Make It a Summer With Shakespeare!
Romeo and Juliet Teen Ensemble Performance Camp, 2008
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Summer Shakespeare Camps
June 14 - July 23, 2010
In partnership with SummerQuest/Clayton School District
Shakespeare Explorers: Ages 9 - 11
Magic & Mayhem, 6/14 - 6/20
Kings & Queens, 6/21 - 6/26
Heroes & Heroines, 6/28 - 7/2
One-week camps, 9AM - 3PM, M - F. $260 each; $600 for all three
Campers will explore Shakespeare around a theme and through story building, acting and original art projects. Students will choose their favorite characters to create an original story to present on the last day.
Young Performers: Ages 12 - 14
Performance Camp: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 6/14 - 7/2
Performance Camp: The Comedy of Errors, 7/5 - 7/23
Three-week camps, 9AM - 3PM, M - F. $450 each; $800 for both
Campers will develop the necessary acting and stage combat skills to star in a production of a classic Shakespeare comedy. Each camp culminates in a workshop “Share-formance.”
Teen Ensemble: Ages 15 - 19
Performance Camp: Much Ado About Nothing, 6/14 - 7/2
Performance Camp: The Taming of the Shrew, 7/5 - 7/23
Three-week camps, 9AM - 3PM, M - F. $450 each; $800 for both
This is an intensive three-week rehearsal and performance experience for young actors. Campers will develop skills in text analysis, voice, diction and movement. Each session culminates in two performances.
Shakespeare Scenes: Ages 13 & Up
Dream Roles, 7/5 - 7/9
One-week camp, 9AM - 3PM, M - F. $260
This camp is for the young performer who wants to explore Shakespeare through playing favorite classic roles like Iago, Macbeth, Juliet or Cleopatra. The camp culminates in a "Share-formance" of scenes and soliloquies for family and friends.
Before & After Care
SummerQuest Before and After Care is available:
Before Care (7:00 - 9:00 a.m.) $40 per week
After Care (3:00 - 6:00 p.m.) $70 per week
Click here for our 2010 camp brochure; click HERE for a fillable enrollment form (PDF - Adobe Reader required). You can also enroll by calling 314-531-9800 ext. 101.
Explore Acting & Visual Arts with Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
Younger Years Camps at Laumeier & Craft Alliance
At Laumeier Sculpture Park - Shakespeare Art Camp: Ages 5 - 9
Fairies, Forests & Shakespeare's Magic, 7/6 - 7/9
One-week camp, 1PM - 4PM, T - F
$83 for Laumeier Members; $92 non-members
Is your budding thespian in the 5 - 9 age group? Shakespeare Festival will partner with Laumeier Sculpture Park to offer a week of Shakespearean fun! Campers will use the magic imagery of A Midsummer Night's Dream, to create artwork, original stories and costumes to reveal their favorite characters from the play. To register for this camp, contact Karen Mullen, Laumeier's Curator of Education at 314-615-5269 or visit them on the web at www.laumeier.org.
At Craft Alliance - Shakespeare Art & Performance Camp: Ages 10 - 12
A Midsummer Night’s Camp, 7/19 - 7/23
One week camp, 9AM - 3:45PM, M - F, at Grand Center location
$275 (Craft Family Members: $250) plus $25 for materials
Imagine yourself as a fairy king or queen. Imagine yourself in a mystical forest in a supernatural world. Now combine art and acting in a week-long camp and you can be part of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the morning, design and create costumes, sets and props with an artist in the studios of Craft Alliance. Then in the afternoon, work with a SFSTL teaching artist and learn acting, improvisation and theatrical movement to make the play come to life. It all culminates in a theater performance on the final camp day for family and friends. Craft Alliance Members Registration: February 16; Open Registration: March 15. Register online at www.craftalliance.org.