Summer Youth Programs 2019

SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS 2019

A Friend Like Me Springfield Little Theatre, with the support of Camp Barnabas, is excited to offer A Friend Like Me, a four day musical theatre workshop created to provide access for children, youth, and young adults with special needs to a quality theatre education experience. Participating young artists with special needs will be joined in class by their new Springfield Little Theatre “buddies,” teenagers and young adults who have applied to work with them side-by-side and guide them through each activity, including theatre games, music exploration, creative movement, poetry, art, and musical theatre performance. Enrollment is limited to 32 participants, ages 8 and up, who will be divided into groupings of 8 during specialized periods of instruction. A Friend Like Me “buddies” must be 14 and up, complete an application form, submit to a background check, purchase a camp t-shirt, and be available for the entirety of the camp. This year’s workshop will feature an inspiring visit each day from a popular princess and other enchanting characters, and the experience will culminate with an 11:00 a.m. performance at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave. on Friday, May 31 for parents and friends. Tuesday, May 28-Friday, 31, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Ages 8 and up

Tuition: $135 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included (Additional shirts for family members can be purchased for $20 at the time of registration.) (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register a sibling at a discounted rate.)

College Auditions and Applications Preparatory Course

This series of four classes will focus on equipping high school students with the knowledge of how best to prepare for college theatre program auditions and applications. Representatives from various institutions will visit to shed some light into what their schools are looking for in an incoming student and to provide audition and application preparation advice including:

Tips On Getting Organized • Structuring Essays • Identifying the Recommenders That Can Make A Difference • Showcasing Extra-Curricular Activities • Selecting Material • Refining Songs and Monologues • Gaining Confidence • Practicing Auditioning • Developing Articulate Interviewing Skills for The Conversation After The Audition • Providing Image Recommendations or “What to Wear” • Most importantly, coordinating each aspect of the application to tell one cohesive, compelling narrative of the student’s BEST SELF

The course will culminate with a mock audition, interview and constructive feedback beginning at 4:00 p.m. Friday, May 31 for a panel of artists and academics.

The College Auditions and Applications Preparatory Course will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue.

Tuesday, May 28-Friday, May 31, 1:00-4:00 p.m. For High School Students

Tuition: $120 (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first high school student at full price. 15% Discount available for a current or incoming SLT Pre-Professional Track student. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

How To Be A Princess Camp and How To Be A Pirate Camp Is your youngster destined to be a princess or aaarrrrrre they a pirate? Is life in your castle a fairy tale or are you running a ship that tumbles on tumultuous waters? Either way, an epic adventure awaits for your 4-12 year old at the Springfield Little Theatre Education Facility the final week of May!

Girls and boys are invited to perfect their poise, practice poetry, sing, dance, and act out stories alongside the likes of Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella, and Princess Aurora. But if they, per chance, prefer the pirate’s life, they can explore swordplay, master their aaarrrr, dance a jig, and slay a sea shanty with The Captain and his rowdy band of rapscallions.

The four day workshop/edutainment experience will introduce young people to basic theatrical concepts and encourage imaginative play and self-expression. In addition, it will offer its participants princess and pirate makeovers and provide plenty of photo opportunities and magical memories!

Cutlass or crown? Cannonball or ball gown? See what fits at SLT’s How To Be A Princess and How To Be A Pirate Camp!

Tuesday, May 28-Friday, May 31, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-12

The How To Be A Princess and How To Be A Pirate Camp will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. A final informal performance for family members will be held on Friday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m.

Film Intensive Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Film Intensive is a four-day cinema conservatory available to middle school and high school students who are interested in advancing their skills in film production. Under the direction of industry professionals, students will: • Learn how to conceptualize and write a script • Create a shot list and storyboard • Be exposed to advanced lighting and camera techniques • Assume various crew positions and responsibilities • Get a behind the scenes look at the ins and outs of producing a film • Explore acting for the camera techniques • Learn how to direct • Learn how to watch a film as a filmmaker • Expand their film vocabulary • Be held to the highest standards of set etiquette Most importantly, participants will learn to harness their visual intelligence, leverage their resources, and make better movies! Monday, June 3-Thursday, June 6, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 12-18

Springfield Little Theatre’s Film Intensive will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue.

