An acting romp with language, character, and the Bard

Shakespeare's plays are a joyous invitation to actors. In our two weeks together, we will dive into his language and characters, while exploring the range of performance possibilities that Will's words offer. At workshop's end, actors will have the opportunity to play for an audience in a culminating performance.

In our week together, we will explore the sheer actability of Shakespeare's characters and language. During this workshop, students will play with a variety of scenes, monologues, and sonnets. At week's end, actors will have the opportunity to perform for an audience in an informal setting.

Game Design and App Development

Ready to take your coding skills to the next level? Interested in creating your own video game or app? Javascript is a powerful programming language with endless potential applications. In this camp, you'll learn the basics of Javascript syntax and structure while working on fun coding challenges and projects. By the end of this session, you'll be well on your way to becoming a Javascript pro! Although this camp is designed for beginners, all levels of experience are welcomed, and activities will be adjusted and modified to give every participant an exciting and challenging experience!

In this class, we will explore the skills, artistry, and techniques of the actor. Through voice, movement, acting, creating characters, theater games, short monologues, songs, short dance combinations, and short scenes studies we begin the process of honing the craft of Acting.

This class will explore various forms of movement, mindfulness, and meditation. Through movement, breathing, sounding, awareness, inquiry, and time spent in nature, students develop flexibility, strength, fluidity, relaxation, stress management, concentration and health and wellness. Through these practices, students may discover increased creativity, and greater overall awareness. A deeper connection and understanding of self, others, and nature may also be explored. Journaling will also be used for reflection and developing a long-term daily self-care practice.

In Outdoor Exploration, students will have the opportunity to explore self-reliance through a variety of outdoor skills. This will include how to properly find and process firewood as well as how to safely start and maintain a campfire. Aside from concrete skills, the class is meant to instill an appreciation of the outdoors by hiking through the beautiful on-campus trails.

In this course, students will explore and analyze a variety of children’s literature. From traditional pieces such as Peter Rabbit or Dr. Seuss’ many wacky works to more recent books such as the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems, students will be investigating what makes children’s books tick and why some stories, authors, and/or genres are so popular with the younger demographic.

Are you interested in learning about the language and culture of Japan? The land of Pokemon, anime, samurai, ninja, sushi, karate, Hello Kitty, calligraphy, video games, karaoke, Godzilla, etc., is a fascinating place with a very interesting language. In this class, we will learn basic Japanese, get a taste of the written language of katakana, hiragana and kanji, and we will do various cultural activities such as origami, making onigiri, and calligraphy. 楽しいよ！(tanoshii yo!) It's fun!

Explore the modes of creative writing and find your voice. Through reading, writing prompts, and sharing stories, students will discover ways to maximize written expression. Whether it is through poetry, short stories, or dialogue, the class will have fun experiencing the power of the written word.