Playwrights Theatre Launches 2010 Summer Camp, 6/21

Playwrights Theatre's Creative Arts Academy summer camp for kids and summer theatre program for teens will begin on June 21, 2010 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, 9:30am - 4:30pm) 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 5-July 16) and Session C (July 19-July 30). 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 and is designed to have a slightly different emphasis so students can take the same class several times and still have a high-quality learning experience.

Session A (June 21- July 2) - Registration deadline June 14
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 5- July 16) - Registration deadline June 28
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 19 - July 30) - Registration deadline July 12
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 2 - August 13) - Registration deadline July 26
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 16 - August 27) - Registration deadline August 9
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 2010-2011 residencies. For more information, please visit www.ptnj.org or call (973) 514-1787 X21.

Founded in 1986, Playwrights Theatre is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit professional theatre and arts education institution dedicated to developing and nurturing the dramatic imagination of artists, students, and audiences. Our New Play Program creates development opportunities for professional writers through readings, workshops and productions, and invites audiences to participate in authentic feedback experiences. Our New Jersey Writers Project, Poetry Out Loud, New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, and Creative Arts Academy programs provide a comprehensive and hands-on arts education experience to over 31,000 students, Pre-K through adult.

Writers in the New Play Program are drawn from across the country, including our affiliation with the National New Play Network, a nation-wide group of theatres dedicated to the development and production of new work. Teaching Artists in our Education Programs are professional artists working in their field in the New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. From 2003-2012, we have been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (along with only four other theatres: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, George Street Playhouse, McCarter Theatre Center and Paper Mill Playhouse) as "an anchor institution that contributes vitally to the quality of life in New Jersey.

Funding for our activities comes from: 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., Bank of America, the Bay and Paul Foundation, The Bickford Foundation, Dramatist Guild Fund, Horizon Foundation of New Jersey, The Prudential Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Travelers, The Victoria Foundation, and many corporations, foundations and individuals.

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

 

 

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