The Theatre Lab Acting and Musical Theatre Camps

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts is a nonprofit theatre school in downtown Washington, DC that enrolls more than 2,800 adults, teens and children a year. Its summer youth and teen programs, recognized by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities as one of the 50 top arts and humanities-based out-of-school programs in the country, serve more than 550 young people each summer. Camps for grades 1-8 group students by the grade they enter in the fall rather than by experience level, keeping classes small so the curriculum stays age-appropriate. Teens ages 13-19 attend intensive Teen Training Institutes that culminate in public performances. Need-based financial aid is available, funded in part by the school's Send a Kid to Camp initiative.

Summer acting camps grouped by the grade the student enters in the fall (grades 1-6 and grades 7-8), plus Teen Training Institutes for ages 13-19. Need-based financial aid is offered, and a 'Send a Kid to Camp' fund plans to award $175,000 in scholarships.