Taproot Theatre Offers In-Person Summer Break Acting Camps

Taproot Theatre’s Acting Studio Summer camps get underway in June, with in-person experiences for students in Pre-k through 12^th grade. Taproot will be offering a variety of summer camps between June 26 and August 25 including Adventures in Drama, Imagination Quest, Art of Comedy, Musical Theatre Supercamp, Playwriting, and Advanced Musical Theatre Revue. All camps are taught by Taproot’s experienced teaching artists and theatre professionals. Registration and class descriptions are available online at http://taproottheatre.org/acting-studio or by contacting the Acting Studio at 206.529.3668 or [email protected].

Summer Break Camps
Camps for Pre-K – 1st Graders

ADVENTURES IN DRAMA / DRAMA QUEST 

Pre-K – 1st grade (Children must be 4 or older and potty-trained.) 
Your child’s imagination performs front and center in this class that challenges, excites, and inspires young children. Students will learn theatrical terms, play games that reinforce life skills, and work together to tell a compelling story. They will discover the three most important tools in an actor’s toolbox: imagination, body, and voice. This class teaches students from a young age that theatre is a wonderful team-building activity where empathy and respect are highly valued. See them apply and use all these skills in their end of week performance. Join us for multiple sessions for a different theme and story each week! 

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 

Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM 

Cost: $250 (1 week) 

*Session 2 runs Wednesday-Friday and cost is $150 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran 

Teachers: Ashleigh Coe, Emily Paul, Kim Morris, Marianne Savell 

DramaQuest

These sessions are combined with our 2^nd-3^rd grade students and are for K-1^st grade students ONLY. If your student will not be in Kindergarten this fall, please check out our Adventures in Drama sessions listed below! 

Session 1: June 26 – June 30

Session 2*: July 5 – July 7

Session 3: July 10 – July 14

Session 4: July 17 – July 21

Session 5: August 7 – August 11

Session 6: August 21 – August 25

Adventures in Drama 

These sessions are for Pre-K to 1^st grade students only. 

Session 1: July 24 – July 28

Session 2: July 31 – August 4

Session 3: August 14 – August 18

Camps for 2nd-3rd Graders

IMAGINATION QUEST / DRAMA QUEST 

2^nd – 3^rd grade  
Your child’s imagination performs front and center in this class that challenges, excites, and inspires young children. Students will learn theatrical terms, play games that reinforce life skills, and work together to tell a compelling story. They will discover the three most important tools in an actor’s toolbox: imagination, body, and voice. This class teaches students from a young age that theatre is a wonderful team-building activity where empathy and respect are highly valued. See them apply and use all these skills in their end of week performance. Join us for multiple sessions for a different theme and story each week! 

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 

Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM 

Cost: $250 (1 week) 

*Session 2 runs Wednesday-Friday and cost is $150 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran 

Teachers: Ashleigh Coe, Emily Paul, James Faley, Kim Morris 

DramaQuest 

These sessions are combined with our K-1st grade students. 

Session 1: June 26 – June 30

Session 2*: July 5 – July 7

Session 3: July 10 – July 14

Session 4: July 17 – July 21

Session 5: August 7 – August 11

Session 6: August 21 – August 25

Imagination Quest 

These sessions are for 2nd-3rd grade students only. 

Session 1: July 24 – July 28

Session 2: July 31 – August 4

Session 3: August 14 – August 18

Camps for 4th-6th Graders

ART OF COMEDY FOR YOUTH        

4^th – 6^th grade  
This exciting, challenging, and hilarious camp opens your student’s eyes to the comedy all around them. Students will learn the ins and outs of comedic acting, improvisation, how to work together to build comedic scenes, hone their stand-up skills, and begin to develop their own voice as a comedian. The camp culminates in a final performance of comedic proportions! 

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 

Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $400 (1 week) 

Locations:  

Session 1 & 2: Phinney Ridge Lutheran 

Session 3: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: James Faley, Rob Martin 

Session 1: June 26 – June 30

Session 2: July 10 – July 14

Session 3: July 31 – August 4

MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE  

4^th – 12^th grade 

A perfect introduction to musical theatre or a great opportunity to hone their musical theatre craft, your young actor will sing, dance, and act during this week of theatrical fun and friendship. Students will bring their hard work to the stage in a performance on the final day of camp with large group numbers, duets, and more as the entire company sings some of the greatest songs in musical theatre.  

Dates: Monday – Friday, June 26 – June 30 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $425 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Stevie Kallos, Taylor Niemeyer 

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IMPROV 101 WORKSHOP 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Join us for a three-day intensive with one of Taproot’s very own improvisers! Learn the basics of improv and what it takes to be a professional improviser. This camp is perfect for budding comedians who want to learn the secrets of comedic acting and develop their comedic timing and skills. 

Dates: Wednesday – Friday, July 5 – July 7 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $230 (3 days) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teacher: James Faley 

MUSICAL THEATRE SUPERCAMP (2 WEEKS) 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Performing: Honk, Jr. 

