Summer 2024 Theatre Camp
All classes for ages 3.5 – 13 are held at the Arts Center
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Summer 2024 Theatre Camp
Pre-School Theatre Camp
Ages 3.5-5
Monday – Friday
9:30-12:30
Location: Arts Center
Tuition: $435
Fun is the goal. A delightful class to encourage the youngest children to explore the environment through guided play and the use of imagination. Children learn to value self-expression, work together, and use their imaginations, bodies, and voices while traveling inside favorite storybooks. The first part of the morning will focus on story exploring and creative movement and the second half will be creating crafts and props for our stories. This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12PM at the Theatre 105 Division Street, West Harwich.
Full Day Theatre Camp
Ages 6-9
Monday – Friday
9:30-3:30
Final Friday class of each session ends at 12:30
Location: Arts Center
Tuition $865
All day theatre arts program. In this 2-week theatre camp immersion you will get to climb all the branches of theatre tree. The mornings are filled with creative drama and movement. The afternoons offer specialized programming in musical theatre, technical theatre, clowning and much more. Each 2-week camp is unique! This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12PM at the Theatre 105 Division Street, West Harwich.
Full Day Theatre Camp
Ages 10-13
Monday – Friday
9:30-3:30
Final Friday class of each session ends at 12:30
Location: Arts Center
Tuition: $865
All day theatre arts program. In this 2-week camp you will engage in a full theatrical process culminating with a showcase at the Theatre. Build confidence as you work with your ensemble on different aspects of a production. Learn core acting skills and character development through theatre games and creative drama. Explore singing and choreography through Broadway Kids. Technical Theatre and Clowning round out this immersive 360-degree theatrical experience. Each 2-week camp is unique! This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12PM at the Theatre 105 Division St, West Harwich.
Half Day Theatre Camp
Ages 6-9
Monday – Friday
9:30-12:30
Location: Arts Center
Tuition: $435
This class begins the exciting journey of the budding actor. Children experience developmentally appropriate theatre games and dramatizations of stories that build skills, spark the imagination, nurture creativity, and inspire empathy. The class also focuses on enhancing students’ communication skills and self-confidence. This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12PM at the Theatre 105 Division Street, West Harwich
Half Day Theatre Camp
Ages 10-13
Monday – Friday
9:30-12:30
Location: Arts Center
Tuition: $435
Enhance theatre skills through carefully crafted exercises, dramatizing stories, acting, and improv. Students focus on character development using improvisation, small scripts, and well-known stories. This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12PM at the Theatre 105 Division St, West Harwich
Let’s Put on a Play: The Stinky Cheese Man
Ages 6-13
Monday – Friday
9:30-3:30
August 12-23
Location: Theatre
Come put on a play with us! The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales deconstructs the tradition of the fairy tale. Characters slide in and out of tales, Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and Goldilocks meets the Three Elephants. Nothing is quite the same as you remember it, and the resulting comedy is outrageously fun! The Stinky cheese man is so stinky that no one wants to run, run, run after him, much less eat him. Be prepared to work all aspects of this show from acting to scenic painting, costumes and props. Final demonstration 8/23 at 2 PM
Summer 2024 Teen Programming
All Teen Classes are held at the Theatre
Teen Acting & Improv
Monday/Wednesday
11:30-1:00
Tuition $180
This class will focus on improvisation, scene work, and introductory directing tactics. Young artists will gain practice in communication, observation, and motivation, along with physical and vocal training. Students will learn to work together to tell theatrical stories, convey meaning and emotion in their scene work exploration, and communicate with others in a creative setting.
Playwriting
Monday/Wednesday
1:30-3:00
Tuition $180
This class provides an opportunity for up-and-coming playwrights to identify what they love about storytelling. They will create clear narratives with a beginning, middle, and end; read and discuss plays that challenge classic structure and form; and learn to use that in their work. Students will have a Staged Reading of their new work on the last day for friends and family.
Broadway Teens
Tuesday/Thursday
11:30-1:00
Tuition $180
Sing, dance, and act in songs and scenes from Broadway Musicals from a variety of genres! Develop vocal technique and learn dance techniques and combinations. Develop versatility while establishing a character. This class will have a final demonstration on the last day at 12:30PM at the Theatre 105 Division St, West Harwich
Technical Theatre Workshop
Tuesday/Thursday
1:30-3:00
Tuition: $180
A hands-on workshop. Students work on specific projects based on their skill-level and age. In this workshop, students participate in set construction, scenic painting, lighting, props, and other technical aspects of our main stage productions. Wear your paint clothes!
Experimental Theatre Class
Friday
11:30-2:30
Tuition: $180
Part training, part playground: come experience our rigorous actor-training class for teens in a safe, welcoming, fun environment. We’ll dive into acting exercises, ensemble-building, improvisation, and text to hone our chops as actors.
Bring clothes to move in, a water bottle, and a sense of play!
Junior Players
Mon – Fri
3:15-5:15 PM
Tuition: $1,200
Junior Players is CCTC/HJT’s flagship teen program. This 6-week intensive program offers the opportunity not only to train as a young actor, but also to rehearse, perform, and tour a show, and to learn hands-on by participating in our other theatre programming including Jestering and Tech opportunities. Participant actors will work as an ensemble to hone their acting chops and gain experience with mask work, storytelling, and story adaptation for the stage. The 2024 Junior Players will train in residence at the Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre in July, and tour short stories in rep to young audiences and community groups in August. Our tuition price is generously subsidized through our education partners. Tour Dates will be booked between August 1-16 with morning and afternoon performances.
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