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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA<\/strong><\/h2>\nArena Stage<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 8-15
\nDates: 3-Week Session: July 7 \u2013 July 25 (sold out; join the waitlist<\/a>!); 2-Week Session: July 28 \u2013 August 8 (limited spaces remaining)<\/strong><\/p>\nHosted on the beautiful grounds of\u00a0Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Camp Arena Stage is a full-day, multi-arts summer camp. It is a place to explore, discover, and create with the encouragement and guidance of professional artists and educators. Campers\u00a0choose their own schedules<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from a long list of classes in theater, dance, music, visual art, filmmaking, and writing.<\/p>\nGALA Hispanic Theatre<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 14-19
\nDates: Year-round; check website for updates<\/p>\nPaso Nuevo is GALA’s free, year-round program offered to high school students during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. This is a bilingual, inclusive theater education program incorporating acting training, playwrighting, and mentorship. Students can earn community service hours, receive performance stipends, go on field trips, and train for future employment and leadership opportunities.<\/p>\n
The Keegan Theatre<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 1-3
\nDates: June 23 \u2013 August 22 (limited spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\nCome PLAY at Keegan this summer! Students build their theater skills through an immersive exploration of design, movement, music, games, and more. Every week is a new adventure so you can join for one week or many! Sibling discounts and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n
National Children’s Theatre<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 6-11
\nDates: 1-week sessions between August 4-22 (spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\nAt this new camp on Capitol Hill, creative drama exercises, theater games, art projects, lessons in performance fundamentals, and play rehearsals are designed to inspire The Eight Acting Habits of Mind<\/em><\/span><\/a>. Weekly themes include Heroes and Mythical Beasts, Knights and Mighty Spellcasters, and Adventurers and Magical Creatures. Limited scholarships and after care are available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nStudio Acting Conservatory Young Actors Program<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 10-17
\nDates: Session 1: June 23 \u2013 July 11; Session 2: July 15 \u2013 August 2<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available for both sessions! Placement auditions June 14.<\/strong><\/p>\nClasses meet daily for three weeks. Students will spend their mornings training in Voice, Movement, and Musical Theater. Using the tools taught in these classes, the Young Actors will work together to create original ensemble pieces. Afternoons are spent cultivating their acting skills with one of our most experienced faculty members. This includes playing theater games, exploring improvisations, and developing monologues and scenes from modern and classical plays. Need-based scholarships are available; half of all Young Actors receive scholarships to train in the Summer Intensive.<\/p>\n
Theater J<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Rising grades 2-9
\nDates: 3-week session June 30-July 17; 1-week sessions between July 21 \u2013 August 8.<\/strong> Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nTheater J presents a spectacular summer of musical theater camps. The 3-week program (culminating in a performance of The Wizard of Oz<\/em>) is ideal for young artists who want to dive into the world of musical theater and experience the magic of being in a fully produced show with lights and costumes. One-week camp themes include Summer Spooktacular, Kids in Charge, and Fairy Tale Fantasy. Member and returning camper discounts available.<\/p>\nThe Theatre Lab School for the Dramatic Arts<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 1-8 (Summer Acting Camp); ages 13-19 (Summer Teen Institute)
\nDates: 1, 2, or 4-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22. Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Theatre Lab offers serious theater training, taught by experienced teachers and theater professionals, in a unique environment that\u2019s friendly, supportive, and incredibly fun.\u00a0Summer camp offerings range from improv to global theater, storytelling, and culture to Shakespeare. Summer Teen Institutes (audition required) offer intensive instruction in musical theater, acting, and performance. Scholarships and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n
Visionaries of the Creative Arts<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 5-12
\nDates: July 7-11. Limited spaces available.<\/strong><\/p>\nVisionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA) presents a one-week creative arts camp for Deaf and hard of hearing youth at Cardozo High School in collaboration with Imagination Stage. Activities include theater, dance, ASL storytelling, and visual arts.<\/p>\n
MARYLAND<\/strong><\/h2>\nAdventure Theatre MTC (Glen Echo, MD and Rockville, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 1-6 (Summer Musical Theatre Camp); Rising grades 7-12 (Summer Musical Theatre Training Program)
