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

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

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
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