm-ups, stage direction, theatre etiquette, character analysis, scene work and more. Students will work as an ensemble to perform a scene from a play.
Musical Theatre
Have you always wanted to tour on Broadway? Learn basic jazz technique so you can sing and dance to your favorite Broadway tunes! Students will learn songs and choreography to popular Broadway musicals.
Once Upon A Time
This class is designed to ignite the playwright and actors in us all. Students will create their own characters and then rehearse an original skit complete will dialogue, costumes, and props to perform for family and friends.
Please fill out the class registration form and send it to:
Sunset Playhouse School for The Arts, P.O. Box 2, Elm Grove, WI 53122
Questions? Contact Education Director Erika Navin at (262) 782-4431, x305 or enavin@sunsetplayhouse.com
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