\nDates: 2 or 3-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSummer Musical Theatre Camp: spaces available for August 18-22 mini-session; accepting waitlist for other weeks. Summer Musical Theatre Training Program: limited spaces remaining.<\/strong><\/p>\nSummer Musical Theatre Camp (Glen Echo, MD) offers daily instruction and rehearsals with props and costumes, music, movement, and scene-work. Your child\u2019s experience will culminate in a performance of a full, youth-appropriate show for friends and family. Summer Musical Theatre Training Program (Rockville, MD) provides students with foundational and expanded understanding of technique in ballet, jazz, music, and acting \u2013 and includes a trip to see a Washington, DC area or Broadway production! Need-based scholarships are available.<\/p>\n
Arts Barn (Gaithersburg, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 5-16
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nLimited spaces available for Musical Scenes Jr. (AM session, 7\/21-7\/25); One Act Play (6\/23-6\/27); and Teen Intensive: Wandering Through Wonderland (8\/4-8\/8). All others waitlist only.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAmong the Arts Barn\u2019s many summer camp offerings are a wide array of weeklong theater camps, including Musical Scenes Jr. (ages 5-7), Musical Showcase and In The Kingdom of Silly Stories (ages 7-9), Improv Ensemble and Songs from the Stage (ages 9-11), One Act Play and Broadway Bootcamp (ages 11-13), and Teen Intensive: Wandering Through Wonderland (ages 14-16).<\/p>\n
BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 1-5 (InspireArts Camp); Rising grades 3-8 (Performing Arts Camp)
\nDates: 1 or 2-week sessions between June 30 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nInspireArts Camp features one-week sessions immersing campers in visual art, music, theater, and dance centered and interpreted through a theme. Young artists create art projects, learn new songs, dances, and will act in different skits.\u00a0Performing Arts Camp: Script to Stage will guide campers through creating and performing an original show on stage over 2 weeks. Sibling, veteran, and Montgomery County Public Schools staff discounts available, along with before and after care.<\/p>\n
Joe\u2019s Movement Emporium (Mt. Rainier, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 5-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 22<\/strong><\/p>\nCamp Joe\u2019s offers one-week sessions for elementary school-aged children to explore world art traditions through performing and visual arts disciplines. Throughout the summer, students will spend 2-4 hours in motion each day. Children experience dance, step, vocals, drama, percussion, creative movement, outdoor play, visual arts and so much more! Financial aid and after care (limited spots) are available.<\/p>\n
Lumina Studio Theatre (Silver Spring, MD)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: 6-12+
\nDates: 1, 2, or 3-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 9<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available for all camps except Folk Tale Camp.<\/strong><\/p>\nLumina Studio Theatre offers the following summerstock camps: Theatre Magic Camp (ages 6-8), Folk Tale Camp (ages 8-11), Mystery Camp: The Electric Cave (ages 9+), and Quest Theatre Camp: Radio Days (ages 12+). All camps teach acting skills and include theater games and outdoor play. Folk Tale Camp, Mystery Camp, and Quest Theatre Camp participants will rehearse in and perform an original play. Early bird discounts (through March 1) and financial aid are available.<\/p>\n
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (Frederick, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 5-16
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16-August 1<\/strong>
\nMusical Theatre Session III (6\/23-6\/27) sold out; spaces still available in all other camps!<\/strong><\/p>\nMaryland Ensemble Theatre’s popular and regionally acclaimed Fun Camp returns! Offerings include Tiny Stages (ages 5-6), Creating Theatre (ages 7-11), Musical Theatre (ages 7-11 and 12-16), Costume Design, Improv\/Comedy Jam, and Performance Project (ages 12-16). Scholarships are available, and payment plans are offered at the discretion of the registrar.<\/p>\n
Olney Theatre Center (Olney, MD<\/strong><\/a>)
\nAges: Rising grades 4-12
\nDates: 2-week sessions between July 7 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nLimited spaces remaining in Summer Audition Studio (8\/4-8\/15); all other camps waitlist only<\/strong><\/p>\nSing, dance, write, act, and learn\u00a0during Olney\u2019s two-week long summer programs, taught by local DMV professional theater artists. Offerings include Summer Stock (grades 4-6, currently waitlist only), Musical Theatre Intensive (grades 7-9), and Summer Audition Studio (grades 10-12).<\/p>\n
Ovations Theatre (Rockville, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 3-10
\nDates: 1-week mini camps July 7-11 and July 14-18; 2-week production camp August 4-15<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nOvations\u2019 camps are jam-packed with rehearsals, arts and crafts, games, and master classes that will take your musical theater dreams to new heights.\u00a0Enjoy themed mini camps (Pop Stars or Broadway) or a 2-week production camp featuring the songs of Frozen<\/em>.<\/p>\nRound House Theatre (Bethesda, MD and Silver Spring, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades K-12
\nDates: 1 or 2-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nCampers entering grades K-3 will go on weekly themed theatrical adventures through acting, design, and movement. Campers entering grades 4-6 will explore filmmaking or playmaking in 2-week sessions, with improv-themed mini camps (3-5 days) also available. Campers entering grades 6-12 may choose from 1 or 2-week sessions featuring playmaking, filmmaking, improv, standup, or musical theater. Sessions will be held at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and at its Education Center in Silver Spring, with after care available in Silver Spring.<\/p>\n
Young Artists of America (College Park, MD, and Olney, MD)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 3-12
\nDates: June 21-26 (overnight intensives); June 28-July 10 (day camps); July 12-25 and July 13-24 (overnight camps)<\/strong>
\nOvernight conservatories July 12-25 and July 13-24 waitlist only; spaces available in all other camps<\/strong><\/p>\nYoung Artists of America offers three Summer Performing Arts Intensive day camps: Kids Academy (grades 3-5), Junior Academy (grades 6-9), and Senior Academy (grades 9-12), as well as overnight musical theater intensives for grades 7-9 and 10-12. Each camp offers two weeks of classes in acting, dance, and voice, culminating in a stage production. Day camps will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD, and overnight camps at the University of Maryland, College Park.<\/p>\n
VIRGINIA<\/strong><\/h2>\nAlexandria Children’s Theatre (Alexandria, VA)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 6-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions June 9-13, June 16-20 (sold out!) and August 4-8; 2-week sessions June 16-27, June 30-July 11, July 14-25 (sold out!) and July 28-August 8<\/strong><\/p>\nAlexandria Children’s Theatre presents camps at Burgundy Farm Country Day School + Episcopal High School in Alexandria again this summer, packed with theater games and culminating in performance at the end of camp. Themes include Hogwarts, Under the Sea, and The Sparkle of Believing. All camps will also include swimming each day and lunch is provided at Episcopal camps. Partial camp options available for the week of June 9. Payment plans and partial scholarships are also available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCreative Cauldron (Falls Church, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Rising grades K-8
\nDates: 2-week sessions between June 9 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nMusical Theater Camps waitlist only; spaces available in Legends of the Sea and A Forest of Stories.<\/strong><\/p>\nCreative Cauldron presents two summer Arts Adventure Camps filled with storytelling, drama, music, movement, and visual arts: Legends of the Sea (June 9-20) and A Forest of Stories (June 23-July 3). The Cauldron\u2019s wildly popular Musical Theater Summer Camps are back as well, immersing campers in music, choreography, scenic, costume, and lighting design. Themes include Broadway on Broad Street (July 7-18), Disney on Broadway (July 21-August 1), and Stage to Screen (August 4-15). Need-based scholarships, sibling discounts, before and after care are available.<\/p>\n
Educational Theatre Company (Arlington, VA and Falls Church, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Rising grades preK-12
\nDates: 1, 2, or 3-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nFrom half day camps for preschoolers to multi-week teen intensives, Educational Theatre Company has a camp for everyone! Topics include acting, film, directing, improv, playwriting, Shakespeare, musical theater, and more. Camps are held at multiple locations in Arlington, as well as at Falls Church Meridian High School. Scholarships and extended-day care are available.<\/p>\n
Encore Stage & Studio (Alexandria, VA and Arlington, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: 3-15
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nPreK camp sold out 6\/30-7\/3 and available afternoons only 7\/28-8\/1; spaces available for all other camps and weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\nEncore Stage & Studio offers PreK camp (ages 3-5), featuring song and movement, music and rhythm, storytelling and crafts; Elementary camp (ages 5-9) featuring movement, character creation, problem solving centered around fun themes from Disney to Transformers; Scenes for Tweens (ages 9-12) with themes from Broadway Bootcamp to Heroes vs. Villains to Costume and Makeup Design; and Stage Door and Tech Camp (ages 12-15) giving students a glimpse of what it\u2019s like to work as a theater professional.\u00a0Camps are held in multiple locations in Arlington and Alexandria. Scholarships are available for all camps.<\/p>\n
George Mason University\u2019s Community Arts Academy (Fairfax, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: 5-18
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 2<\/strong>
