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Performing Arts

Act One Theatre Camp

Type: Acting, After Care, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Before Care, Creative, Dance, Day Camp, Design, Film, Improv, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Teen, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice

Description:

Lights… Camera… Act One! Welcome to a dynamic and interactive theatre experience where campers, ages 6-15, will spend each and every day acting, singing, dancing, and more! Join us in the Theater Department of the Glendale Community College as we rock out in our unique and exciting classrooms: from the stage to the movie-making lab, the make-up chair to the dance studio, and the music hall to the improv spotlight. Campers will create and star in their own theatrical adventures, and will showcase their amazing talents for the whole family to enjoy at our free end-of-camp Big Show. From the shy wallflower to the class clown: All levels of experience welcomed! Hurry… it’s almost time for Places!

Camp Hours 9am – 2pm, Before and After Care Hours: 8am-9am and 2pm-5pm.

Connect:

Address: Glendale Community College, 1500 N Verdugo Rd., Glendale, CA 91208

Phone Number: 818-749-0103

Email: [email protected]

Website: Act One Theatre Camp

Dates: 2023 Dates: Session One: June 12 - June 30; Session Two: July 3 - July 21; Session Three: July 24 - August 11

Hours: Camp Hours 9am - 2pm, Before and After Care Hours: 8am-9am and 2pm-5pm.

Price: $750

Acting Camp – Young Professional Actor’s Camp (TV & Film Focus)

Type: Acting, Arts Education, Day Camp, Film, Performing Arts, Theater

Description:

The key to each actor’s creative genius lies in their sense of play. Too often, in this industry and in this world, we think that mining our pain will lead to our best performance—when what is most often overlooked (and often overlooked) is tapping into our joy. Taught by the incomparable ZBS faculty, we will combine the meaningful, professional and holistic training ZBS is known for, with some true summer fun! This is not only an enormous opportunity to evolve your art, but to have a ridiculously good time doing it.

“If you’re not having fun, then you’re doing something wrong” – Jordan Peele

Connect:

Address: 332 S La Brea Ave., Ste 201, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phone Number: (323) 746-5059

Email: [email protected]

Website: Acting Camp - Young Professional Actor's Camp (TV & Film Focus)

Dates: June 19, 2023 - June 30 , 2023

Hours: 10 AM - 4 PM

Price: $1000

Amplify Sleep Away Camp

Type: Adventure Camp, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Camps for Girls, Creative, Creative Writing, Day Camp, Design, Film, Global Ethics, Mindfulness, Music, Nature, Outdoors, Performing Arts, Photography, Skateboarding, Sleep Away, STEAM, Surfing, Tech, Teen, Visual Arts, Voice, Water Sports

Description:

Amplify Sleep Away Camp is an empowering, award-winning music + creative arts summer camp in Ojai, California, serving girls from the neighborhood and around the world since 2012. Every girl deserves the chance to be their most authentic selves, and Amplify helps them do that with lifelong friends and positive role models in a safe, supportive environment. And if day camp is more your speed as opposed to overnight/sleep away camp, we’ve got your back!

Connect:

Address: 8585 N Ojai Rd, Ojai, CA 93023

Phone Number: (805) 699-5247

Email: [email protected]

Website: Amplify Sleep Away Camp

Dates: June 18, 2023–August 12, 2023

Hours: For day campers, we offer: early dropoff @ 8am; late pickup @ 7pm; staying at camp over the weekend; and sleeping over after the session's final showcase

Price: $499+

Archer Summer

Type: Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Camps for Girls, Creative, Creative Writing, Day Camp, Performing Arts, STEM, Visual Arts

Description:

Join us for a summer of imagination and enrichment led by an expert faculty.

Archer’s summer program for girls ignites creativity, inspires risk-taking, and builds valuable leadership skills. Engage in real world challenges, make new friends, and experience Archer’s joyful culture, which celebrates the possibility of every girl.

For rising 4th and 5th grade students, Girls in Charge offers week-long thematic programs rooted in creative play and exploration. Students will dive into a variety of imaginative projects culminating in a celebration and showcase of student work.