Tuition: $175 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. 15% Discount available for a current or incoming SLT Pre-Professional Track student. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

Summer Stages – Session I: Spongebob Squarepants

Summer Stages - Session I will teach acting basics through theatre games & improvisation, scene-work, musical theatre song & dance, and offer students an opportunity to present a free informal performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Participants who love visual art will also have fun with themed craft projects, as well as creating their own headshot display and scenic elements for their show!

Students in Summer Stages - Session I will tackle material from and inspired by Spongebob Squarepants! Did you know that a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, in the city of Bikini Bottom on the floor of the Pacific Ocean? He works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. During his time off, SpongeBob has a knack for attracting trouble with his starfish best friend, Patrick.

Belt it out, drop it on the dance floor, “act up” and flop like a fish at Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages – Session I: Spongebob Squarepants!

The first three days of Summer Stages – Session I: Spongebob Squarepants will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. The final day of the workshop and the informal performance will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut.

Monday, June 3-Thursday, June 6 Ages 4-5, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Performance: Thursday, June 6, 4:00 p.m. No Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

Tuition: $100 for Ages 4-5, $170 for Ages 6-18 2 snacks a day and a t-shirt included (Additional shirts for family members can be purchased for $20 at the time of registration.) (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. 15% Discount available for any subsequent Summer Stages programs. Not applicable to any other camp offerings, only Summer Stages Session I, II, III, IV or V. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day or $25 per week Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day or $25 per week Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day or $42 per week

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Friday Fun Day: The Little Mermaid/Antics with Ariel

Friday Fun Days will be so much FUN! They’ll be educationa l! Like an on-again off-again romance, education and AND…did we mention how very much FUN there is to be had? entertainment have a long-standing but ambiguous relationship. They seem to like each other, they get along well, they are usually found together. But they’ll Join us Under The Sea for games, crafts, contests, prizes, and tell you they are “just friends” even though they don’t more! Theatrical concepts and musical theatre song and dance act like it. But other times they are bitter jealous will be introduced, demonstrated, and performed, and rivals—education isn’t fun enough; entertainment participants will be surprised by an exciting special guest! isn’t serious enough.

Friday, June 7, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. For all their mutual affection, it might seem that Ages 4-12 education and entertainment don’t share the same goals. But in fact, these two star-crossed lovers have Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m. much in common. Education and entertainment are drawn to one another, partners in a messy union that All Friday Fun Days will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 we might call “edutainment.” South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 Perhaps the chief reason for this competitive tension is that education and entertainment have different 2 snacks a day included goals. Education aims to cultivate maturity, (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full responsibility, knowledge and growth. Good price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a education trains us for employment, for good discounted rate.) citizenship, and for a deeper, more meaningful human experience. But entertainment aims only to amuse, A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and and holds no prejudice against meaningless fun. an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents What do we do then? Should we throw up our hands and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in surrender? If edutainment is a mythic hybrid, like in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch centaurs, the sphynx, or zero-calorie cheesecake, then movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, any serious search for it is doomed to disappointment. tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Fortunately, these two paths can overlap. They are Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that meandering paths — not parallel roads. Education the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may and entertainment frequently intersect, and when want to make arrangements to be present for that.) they do, we can enjoy the best of both worlds: rich Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day delights and profound learning. Under the sea, we’re off da hook! —David Ferrer, The Quad

Dance Intensive

Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Dance Intensive is a four-day dance conservatory available to disciplined middle school, high school, and college age students with previous dance training. Under the direction of industry professionals, dedicated students will take part in inspiring master classes in various forms of dance and wellness, such as Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Commercial, Worship, Character, Social, Improvisational, Composition, Goal-Setting, Yoga, Meditation, Nutrition, and Injury Prevention. Monday, June 10-Thursday, June 13, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 12 and Up The SLT Summer Dance Intensive will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave. and The Landers Theatre Rehearsal Studios, 311 East Walnut. Students will report to the SLT Education Facility first thing each morning and parents can plan pick-up there, as well. Transportation between the two facilities will be provided by the SLT Education Staff. Tuition: $175 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. 15% Discount available for a current or incoming SLT Pre-Professional Track student. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

Summer Stages – Session II: The Greatest Showman

Summer Stages - Session II will teach acting basics through theatre games & improvisation, scene-work, musical theatre song & dance, and offer students an opportunity to present a free informal performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Participants who love visual art will also have fun with themed craft projects, as well as creating their own headshot display and scenic elements for their show!