\nSummer Musical Theater Adventures, Middle School Improv Comedy Workshop, and Middle School Musical Theater Workshop waitlist only; spaces available in all other camps.<\/strong><\/p>\nActing for Young People<\/a> (AFYP), the theater program of Mason Community Arts Academy, has provided actors of all ages with professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment since 1997. This year\u2019s summer camp offerings include Weekly Acting Camps (ages 5-18), Summer Musical Theater Adventures (ages 7-10, waitlist only), Middle School Improv Comedy Workshop (ages 10-13, waitlist only), Middle School Musical Theater Workshop (ages 11-13, waitlist only), Musical Theater Performance Bootcamp (ages 13-18), Summer Advanced Actors Showcase (ages 13-18), and High School Musical Theater Intensive (ages 14-18). Limited scholarship funds are available.<\/p>\nLittle Theatre of Alexandria (Alexandria, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: 3 years through rising 8th grade
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 2 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available in multiple camps!<\/strong><\/p>\nLittle Theatre of Alexandria offers a wide variety of half-day and full-day summer camps for children from tots to teens, exploring skills ranging from playwriting and puppetry to improv and Broadway. Campers can also choose from fun weekly themes including Act Out! D&D Edition, Disney Favorites, or Jedi Academy. Named to Northern Virginia Magazine\u2019s Best Summer Camps of 2024! Payment installment plans are available.<\/p>\n
Mount Vernon Community Children\u2019s Theatre (Alexandria, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Rising grades 1-8
\nDates: 2-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available in multiple camps!<\/strong><\/p>\nMount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre is offering eight weeks of summer camps in 2025! Each session of camp is two weeks long and has a morning and an afternoon session. The morning session of camp runs from 9:30am-12:30pm and is drama based. The afternoon session starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm and includes both drama and musical theater. Children can register to attend just the morning session, just the afternoon session, or both! Themes include Back to the Future (June 16-27), Page to Stage (July 7-18), Cartoon Mania (July 21-August 1), and Totally TV (August 4-15). MVCCT also offers four one-day acting workshops June 30-July 3. Early bird and sibling discounts are available.<\/p>\n
STARS Performing Arts (Great Falls, VA)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: Rising grades 3-9
\nDates: 2-week sessions July 7-18 (waitlist only) and July 21-August 1 (spaces still available!)<\/strong><\/p>\nSTARS Performing Arts offers high-quality training for serious young actors. Students work with professionals to hone their acting, singing, and dancing skills to produce a full (junior-length) musical in just 2 weeks. All students enrolled in camp will be cast in the show, or may choose to be on tech crew. Scholarships are available.<\/p>\n
Sterling Playmakers (Sterling, VA)<\/strong><\/a>
\nAges: 8-18
\nDates: July 21-August 9 (spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\nSterling Playmakers presents Rising Stars Summer Camp. Campers will learn acting, singing, dancing, and technical theater, culminating in a performance of Shrek: The Musical Jr.<\/em> on August 8 and 9. Sibling discounts are available.<\/p>\nSynetic Theater (Arlington, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Rising grades 2-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23-August 22; 3-week session July 21-August 8. Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\nSynetic Theater offers two summer camps for 2025. Youth Summer Camp: Myths in Movement (rising grades 2-9) journeys into the iconic stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hercules, and Medusa. Using elements of mime, dance, physical theater, and the power of their imaginations, campers will create powerful characters, unravel timeless morals, and bring ancient myths to life. Summer Teen Conservatory: A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> (rising grades 9-12) offers hands-on, rigorous training in Synetic\u2019s distinctive approach to acting and physical theater, including mime, dance, clowning, acrobatics, and stage combat. The Conservatory culminates in a performance of Synetic\u2019s wordless version of Shakespeare\u2019s classic. Scholarships are available for both camps.<\/p>\nTraveling Players (Tysons, VA)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: Current grades 2-5
\nDates: 1-week sessions June 23-27 and July 14-18 (spaces still available); 2-week session August 4-15 (sold out).<\/strong><\/p>\nTraveling Players offers two weeklong Acting Studio Camps for children in current grades 2-4, and a two-week Players Studio Camp for children in current grades 3-5. Both camps teach acting, improv, and stage combat, and culminate in a showcase performance. Financial aid, multiweek and sibling discounts, and after care are available.<\/p>\n
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\nImagination Stage (Bethesda, MD, Rockville, MD, and Washington, DC)<\/a><\/strong>
\nAges: 4-18
\nDates: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5-week sessions available between June 9 and August 22. Spaces still available in multiple camps; all others waitlist only.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nImagination Stage offers summer camps in acting, musical theater, performance, dance, and filmmaking. Camps are held at four different convenient locations (Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD, Primrose School in Bethesda, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, and American University in Washington, DC). Pick your favorite or mix and match each week to create a memorable summer experience that fits your schedule! Financial aid and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n
