3rd – 5th Grade Summer Camps
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Playmakers Camp Entering 3rd-5th Grade
Put your amazing ideas into action! Playmakers students are both playwrights and actors. In this one week acting camp, students will learn acting skills and terminology. Then, they’ll use these skills to write an original play as a group, create characters, write dialogue, and show off their skills in a final performance. Young actors will have a blast in this creative acting camp!
Daily Activities
- Ensemble building and play creation activities based on the weekly theme
- Acting games, creating props, script writing and rehearsing scenes
- Practicing stage skills during rehearsal process
Skills Developed
- Theatrical skills: character creation, ensemble, improvisation and performance
- Life skills: following directions, teamwork, confidence and risk taking
- Literacy skills through reading and script writing
- Body language, gesture, facial and vocal expression
Skills Camp Entering 3rd-5th Grade
Each Skills week at Studio East features different classes. Spend a week taking a deep dive into a specific performing arts skill that range from camera work, to onstage skills, to backstage options. At the end of the week, show off your knowledge with an informal performance, fully-edited video, or portfolio of work.
Daily Activities
- Community building and theater games
- Skill-building through games and exercises
- Solo and group projects to stretch and strengthen skills
Skills Developed
- Skills camps are focused on building the skill in the camp title:
- Improv & Stand Up will focus on improvisational skills such as thinking on your feet, working as a team, comedic timing, and taking risks.
- Broadway Boot Camp will focus on musical theater skills such as acting technique, singing technique, dancing technique, and how to combine the three to enhance performance.
- Costume Design will focus on creative design skills, costuming from pre-built clothes vs. creating something from scratch, and hard skills like sewing, drawing, & crafting.
Summer Stage Camp Entering 4rd-6th Grade
Summer Stage theater camps give 4th – 6th graders the chance to rehearse and perform in a fully-staged musical or play, as well as participate in a variety of focused skill-building workshops and games. These shows are designed so that every participant has a part and a moment to shine. The two-week structure allows students more time to dive into acting and performance skills and rehearse a longer, more detailed play than they would in a one-week camp. Two weeks is still a short time to put on a play so this camp is best for students who are open to memorization work at home.
Daily Activities
- Acting games, mini-workshops, and rehearsing scenes
- Learning lines, songs, and choreography
- Using formal stage skills during the rehearsal process
Skills Developed
- Theatrical skills: character development, ensemble, movement, and performance
- Musical skills: rhythm, pitch, tone, ensemble singing, vocal production
- Life skills: following directions, teamwork, confidence and risk-taking
Emerging literacy skills through storytelling and scriptwriting
