Marin Theatre Company Opens Enrollment for Theatre Summer Camp

Enrollment is now open to Marin Theatre Company's 2011 Summer Theater Camp for students entering grades 2-8 in Fall 2011.

MTC offers two Youth Musical sessions to students entering grades 2-5 on July 5-23 and July 25-August 13 and one Middle School Musical session to students entering grades 6-8 on July 18-August 6. Running Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for three weeks, each session is a full-day training program that culminates in fully produced performances. Each session features quality training with professional theater artists during the morning and rehearsals during the afternoon. Students engage their imaginations, study their craft and work together to put on a production. Classes include improvisation, musical theater, dance, design, playwriting and acting techniques. Students in both Youth Musical sessions will perform Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline and the Gypsies and students in the Middle School Musical session will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. Final performances are fully produced with costumes, lights and sets.
A popular summer program, the theater camp sells out quickly. MTC's Summer Theater Camp regularly receives praise from participants - "The camp is fun, exciting, and I love that there's so many different subjects. I get confidence out of it. I like that it makes me feel happy." - and parents - "Truly an amazing experience!"

"Our teaching artists do a great job of introducing theater to kids who have never been on stage before, while also challenging the more experienced students to take their performance skills to the next level," says MTC's Artistic Director of Expanded Programs Josh Costello. "What I love most about this program is the broad variety of classes the students get to take in the mornings. Last year, we had everything from puppetry to beatboxing!"

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