Encore Performing Arts Summer Camp is our community-building event of the year —
like sleepaway camp for adults, but no sleeping. Choose a morning session and an afternoon session, then spend the day learning, playing, and creating with fellow artists and friends.
Breakfast and lunch are on Stagebridge, giving everyone time to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the spark that happens when different art forms, and different people, come together.
Camp culminates in an afternoon showcase for the community (pending: July 17, 18, or 19).
A Showcase Date Survey is included in the Class Registration Form below.
Cost: $425 (includes morning session, afternoon session, breakfast, lunch, and Camp T-shirt. Single Class Cost: $225 ($25 off with Full Camp Package)
MORNING CLASSES
(PICK ONE)
SONGS OF OTHER CULTURES & LANGUAGES
Instructor: Scrumbly Koldewyn
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · Angel Room
Let’s have some fun singing A World of Music, incorporating other cultures, rhythms, and original languages. Scrumbly is well-versed in European popular songs of the 1920s to 1960s, and would also love to explore Arabic, African, Asian, and Pacific Islander cultures. Bring a song of your choice, or just bring your desire to find cultural music that touches you. Registered students will be sent a list of song suggestions for inspiration prior to the start of Summer Camp.
Maximum Enrollment 12
TAP DANCING
Instructor: Daphne Wong
July 13 - 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · Reidenbach Hall
Covering Adaptive Tap vocabulary with an emphasis on developing a strong technical foundation, and combinations that challenge both feet and mind, cultivate skills, memory and musical sense. Tap shoes or hard-soled shoes are recommended.
Maximum Enrollment 12
STORYTELLING IN A DANGEROUS TIME
Instructor: Wayne Harris
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · Gallery
These are dangerous times. Decisions are being made that will affect generations to come, but, as has always been the case, it is the artist that can speak to the moment in ways that nothing else is able to do. It is the Storyteller who can transport us to a place of empathy, hope and action through personal stories and experience. This summer, we offer an opportunity to focus the frustration and sadness many of us are feeling into Artistic Self Expression and Stories of Social Justice that can be a portal to being an instrument of change in the world.
Maximum Enrollment 12
IMPROV FOR FRIENDSHIP
Instructor: Radhika Rao
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · New Oakland Room
Through simple Improv Activities and guided interaction, participants practice the art of listening, responding rather than reacting, and building authentic human connection in the moment. In a world shaped by the loneliness epidemic, improv offers a joyful antidote: laughter, presence, creativity, and community. No performance experience is necessary, just a willingness to say “yes, and” to yourself and others as we rediscover the power of friendship through play.
Maximum Enrollment 12
SCENES FOR BEGINNING ACTORS
Instructor: Cindy Goldfield
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · Sanctuary
Using a variety of contentless or A/B scenes, those new to acting will have a chance to create characters, focus on subtext, objectives, and relationships. Students will work in pairs to decide on a story line that fits the short scenes provided, fostering creative teamwork. Class will also cover basic Acting Skills including projection, body-awareness, stage directions, playfulness, motivation, and emotional authenticity.
Maximum Enrollment 15
MUSICAL THEATRE (Morning & Afternoon)
Instructors: Kim Saunders & Tania Johnson
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm, 1 pm - 3 pm · Choir Room
Come join us as we dance, sing and act our way through a 60-minute version of Guys and Dolls. Set in the colorful world of 1950s New York City, this high-energy musical follows slick gambler Sky Masterson, strait-laced missionary Sarah Brown, and long-engaged couple Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide as love, luck, and big bets collide in “Runyonland.” Filled with humor, heart, and larger-than-life characters!
Maximum Enrollment 15
CREATIVE PLAY: THEATRE GAMES
Instructor: Ryan Lee
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm · Northex
A joyful, low-pressure exploration of imagination, connection, and play for curious souls. Through Ensemble Games, stories, movement, and character creation, we’ll rediscover the pleasures of spontaneity and creative expression. No acting experience or memorization required — just curiosity, humor, and a willingness to embrace the moment. Perfect for adventurous spirits looking to laugh, connect, and create together.
Maximum Enrollment 15
AFTERNOON CLASSES
(PICK ONE)
HUMOR IN MOTION
Instructor: Toby Moore
July 13 - 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · Gallery
Bring your comic stories, jokes, and character ideas while also learning the basics of Clown and Physical Theatre in this wonderful trip to “human cartoon town.” We will learn some funny routines and sketches from American and European comedy & clowning while building on them to create our own ideas for new acts and comic stories. There will be silliness. There will be "slapdash talent shows." There will be sharing, discussions and focused work time. Mostly it’ll be FUN!
Maximum Enrollment 15
DIRECTING FOR ACTORS
Instructor: Cindy Goldfield
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · Sanctuary
Experience Directing from within and without the scenes. We will navigate the general duties and protocols of a director, collaborate to self-direct scenes, and establish a protocol that is respectful, conscientious, intentional, and explorative. Create environments that cultivate trust, clear communication, champion collaboration, and foster safe space for authentic performances. Examine blocking, stage composition, script analysis, use of props, body positioning, movement, stage business, character work, and working through disagreements. Final presentation may include scene work, monologues, and/or a panel discussion.
Maximum Enrollment 15
THE PLAYFUL BODY: STORIES IN FLOW
Instructor: Radhika Rao
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · New Oakland Room
A Gentle Movement inspired class focused on relaxation, creativity,
connection, and saying yes to yourself and your body. The class will involve creating imagined, simulated worlds and stories using bodies, space and time guided by rhythm, sounds, and music. We will learn to find pathways to build bonds of camaraderie and friendship by interpreting facial gestures, body language and motion.No prior theater, dance or movement experience required.
Maximum Enrollment 12
CHORAL SINGING
Instructor: Details Coming Soon
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · Northex
Class Description Coming Soon
Maximum Enrollment 15
HEART PULSE: PERCUSSION FOR EVERY BODY
Instructor: Renée Benmeleh
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · New Community Room
Drums wake something up in us. In this all-levels camp, we'll play rhythm games that keep the mind sharp, learn beats from world music traditions, and explore the magic of Improvised Sound. Every session is hands-on, joyful, and open to complete beginners and seasoned players alike. Participation is accessible regardless of physical ability. Your rhythm is already inside you - let's find it together. Instruments are provided, but feel free to bring your own djimbe-style drum!
Maximum Enrollment 15
MUSICAL THEATRE (Morning & Afternoon)
Instructors: Kim Saunders & Tania Johnson
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 12 pm, 1 pm - 3 pm · Choir Room
Come join us as we dance, sing and act our way through a 60-minute version of Guys and Dolls. Set in the colorful world of 1950s New York City, this high-energy musical follows slick gambler Sky Masterson, strait-laced missionary Sarah Brown, and long-engaged couple Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide as love, luck, and big bets collide in “Runyonland.” Filled with humor, heart, and larger-than-life characters!
Maximum Enrollment 15
PLAYING WITH STORIES
Instructors: Eleanor Clement Glass & Liz Nichols
July 13 – July 17 (1 week)
Monday - Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm · Angel Room
Create Stories from your own life or imagination, sparked by creative story prompts, exercises and games. Try out different ways of developing distinctive characters through voice, sound effects, movement, and use of props. Enjoy demonstrations of different types of stories — folktales, personal and family stories, historical stories, and tall tales - by seasoned guest storytellers. Everyone is welcome! No prior Storytelling experience needed.
Maximum Enrollment 15
Encore Performing Arts Summer Camp 2026
Class Registration
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