Students in Summer Stages - Session II will tackle material from and inspired by The Greatest Showman! In honor of the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original movie musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. A celebration of humanity, individualism, determination, grit, and self-expression, the themes of the movie provide an exultant parallel for the joys of participation in live theatre!

“Come alive! Light your light and let it burn so bright” at Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages – Session II: The Greatest Showman!

The first three days of Summer Stages – Session II: The Greatest Showman will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. The final day of the workshop and the informal performance will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut.

Monday, June 10-Thursday, June 13 Ages 4-5, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Performance: Thursday, June 13, 4:00 p.m. No Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements provide a childcare solution Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day or $25 per week Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day or $25 per week Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day or $42 per week

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Friday Fun Day: Harry Potter Playtime/The Boy Who Lived

Friday Fun Days will be so much FUN! They’ll be educational! AND…did we mention how very much FUN there is to be had?

Join us at Hogwart’s for games, crafts, contests, prizes, and more! Theatrical concepts and musical theatre song and dance will be introduced, demonstrated, and performed, and participants will be surprised by an exciting special guest!

Friday, June 14, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-12 Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

All Friday Fun Days will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

I want to go to Hogwarts with Harry!

Acting Intensive

Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Acting Intensive is a four-day dramatic conservatory available to disciplined middle school, high school, and college age students possessing previous theatre experience.

Dedicated students will take part in daily classes focused on:

 Text Analysis: to comprehend the material being acted  Acting Technique: a laboratory to explore the basic concepts of acting introduced at the Summer Conservatory  Voice and Speech: to improve vocal production, articulation, and interpretive skills  Games: to develop imagination and spontaneous self-expression  Movement: to strengthen the body and encourage its use in creative expression  Scene Study: to understand how the elements above come together to create a solid foundation in contemporary plays

In addition, advanced students will have the opportunity to explore specialized techniques, and all students will enjoy “Inside The Artist’s Studio” visits from area arts professionals.

Monday, June 17-Thursday, June 20, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Ages 12 and Up

The SLT Summer Acting Intensive will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Summer Stages – Session III: Movie Musicals and Broadway Blockbusters/Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, and More!

Summer Stages - Session III is sure to be a winner for young musical theatre lovers, teaching musical theatre performance via theatre games & improvisation, ensemble text, song & dance, and offering students an opportunity to present a free informal performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Participants who love visual art will also have fun with themed craft projects, as well as creating their own headshot display and scenic elements for their show!

Students in Summer Stages - Session III will tackle material from and inspired by the movie musicals and Broadway blockbusters that we all love the most—Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, Annie… What are some of your personal favorites?

Whether you’re a dancing queen, orphan, poet, secretary, or millionaire, you won’t be able to resist Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages – Session III: Movie Musicals and Broadway Blockbusters/Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, and More!

The first three days of Summer Stages – Session III: Movie Musicals and Broadway Blockbusters/Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, and More will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. The final day of the workshop and the informal performance will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut.

Monday, June 17-Thursday, June 20 Ages 4-5, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Performance: Thursday, June 20, 4:00 p.m. No Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

Tuition: $100 for Ages 4-5, $170 for Ages 6-18 2 snacks a day and a t-shirt included (Additional shirts for family members can be purchased for $20 at the time of registration.) (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. 15% Discount available for any subsequent Summer Stages program. Not applicable to any other camp offerings, only Summer Stages Session I, II, III, IV or V. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

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Friday Fun Day: Trolls/The Best Day Ever

Join us in Troll Village for games, crafts, contests, prizes, and more! Theatrical concepts and musical theatre song and dance will be introduced, demonstrated, and performed, and participants will be surprised by an exciting special guest!

Friday, June 21, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-12 Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

All Friday Fun Days will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

Today’s the perfect day in every single way!

Summer Stages – Session IV: Adventures in Madagascar

Summer Stages - Session IV will teach acting basics through theatre games & improvisation, scene-work, musical theatre song & dance, and offer students an opportunity to present a free informal performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Participants who love visual art will have fun with themed craft projects, as well as creating their own headshot display and scenic elements for their show!

Students in Summer Stages - Session IV will tackle material from and inspired by the Dreamworks series of Madagascar movies and special animated features! Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins will bound onto the stage for a musical exploration of a lifetime. Crack- a-lackin’ friendships will be formed and much fun will be had in the Central Park Zoo and the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. “Move it, move it” into “the wild” of Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages – Session IV: Adventures in Madagascar!

