Game play and live action role play combine in this Dungeons and Dragons camp.  Students will act out campaigns in the morning, learning about character exploration and storytelling. The afternoon is all about game play with our very own D and D Masters.

**Please note GST / PST is included in the fee for ages 15 and up.***

Start your holidays stage right (or stage left) with our Summer SCENESational program.  Students will enjoy three days of skilll building with our amazing theatre professionals creating fun characters in scenes inspired by the hottest time of the year.

Disney’s Dare to Dream is a revue that celebrates 100 years of musical magic as a young group of “imagineers” embark on a journey that celebrates dreams to unite, inspire and make anything possible.  Highlighting a century of beloved Disney films, Dare to Dream Jr features songs appearing for the first time ever in a Disney stage musical, including fan favourites from The Princess and The Frog, Coco, Encanto and Frozen II  as well as classics from the original Frozen, Little Mermaid, Tangled, Aladdin and more!

PLEASE NOTE 6 to 8 years is SOLD OUT – Wait list Available – Email [email protected]
Ages 9 to 18 – Limited Availability

Songs include:

How Far I’ll Go
Part of Your World
Surface Pressure
Let It Go
Dig A Little Deeper
When I Am Older
Hakuna Matata
I’ve Got A Dream

Please note this program has two options –  this registration link is for the ONE week camp for students interested in ensemble roles and chorus work with the potential for some lines and small vocal solos.  This is a great introduction to Musical Theatre.  Students will perform in the final production on our mainstge.

The age breakdown is due to Canadian tax laws which add GST/PST to registrations for students 15 years of age and older.

For more information please email our Director of Education – Lorna Batycki – [email protected]

Disney’s Dare to Dream is a revue that celebrates 100 years of musical magic as a young group of “imagineers” embark on a journey that celebrates dreams to unite, inspire and make anything possible.  Highlighting a century of beloved Disney films, Dare to Dream Jr features songs appearing for the first time ever in a Disney stage musical, including fan favourites from The Princess and The Frog, Coco, Encanto and Frozen II  as well as classics from the original Frozen, Little Mermaid, Tangled, Aladdin and more!  Students will perform this delightful revue in Rawlco Radio Hall (Persephone MainStage) in a fully produced show on Saturday August 23rd at 2:00 pm. Unleash your musical theatre imagination and join us as we Dare to Dream!

Songs include:

How Far I’ll Go
Part of Your World
Surface Pressure
Let It Go
Dig A Little Deeper
When I Am Older
Hakuna Matata
I’ve Got A Dream

Please note this program has two options –  this registration link is for the TWO week camp for students interested in larger roles and vocal solos.  Enrollment is limited to 16 students for this program.  Students will perform on our mainstage in the final show. The age breakdown is due to Canadian tax laws which add GST/PST to registrations for students 15 years of age and older.

For more information please email our Director of Education – Lorna Batycki – [email protected]

The ultimate improv challenge!  Join us as we tackle reality tv shows, with creative and unpredictable improv games and activities inspired by our favorite reality shows, including Survivor, the Amazing Race and MORE!  Skill building, teamwork and FUN combine as we build our confidence and creativity with our professional arts educators, one scene at a time! No experience necessary.  All are welcome!

Students will face their final challenge with a sharing for family and friends at the end of the week!

Each day brings a new Mission Possible challenge to meet or exceed! Imagination, creativity, confidence building and teamwork are all part of a fast paced week of dramatic fun! Make new friends as you explore improv with fun games and activities with our professional team of arts educators!  We offer two age groups for this program; 5 to 7 and 8 to 10!

Students will share what they have been working on with family and friends at the end of the week!

Drop offs start at 8:30 am
Pick up is at 4:00 pm

For more information email [email protected]

Game play and live action role play combine in this Dungeons and Dragons camp.  Students will act out campaigns in the morning, learning about character exploration and then in the afternoon will game play with our very own D and D masters.

Sold Out –  Email [email protected] to be added to our Wait List!

Play make believe in the realm of fantasy!

Mythical Magic 101 for ages 5 to 7 focuses on dragon training as participants create their own dragon and mythical creature characters, using improv to develop their origin stories and how important it is to teach your dragon how to behave.  Fantasy inspired puppets and crafts will make this an unforgettable week of adventure.