\nAges: 8-15
\nDates: 3-Week Session: July 7 \u2013 July 25 (sold out; join the waitlist<\/a>!); 2-Week Session: July 28 \u2013 August 8 (limited spaces remaining)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hosted on the beautiful grounds of\u00a0Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Camp Arena Stage is a full-day, multi-arts summer camp. It is a place to explore, discover, and create with the encouragement and guidance of professional artists and educators. Campers\u00a0choose their own schedules<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from a long list of classes in theater, dance, music, visual art, filmmaking, and writing.<\/p>\n GALA Hispanic Theatre<\/strong><\/a> Paso Nuevo is GALA’s free, year-round program offered to high school students during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. This is a bilingual, inclusive theater education program incorporating acting training, playwrighting, and mentorship. Students can earn community service hours, receive performance stipends, go on field trips, and train for future employment and leadership opportunities.<\/p>\n The Keegan Theatre<\/strong><\/a> Come PLAY at Keegan this summer! Students build their theater skills through an immersive exploration of design, movement, music, games, and more. Every week is a new adventure so you can join for one week or many! Sibling discounts and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n National Children’s Theatre<\/strong><\/a> At this new camp on Capitol Hill, creative drama exercises, theater games, art projects, lessons in performance fundamentals, and play rehearsals are designed to inspire The Eight Acting Habits of Mind<\/em><\/span><\/a>. Weekly themes include Heroes and Mythical Beasts, Knights and Mighty Spellcasters, and Adventurers and Magical Creatures. Limited scholarships and after care are available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Studio Acting Conservatory Young Actors Program<\/strong><\/a> Classes meet daily for three weeks. Students will spend their mornings training in Voice, Movement, and Musical Theater. Using the tools taught in these classes, the Young Actors will work together to create original ensemble pieces. Afternoons are spent cultivating their acting skills with one of our most experienced faculty members. This includes playing theater games, exploring improvisations, and developing monologues and scenes from modern and classical plays. Need-based scholarships are available; half of all Young Actors receive scholarships to train in the Summer Intensive.<\/p>\n Theater J<\/a><\/strong> Theater J presents a spectacular summer of musical theater camps. The 3-week program (culminating in a performance of The Wizard of Oz<\/em>) is ideal for young artists who want to dive into the world of musical theater and experience the magic of being in a fully produced show with lights and costumes. One-week camp themes include Summer Spooktacular, Kids in Charge, and Fairy Tale Fantasy. Member and returning camper discounts available.<\/p>\n The Theatre Lab School for the Dramatic Arts<\/strong><\/a> The Theatre Lab offers serious theater training, taught by experienced teachers and theater professionals, in a unique environment that\u2019s friendly, supportive, and incredibly fun.\u00a0Summer camp offerings range from improv to global theater, storytelling, and culture to Shakespeare. Summer Teen Institutes (audition required) offer intensive instruction in musical theater, acting, and performance. Scholarships and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n Visionaries of the Creative Arts<\/strong><\/a> Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA) presents a one-week creative arts camp for Deaf and hard of hearing youth at Cardozo High School in collaboration with Imagination Stage. Activities include theater, dance, ASL storytelling, and visual arts.<\/p>\n Adventure Theatre MTC (Glen Echo, MD and Rockville, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Summer Musical Theatre Camp (Glen Echo, MD) offers daily instruction and rehearsals with props and costumes, music, movement, and scene-work. Your child\u2019s experience will culminate in a performance of a full, youth-appropriate show for friends and family. Summer Musical Theatre Training Program (Rockville, MD) provides students with foundational and expanded understanding of technique in ballet, jazz, music, and acting \u2013 and includes a trip to see a Washington, DC area or Broadway production! Need-based scholarships are available.<\/p>\n Arts Barn (Gaithersburg, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Among the Arts Barn\u2019s many summer camp offerings are a wide array of weeklong theater camps, including Musical Scenes Jr. (ages 5-7), Musical Showcase and In The Kingdom of Silly Stories (ages 7-9), Improv Ensemble and Songs from the Stage (ages 9-11), One Act Play and Broadway Bootcamp (ages 11-13), and Teen Intensive: Wandering Through Wonderland (ages 14-16).<\/p>\n BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown, MD)<\/strong><\/a> InspireArts Camp features one-week sessions immersing campers in visual art, music, theater, and dance centered and interpreted through a theme. Young artists create art projects, learn new songs, dances, and will act in different skits.