The first three days of Summer Stages – Session IV: Adventures in Madagascar will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. The final day of the workshop and the informal performance will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut.

Monday, June 24-Thursday, June 27 Ages 4-5, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Performance: Thursday, June 27, 4:00 p.m. No Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

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Friday Fun Day: Dora The Explorer/An Exploradora!

Friday Fun Days will be so much FUN! They’ll be educational! AND…did we mention how very much FUN there is to be had?

Join us for an adventure around the world including games, crafts, contests, prizes, and more! Theatrical concepts and musical theatre song and dance will be introduced, demonstrated, and performed, and participants will be surprised by an exciting special guest!

Friday, June 28, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-12 Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

All Friday Fun Days will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

Grab your backpack! Let’s go! You can lead the way!

Summer Institute – Session I: The Wizard of Oz Young Performers’ Edition

Springfield Little Theatre Summer Institutes are all-inclusive theatrical training grounds for experienced young musical theatre performers resulting in six public performances on the historic Landers Theatre stage!

They provide exciting opportunities for committed students to be a part of a full scale production.

A demanding two-week process from beginning to end, a SLT Summer Institute may best be described as “summer stock” for youth!

Summer Institute – Session I will present The Wizard of Oz Young Performers’ Edition.

The classic tale of The Wizard of Oz, in which a Kansas farm girl travels over the rainbow to discover the magical power of home, has been entertaining audiences for generations. The Young Performers’ Edition is a one-hour adaptation, specially tailored to provide a rewarding experience for both young actors and young audiences.

Day 1 of camp, Days 5-9 of camp, and Summer Institute Performances will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut. Day 2-4 of camp will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue.

Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 8 – 18 Ages 4-7, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 8-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Any high school student with equivalent experience (high school theatre, etc.) is invited to enroll in a SLT Summer Institute. For students 8th grade and under, previous SLT involvement is required for participation (a class, workshop, troupe, or SLT production experience) or the pre-requisite can be satisfied through enrollment in an upcoming 6 week education class, School’s Out Play-in-a-Day Workshop, Education Series production, Summer Stages workshop, or Friday Fun Day!

Tuition: $250 for Ages 8-18, $175 for Ages 4-7 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. SLT Youth Performance Troupe students may register for a second session at 25% off after registering for the first session at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

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Technical Theatre Camp – Session I

Technical Theatre Camp offers an incredible opportunity for students 12 and up to gain training, insight, respect for, and hands on experience in technical theatre from SLT’s own Scenic Designer Chuck Rogers, Lighting/ Sound Designer Jamie Bower, Costumers Kris Haik and Ginny Herfkens, and the SLT summer support staff.

Students enrolled in Technical Theatre Camp – Session I will not only gain a valuable skill set, but they will also help to create the sets, costumes, and props, as well as serve as the technical crew, for the SLT Summer Institute production of The Wizard of Oz Young Performers’ Edition.

Technical Theatre Camp – Session I will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut. (SLT will provide transportation to the Creamery Arts Center, 411 N. Sherman Parkway, as needed.)

Monday-Friday, July 8-18 Ages 12-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Tuition: $225 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. SLT Youth Performance Troupe students may register for a second Technical Theatre Camp session at 25% off after registering for the first session at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

If you build it, they will come!

Theatre Administration Camp – Session I

How do we plan a season? What goes on in the main office in preparation for a production? How does a show get marketed? How do we make a show profitable? How do our supporters get recognized? What goes into planning for each of our education offerings? What must be done to orchestrate the current camp and the next several summer camps? How do we juggle all of the pieces and parts?

Learn about the operations of SLT and be a part of making it all happen in Theatre Administration Camp held in conjunction with The Wizard of Oz Young Performers Edition.

Please Note: This is not a performance camp. Participants will be working in the SLT education and business offices under the direct supervision of the production/camp assistant. They will also have the opportunity to visit with each of the full time SLT staff members and tour other area arts institutions.

Theatre Administration Camp will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut, Days 1 and Days 5-11, and at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue, Days 2-4. SLT will provide transportation to other area arts institutions for enrichment experiences and between the two Springfield Little Theatre facilities on a project by project basis.

Monday-Friday, July 8-18 Ages 12-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

Keep Calm and Get It Done!

Summer Institute – Session II: Guys & Dolls Jr.

They provide exciting opportunities for committed students to be a part of a full scale production.

