The Prairie Arts Council is pleased to announce registration for the Thirteenth Annual Children’s Summer Drama Camp for children entering 2nd-9th grades. Camp runs for three hours, Monday-Friday, for two weeks. Camp will run June 8-19, with one session from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and an afternoon camp from 2-5 PM. The camp cost is $85 with special rates for siblings. Need-based scholarships are also available upon request for those who meet the criteria.

 

Each camp session culminates in the performance (12 PM  and 5:PM on June 19) of an original play written specifically for the campers and, to a large extent, tailored to the needs and abilities of the campers.  Campers in each session of camp name their own production. Children get the hands on experience of creating a show, from set and light work to costuming to performing. 

 

Past theater-learning topics have included theatrical accents, sets, Shakespeare, costuming, stage make-up, mime, choreography for the stage, stage lighting and design, musical theater and opera. Camp activities also include theater and improvisational games like you might see on the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and good, old fashioned "camp" games like Telephone. Snacks are served daily.

 

Children’s theater programming at PAC has always been about more than just theater skills. We strive to offer a safe, wholesome environment in which children can learn, grow, and have fun. Over the many years that we have run the summer drama camps as well as other children’s drama programming, we have been privileged to witness the transformation of many of our children from ducklings to beautiful, talented swans. Fostering the growth of our community’s children is the greatest benefit of PAC children’s theater programming.

 

To register, please contact camp director Rachel Gorenz at 815-876-6284 or hildigard@hotmail.com.
Payment is expected by June 1. Please make checks payable to The Prairie Arts Council.  A phone call or email must be made in order the register (please do not send a check and registration form without calling or emailing first).  
Checks and registration forms can be returned to: