ETC Summer Programs
ETC Summer Programs is a successful summer theatre camp program in Arlington and the City of Falls Church.
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- ETC BEGINNINGS CAMPS Ages 3-5
- ETC Beginnings' mission is to increase motor skills, creativity, intellectual and social development. ETC Beginnings Camp is a great way to continue learning in a fun and creative environment for the summer. Whether it is your child's first time away for the day or your child is a seasoned preschooler, ETC Beginnings camp offers many opportunities to explore, expound, and create.
Note: Preschoolers must be potty trained. T-shirt sizes 4T.Camp Descriptions:
Run Away with the Circus!Calling all 3-5 year olds for a summer under the Big Top! Put your child's motor skills to the test as they create their own circus. There will be tight ropewalkers, teddy bear tamers, silly clowns, talented animals and amazing gymnastic feats in our circus tent, all performed by your child. Books will come to life as we discover circus stories, songs and poems for the kids to explore in action. Our day is filled with circle time, improv games, arts and crafts, outdoor play and, of course, circus rehearsal. All your preschooler needs is their imagination to bring our circus to life!
Ocean Adventures
Get ready to dive into some undersea adventures as your child explores the world beneath the sea! We will use some well-known stories and music to create our own aquatic adventure. Your 3-5 year old will learn basic acting skills as well as how to use their bodies, voices and imaginations to create their own undersea character. Children will also create their own props and costumes! Each day will include circle time, fun improv games, costume building, and outdoor play. Come explore the ocean deep with us! - CREATIVE DRAMA CAMPS Ages 5-8 (Rising 1st grade & up)
- Through daily rehearsal, improvisation classes, and special guest artist workshops, campers will learn the basics of acting and production design. Students will discover new ways of collaborating with peers, the fun of creating cool and funny characters, and the joy of performing for friends and family. Past workshops have included stage make-up, choreography, singing, yoga, and swordplay! Parents are invited to attend a final sharing on Friday afternoon of each session.
Camp Descriptions:
To the Moon & Beyond!
We will take your little astronauts on a journey through the solar system. Students will travel to the moon, planets and other celestial bodies as we develop short scenes based on our adventures.
Eqyptian Adventures
Walk like an Egyptian as your camper explores this ancient land and its stories. Your camper will discover treasures, excavate the pyramids and live like a pharaoh as they develop short scenes from their adventures.
Science Theatre: Discover the Microscopic World!
Big drama with little critters! We'll make our invisible neighbors larger-than-life on stage through imaginative story-telling and crazy costumes. Art and science combine in this fun exploration of the microscopic world.
Session 1: To the Moon and Beyond! Location: McKinley School Dates: July 15 - 19 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm; Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am; 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $295 AM Extended Hours: $40 PM Extended Hours: $80 Session 2: Egyptian Adventures Location: McKinley School Dates: July 22 - 26 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm; Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am; 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $295; AM Extended Hours: $40; PM Extended Hours: $80 Session 3: Science Theatre: Microscopic Adventures! Location: Madison Community Center Dates: July 29 - August 2 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm; Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am; 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $295; AM Extended Hours: $40; PM Extended Hours: $80 - SUMMER CLASSIC CAMP Ages 8-12
- Have fun acting Shakespeare! Use your imagination, work together and perform with your friends! It all comes together when kids perform a classic Shakespearean play. Students will gain a wide range of acting skills through rehearsal as well as participation in specialized workshops which have included stage combat, make-up design, music, dance, characterization, script analysis and more! Returning Camp Director Ashley Hammond and a team of counselor directors will direct the fun! Friends and family are invited to an end-of-camp Saturday Potluck Performance July 13, 10am - 2pm.
Location: McKinley School Dates: July 1 - 13(no camp on Thurs., July 4th) Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm; Extended Hours: 8am - 9am; 3pm - 5pm Fees: Core Program: $525; AM Extended Hours: $80; PM Extended Hours: $160 - MUSICAL REVUE CAMP Ages 8-12
- Triple threat theatre is back for its 9th year! Work as an ensemble to shape scenes into song as you dance, act, develop vocal technique, and visual arts elements into a dynamic cabaret performance and artist showcase. Led by Elena Velasco, this camp offers opportunities for kids with all levels of acting and singing ability. Friends and family are invited to an end of camp Performance and Reception on Friday, August 2nd at 5:30pm. For rising 8th and 9th grade students, our CIT program is available for those students with extensive theatre experience. In addition, students' grades 10 and up looking for professional theater education development may apply for non-tuition based internships.
