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Shakesperience Camp Online! 
July 20-31, 2020
Register by July 6th

Shakespeare Drama Camps
Theater Games, Performance Training and Play Production
Performance-based Programs for Kids of All Ages

Join us in July and August for an exciting journey into Shakespeare’s language, characters and plays. Our two- and four-week camps are theater experiences that immerse young people of all ages in the art and craft of acting, and the terms and techniques used to create Shakespeare’s plays.
  • Theater games
  • Outrageous fun
  • Stage Combat & Clown Skills
  • Inspired silliness
  • Movement and Dance

​Our two-week camps each summer end with a rousing performance of Shakespeare’s work adapted by our teaching artists and created by students for family and friends.

Come join us for some genuine Summer fun, while immersing yourself in the most amazing language ever written in English.
Shakesperience — ages 5 to 7
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An introduction to theatre through arts activities and free-play, Shakesperience for the very young combines active play with stories, poetry, music, games, movement, hands-on projects and free-play.

Monday – Friday, 10:00 -11:30; $125
(time and price reduced for 2020)
Shakesperience — ages 8 to 12

Experience theatre through Shakespeare performance, theatre games, and activities! This theatre camp is back for its 14th year as it leads 8-12-year-olds on an exciting journey into the fascinating world of Shakespeare and theater. Lots of fun, games, improvisation, and bringing Shakespeare’s colorful characters and plays to life on the stage.

Monday – Friday, 9:00 -12:00; $225
Shakesperience — ages 13 to 17

Shakesperience takes theatre-loving teens on a dynamic exploration of Shakespeare’s words, stories, and themes. Improv, clowning, text, voice, movement & stage technique, Elizabethan dance, and performance provide keys to theatrical adventure and summer fun.

Monday – Friday, 9:00 -12:00; $225
Young Players Practicum — Age 13 & Up
Advanced training and participation in our August production of As You Like It

Our Young Players Practicum is designed for young actors ages 13 and up who want to explore new acting challenges and participate in a professional Shakespeare production. With limited enrollment, this four-week program kicks off with three afternoons of individualized, intensive acting training, followed by participation in As You Like It. Areas of instruction include monologue and/or scene study, stage voice development, text tools for examining Shakespeare’s verse, clown, period dance, and movement.

July 20-22, 1-4pm, before joining the cast of As You Like It 
for rehearsals July 23-August 7, and performances August 8-16 - $395