Monday-Friday 9am-12pm

Spend 5 half days exploring skills that will serve you your whole life, in or out of the theater: thinking on your feet, working collaboratively, keeping focus, and having fun! The best part is that in the learning of these things we also have a great time! We will explore traditional theater games as well as short form, long form, and structured improvisations. Come play! Learn More

Mondays - Fridays 9am-4pm
3 Performances: Friday, July 10th 7pm, Saturday, July 11th, 2pm & 7pm

This program offers a more intensive and rigorous theatre experience for our senior company students. This is a three-week immersion program exploring a literary classic. Participants ages 13-19 are given the support they need to develop their skill with language, voice, and physical story-telling as they rehearse a fully produced play. This is a challenging and fun experience under the guidance of professional practitioners. Learn More

Monday - Friday 9am-4pm

Join Dave and Francesca to work on lighting, sound, and scenic elements for the summer season of shows. Participants will be asked to use power tools, hand tools, paint tools, carry possibly heavy things, work collaboratively, have keen listening skills, pay strong attention to details, and be ready to have fun and get messy. Learn More

Mondays-Fridays  9am-3:30pm

Do you want to build your musical theater skills? In this camp we’ll explore the basic techniques in musical theatre training: singing, dancing, acting, and putting it all together, including duets! Audition technique, acting the song, and creating compelling characters that move smoothly from scene to song will all be explored through songs, dances, and scenes. All experience levels are welcome, as the camp will be tailored to each student’s level of training and experience. We’ll end with a Family Sharing, giving campers a chance to show off what they’ve learned. Join us!

Recommended for campers with a true interest in musical theater and a desire to level up their skills. Learn More

Mondays - Fridays 9am-3:30pm
2 Performances: Friday, July 17th at 7pm and Saturday, July 18th at 7pm

In this camp we will each devise a character from the inside out, allowing for discovery about who we are and what stories we want to tell. Drag is another tool to add to the toolbox every versatile performer needs. When getting the chance to play with gender, it’s possible to learn about the stereotypes that exist and how we can blend and blur the lines to create work that is both entertaining and powerful. Learn More

Mondays-Fridays, 9am-3:30pm

3 Performances: Friday, July 24th at 7pm; Saturday July 25th at 2pm & 7pm

This summer, campers will learn how a production is costumed. Learn about and experience the entire process: reading the script, pulling costumes, fittings and alterations, and crewing the performances! This camp will run concurrently with Melodrama and campers will be guided by Monika Grist Weiner as they learn about and costume a real production. Learn More

Mondays - Fridays 9am-3:30pm
3 Performances: Friday, July 24th at 7pm, Saturday, July 25th at 2pm & 7pm

NEYT’s most popular summer program brings the merriment and madness! 

Playing heroes, villains, and fools, participants learn character development by making big, bold, loud, silly choices. Colorful costumes, shaving cream fights, and slapstick comedy are melodrama’s stock-in-trade. Through theater games, improv exercises, and clowning, students develop the vocal and physical skills to pull off the over-the-top action and comedic timing. Student-driven ideas are encouraged, and directors strive to incorporate them into the production. At the end of two weeks, students perform before enthusiastic audience members, who cheer on the actors in the boisterous, interactive tradition of melodrama. Learn More

Mondays - Fridays 9am-3:30pm

Looking for a summer program that is fun, educational, and exciting while also incorporating outdoor activities, unstructured play, and theatre arts training? This is the one! We’ll play our way through the summer - singing, dancing, acting, dressing up and frolicking. Includes a family sharing on the final day. Learn More

Monday-Friday 9am-12pm

3 Performances: Friday, July 24th at 7pm (6pm Call); Saturday July 25th 2pm (1pm Call) and 7pm (6pm call)

Melodrama Edition

Introduction to Run crew camp is for those who love to move things, push buttons when requested, and overall support the actors on stage in live performance. Possible positions include light board operator, sound board operator, and backstage run crew. As this is an introduction, participants will learn everything they need to know about their backstage jobs to be successful supporters of the performance during the course of this camp. Learn More

Rehearsals July 20th - August 7th, Mondays-Fridays 9am-4pm
6 Performances: Friday, August 7th at 7pm; Saturday, August 8th at 2pm & 7pm; Friday, August 14th at 7pm; Saturday, August 15th at 2pm & 7pm

Casting Workshop Date: TBD (everyone who registers receives a role)

This program offers a more intensive and rigorous musical theatre experience for our senior company students. This summer, participants will learn, rehearsal, and perform a complete musical, with the support needed to develop vocal, dance, and acting skills. Students of all abilities are welcome. Everyone who registers receives a role. You must register for the camp in order to attend the casting workshop. Learn More

Monday-Friday 9am-3:30pm
Friends & family share: 3:30-4:30 on Friday, August 7th

Enter the world of The Bard, history’s most famous playwright! Join NEYT Education Director Shannon Ward on an Elizabethan romp through Shakespeare’s juiciest scenes and monologues. Defy the stars for your beloved! Backstab your cousin for the crown! Finally learn the difference between “thee” and “thou!” Full of high drama and lowbrow comedy, this camp is perfect for both newcomers and experienced Shakespearean actors. Learn More

Mondays - Fridays, 9am-3:30pm

Looking for a summer program that is fun, educational, and exciting while also incorporating outdoor activities, unstructured play, and theatre arts training? This is the one! We’ll play our way through the summer - singing, dancing, acting, dressing up and frolicking. Includes a family sharing on the final day. Learn More

Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm
6 Performances: Friday, August 7th at 7pm (5:30pm Call); Saturday, August 8th at 2pm (12:30pm Call) and 7pm (5:30pm Call); Friday, August 14th 7p (5:30pm Call); Saturday, August 15th 2pm (12:30pm Call) and 7pm Show and Strike (5:30pm Call)

Musical Theater Edition

Level up your tech abilities in this intermediate/advanced run crew camp. Participants will learn additional skills relating to their assigned backstage jobs as well as be able to learn about other jobs simultaneously. Participants are expected to have previous run crew experience. Learn More

Mondays-Fridays 9am - 4pm
3 Performances: Friday, August 21st at 7pm; Saturday, August 22nd at 2pm and 7pm
Show tours area schools in September/October (4 - 6 performances)

Together we will build "lazzi", or physical, comedic routines, to be woven through a highly rhythmic, fast-paced, half-hour script. Each part will be tailored to stretch the actor's comedic skills and help them to command the stage in a whole new way. Think dancing, music, chase scenes, dramatic deaths, and more! Learn More

Mondays - Fridays, 9am-3:30pm
3 Performances: Friday, August 21st at 7pm; Saturday, August 22nd at 2pm & 7pm

Enjoy two wild and wonderful weeks exploring clowning and physical comedy! Tailored to the unique talents and interests of the students, this program develops original clowning ‘bits,’ which are worked up into short performable scenes. Come play in the clown zone! Learn More