\u00a0Performing Arts Camp: Script to Stage will guide campers through creating and performing an original show on stage over 2 weeks. Sibling, veteran, and Montgomery County Public Schools staff discounts available, along with before and after care.<\/p>\n Joe\u2019s Movement Emporium (Mt. Rainier, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Camp Joe\u2019s offers one-week sessions for elementary school-aged children to explore world art traditions through performing and visual arts disciplines. Throughout the summer, students will spend 2-4 hours in motion each day. Children experience dance, step, vocals, drama, percussion, creative movement, outdoor play, visual arts and so much more! Financial aid and after care (limited spots) are available.<\/p>\n Lumina Studio Theatre (Silver Spring, MD)<\/a><\/strong> Lumina Studio Theatre offers the following summerstock camps: Theatre Magic Camp (ages 6-8), Folk Tale Camp (ages 8-11), Mystery Camp: The Electric Cave (ages 9+), and Quest Theatre Camp: Radio Days (ages 12+). All camps teach acting skills and include theater games and outdoor play. Folk Tale Camp, Mystery Camp, and Quest Theatre Camp participants will rehearse in and perform an original play. Early bird discounts (through March 1) and financial aid are available.<\/p>\n Maryland Ensemble Theatre (Frederick, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s popular and regionally acclaimed Fun Camp returns! Offerings include Tiny Stages (ages 5-6), Creating Theatre (ages 7-11), Musical Theatre (ages 7-11 and 12-16), Costume Design, Improv\/Comedy Jam, and Performance Project (ages 12-16). Scholarships are available, and payment plans are offered at the discretion of the registrar.<\/p>\n Olney Theatre Center (Olney, MD<\/strong><\/a>) Sing, dance, write, act, and learn\u00a0during Olney\u2019s two-week long summer programs, taught by local DMV professional theater artists. Offerings include Summer Stock (grades 4-6, currently waitlist only), Musical Theatre Intensive (grades 7-9), and Summer Audition Studio (grades 10-12).<\/p>\n Ovations Theatre (Rockville, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Ovations\u2019 camps are jam-packed with rehearsals, arts and crafts, games, and master classes that will take your musical theater dreams to new heights.\u00a0Enjoy themed mini camps (Pop Stars or Broadway) or a 2-week production camp featuring the songs of Frozen<\/em>.<\/p>\n Round House Theatre (Bethesda, MD and Silver Spring, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Campers entering grades K-3 will go on weekly themed theatrical adventures through acting, design, and movement. Campers entering grades 4-6 will explore filmmaking or playmaking in 2-week sessions, with improv-themed mini camps (3-5 days) also available. Campers entering grades 6-12 may choose from 1 or 2-week sessions featuring playmaking, filmmaking, improv, standup, or musical theater. Sessions will be held at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and at its Education Center in Silver Spring, with after care available in Silver Spring.<\/p>\n Young Artists of America (College Park, MD, and Olney, MD)<\/strong><\/a> Young Artists of America offers three Summer Performing Arts Intensive day camps: Kids Academy (grades 3-5), Junior Academy (grades 6-9), and Senior Academy (grades 9-12), as well as overnight musical theater intensives for grades 7-9 and 10-12. Each camp offers two weeks of classes in acting, dance, and voice, culminating in a stage production. Day camps will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD, and overnight camps at the University of Maryland, College Park.<\/p>\n Alexandria Children’s Theatre (Alexandria, VA)<\/strong><\/a> Alexandria Children’s Theatre presents camps at Burgundy Farm Country Day School + Episcopal High School in Alexandria again this summer, packed with theater games and culminating in performance at the end of camp. Themes include Hogwarts, Under the Sea, and The Sparkle of Believing. All camps will also include swimming each day and lunch is provided at Episcopal camps. Partial camp options available for the week of June 9. Payment plans and partial scholarships are also available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Creative Cauldron (Falls Church, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Creative Cauldron presents two summer Arts Adventure Camps filled with storytelling, drama, music, movement, and visual arts: Legends of the Sea (June 9-20) and A Forest of Stories (June 23-July 3). The Cauldron\u2019s wildly popular Musical Theater Summer Camps are back as well, immersing campers in music, choreography, scenic, costume, and lighting design. Themes include Broadway on Broad Street (July 7-18), Disney on Broadway (July 21-August 1), and Stage to Screen (August 4-15). Need-based scholarships, sibling discounts, before and after care are available.<\/p>\n Educational Theatre Company (Arlington, VA and Falls Church, VA)<\/a><\/strong> From half day camps for preschoolers to multi-week teen intensives, Educational Theatre Company has a camp for everyone! Topics include acting, film, directing, improv, playwriting, Shakespeare, musical theater, and more. Camps are held at multiple locations in Arlington, as well as at Falls Church Meridian High School. Scholarships and extended-day care are available.