A demanding two-week process from beginning to end, a SLT Summer Institute may best be described as “summer stock” for youth!

Summer Institute – Session II will present Guys & Dolls Jr.

Guys and Dolls JR. is an adaptation of the show considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy. Its namesake ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950, and won numerous Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Frank Loesser's brassy, immortal score and witty book makes Guys and Dolls JR. a perennial crowd pleaser.

Set in Damon Runyon's New York City, Guys and Dolls JR. follows gambler, Nathan Detroit, as he tries to find the cash to set up the biggest crap game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck. Meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years without ever getting married. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown. Guys and Dolls JR. takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, but everyone eventually ends up right where they belong.

Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 22-August 1 Ages 8-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Tuition: $250 for Ages 8-18 (Younger children are recommended to enroll in our Fairytale and Frozen camps during this time period.) 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. SLT Youth Performance Troupe students may register for a second session at 25% off after registering for the first session at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.) 18

Technical Theatre Camp – Session II

Technical Theatre Camp provides an incredible opportunity for students 12 and up to gain training, insight, respect for, and hands on experience in technical theatre from SLT’s own Scenic Designer Chuck Rogers, Lighting/ Sound Designer Jamie Bower, Costumers Kris Haik and Ginny Herfkens, and the SLT summer support staff.

Students enrolled in Technical Theatre Camp – Session II will not only gain a valuable skill set, but they will also help to create the sets, costumes, and props, as well as serve as the technical crew, for the SLT Summer Institute production of Guys & Dolls Jr.

Technical Theatre Camp – Session II will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut. (SLT will provide transportation to the Creamery Arts Center, 411 N. Sherman Parkway, as needed.)

Monday-Friday, July 22-August 1 Ages 12-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

If you build it, they will come!

Theatre Administration Camp – Session II

How do we plan a season? What goes on in the main office in preparation for a production? How does a show get marketed? How do we make a show profitable? How do our supporters get recognized? What goes into planning for each of our education offerings? What must be done to orchestrate this camp and the next several summer camps? How do we juggle all of the pieces and parts?

Learn about the operations of SLT and be a part of making it all happen in Theatre Administration Camp held in conjunction with Guys & Dolls Jr.

Monday-Friday, July 22-August 1 Ages 8-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!

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Fairy Tale Camp Frozen Camp

Springfield Little Theatre’s Fairy Tale Camp will provide a Springfield Little Theatre’s Frozen Camp will provide an playful and imaginative theatre education experience for enchanting theatre education experience for our our youngest summer students. Through the use of youngest summer students. With material from and classic stories and creative play, children ages 4-8 will be inspired by the popular Disney animated picture and encouraged to create a larger than life character through Broadway production, participants ages 4-8 will be the use of the three basic tools of the actor—body, face, introduced to musical theatre basics and thrill with and voice. Each day, children will sing, dance, act, do surprise visits from familiar characters. Each day, visual art, and rehearse a script and musical number to children will sing, dance, act, do visual art, and rehearse present for family members at the conclusion of the a script and musical number to present for family camp. members at the conclusion of the camp.

Monday, July 22-Friday, July 26, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Monday, July 29-Friday, August 2, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-8 Ages 4-8

Fairy Tale Camp will be held at the SLT Education Facility, Frozen Camp will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. 237 South Florence Avenue.

Tuition: $150 Tuition: $150 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included 1 snack a day and a t-shirt included (Additional shirts for family members can be purchased (Additional shirts for family members can be purchased for $20 at the time of registration.) for $20 at the time of registration.) (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.) Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

Summer Stages – Session V: Mega-Movie Musicals & Big Broadway Blockbusters/Hamilton, Hairspray, and Other Happenings!

Summer Stages - Session V is a dream come true for “young, scrappy, and hungry” musical theatre lovers, teaching musical theatre performance via theatre games & improvisation, ensemble text, song & dance, and offering students an opportunity to present a free informal performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Participants who love visual art will also have fun with themed craft projects, as well as creating their own headshot display and scenic elements for their show!

Students in Summer Stages - Session V will tackle material from mega-movie musicals and big Broadway blockbusters that have burst into our culture with enormous popularity and inspired us all!

Big hair! Big ambition! Go BIG with Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages – Session V: Mega-Movie Musicals and Big Broadway Blockbusters/Hamilton, Hairspray, and Other Happenings!

