The Prairie Arts Council is pleased to announce registration for the Eighteenth 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 July 12-23, with an afternoon camp from 2-5 PM. The camp cost is $95 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 (5:30 PM on July 23) 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?".  

Due to Covid-19, we will be implementing social distancing protocols this year for camp. Masks will be required at all times (except if outdoors and properly distanced according to current CDC guidelines).  Snacks will be eliminated this year so masks can remain on at all times. Camp games and activities will be distanced as much as possible, as will blocking for the production.  Makeup demonstrations will be limited to maintain mask requirements, as will makeup for the performance.  The performance at the end of camp will not be open to the public; rather, each camper will be allowed to invite two fully vaccinated guests.  No guests will be allowed to enter the theater without providing proof (vaccine card) that they are fully vaccinated (two weeks past second dose).    

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, contact camp director Rachel Gorenz-Johnson at:

815-876-6284
or 
hildigard@hotmail.com

Payment is expected by July 1. Please make checks payable to "The Prairie Arts Council". Checks and registration forms can be returned to: 

Rachel Gorenz-Johnson,
3 South 5th Street
Princeton, IL 61356