<\/p>\n Encore Stage & Studio (Alexandria, VA and Arlington, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Encore Stage & Studio offers PreK camp (ages 3-5), featuring song and movement, music and rhythm, storytelling and crafts; Elementary camp (ages 5-9) featuring movement, character creation, problem solving centered around fun themes from Disney to Transformers; Scenes for Tweens (ages 9-12) with themes from Broadway Bootcamp to Heroes vs. Villains to Costume and Makeup Design; and Stage Door and Tech Camp (ages 12-15) giving students a glimpse of what it\u2019s like to work as a theater professional.\u00a0Camps are held in multiple locations in Arlington and Alexandria. Scholarships are available for all camps.<\/p>\n George Mason University\u2019s Community Arts Academy (Fairfax, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Acting for Young People<\/a> (AFYP), the theater program of Mason Community Arts Academy, has provided actors of all ages with professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment since 1997. This year\u2019s summer camp offerings include Weekly Acting Camps (ages 5-18), Summer Musical Theater Adventures (ages 7-10, waitlist only), Middle School Improv Comedy Workshop (ages 10-13, waitlist only), Middle School Musical Theater Workshop (ages 11-13, waitlist only), Musical Theater Performance Bootcamp (ages 13-18), Summer Advanced Actors Showcase (ages 13-18), and High School Musical Theater Intensive (ages 14-18). Limited scholarship funds are available.<\/p>\n Little Theatre of Alexandria (Alexandria, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Little Theatre of Alexandria offers a wide variety of half-day and full-day summer camps for children from tots to teens, exploring skills ranging from playwriting and puppetry to improv and Broadway. Campers can also choose from fun weekly themes including Act Out! D&D Edition, Disney Favorites, or Jedi Academy. Named to Northern Virginia Magazine\u2019s Best Summer Camps of 2024! Payment installment plans are available.<\/p>\n Mount Vernon Community Children\u2019s Theatre (Alexandria, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre is offering eight weeks of summer camps in 2025! Each session of camp is two weeks long and has a morning and an afternoon session. The morning session of camp runs from 9:30am-12:30pm and is drama based. The afternoon session starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm and includes both drama and musical theater. Children can register to attend just the morning session, just the afternoon session, or both! Themes include Back to the Future (June 16-27), Page to Stage (July 7-18), Cartoon Mania (July 21-August 1), and Totally TV (August 4-15). MVCCT also offers four one-day acting workshops June 30-July 3. Early bird and sibling discounts are available.<\/p>\n STARS Performing Arts (Great Falls, VA)<\/strong><\/a> STARS Performing Arts offers high-quality training for serious young actors. Students work with professionals to hone their acting, singing, and dancing skills to produce a full (junior-length) musical in just 2 weeks. All students enrolled in camp will be cast in the show, or may choose to be on tech crew. Scholarships are available.<\/p>\n Sterling Playmakers (Sterling, VA)<\/strong><\/a> Sterling Playmakers presents Rising Stars Summer Camp. Campers will learn acting, singing, dancing, and technical theater, culminating in a performance of Shrek: The Musical Jr.<\/em> on August 8 and 9. Sibling discounts are available.<\/p>\n Synetic Theater (Arlington, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Synetic Theater offers two summer camps for 2025. Youth Summer Camp: Myths in Movement (rising grades 2-9) journeys into the iconic stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hercules, and Medusa. Using elements of mime, dance, physical theater, and the power of their imaginations, campers will create powerful characters, unravel timeless morals, and bring ancient myths to life. Summer Teen Conservatory: A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> (rising grades 9-12) offers hands-on, rigorous training in Synetic\u2019s distinctive approach to acting and physical theater, including mime, dance, clowning, acrobatics, and stage combat. The Conservatory culminates in a performance of Synetic\u2019s wordless version of Shakespeare\u2019s classic. Scholarships are available for both camps.<\/p>\n Traveling Players (Tysons, VA)<\/a><\/strong> Traveling Players offers two weeklong Acting Studio Camps for children in current grades 2-4, and a two-week Players Studio Camp for children in current grades 3-5. Both camps teach acting, improv, and stage combat, and culminate in a showcase performance. Financial aid, multiweek and sibling discounts, and after care are available.<\/p>\n Imagination Stage (Bethesda, MD, Rockville, MD, and Washington, DC)<\/a><\/strong> Imagination Stage offers summer camps in acting, musical theater, performance, dance, and filmmaking. Camps are held at four different convenient locations (Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD, Primrose School in Bethesda, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, and American University in Washington, DC). Pick your favorite or mix and match each week to create a memorable summer experience that fits your schedule! Financial aid and before and after care are available.<\/p>\n
\nAges: 14-19
\nDates: Year-round; check website for updates<\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 1-3
\nDates: June 23 \u2013 August 22 (limited spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 6-11