The first three days of Summer Stages – Session V: Mega-Movie Musicals & Big Broadway Blockbusters/Hamilton, Hairspray, and Other Happenings will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue. The final day of the workshop and the informal performance will be held at the Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut.

Monday, August 5-Thursday, August 8 Ages 4-5, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Performance: Friday, August 8, 4:00 p.m.

Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Stages—Where everyone is a star!

Friday Fun Day: Pokemon

Make the SLT Education Facility your preferred Pokestop for games, crafts, contests, prizes, and more! Theatrical concepts and musical theatre song and dance will be introduced, demonstrated, and performed, and participants will be surprised by an exciting special guest!

Friday, August 9, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Ages 4-12 Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

All Friday Fun Days will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

Pokemon, it’s you and me! I know it’s my destiny!

School’s Still Out: Toy Story

It’s the last two days of summer vacation and while school is still out, the Springfield Little Theatre Education Department is still very much ALL IN!

Children ages 4-12 are invited to join us Monday, August 12 for School’s Still Out: Toy Story, a full day School’s Out Play- in-a-Day workshop featuring material from and inspired by the popular Pixar animated feature.

Woody, a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy, sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear action figure. Even worse, the arrogant Buzz thinks he's a real spaceman on a mission to return to his home planet. When Andy's family moves to a new house, Woody and Buzz must escape the clutches of maladjusted neighbor Sid Phillips and reunite with their boy.

Campers are encouraged to wear their most colorful pajamas and bring a pillow and their favorite toy for a theatrical “Show and Tell,” games, acting exercises, a craft, song, dance, and visit from a surprise guest!

Monday, August 12, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Ages 4-12

Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

School’s Still Out: Toy Story will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

School’s Still Out: How To Train Your Dragon

It’s the day before the first day of school and just before your kiddos will assume the roles of full time students at their academic schools, they’ll have the chance to discover and map unexplored lands at Springfield Little Theatre’s School’s Still Out: How To Train Your Dragon workshop!

Children ages 4-12 are invited to join us Tuesday, August 13 for School’s Still Out: How To Train Your Dragon, a full day School’s Out Play-in-a-Day workshop featuring material from and inspired by the funny, touching, and entertaining Dreamworks computer animated action fantasy film based on author Cressida Cowell’s book.

Hiccup is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his father is chief of the clan. Tossed into dragon-fighting school, he endeavors to prove himself as a true Viking, but when he befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless, he has the chance to plot a new course for his people's future.

Campers will participate in How To Train Your Dragon-themed theatre games, acting exercises, a craft, song, and dance, and will be visited by a surprise guest!

Tuesday, August 13, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Ages 4-12

Informal Performance/Demonstration at 4:00 p.m.

School’s Still Out: How To Train Your Dragon will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Ave.

Tuition: $40 2 snacks a day included (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

A Morning Supplement is available from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and an Afternoon Supplement is available from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Supplements help provide a childcare solution for working parents and offer an additional outlet for creative play. Students enrolled in supplements have the option to play games, color, craft, watch movies, participate in STEM activities, create dances, read books, tell stories, invent plays, perform puppet theatre, or rest. Cost of Morning Supplement--$7.50 per day Cost of Afternoon Supplement--$7.50 per day (Please note that the showing for family members begins at 4:00 p.m., so you may want to make arrangements to be present for that.) Cost of Both Morning and Afternoon Supplement--$12 per day

Troupers In Training Camp It’s “Hire” A Y.E.S. Trouper Week! A Week of Preparation for Springfield Little Theatre Elementary and Middle School Youth Performance Troupe Auditions Students entering 2nd-8th grade are invited to attend an Audition Preparatory Camp for Elementary and Middle School SLT Youth Performance Troupe Auditions. Upper level troupers under the guidance of SLT troupe staff will serve as coaches for interested young students to assist with monologue and/or song selection, memorization, interpretation, and presentation, as well as techniques for a successful musical theatre dance audition and creative improvisation.

Troupers In Training Camp will be held at the SLT Education Facility, 237 South Florence Avenue.

Monday, August 12 – Thursday, August 15; 4:30-6:30pm For youth entering 2nd through 8th grade

Tuition: $80 (25% Sibling Discount available after registering a first child at full price. A 15% Discount available for returning SLT Youth Performance Troupe students. Please contact a SLT Education Registrar to register at a discounted rate.)

All proceeds from this camp will benefit the Springfield Little Theatre Scholarship Fund for Graduating Seniors.