Sold Out – Please email [email protected] to be added to our Wait List

Mythical Magic 102  for ages 8 to 10 focuses on Dragon Tales with short scripts and improv aimed at developing new stories and ideas in the fantasy realm. Prop building and games will support our creative ideas. –

Sold Out – Please email [email protected] to be added to our Wait List

Both classes will share what they’ve been working on at the end of the week!

This ultimate character exploration and creation experience, welcomes all teens who want to work in a safe space to develop gender characters. Working with our Drag professionals students will create their own persona and learn to support their character with make up, costuming and in performance. This program ends with a celebratory showcase with family and friends.

What is a Panto?  – Learn about this delightful genre that combines jokes, music and physical comedy, as part of  “A Wicked Panto”; a summer celebration event for family and friends. Our sharing happens at the end of the week in our Backstage theatre.  Focussing on the Wicked Witch, each age group we will create their version of what happened in Oz in this interactive original adventure!  Is the witch really as wicked as everyone seems to think? Is our story more Wicked or more Wizard?  Register today and find out!

Ages 5 to 7 – Limited availability
Ages 8 to 10 – Limited availability
Ages 11 to 14

Inspired by the story of Little Red Riding Hood, students will create an original prairie inspired adaption that will be shared at the end of the week. They will explore story genres and devices as they work together in their classes to tell their tale, their way. Who will be the hero?  Who will be the villain? And will they all live happily ever after. You decide!

Teambuilding and creativity will be part of the journey as students work together through games and activities to create an original adventure.

Ages 5 to 7 – Limited space available
Ages 8 to 10
Ages 11 to 14

Escape rooms! Treasure Hunts! AND original story creations!  Who dunnit?  Who knows? – the FUN is in the creating.  Games and activites inspired by the genre of mystery.  Characters and storylines will be developed using mystery ideas with a focus on improv and imaginative “clues” for the 5 to 7 year olds and short scripts and skits for the 8 to 10 year olds and the 11 to 14 year olds.  Students will share what they have been working on at the end of the week!

Ages 5 to 7 – SOLD OUT
Ages 8 to 10 – SOLD OUT
Ages 11 to 14 – Limited

We introduce students to blank verse and the 16th century story stylings of Shakespeare with Ian Doescher’s Star Wars parody, the Empire Striketh Back. With a brooding young hero, an emperor who believes he is destined to rule the galaxy, a villainous anti-hero, witty droids with clever dialogue and elegant soliloquies penned in iambic pentameter, students will learn about the style of the past while venturing into a galaxy far far away.

Limited Enrolllment!

Join us for a sci-fi inspired week of creating. Our 5 to 7 year olds, and our 8 to 10 year olds will boldly explore improv, character development, puppets and other ways to create characters and tell stories with our space themed game and activities. They will share what they’ve been working on at the end of the week.

Three days of fun and friendship using pool noodles in our summer inspired storytelling. Pool noodles can transform into fun and creative characters, dynamic props and be used to build fun scenic backdrops. The only limit is our imagination.  Improv activities, prop building and story creation are all part of a very creative week.The week will end with a summer fun video that will be shared with student families.

Drop offs start at 8:30 am
Pick up time 4:00 pm

For more information please email [email protected]

With this new program, students have an opportunity to learn and experience first hand, the behind the scenes magic of a show. Working with a costume, set designer and director, students will analyze a script and then generate ideas to support the artistic vision of Beetlejuice Jr which is being presented as our Summer Musical Acadamy production. Students will then work to realize their ideas and incorporate them into the show.  This program includes prop, costume and set work.  Enrolment is limited to six placements to ensure students receive one on one mentoring.

Students will be part of the production of Beetlejuice Jr and should be available for the performances July 19th and 20th.

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetle…You don’t have to say it three times to get in on all the fun in this zany musical adaptation as the ghost-with-the-most comes to life in this original musical based on Tim Burton’s wonderfully frantic film. Beetlejuice Jr tells the story of Lydia Deetz, an unusual teen obsessed with the whole “being dead thing”. A recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes, haunt Lydia’s new house. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away the humans in her world, he comes up with a plan involving haunted hijinks and amazing music!

Students 9 to 19 can join us for this musical training program that culminates in a mainstage production with four shows, July 19th and 20th.  All registered students are cast in the production and will experience musical theatre with our amazing creative team.

PLEASE NOTE – This program is now SOLD OUT. Please email [email protected] to be placed on our wait list as spaces sometimes become available.

For a detailed information package please email [email protected].