The Young Actors' Theatre Camp (Camp YATC)

The Young Actors' Theatre Camp (Camp YATC) is a coed overnight performing arts camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California serving young artists aged 8 to 18 at all experience levels. Founded in 2001, it celebrates its 25th season in 2026 and offers multiple summer sessions of varying lengths, from roughly ten days to a full month, plus a winter film camp, weekend workshops and intensives such as Audition Like A Star, Drag Camp and a Writer's Retreat. Training covers acting, musical theatre, dance, filmmaking, audition technique, improvisation, songwriting and drag, taught alongside traditional overnight camp activities including campfires, theme nights and camp trips. Master class teachers have included Broadway and television performers such as Kate Rockwell, Laura Bell Bundy, Alex Brightman and Jim O'Heir. Scholarships and fundraising support are available.