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2008 SUMMER CAMPS Registration now in session!

LIBERTYVILLE

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SUMMER CAMPS...SINCE 2000 A.D.!

American Camp Association Accreditation Applied


ACTING  - 
DRAMA  -  FILM MAKING  -  IMPROV COMEDY

MUSICAL THEATER  -  PERFORMING ARTS

LIBERTYVILLE 2008

Summer Performing Arts Day Camp Brochure & Registration

Film Making Camps for Teens and Tweens

ROUND LAKE BEACH

WILLY WONKA (THE MUSICAL) 

Theater Performing Arts Day Camp Click Here

SCHEDULE AND DESCRIPTIONS

FULL DAYS 9:00AM-3:00PM

HALF DAYS 9:00AM-11:45PM or 12:15PM-3:00PM

BEFORE AND AFTER CARE AVAILABLE

Summer Performing Arts Day Camps in Libertyville (Additional classes, intensives and workshops will be held in the evening and weekends. Please inquire.)

Musical Theater, Improvisation, Film Making!

Our 2007 camp sessions involve your child in a fun filled, local drama day camp with professional staff from Improv Playhouse . Each camp session will offer unique training and each camper will have the opportunity to explore and focus upon new paths of creativity in the Performing Arts. Improv Playhouseú emphasizes an environment that nurtures every child as an individual artist, challenges aspiring actors and inspires theater beginners. All levels are encouraged to enroll. Programming will not be duplicated from mornings to afternoons where applicable.

CAMP LOCATIONS WILL BE HELD AT

Highland Middle School

310 West Rockland Rd, Libertyville, 2½ Blocks East of Milwaukee (Rt.21)

Improv Playhouse Studio and our Black Box Theater

116 W. Lake Street (West of Liberty Theater) & 735 N. Milwaukee Avenue (Behind Caribou Coffee)

ALL CAMPERS WILL ENJOY (WHERE APPLICABLE):

•  AIR CONDITIONED Theater, Classroom w/fridge at Highland School , IP Studios and IP Black Box Studio Theater.

•  Highland's South Gymnasium-Theater for rehearsal ãbreak-outsä, rain days and performances.

•  STAFF SUPERVISED: The school playground and fields for picnic lunches, outdoor rehearsal and recreation.

•  STAFF SUPERVISED: Dairy Queen! Smoothies! Wraps! Downtown Libertyville activities! Friday Lunch in the Park!

•  Programming directed by entertainment business professionals.

•  Classes taught by mature, gifted, nurturing drama specialists. •  Behind the Scenes Field Trips to The Marriott Theater, Improv and Sound Stages

•  Each child will receive ONE FREE Improv Playhouse Performing Arts Camp T-Shirt .

MUSIC THEATER CAMPS :

Entering 4th--9th Grade  (Full Day Option Only)

PLEASE NOTE TYPO IN LIBERTYVILLE PARKS AND REC GUIDE

ENTERING 4TH-9TH GRADES IS THE TRUE AGE GROUP

HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL , 310 W. Rockland Road , Libertyville 2 ½ blocks west of Milwaukee Ave (Rt. 21)

3 WEEK SESSIONS

Focus on Musical Theater productions Broadway style with concentrations in acting, voice, choreography and dance, sparking a young person's imagination, building their communication skills and instilling a sense of discipline, responsibility and dedication. Final performances the last two days of camp.

“MUSIC MAN” Theater Day Camp  June 16-July 3 

The Music Man is an American musical classic, following fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill and his visit to River City, Iowa where he meets and falls in love with the willful, spinster librarian, Marian Paroo. Hill convinces the town to adopt his revolutionary “The Think System”,or face the moral decline of the youngsters of River City.  The Music Man Junior is the perfect production for young people. Featuring star turns for a young male and female performer, The Music Man is also rich with great roles for performers of every level. In fact, the show features over 24 speaking roles, meaning lots of features for young performers

“SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK” Theater Day Camp

July 7-July 25 

The Emmy® Award-winning Saturday morning  cartoon series is not only making an incredible small-screen comeback, it's the basis for one of the most  fun, energetic, flexible and easily mounted musicals ever to hit the stage!  Tom, a school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV. Suddenly, the Schoolhouse Rock bunch appear in his rec room and proceed to show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through beloved Schoolhouse Rock songs that cover a variety of subjects you’ll never look at the same again!

"Willy Wonka" Musical Theatre Camp

at Round Lake Beach

June 18-July 11

At the amazing Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center.

Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory,” which features the songs from the classic family film “Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.” All of your favorite characters and songs (including “The Candy Man” and “Pure Imagination”) are featured in this show that overflows with music, comedy and heart.

IMPROV-THEATER GAMES DAY CAMPS :   

Entering 3rd-5th and Entering 6th-9th Grade Camps

(Full Day , A.M. or P.M.)

At our Black Box Studio Theater, 735 North Milwaukee Ave. (Behind Caribou)

TWO WEEK SESSIONS

SESSION ONE (6/16-6/27)       

SESSION TWO (6/30-7/11)    

SESSION THREE (7/14-7/25)                

SESSION FOUR (7/28-8/8)

Improv Comedy Summer fun! In addition to the games from Whose Line, this session will transform the new student as well as continue to develop those who have taken training with us in the past or present! Unique to our program: An environment filled with creative laughter, inspiring our students to grow in a life occupied with discovery and comedic sensibility. It creates a sense of play in the artistic process of theater and serves to build up each child's self-concept, poise, stage presence, outward focus and commitment to ensemble. Our older campers have the opportunity to develop scenes and write original comedy sketches. The final showcases will have you roaring with laughter! Special performance by IP Staff and special appearances by some of Chicago 's funniest, world renowned improvisers!!

FILM MAKING CAMPS :

(Full Day Option Only) At our original Lake Street Studio, 116 W. Lake Street , Libertyville .

TWEEN FILM MAKING (10-13YRS) (2 weeks 6/16-6/27) $595
TEEN FILM MAKING (14-17YRS) (3 weeks 6/30-7/18) $895
) $895

Explore hands on filmmaking techniques through digital video technology În software using Final Cut and Apple Technology. Campers immersed in storyboarding, shot list creation, casting, shooting and digital film editing. L.A. and Chicago area film makers will lead campers. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE have committed to visit each session. Films shoot around Libertyville locations. Field Trips to Chicago Sound Stages will add to the experience. (All professional equipment, software, digital tape and a duplicated copy of the final edited project(s) on DVD are included in camp fees).

Films will be submitted to the LAKE  COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL and shown in the Spring of 2008.



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Village of Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center