CAMP FAQS

Did you say campS?! Yes! We’re back in 2024 with two camp offerings to serve even more of our area youth. Our regular Summer Youth Theatre Camp will return with a couple twists. Additionally, we’ll be offering a Teen Playwriting Intensive to give our community’s budding writers and storytellers a chance to develop their skills and see their work in action!

Teen Playwriting Intensive. This intensive will occur May 29 through June 1. The schedule is as follows.

Wednesday, May 29th 3:30-6p

Thursday, May 30th 3:30-6p

Friday, May 31st 3:30-6p

Saturday, June 1st 10a-3p

Youth Theatre Camp. This day camp will run June 3 -7 from 9a-3p every day.

Our Teen Playwriting Intensive is intended for ages 13-17. Our Youth Theatre Camp is intended to serve youth ages 6-14.

Participants in the Teen Playwriting Intensive will get a crash course in playwriting fundamentals and then learn further by doing - through prompt exercises, creative writing activities, and improvisational work. Note that there may be some minimal additional writing required outside of the regular Intensive meeting hours. By the end of the Intensive, participants will have collaborated on a series of short scripts that will then be rehearsed and produced by participants in the Youth Theatre Camp the following week, which means these Playwrights will have a chance to see their work come to life in performance!

Additionally, all Teen Playwriting Intensive participants will have the option to join the Youth Theatre Camp the following week as Production Assistants, getting a front row seat for their scripts in action. We’ve developed this intensive to encourage young writers to tell their stories and share their perspectives of the world, and then use their artistry to serve as young leaders in our Community. By sharing and engaging with kids of other ages through theatre, we hope participants in both camps will benefit from our Teens leading by example and bravely lending their voices.

Participants in our Youth Summer Camp will spend five full days rotating through various theatre-based classes for instruction in acting, music, improv, dance and movement, and design. Over the course of the week, campers will rehearse plays written by participants in the Teen Playwriting Intensive the previous week. And at the end of the week, everyone will perform in the final product for their families and friends. In addition to these theatre-specific skills and experiences, participants are sure to come away with a keener sense of self and confidence, enhanced communication skills, an even more active imagination, and a bigger understanding of what it means to work together to accomplish a goal and support one another in the process.

Teen Playwriting Intensive | $100

Youth Summer Theatre Camp | $180

Scholarships are available until funds are used.

Our Teen Playwriting Intensive will take place at City Lights Bookstore in downtown Sylva. We thank Chris Wilcox and everyone at City Lights Bookstore for their continued support of writing and storytelling in our region!

Our Youth Theatre Camp will return to Cullowhee Baptist Church on WCU’s campus for a third year. We thank Tonya and Jeffrey Vickery and the entire Cullowhee Baptist community for supporting our young artists by providing us with a wonderful space yet again.

Complete your registration online via the button below. Please ensure you are registering for the correct camp as there is a separate registration page for each. Please reach out to ashlee@calliopestage.com with questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Camp space is limited and all registrations are on a first come, first served basis. Additionally, our Teen Playwriting Intensive is a new program, and we will need to meet a minimum enrollment to run it. Our best advertising is Word of Mouth, so please share if you can!