\nDates: 1-week sessions between August 4-22 (spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 10-17
\nDates: Session 1: June 23 \u2013 July 11; Session 2: July 15 \u2013 August 2<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available for both sessions! Placement auditions June 14.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 2-9
\nDates: 3-week session June 30-July 17; 1-week sessions between July 21 \u2013 August 8.<\/strong> Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 1-8 (Summer Acting Camp); ages 13-19 (Summer Teen Institute)
\nDates: 1, 2, or 4-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22. Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 5-12
\nDates: July 7-11. Limited spaces available.<\/strong><\/p>\nMARYLAND<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 1-6 (Summer Musical Theatre Camp); Rising grades 7-12 (Summer Musical Theatre Training Program)
\nDates: 2 or 3-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSummer Musical Theatre Camp: spaces available for August 18-22 mini-session; accepting waitlist for other weeks. Summer Musical Theatre Training Program: limited spaces remaining.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 5-16
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nLimited spaces available for Musical Scenes Jr. (AM session, 7\/21-7\/25); One Act Play (6\/23-6\/27); and Teen Intensive: Wandering Through Wonderland (8\/4-8\/8). All others waitlist only.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 1-5 (InspireArts Camp); Rising grades 3-8 (Performing Arts Camp)
\nDates: 1 or 2-week sessions between June 30 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 5-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 22<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 6-12+
\nDates: 1, 2, or 3-week sessions between June 23 \u2013 August 9<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available for all camps except Folk Tale Camp.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 5-16
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16-August 1<\/strong>
\nMusical Theatre Session III (6\/23-6\/27) sold out; spaces still available in all other camps!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 4-12
\nDates: 2-week sessions between July 7 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nLimited spaces remaining in Summer Audition Studio (8\/4-8\/15); all other camps waitlist only<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 3-10
\nDates: 1-week mini camps July 7-11 and July 14-18; 2-week production camp August 4-15<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades K-12
\nDates: 1 or 2-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 3-12
\nDates: June 21-26 (overnight intensives); June 28-July 10 (day camps); July 12-25 and July 13-24 (overnight camps)<\/strong>
\nOvernight conservatories July 12-25 and July 13-24 waitlist only; spaces available in all other camps<\/strong><\/p>\nVIRGINIA<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAges: 6-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions June 9-13, June 16-20 (sold out!) and August 4-8; 2-week sessions June 16-27, June 30-July 11, July 14-25 (sold out!) and July 28-August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades K-8
\nDates: 2-week sessions between June 9 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nMusical Theater Camps waitlist only; spaces available in Legends of the Sea and A Forest of Stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades preK-12
\nDates: 1, 2, or 3-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 3-15
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nPreK camp sold out 6\/30-7\/3 and available afternoons only 7\/28-8\/1; spaces available for all other camps and weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 5-18
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 2<\/strong>
\nSummer Musical Theater Adventures, Middle School Improv Comedy Workshop, and Middle School Musical Theater Workshop waitlist only; spaces available in all other camps.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 3 years through rising 8th grade
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 2 \u2013 August 22<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available in multiple camps!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 1-8
\nDates: 2-week sessions between June 16 \u2013 August 15<\/strong>
\nSpaces still available in multiple camps!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 3-9
\nDates: 2-week sessions July 7-18 (waitlist only) and July 21-August 1 (spaces still available!)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: 8-18
\nDates: July 21-August 9 (spaces available!)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Rising grades 2-12
\nDates: 1-week sessions between June 23-August 22; 3-week session July 21-August 8. Spaces still available!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAges: Current grades 2-5
\nDates: 1-week sessions June 23-27 and July 14-18 (spaces still available); 2-week session August 4-15 (sold out).<\/strong><\/p>\nMULTIPLE LOCATIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAges: 4-18
\nDates: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5-week sessions available between June 9 and August 22. Spaces still available in multiple camps; all others waitlist only.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n