If this is your student’s first Musical Theatre Supercamp at Taproot, email [email protected] for approval or to schedule an audition. 

On your mark…get set…sing, dance, and act! This fast-paced and challenging two-week intensive class will dive deeply into the singing, dancing, and acting techniques needed for musical theatre performance. Not for the faint of heart, this class will challenge even the most experienced young actors.?Each student will go through an audition process and be cast in a Broadway-style musical, creating an experience they will never forget. Prepare to be at the edge of your seat as the talented cast performs not once, but twice!  

Dates: Monday – Friday, July 17 – July 21 and July 24 – July 28, plus Saturday, July 29, for morning performance 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $600 (2 weeks) 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran (week 1), Jewell Mainstage Theatre (week 2) 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Edd Key 

YOUTH SHOWCASE 

4^th – 6^th grade  
This camp provides the fun, excitement, and hard work it takes to put on a great production – all in just one week! From auditioning and rehearsing to preparing for a final performance, students will have a great time working together and developing their acting skills. Get ready for an action-packed, fast-paced theatre adventure as students come together to memorize lines, learn stage blocking, and go through tech rehearsals just like the professionals. Students will be amazed at what they have accomplished when it all comes together with lights, costumes, and a live audience at the end of the week. 

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 

Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $425 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: James Faley, Emily Paul, Lorrie Fargo 

Shows: TBA 

*Session 3 is for 4^th-12^th grade students. 

Session 1: July 17 – July 21

Session 2: August 7 – August 11

Session 3*: August 21 – August 25

ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATRE SUPERCAMP (2 WEEKS) 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Performing: Oliver, Jr. 

If this is your student’s first Advanced Musical Theatre Supercamp at Taproot, email [email protected] for approval or to schedule an audition. 

Give my regards to Broadway! Aimed at serious artists in training, this fast-paced and challenging camp is perfect for those who want a taste of the professional world of musical theatre. Students will experience the thrill of accomplishment by putting on a show that comes together in just two weeks. Each actor will audition and be cast in a challenging Broadway-style musical. 

Dates: Monday – Friday, August 7 – August 11 and August 14 – August 18, plus Saturday, August 19, for morning performance 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $600 (2 weeks) 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran (week 1), Jewell Mainstage Theatre (week 2) 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Edd Key 

Camps for 7th-12th Graders

MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE  

4^th – 12^th grade 

A perfect introduction to musical theatre or a great opportunity to hone their musical theatre craft, your young actor will sing, dance, and act during this week of theatrical fun and friendship. Students will bring their hard work to the stage in a performance on the final day of camp with large group numbers, duets, and more as the entire company sings some of the greatest songs in musical theatre.  

Dates: Monday – Friday, June 26 – June 30 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $425 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: Teachers: Jenny Cross, Stevie Kallos, Taylor Niemeyer 

IMPROV 101 WORKSHOP 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Join us for a three-day intensive with one of Taproot’s very own improvisers! Learn the basics of improv and what it takes to be a professional improviser. This camp is perfect for budding comedians who want to learn the secrets of comedic acting and develop their comedic timing and skills. 

Dates: Wednesday – Friday, July 5 – July 7 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $230 (3 days) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teacher: James Faley 

ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE (1 WEEK) 

7^th – 12^th grade 

If this is your student’s first Advanced Musical Theatre Revue at Taproot, email [email protected] for approval or to schedule an audition.  

Aimed at serious artists in training, this rigorous musical theatre revue camp is fast-paced, challenging, and will hone your student’s current musical theatre skills. Students will audition and be cast to perform group numbers, duets, and solos from the musical theatre canon. Friends and family will discover how singing, dancing, and acting all work together in the end of week musical performance!  

Dates: Monday – Friday, July 10 – July 14  

Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $425 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Stevie Kallos 

PLAYWRITING 

7^th – 12^th grade 

Join a favorite Taproot playwright in this one-week class that explores the writing process, story structure, and character development of playwriting. Storytellers, aspiring playwrights, and creative writers will collaborate to create a set of scenes that they can continue exploring long after camp is over. This class is perfect for actors interested in writing for the first time. Students will love seeing their written words spoken on the Taproot stage by real Taproot actors at the end of week reading! *Students will have the opportunity to watch our professional mainstage production matinee during the week! 

Dates: Monday – Friday, July 17 - 21 

Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $450 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Jewell Mainstage Theatre 

Teacher: Melanie Hampton 

MUSICAL THEATRE SUPERCAMP (2 WEEKS) 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Performing: Honk, Jr. 

If this is your student’s first Musical Theatre Supercamp at Taproot, email [email protected] for approval or to schedule an audition. 

On your mark…get set…sing, dance, and act! This fast-paced and challenging two-week intensive class will dive deeply into the singing, dancing, and acting techniques needed for musical theatre performance. Not for the faint of heart, this class will challenge even the most experienced young actors.?Each student will go through an audition process and be cast in a Broadway-style musical, creating an experience they will never forget. Prepare to be at the edge of your seat as the talented cast performs not once, but twice!  

