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PERFORMING ARTS CAMP 2013 HANDBOOK PO Box 25015 503.350.3210 Portland, OR 97298 www.yptproject.org DISNEY’S TARZAN TICKET ORDERS Welcome! DISNEY’S TARZAN will be presented four times, with public performances THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE PROJECT Performing Arts Camp at on Thursday, July 11, at 7:30 pm, Friday, July 12, at 7:30 pm, and Caldera is dedicated to providing a unique, fun-filled, rewarding experience Saturday, July 13, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, July 14, at 2 pm. Tickets are in theatre training, creation, collaboration, and community for everyone $10 for all ages, reserved seating. involved. This handbook has been designed to introduce you to The Each cast member receives two free tickets to a public performance of their Project, Caldera, and the Performing Arts Camp program. choice. Information in this handbook includes camp policies, forms, and packing Remember that the cast members attending Camp make up the principal lists. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. cast for the show, but not the entire cast. Two JHS Summer School “Junior We look forward to working together in this exciting venture! Camps” will create a Children’s Chorus and a Junior Ensemble for the show. Each of these cast members will receive two free tickets as well, so THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE PROJECT you won’t want to delay in getting tickets. The Young People's Theatre Project combines entertainment and education Tickets will be available online beginning July 2. Cast and crew families will for all audiences. Through performances, workshops and residencies with have an opportunity to go online that week to order their tickets in advance. professional theatre artists, young people of all ages explore their creative potential. The Project is a resource to an ever-expanding community, from You will be sent more ticketing information – including a special code to use opening nights to opening minds. to claim your two free tickets – on June 29. Make sure we have the correct email address for handling ticket orders with you (see form)! Since moving to Portland in 1991, The Project has served young people in And talk up the show! Let’s fill the seats for a terrific weekend! over 40 states with touring programs, partnering with schools, community art centers, and organizations including Young Audiences, The Portland Art Museum, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Children’s Cancer Association and the PARENT VOLUNTEERS Oregon Zoo to create unique theatre education experiences. When not You can get in on the act with our Performing Arts Camp production by focused on Project activities, Project Director Jeff Hall co-directs the Drama volunteering to assist in several ways. Program at Jesuit High School, with Project Education Director Elaine Kloser. The Project is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We will need help with Box Office tasks, particularly during the two weeks prior to the show while we’re all at camp. Training will be provided. CALDERA We also need assistance with costume alterations in July, before camp, and Caldera is a non-profit arts organization committed to fostering creativity on Thursday, July 11, during our final day of preparation. and deep arts learning among underserved youth and adults, as well as Volunteers also help coordinate the camper dinner on Wednesday, July 10, artists. Whether it’s spending a week under the stars, writing a song, or and lunch and dinner on Thursday, July 11, as well as handling ticket sales building new friendships with people from vastly different cultures, Caldera and will-call, running concessions, and ushering during the run of the show. changes lives. Located outside of Sisters, Oregon at an altitude of 3,500 feet on the shore Please let us know if you are interested in getting of a cerulean blue lake formed in the cinder cone of an extinct volcano, involved in any of these areas! Caldera is set amid 90 acres of alpine wilderness in the Deschutes National Call our office at 503-350-3210 or e-mail [email protected]. Forest, part of the Central Cascades. If you have any questions about anything in this handbook, or if you “Caldera’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation through innovative require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us! art and environmental programs.” – from www.calderaarts.org Thank you! FINANCES THE PERFORMING ARTS CAMP Tuition for camp is $895. For new campers, your non-refundable deposit of Staff members at The Project held launching an Oregon-based Performing $100 is due by June 14. For all campers, the balance of your tuition is due Arts Camp as a goal upon first moving to Portland in 1991. Education by June 24. You may, of course, elect to pay it all at once. Checks should Director Elaine Kloser brought several years of experience in sites ranging be made payable to The Young People's Theatre Project. from Camp Emerson in Massachusetts (where she was head of the Drama The Young People's Theatre Project Performing Arts Camp was designed Program) to Camp Little Eagle in Indiana (where she was Assistant to be as inclusive as possible. We will not allow financial limitations to Director). Project Founder and Director Jeff Hall spent five years working exclude anyone from the program. with the Missoula Children’s Theatre Performing Arts Camp on Flathead Lake in Montana, three as its Camp Director. For those unable to pay the base tuition of $895, scholarship assistance is available; we only ask that you be as realistic and honest as possible in Following The Project’s move to Portland in 1991, several options identifying your need. presented themselves to facilitate the launching of a camp in Oregon. None seemed quite right until meeting the folks at Caldera. The setting of this Confidential scholarship application forms are available upon request. unique, fully equipped, yet rustic camp on the shores of Blue Lake, Scholarship requests must be received by June 11. Final scholarship dedicated to the combination of nature and art, has proven to be ideal. determinations are made within a few days of that deadline. In 1999, approximately 30 middle and high school students drawn from FORMS throughout the Portland area and beyond gathered at Camp Caldera and The various forms that must completed online with your final payment by created the first Project Performing Arts Camp experience. In 12 days a full- June 18. These forms are located on our website under “Becoming a Senior scale production was mounted. Then, the entire entourage returned to Camper.” Please call us if you have any questions about any of the forms. Portland for three performances of CHILDREN OF EDEN in the Marilyn Moyer Theatre. • HEALTH HISTORY This is the only form that cannot be completed online as it requires a doctor’s signature. Please download the pdf from The process repeated itself with the hugely successful JOSEPH AND THE our website and be sure to sign and date this form with complete AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and the visionary PEACE CHILD medical information and immunization history. We must have this form 2000, as well as ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, on file. SECRET GARDEN, BIG RIVER, CATS (which featured a unique partnership with Oregon Senior Theatre), THE WIZ, an anniversary • PROMOTIONAL CONSENT This form gives The Young People's Theatre Project permission to use your child’s photo, artwork, or quotes remounting of CHILDREN OF EDEN, SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL, PETER in any material we feel is appropriate, such as brochures, videos, news PAN, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. articles, web pages or fundraising materials. The use of the Marilyn Moyer Theatre is part of a partnership with Jesuit • PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS These agreements acknowledge the High School, which includes several Summer School classes for younger risk associated with outdoor camp activities, and allows the camper to students who also become a part of the final production. The core cast from participate under the competent leadership of camp staff. the camp is joined by a Children’s Chorus and Junior Ensemble upon their return to Portland, with a backstage crew made up of students from a TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING This form will help us • Summer Technical Theatre program. The final production involves over 100 accommodate special needs with transportation and carpools to camp, young people. and local housing during our stay in Portland. • T-SHIRT ORDER/TICKET EMAIL FORM Information from this form will The camp itself and the production of DISNEY’S TARZAN have the support be used for costuming purposes as well as your production souvenir and endorsement of Jesuit High School, but is facilitated and run by The shirt, which is included in your tuition. We will use the e-mail address on Young People’s Theatre Project as a separate entity. The Young People’s this form to contact you on 6/29 regarding your two free tickets to the Theatre Project is an independent non-profit organization that is not show. Please check it for accuracy! connected with any specific school or parent organization. DISNEY’S TARZAN SAMPLE SCHEDULE When Disney chose to make TARZAN one of their “film-to-stage” musical Daily activities will follow a fairly structured schedule that will allow for a adaptations, they created quite a challenge. But for a production wide range of activity, including swimming, boating, hiking, and special experience that rehearses – for the most part – among the trees, it’s a events. Of course, the focus of each day will be significant time spent in perfect camp-show vehicle.