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Summer Theatre Camps
in our State College, PA Studio
explore, discover, create, perform
Summer Theatre Camps begin the week of June 16
register now!
Our directors have over 40 years of educational experience designing and providing programs for schools and communities, and we can’t wait to bring all of that experience to you!.
Our Summer Camps offer fun performing arts classes with small class sizes and adult-student ratio.
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$75 pre-registration fee due at time of registration.
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Summer Camp Policies
Summer 2025
June 16-22, 10-3pm
Wild About Will:
Shakespeare Camp
ages 7-17
June 23-27, 12:30-3pm
Big Masks & Puppets
ages 8-17
June 30-July 3
Performing Arts Sampler
individual sessions
for all ages
9:30am-noon and 12:30-3pm
July 14-18
Theatre Camp Adventures
ages 3-7, 9:30am-noon
July 14-18
Mixed-Up Tales
ages 7-12, 12:30-3pm
July 28-Aug 1
Young Actors' Theatre
ages 7-11, 9:30am-noon
ages 12-15, 12:30-3pm
spend a week with
Adam Swartz Puppets
July 21-25Aug 4-8
Wild About Will:
Shakespeare Camp
ages 7-17
June 16-22
10am-3pm
with performances June 20-22
The Central PA Theatre
& Dance Fest
We’re Wild About Will -
Shakespeare that is.
Join us for a week-long camp celebrating the magic and the marvelous Shakespearean beings - from Faeries to Magical Creatures to Monsters. The camp introduces students to Shakespeare’s stories, themes, characters, and language through voice, movement, and character work. All classes are led by classically trained professional actors and educators who aim to inspire students’ physical, intellectual, and artistic development. We end the camp with performances at The Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest.
Big Masks & Puppets
ages 8-17
June 23-27
12:30-3pm
Get ready for festival season
and puppet parades!
Design and build a large mask
that can be easily transformed into a giant puppet.
We’ll use recycled materials to construct our masks and puppet heads and learn
to use our bodies and voices
to bring these creatures to life.
Performing Arts Sampler
all ages
June 30-July 3
8 sessions
take one, take them all!
Join our performing arts collective partners and sample different art forms in this fun week of all ages camps. Great for families!
Morning Sessions
9:30-11:30am
Afternoon Sessions
1-3pm
with
Adam Swartz Puppets
Eleven Elephants Poetry
Scottish Highland Dance
Spark Pixel
Tempest Productions
TrioArts Project
VanDance Inc.
registration for the
Performing Arts Sampler
opens March 1
Theatre Camp Adventures
ages 3-6
July 14-18
9:30am-noon
Sing, dance, act, and play our way through stories and tales from all over the world.
Become dragons, monsters, faeries, queens, kings, knights, and anything you can imagine.
We'll create our own adventures and use the creative arts to
bring them to life.
Mixed-Up Tales
ages 7-12
July 14-18
12:30--3pm
Sing, dance, act!
We'll read tales from all over the world and write our own stories mixing and mashing
characters and themes. Then we'll perform the stories!
Come create new worlds
and new adventures -
the sky is the limit!
Young Actors' Theatre
July 28-Aug 1
ages 7-17
ages 7-12, 9:30am-noon
ages 13-17, 12:30-3pm
Explore playwriting, acting, and technical theatre in the
creation of a short performance. Develop characters and environments while working on the basics of storytelling and performance with trained professionals.
spend a week with
Adam Swartz Puppets
July 21-25
August 4-8
Puppet Potluck!
July 21-25, 10am-noon (ages 5-9) and 1pm-3pm (ages 10-14)
It's a week-long all-you-can crEATe puppet party. Build a variety of puppets or concentrate your creativity on one or two detailed characters. Play theater games, practice puppetry skills and share your work in a Friday showcase for family and friends.
World Building!
August 4-8, 10am-noon (ages 5-9) and 1pm-3pm (ages 10-14)
Explore theater and role-playing games, storytelling, writing, puppetry and more to create a character and the world they live in.
https://www.adamswartzpuppets.com/
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