Theatre Arts Camp Junior

July 7 - 12, 2013

Grades 6 - 8, grade completion

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Develop your theatre skills with the best thespians in the area!

Campers enjoy a week packed with theatre activities that include production rehearsals, daily workshops, acting classes, theatre games, and improvisation exercises. Every camper receives coaching. The aim is to help everyone reach his or her theatrical goals. Campers are in a production that rehearses each day and is performed at the end of the week. This year's theme is Fairy Tales.

All activities are taught by faculty, alumni, guest artists, and graduate and undergraduate students of the School of Theatre and Dance at Northern Illinois University. The evenings are for a variety of recreational and theatre activities. Evening supervision is provided by counselors.

For more information about fees, need scholarships, discounts, housing, meals, refunds, etc, see the general information section. Click here for a registration form to print, complete, and mail or fax.

Morning Activities

Improvisation Exercises

Start the day with an hour of learning how to think on your feet. This is acting in the moment and provides a great warm-up for the rest of the day's activities.

Acting Scenes

Campers work on specific acting techniques and exercises throughout the week.

Afternoon Activities

Production Rehearsals

The production is rehearsed every afternoon and is performed for family and friends at the end of the week. Campers are assigned to a production on Monday and rehearse with the same group and director all week. 

Daily Workshops

Campers participate in a different workshop each day.  A list of workshop choices and a sign-up form will be sent to registered campers in packets about a month before the start of camp. Campers are assigned to workshops on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for a list of workshops that have been among the choices in past years, though please note that not every workshop is offered every summer.

Evening Activities

Campers enjoy a variety of activities in the evenings. Here are a few:

• Talent Show - Bring your tap shoes or musical instrument to camp and have a blast showing off your stuff in the talent show. Participation is optional. There is a three-minute time limit for performances.
• Storytelling Evening - Professional storyteller Greer Blaustein returns to share her spellbinding talents. Following her story, campers are divided into groups to share their own stories.
• Bowling and Billiards - Enjoy an evening at the Huskie Den bowling or playing billiards.
• Film Night - This has become a popular camp tradition.

About the Camp Staff

Learn more about camp director Melanie Parks and her staff.