For rising 6th-8th grade students, Girls in Action provides an exciting and varied program that offers week-long experiences in a variety of disciplines. Students will choose four different workshops each week from a variety of offerings, including Humanities, STEM, and Performing & Visual Arts. Counselor-led activities will be held in between workshops and during lunch to create space for new friendships and fun.

Connect:

Address: 11725 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049

Phone Number:

Email: [email protected]

Website: Archer Summer

Dates: 6/12-6/30

Price: $760-950

Camp Louisville

Type: Arts & Crafts, Creative, Day Camp, Performing Arts, STEM

Description:

Camp Louisville invites middle school girls and boys to experiment, play, learn, explore, and create on the stunning campus of Louisville High School. Camp runs for 3 weeks with each week offering a chance to experience something new that may spark a passion or reveal a talent.

Week 1 (June 19-23) focuses on Leadership as kids get the chance to learn leadership skills like communication and public speaking. In week 2 (June 26-30), we will explore The Arts in all its forms–from the canvas to the stage and everything in between. Our final week (July 10-14) focuses on STEM with hands-on experiments, games, and competitions. No matter what your child is interested in, you’ll find fun and affordable opportunities at Camp Louisville.

Come find your roar at Camp Louisville!

Connect:

Address: 22300 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Phone Number: (818) 346-8812

Email: [email protected]

Website: Camp Louisville

Dates: June 19-23; June 26-30; July 10-14, 20023

Hours: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Price: $400/week

Camp Summertime

Type: Adventure Camp, After Care, Animal Camp, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Before Care, Day Camp, Nature, Outdoors, Performing Arts, Rock Climbing Camp, Sports, Surfing, Teen

Description:

Traditional day camp for boys and girls ages 3 to 15 on 120 private acres in the Malibu / Agoura Hills area.

Established in 1965 as one of the best traditional day camps in Southern California. Now located on 120 private acres in the Malibu / Agoura Hills area at Calamigos Ranch.  Calamigos Ranch was home for one of the earliest camps in California dating back to the 1940’s. This strong tradition continues with Camp Summertime. Camp Summertime is dedicated to providing a safe, loving, and enriching environment. We promote each child’s social, emotional, creative and physical development through individual and team activities. Campers build self-confidence, self-esteem and self-respect within this supportive environment.

Bus transportation is available each day from most areas. Pick up locations may include Malibu, Pacific Palisades, the San Fernando Valley,  Woodland Hills, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, and the Conejo Valley.

Connect:

Address: 327 S. Latigo Canyon Rd., Malibu, CA 90265

Phone Number: 818-706-7335

Email: [email protected]

Website: Camp Summertime

Dates: June – August

Camp Wildfolk

Type: Adventure Camp, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Creative, Dance, Day Camp, Fashion, Film, Improv, Maker, Nature, Outdoors, Performing Arts, Preschool Camp, Robotics, Science, STEAM, Teen, Theater, Tinkering

Description:

Camp Wildfolk is a child-centered day camp with two locations in Valley Village and West Hollywood. Wildfolk is project-based and truly unique- offering a balanced blend of structure and choice, with activities campers go wild for.

The spirit infused throughout camp feels “old school,” yet grounded in a mindful and intentional way of supporting and guiding children. Camp Wildfolk’s caring, silly, and wildly fun Guides are often cited as the #1 reason campers return year after year.

Programs offered for Pre-Kinder through 6th grade, as well as a Guides-in-Training (GIT) leadership program for tweens & teens. The schedule is balanced with outdoor time and classroom (with a/c)

Two Locations:
12020 Burbank Blvd. Valley Village, CA 91607 and
1265 N. Fairfax Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90046

Valley Contact: [email protected]
WeHo Contact: [email protected]

Connect:

Phone Number: (818) 299-4151

Email: [email protected]

Website: Camp Wildfolk

Dates: Valley: June 20, 2023- August 18, 2023 WeHo: June 20, 2023- July 28, 2023

Hours: Before Care: 8:00am- 9:00am After Care: 3:00pm- 5:30pm

Price: varies per program

Comedy Camp at The Crow

Type: Academic, Acting, Arts Education, Comedy, Creative, Creative Writing, Day Camp, Improv, Language, Performing Arts, Stand Up and Storytelling, Theater

