Summer Theatre Camp for Kids and Teens

PR Log (Press Release) – May 06, 2009 – (Madison, NJ) Playwrights Theatre’s Creative Arts Academy summer camp for kids and summer theatre program for teens will begin on June 22, 2009 and run all summer long in two-week sessions. For more information and to register, visit www.ptnj.org or call 973-514-1787 X21.

The Full-Day Theatre Academy (Monday through Friday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm) is designed for grades 4-6 and 7-9. Students work with a team of artists and alternate daily through classes in acting, musical performance, playwriting and play production. Students explore each skill and learn how to weave the various elements together into an engaging, original performance piece presented to family and friends. Tuition is $595 per two-week session. Full-Day sessions are available for Session B (July 6-July 17) and Session C (July 20-July 31). Each session concludes with a presentation for family and friends.

The Half-Day Summer Camp for kids and the Half-Day Summer Theatre Program for teens is an opportunity for students at all levels of experience to discover new facets of creativity while developing their theatrical skills. Tuition is $275 per two-week session (unless otherwise noted) and multiple class and sibling discounts are available. Each session concludes with a presentation for family and friends.

Session A (June 22- July3) – Registration deadline June 15
Morning classes from 9:30am-12:30pm include: Playmakers (grades 1-3), Acting Lab (grades 4-6), Acting Workshop (grades 7-9) and Playwriting Workshop (grades 9-12).  The Creative Play class (ages 4 & 5) will meet from 9:30-11:30am and the cost for this class only is $250. Afternoon classes from 1:30-4:30pm include: Character Study (grades 10-12).

Session B (July 6- July 17) – Registration deadline June 29
Morning classes from 9:30am-12:30pm include: Playmakers (grades 1-3), Musical Performance (grades 4-6) and Two Week Play (grades 7-9). The Creative Play class (ages 4 & 5) will meet from 9:30-11:30am and the cost for this class only is $250. Afternoon classes from 1:30-4:30pm include: Acting Lab (grades 4-6) and Scene Study (grades 10-12).

Session C (July 20 – July 31) – Registration deadline July 13
Morning classes from 9:30am-12:30pm include: Playmakers (grades 1-3), Acting Lab (grades 4-6) and Acting Workshop (grades 7-9). The Creative Play class (ages 4 & 5) will meet from 9:30-11:30am and the cost for this class only is $250. Afternoon classes from 1:30-4:30pm include: Musical Performance (grades 4-6) and Character Study (grades 10-12).

Session D (August 3 – August 14) – Registration deadline July 27
Morning classes from 9:30am-12:30pm include: Playmakers (grades 1-3), Acting Lab (grades 4-6), Musical Performance (grades 7-9) and Musical Performance (grades 10-12). Afternoon classes from 1:30-4:30pm include: Musical Performance (grades 4-6), Two Week Play (grades 7-9) and Scene Study (grades 10-12).

Session E (August 17 – August 28) – Registration deadline August 10
Morning classes from 9:30am-12:30pm include: Playmakers (grades 1-3), Acting Lab (grades 4-6), Acting Workshop (grades 7-9) and Character Study (grades 10-12). The Creative Play class (ages 4 & 5) will meet from 9:30-11:30am and the cost for this class only is $250.

Playwrights Theatre Creative Arts Academy teaches classes year-round for children, teens and adults. The Creative Arts Academy is committed to nurturing independent thinking, artistic and personal development through the literary and performing arts. At the Creative Arts Academy, students are part of a community where self-expression and creativity thrive and every person is a valuable member of the whole. Playwrights Theatre’s Creative Arts Academy strives for artistic excellence while emphasizing the creative process, both of which are vital to the personal, social and academic evolution of students of all ages. Creative Arts Academy instructors are highly experienced professional artists who are perceptive and dynamic in the classroom. Creative Arts Academy teachers are committed to developing their own skills, as well as those of their students, and to refining their artistry through continued practice and education.

Playwrights Theatre’s New Jersey Writers Project is accepting applications for 2009-2010 residencies. For more information, please visit http://www.ptnj.org or call (973) 514-1787.

   
About Playwrights Theatre:
Playwrights Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, professional (Actors’ Equity) theatre. A community of professional playwrights, theatre artists, and arts educators, Playwrights Theatre provides opportunities for writers to develop their works in a nurturing environment and connect with new audiences. Our New Play Development Program is a multi-step process through which playwrights, theatre artists, and audiences collaborate to bring selected texts from rough draft to finished production. Our Education Programs introduce students of all ages and backgrounds to the possibilities inherent in thinking and communicating creatively.  Playwrights Theatre's New Jersey Writers Project provides hands-on workshops led by professional writers-in-residence to students in schools and community centers throughout the state reaching over 15,000 students annually. We place an equal emphasis on New Play Development and Educational activities, and encourage our community and audiences to participate fully in both.

We are honored that for the years 2007-2010 the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) designated Playwrights Theatre as a Major Arts Institution. This means that the Council considers Playwrights Theatre to be “an anchor institution that contributes vitally to the quality of life in New Jersey” (along with Paper Mill Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and the McCarter Theatre Center).

Funding for Playwrights Theatre is made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., The Prudential Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, the New Jersey Cultural Trust, Bank of America, Campbell Soup Company, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, The Turrell Fund, Atlantic Mutual Companies, Novartis, Pearsall Family Foundation, Pfizer, PSE&G, St. Paul Travers, Wyeth and many other corporations, foundations and individual contributors. FORUM is supported by grants from the Puffin Foundation, The Shubert Foundation and The Dramatist Guild Fund.

Playwrights Theatre is a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the National New Play Network and Madison Arts & Culture Alliance.