6th – 12th Grade Summer Camps

Change It Up Entering: 6th- 9th Grade

In Change It Up Camp students create and perform a world premiere in one week! We will create a parody version or popular story or genre, and learn the acting skills to bring it to life under the direction of professional theater artists. Then, after rehearsing our original script, we’ll premiere it on the final day of camp for our family and friends.

Daily Activities

• Ensemble building and play creation activities based on a weekly theme
• Acting games, creating props, script writing, and rehearsing scenes
• Practicing stage skills during the 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 scriptwriting
  • Body language, gesture, facial and vocal expression

Skills Camp Entering: 6th- 9th 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:

• Improvisation 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, singing, and dancing technique and how to combine the three to enhance performance.
• Tech Theater will focus on skills such as costume design, stage management, and operating a light board.

Intensive Camp Entering: 7th- 12th Grade

Intensive YAPI camps are for students who already have a strong foundation in theater and want a more intensive study in performing arts skills. This program features expert-led classes in acting, speech, movement, with a curriculum that is always evolving so repeat students can continue to learn and grow until graduation. We also touch on the business side of the performing arts for students interested in pursuing this as a career. Intensive Performance Camps are two-three weeks of casting, rehearsing, and performing a fully-staged musical or play. The camp also provides 7th – 12th graders a variety of focused skill-building exercises intended to improve students’ theater skills. The multi-week structure allows students to hone acting and performance skills at a higher level, and rehearse a longer more detailed play.

Daily Activities

• Depending on the camp theme, students will take multiple higher-level theater classes daily to deepen their theatrical knowledge and technique
• They’ll apply skills in classes towards work on scenes, songs, projects, and, for performance camps, a longer performance.
• Touching on the business side and learning how these skills apply to a career in the arts.

Skills Developed

• Business: skills and experiences needed to thrive in this fast-paced and competitive industry.
• Higher Level Theatrical skills: acting, movement, and vocal techniques used by industry professionals
• Life skills: teamwork, confidence, risk-taking, professional development

Teen Camp Entering: 9th- 12th Grade

Teen Camps are for high schoolers who are newer to theater and want to get a solid foundation in performing arts skills. Spend a week taking a deep dive into a subject area that range from camera work, to onstage skills, to backstage options.

Daily Activities

• Community building and theater games
• Skill-building through games and exercises
• Solo and group projects to stretch and strengthen skills

Skills Developed

• Acting for Stage and Screen will focus on both theater and camera acting techniques, including presence, expression, voice, memorization, and more.
• Musical Theater Focus will focus on musical theater skills such as acting technique, singing technique, dancing technique, and how to combine the three to enhance performance.
• Tech Crew will focus on skills such as costume design, stage management, operating a light board, and how to get involved in crew experiences at Studio East or your school.