Description:

The Crow’s comedy camp for kids brings 20+ years of comedy experience, mixed with a hefty background in running youth day camps and teaching theater in local schools! The Crow built a stage specifically for your young jokesters! Focusing on stand-up, improv, sketch, storytelling, writing, and stage confidence, your child will have an opportunity to learn joke structure while finding their storytelling perspective and voice through exciting play and activities. Each day will be mixed with team building, performance art, outdoor play, arts and crafts, and professionally constructed fart jokes – culminating in a final live performance at the end of each one-week session on Friday night for family and friends at The Crow’s main stage.
Check out a parent’s review:
“Our eight-year-old daughter got to perform stand-up for an audience. It was one of those moments I will never forget as a parent. I got to see a side of her that I’d never seen. She was poised, confident, and really looked like she was in her element. We always thought she’d like to be on stage, but she’s never been this excited about any theater, dance, or singing performance she’s done in the past. She’s always liked telling and writing jokes, but we didn’t think much of it. I’m not sure what they exactly did at the camp, but they really helped her to find herself on the stage. I’ve never seen her shine as she did during the show after just 5 days of camp. Also, the show at the end of the week was incredibly well produced. You’d think a kids’ comedy show would probably be a little boring and awkward, but it was actually incredibly entertaining and fun. Thank you!”
-Suzanne N. (Yelp)

Connect:

Address: Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Ave. #F4, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Phone Number: (310) 433-8092

Email: [email protected]

Website: Comedy Camp at The Crow

Dates: June, 2, 2023 - August 4, 2023

Hours: 9am - 3pm

Price: $550

Groundlings Teen Improv Classes

Type: Acting, Creative, Day Camp, Improv, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Teen, Theater, Virtual Camps & Classes

Description:

Lively five-day TEEN IMPROV CAMPS, or one-day TEEN DROP-INS, get teens on their feet working on characters, improvisation, and acting through a variety of fun games and improv exercises. On the last day of a TEEN IMPROV CAMP, parents and friends are invited to join the class online and observe the final 30 minutes in an “open class” format.

Connect:

Phone Number:

Email: [email protected]

Website: Groundlings Teen Improv Classes

Dates: Each week June-August

Price: $50, $275

Let’s Get Dramatic: An Introduction to Playwriting

Type: Arts Education, Creative, Creative Writing, Day Camp, Performing Arts, Teen, Theater

Description:

Do you have a story to tell? Boston Court Pasadena wants to help you tell it through theatre! Over the course of three weeks you will learn the building blocks of theatrical storytelling, how to write a play, and what it is like to have a career in the performing arts. This class is taught by working theatre artists and is an interactive, hands-on experience. By the end of the program you will have completed a 10-minute play that will be performed on the Boston Court Main Stage by professional actors and directed by a professional director.

Connect:

Address: 70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA 91116

Phone Number: 626.683.6801

Email: [email protected]

Website: Let's Get Dramatic: An Introduction to Playwriting

Dates: June 26th-July 15th, Monday-Friday 9AM-3PM

Price: $500 total class fees

Musical Theater Boot Camp

Type: Acting, Arts Education, Creative, Dance, Day Camp, Music, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Stand Up and Storytelling, Teen, Theater, Voice

Description:

Pasadena-area high school students: apply to be part of Pasadena Playhouse’s first ever Musical Theater Boot Camp! Students focus on the audition process rather than a production, allowing them to enter the college application season with a repertoire of monologues and songs, as well as the skills needed to find material appropriate for their age and type. From 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, industry professionals and guest artists will instruct students in acting, singing, dancing, movement, theater history and the college theater landscape. Each session culminates in a showcase for family and friends.

Video Auditions (Self-Tape) will be accepted until Apr 1, 2023. Decisions will be made by Apr 15, 2023. If you have any questions or need assistance with your application, please email educatio[email protected]asadenaplayhouse.org or call Patron Services at 626-356-7529.

