Theater Discovery Camp returns this year with all of your favorite things and many new exciting offerings. Learn the many different aspects of theater through fun, hands-on experiences! Each day will include a different subject, a take home project, and special guests.
This year we will be featuring a final showcase performance for all campers to participate in. All campers who attend 5 or more sessions will have the opportunity to have speaking/singing roles in the showcase, and may attend both offered field trips at no charge.
Camp sessions are open to all youth entering Kindergarten to 6th grade.
All campers will attend sessions at the same time this year but will be divided in 2 groups by age.
Dates
July 28- Aug 1st – 9:30 to 12pm
Aug 4 to Aug 7th 9:30 to 12pm
Aug 8th 9:30 to 1pm (includes lunch) followed by 1pm performance for guests to attend
Cost
Students may sign up for all 10 sessions for $200.00.
Ala cart/individual sessions are $25.00 each.
Drop in $30.00.
Scholarships and discounts for siblings available.
Schedule
7/28 Ready… Set… Lights!
Explore how lights and a great set make a difference to a show. Make and take home set pieces you build!
7/29 Props and Food
It’s going to be a tasty day! Make food (both real and fake) for props.
7/30 Bringing a Story to Life
Learn how a story becomes a show. Watch a book come to life.
7/31 Make it Up and Dress it Up!
Stage makeup and costumes can turn you into anything. Will you be an animal? Something scary or glittery? You decide!
8/1 Improv
Learn what improv is through games, activities, and humor. Make a project right out the mind of one of our favorite imagineers. Special guest improv show.
8/4 The Music You Make.
Use voice and instruments to tell the story. Learn our theme song for camp!
8/5 Dance it Out!
Everyone can do it! Learn fun tricks that help you be a better stage dancer. Prepare a performance dance.
8/6 Writing Scripts
Learn from a published author and screenwriter what it takes to bring your own story to life.
8/7 It’s Magic
See how you can make magic on stage. Enjoy a visit from a real magician!
8/8 Audition Techniques
Beyond the basics: how to stand out in an audition.
Showcase performance –1pm
Field Trips
The Backstage Experience – The Barn Theater in Augusta
Show and Date TBA
Students get to experience an exclusive backstage tour of a professional theater production, including the interactive presentations explaining technical and performance aspects of theater. Students will tour the theater, including technical design areas that are typically off-limits to the public! Students will watch the show then engage in a Q&A session with performers. The Backstage Experience also includes a meal.
Popcorn Theater –Tibbets theater Coldwater Mi
JONATHON LACHANCE –Unbelievable comedy magic
August 2, 2025 at 10am
He’s not your father’s magician! With a unique blend of mind-bending magic and side-splitting comedy, Jonathon LaChance has appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Masters of Illusion and The Today Show, along with ABC, FOX and PBS programming. Jonathon has toured the country for the last several years, including a win in the Close-Up Classic, held annually in the Magic Capital of the World, Colon, Michigan! Expect to laugh and be amazed as Jonathon brings Laugh Magic to the stage!
Questions?
Email Youth Theater Director Allison Ebner at:
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Also check out other Arts events in Marshall, Comedy events in Marshall, Performances in Marshall.
