"The show came out beautiful.
The teachers were so supportive and the children were aware of
that support as it gave them great confidence in their performance."
"My children didn't
know what to expect but on the first day they came home excited.
By the end of the first week my son told me he's having the most
fun he's ever had in his life!"
"This was my son's third year at Shakespeare
Camp and he had a blast! He keeps wanting to go back each year."
ENROLL
NOW
and 'Get in the act' at Shakespeare Camp!
Summer sessions start June 7, June 21, July 12,
July 26, August 2, and August 9 in convenient
locations throughout the Bay Area
Our 18th season of the wildly popular Shakespeare summer camps
promises to be fun and engaging! This summer's campers
will stage performances of As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen
of Verona, or a compilation of scenes from Hamlet (more
info). All sessions are designed to accommodate both those
who are new to performance as well as those with experience.
Camps are led by trained teaching
artists - working actors, stage managers, directors, and designers.
Most have extensive teaching experience in other camps and programs.
About a third have postgraduate degrees in theater. All our teaching
artists attend our classroom management and curriculum training
sessions. At least one per site is certified in First Aid and
CPR. We do criminal background checks on all teaching staff. We
are very proud of the quality of our teaching artists and curriculum.
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SHAKESPEARE
CAMPS ARE FUN AND ENGAGING!
Teaching artists at Bay Area Shakespeare Camps are devoted to making
the camp experience
enjoyable and fun, as well as enriching and informative. The program
aims high in its commitment
to involve students in a true learning process. The students benefit
from this professional atmosphere of creativity, heightened literacy,
and self-expression, all of which are integral parts of the program.
Each two-week session
presents a series of structured, performance-oriented workshops
under the
guidance of trained Shakespeare
Festival staff. Each camp finishes with
a mini performance of a
Shakespeare play, staged and acted by campers for an audience of
family and friends. The performances conclude with a celebratory
cast party. These educational camps are appropriate for first timers
as well as more experienced young actors.
Campers at each session are introduced
to three key facets of drama and theater:
•
Discovering
Shakespeare introduces campers
to the beauty, versatility and meaning of
Shakespeare's language and to what life was like in Elizabethan
times. Students work in-depth
on a shortened version of a Shakespeare play and learn how
to create characters and on-stage
relationships.
•
Voice and Movement challenges students to learn and
use the power and expressiveness of
their voices and bodies when conveying thoughts, moods and
character traits. They learn theater games, vocal projection
techniques, and improvisation skills.
•
Production and Design teaches students the basics of
the technical side of theater. The students learn about costuming,
props, and set design. They collaborate on the set design
and construct costumes and props for their showcase performance
on the final day of camp.
Shakespeare Camps for ages 7-13 meet Mon - Fri, 9:00 AM - 3:00
PM, for two weeks.
Materials and supplies are included in the $420 camp fee. A final
performance for family and friends is presented on the last day
of each session. Aftercare is available at most locations from
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM for an additional $135 for 2-weeks.
Download the emergency
form (pdf) for Bay Area Shakespeare Camps (required for
enrollment)
•
Download the behavior
agreement (pdf) for Bay Area Shakespeare Camps (required
for enrollment)
Below: 2008 San Mateo Intersession Camp production of Pericles
Support the Bay Area Shakespeare Camps
Festival donors ensure that camp fees are kept
at a price that is affordable for the most
participants and not dictated strictly by "what the market
will bear." At only $420 per session,
($7 per hour), camp fees are well under the cost of most other summer
camps and well below
the price of normal childcare. Your support today will help ensure
that camp fees remain low
and supports our mission to ensure that Shakespeare is truly accessible
to all by removing
barriers to cultural participation.
Become a member of the San Francisco
Shakespeare Festival and support the Bay Area
Shakespeare Camps today!