Scholarships are available!

Connect:

Address: 39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

Phone Number: (626) 921-1161

Email: [email protected]

Website: Musical Theater Boot Camp

Dates: July 5 — July 28

Price: $1,600 - $1,900 (Scholarships are available!)

STAR Summer Camps

Type: Academic, Acting, Animal Camp, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Cooking, Dance, Day Camp, Design, Fashion, Film, Music, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Science, Sports, STEAM, STEM, Tech, Theater, Visual Arts

Description:

Try it all this summer with STAR’s one-of-a-kind variety camp! SuperSTAR allows you to participate in a variety of programs including sports, outdoor play, and S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) fields! In addition to offering campers the most varied experience, this is also our most popular and best-valued summer program. SuperSTAR camp encourages campers’ creativity, innovation, and exploration. Try a little bit of everything this summer and discover your new passion! SuperSTAR camp’s unique format is just one of the many reasons L.A. Parent magazine named us the “Best Educational Day Camp” five years in a row!

Multiple Discounts Available!
• Super Duper Early bird discounts $30 off per week expires January 31st
• Super Early bird discount $20 off per week expires February 28th
• Early bird discount $15 off per week expires March 28th
• Early bird discount $10 off per week expires April 28th
• Early bird discount $10 off per week expires May 31st
• Multiple session discounts $60 off total if enrolled in 4 or more weeks of camp
• Sibling discount $25 off the registration fee. (two+ siblings)

Connect:

Phone Number: (310) 842-8542

Email: [email protected]

Website: STAR Summer Camps

Dates: June 12th - August 25th

Hours: Extended Hours 8:00am-9:00am and 3:00pm-6:00pm

Price: $345 - $500 per week (Please note, there is a one-time $75 registration fee in addition to the weekly cost)

Steve and Kate’s

Type: Arts & Crafts, Coding, Cooking, Creative, Day Camp, Design, Fashion, Film, Maker, Performing Arts, Robotics, Sports, STEAM, STEM, Tech

Description:

When you trust kids, they trust themselves. Since 1980, Steve & Kate’s has put kids in charge of their own learning experience. As they try, fail, and learn on their own, they learn to trust their own judgment, and tackle the challenges of an ever changing world with creativity and confidence.

Campers choose from a variety of activities in real-time including, sewing, stop-motion animation, music, coding, sports & rec, makers crafts, baking, & more. They’ll decide what they want to do, and for how long.

This summer families can buy as many days as they’d like, and use them at any time. No weekly reservations required–just show up! Or, if you need more care, purchase a Summer Pass, which covers the whole season. If for any reason your plans change, they’ll automatically refund any unused Passes in full at summer’s end.

Ages: 4–12 | Lunch, snacks, and all hours (8am–6pm) included.

Now in Manhattan Beach, Valley Village, Pasadena, Torrance, Santa Monica, Costa Mesa and Mar Vista!

Manhattan Beach – Location Coming Soon
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Valley Village – 5243 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Valley Village CA  91607
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Pasadena – 74 South San Gabriel Blvd, Pasadena CA 91107
[email protected]
Santa Monica – 1229 4th St., Santa Monica CA 90401
[email protected]
Torrance – 4625 Garnet St, Torrance CA 90503
[email protected]
Costa Mesa-1701 Baker St., Costa Mesa CA 92626
[email protected]
Mar Vista- Location Coming Soon
[email protected]

Connect:

Phone Number: 415-389-5437 Give our main office a call, and they'll get you in touch with your local team.

Email:

Website: Steve and Kate's

Dates: All sites will have varying dates

Hours: 8 am- 6 pm all hours included

Price: $115 - Day Pass $3,450 Summer Pass

Summer at The Center

Type: Academic, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Basketball, Coding, Cooking, Creative, Creative Writing, Dance, Day Camp, Improv, Maker, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Robotics, Science, Sports, STEAM, STEM, Tech, Theater, Tinkering

Description:

Rising kindergarten through 8th graders are invited to join in for Summer at The Center. Whether you want to direct a play, design a robot, learn a language, sink some hoops, brush up on math skills, or dance your heart out, you can do it all this Summer at The Center.

