Premiere Stages proudly offers two innovative camps for middle school and high school students.
SESSION 1: Camp PREMIERE—Let's Put on a Show
WHO: Recommended for Middle School Students: Ages 11 – 14.
WHEN: : Monday through Thursday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Final showcase on Friday, July 27.
WHERE: Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave., Union
TUITION: $295.00 (A limited number of scholarships are available)
Students enrolled in Let’s Put on A Show will learn the elements of acting and play development through innovative, active exercises and games that help them translate their creative ideas and impulses into fully conceptualized and mountable original performances for the stage. Working with professional actors, directors and playwrights in a fun, creative and collaborative environment campers will craft and star in their own showcase. This camp session culminates in a public performance of the campers’ work developed over the two-week period, followed by a certificate presentation and reception for the participants.
SESSION 2: Camp PREMIERE—Taking the Stage
WHO: Recommended for High School Students: Ages 15 – 18
WHEN: Monday through Thursday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Final presentation Friday, August 3.
TUITION: $295.00 (A limited number of scholarships are available).
Students enrolled in Taking the Stage focus on the craft of acting including scene work, audition technique, monologue preparation, movement and voice/speech. Students all have the chance to work closely with professional actors and directors, as well as guest artists in fields such as stage combat, casting and improvisation. Campers perform monologues as well as scenes from original plays that have been developed through the Premiere Stages Play Festival. This camp session culminates in a public performance of the monologues and scenes, followed by a certificate presentation and reception for the participants.
In addition Kean University, the Kean Department of Theatre and its resident Equity theatre company, Premiere Stages, are working in cooperation with Paper Mill Playhouse to host the Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical Theater Conservatory on their Union, New Jersey campus.
For further information or to register for either camp please contact Clare Drobot, Producing Associate at: 908.737.4092 or via email cdrobot@kean.edu