Dates: Monday – Friday, July 17 – July 21 and July 24 – July 28, plus Saturday, July 29, for morning performance 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $600 (2 weeks) 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran (week 1), Jewell Mainstage Theatre (week 2) 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Edd Key  

ART OF COMEDY FOR TEENS 

7^th – 12^th grade 

Make ‘em laugh! Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? This exhilarating one-week camp will help develop your teenage actor’s comedic timing as they learn the rules of improv, work together on comedic scenes, hone their stand-up skills, and develop their own voice as a comedian. Family and friends will get a chance to laugh along at the end-of-week performance.  

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $400 (1 week) 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: Rob Martin, Marianne Savell 

Session 1: July 24 – July 28

Session 2: August 14 – August 18

TEEN SHOWCASE 

7^th – 12^th grade 

It’s easy to watch a favorite actor and think, “How do they make that so believable?” This camp takes you behind the curtain, exploring the ins and outs of what an actor should bring to the rehearsal process. Students will present either a one act play or a series of short scenes and learn the wide range of theatrical skills required for performance. This is a fast-paced camp that requires the ensemble to work together, trust each other, and take risks. Students will be amazed at what they have accomplished when it all comes together in front of an audience.  

Dates: Monday – Friday (see session dates below) 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $425 (1 week) 

Locations:  

Session 1: Taproot Theatre Company, Jewell Mainstage Theatre  

Session 2: Taproot Theatre Company, Isaac Studio Theatre 

Teachers: Lorrie Fargo 

Shows: TBA 

*Session 2 is for 4^th-12^th grade students. 

Session 1: July 31 – August 4

Session 2*: August 21 – August 25

ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATRE SUPERCAMP (2 WEEKS) 

4^th – 12^th grade 

Performing: Oliver, Jr. 

If this is your student’s first Advanced Musical Theatre Supercamp at Taproot, email [email protected] for approval or to schedule an audition. 

Give my regards to Broadway! Aimed at serious artists in training, this fast-paced and challenging camp is perfect for those who want a taste of the professional world of musical theatre. Students will experience the thrill of accomplishment by putting on a show that comes together in just two weeks. Each actor will audition and be cast in a challenging Broadway-style musical. 

Dates: Monday – Friday, August 7 – August 11 and August 14 – August 18, plus Saturday, August 19, for morning performance 
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $600 (2 weeks) 

Location: Phinney Ridge Lutheran (week 1), Jewell Mainstage Theatre (week 2) 

Teachers: Jenny Cross, Edd Key 

TEEN INTENSIVE 

7^th – 12^th grade 

Is your young actor ready for the next level? This camp allows students the opportunity to dive into scene work, character development, and prepare them for auditions. During the week, students will learn from some of Taproot’s professional artists who know what it takes to excel in the world of theatre. Our team will guide your student through the process of auditioning from start to finish, giving them tools and tips used by working actors in the industry. Students will receive individual monologue coaching and may prepare selected scenes that will challenge them as an actor. All Teen Intensive students will be asked to bring two contrasting, age-appropriate monologues to the first day of camp. *Students will have the opportunity to watch our professional mainstage production matinee during the week! 

Dates: Monday – Friday, August 7 – August 11  
Time: 10am – 4pm 

Cost: $450 

Location: Taproot Theatre Company, Jewell Mainstage Theatre 

Teacher: Marianne Savell 

About Taproot Theatre’s Acting Studio Summer Camps

WHAT: Registration is open for Pre-K through 12^th grade students for Taproot Theatre Company’s Summer Acting Studio camps.

WHEN: Taproot Theatre Company’s Summer Acting Studio camps June 26 – August 25, 2023.

WHERE: Classes are held at Taproot Theatre’s Jewell Mainstage and Isaac Studio Theatres, 204 N 85^th St. and 212 N 85^th St, respectively, and Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave N.

REGISTRATION: Registration and class descriptions are available online at http://taproottheatre.org/acting-studio, by contacting the Acting Studio at 206.529.3668 or emailing [email protected].

AGES: Grades are listed based on the grade students will be entering in Fall 2023.

PAYMENT: Full tuition is due at the time of registration. Payment plans may be used by anyone, regardless of financial need. If you would like make arrangements for a payment plan, email the Acting Studio at [email protected].

REFUND POLICY:

- If a student withdraws before the first day of class, a refund will be issued minus a $25 registration fee.

- If a student attends the first day of class but withdraws before the start of the second day, a refund will be issued minus the cost of one session plus a $25 registration fee.

- After the start of the second class there are no refunds.

CANCELLATIONS: We reserve the right to cancel or combine camps due to insufficient enrollment. In case of cancellation, all tuition paid will be returned in full, including the registration deposit.

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS: Because of the collaborative nature of theatre, your student must be at camp every day. For in-person camps, please have your student bring a sack lunch, snack and water each day, as well as a notebook and pencil with eraser.

HEALTH & SAFETY: As mask and vaccination requirements continue to shift, please check our website for all updated COVID-19 in-person protocols.

PR: Daytona Danielsen, Communications Manager, [email protected]