Summer at The Center features engaging summer class offerings, state-of-the-art classrooms, outstanding athletic facilities, nurturing staff, and expert teachers. Sign up for summer excitement and learning at CEE’s expanded campus in West Hollywood. Summer camps include Arts, Science, Inventions, Athletics, Drones, Architecture, Cooking, Minecraft, Robotics, Crafts, Language Arts, Mathemagic, Dance, Drama, and lots more.

And don’t miss Camp SHAKE athletics camps: a fun and balanced sports program that prepares athletes with the physical and mental skills for performance and competition in a safe and supportive learning environment. Basketball and Sports & Games camps are available all summer long!

Connect:

Phone Number: (323) 651-0707

Email: [email protected]

Website: Summer at The Center

Dates: June 20, 2023-August 11, 2023

Summer Institute for the Gifted

Type: Academic, Coding, Creative, Global Ethics, Performing Arts, Robotics, Science, STEAM, STEM, Theater

Description:

Summer Institute for the Gifted has been a leader in gifted education since 1984. SIG provides summer academic enrichment programs for gifted, academically talented, creative, and high potential students in grades 1-11.

More importantly, SIG is a place where gifted students can be themselves and be part of a community of like-minded peers. SIG is a place of exploration, laughter, potential, creativity, innovation, and fun.

Connect:

Phone Number: (866) 442-1913

Email: [email protected]

Website: Summer Institute for the Gifted

Dates: June, 2023 - August, 2023

Hours: Residential and Commuter

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Type: Acting, Art & Nature, Camps for Boys, Camps for Girls, Dance, Day Camp, Improv, Music, Nature, Outdoors, Performing Arts, Stand Up and Storytelling, Theater, Voice

Description:

*Get 10% OFF camp with the code IDES10 at checkout before 3/15. Beware the Ides of March!*

Youth Drama Camp Session 1: Workshop
Ages 8-14
10 sessions beginning June 12
Monday-Friday 9am-2pm (No class 6/19, Share on Saturday 6/24)
Tuition $975

Expert teaching artists engage youth in exploring a Shakespeare play. In this workshop session, the focus is on the process as campers work on a play and attend classes in Stage Combat, Character, Improv, Elizabethan Dance and more. The last day of camp includes a Share celebrating all they have learned!

Youth Drama Camp Session 2: Production
Ages 8-14
15 sessions beginning June 26
Monday-Friday 9am-2pm (No class 7/4, Performance on Saturday 7/15)
Tuition $1375

In this Production class, expert teaching artists and caring group leaders lead classes in Fencing, Stage Combat, Improvisation, Voice/Speech, Acting, Elizabethan Song and Dance, and more! It all leads up to a dazzling performance of a Shakespeare play. Youth collaborate, create, and build confidence in a nurturing environment.

Teen Shakespeare Intensive
Ages 14-18
12 sessions beginning July 17
Monday-Thursday 2pm-6pm (Performance on 8/3 at 4:30pm)
Tuition $1395

Teens work with professional actors and directors on classical theatre techniques in Theatricum’s renowned Teen Summer Shakespeare Intensive. Classes include Acting Shakespeare, Scansion & Rhetoric, Stage Fencing & Combat, Improv, Elizabethan Dance & Song, and more. These techniques are applied towards a university-style showcase presentation of scenes and monologues that will be shared on the final day.

Young People’s Camp
Ages 4-7
9 sessions beginning July 17
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9am-12pm (Share on 8/4)
Tuition $525

Experienced teaching artists and caring group leaders engage little ones in Shakespeare text, Theatre Games, Stage Combat, Music, Puppetry, Elizabethan Dance, and more! Children learn to play as a team while developing their individual creativity. The last day of camp includes a Share celebrating all they have learned!

Connect:

Address: 1419 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA 90290

Phone Number: (310) 455-2322

Email: [email protected]

Website: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Dates: 6/12/23 - 6/24/23; 6/26/23 - 7/15/23; 7/17/23 - 8/3/23