Location: McKinley School Dates: July 22 - August 2 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm; Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am & 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $525; AM Extended Hours: $80; PM Extended Hours: $160 - CAMP COMEDY Ages 8-11
- Make 'em laugh! Improvise outlandish stories and characters, put on ridiculous outfits, perform improv comedy, silent movie comedy, musical comedy - whatever it takes to get the audience chortling, chuckling and guffawing with gusto! The staff will lead the live hilarity; teen cineastes direct you in original MOVIES; check out our past movies at youtube.com/etconfilm. It all happens in two uproarious weeks, just in time for our potluck performance, the Comedy Smorgasbord Saturday July 27, 11am - 2pm. Be there, and smile!
Location: Trinity Presbyterian Church Dates: July 15 - 27 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm (and 11 am - 2pm on Sat July 27); Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am & 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $525; AM Extended Hours: $80; PM Extended Hours: $160 - PAGE TO STAGE CAMP Ages 8 - 12
- Get ready to create a play! Students' imaginations can run wild as they call the shots in their own creation. Campers will be guided through writing their own lines, creating the plot, characters, and the setting all led by ETC's Ashley Hammond and her team of camp directors. Counselors in Training (CIT) will learn to assist the groups in playwriting, help with design elements, and the production side of the plays. Through a series of workshops, campers will explore a variety of playwriting elements including: narrative structure, character development, conflict, stage combat, and dance. The ever popular 'ETC Masterpiece Theatre' returns where campers will create mini plays that are inspired by music, art, and real life people. The camp will end with a sharing of the campers' plays on the last day for family and friends.
Location: Fairlington Community Center Dates: Aug 12 - 23 Time: Core Program: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm; Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am & 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $550; AM Extended Hours: $80; PM Extended Hours: $160 - SUMMER CLASSIC TEEN CAMP Ages 13-18
- Act the greatest roles ever; adapt and direct these brilliant plays too. Build confidence, deepen understanding, round out theater skills, and challenge your imagination. Most importantly...have fun! Make friends and act together in our all-teen, staff-directed Shakespeare production. Get on-the-job theater and education training as you direct younger campers in Shakespearean scenes. Showcase your work for friends and family in a Saturday Potluck Performance, July 13, 10am - 2pm.
Location: McKinley School Dates: June 24 - July 13 (No camp Thurs., July 4) Times: 10 am - 4:30 pm Fees $715 - MUSICAL REVUE CAMP Ages 13-18
- Triple threat theatre is back for its 9th year! Work as an ensemble to shape scenes into song as you dance, act, develop vocal technique, and visual arts elements into a dynamic cabaret performance and artist showcase. Led by Elena Velasco, this camp offers opportunities for kids with all levels of acting and singing ability. Friends and family are invited to an end of camp Performance and Reception on Friday, August 2nd at 5:30pm. For rising 8th and 9th grade students, our CIT program is available for those students with extensive theatre experience. In addition, students' grades 10 and up looking for professional theater education development may apply for non-tuition based internships.
Location: McKinley School Dates: July 22 - August 2 Times: Core Program: 9 am - 3 pm Fees: Core Program: $525 - Camp Comedy Studios teen film camp Ages 12-18
- Now in our fourth summer, we are making Camp Comedy's teen filmmaking program official! Along with improv and other laugh-a-minute live activities, all teens at Camp Comedy make movies. Starting with rising 7th graders, CIT's, better known as Cineastes, learn to write, direct and edit silent comedies in the classic style. Veteran cineastes (rising 9th grade & up) will work on silents as well, but they'll also be presented with a brand new challenge this summer: Directing classic movie musicals! Join us for our potluck performance, the Comedy Smorgasbord Saturday July 27th, 11am - 2pm.
Grades: Rising 7-12 Location: Trinity Presbyterian Church Dates: July 15-27 Time: Core Program 9 am - 3 pm (and 10 am - 2 pm Saturday, July 27) Extended Hours: 8 - 9 am and 3 - 5 pm Fees: Core Program: $525 AM Extended Hours: $80 PM Extended Hours $160 - Shakespeare's Shorts Ages 11-18
- Explore the explosive alchemy of mixing classical theater with modern filmmaking. On location at Trinity's wooded campus and many surprising interiors, you'll get staff guidance but few limitations, as you direct, act, design, costume, score, shoot and edit your own films, based on Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, histories, or romances of your choosing. Learn new skills, make new friends, collaborate, create, challenge & express yourself like nowhere else. Check out last year's shorts at youtube.com/etconfilm and don't miss the Shakespeare-on-Screen Film Festival 2013 on Friday, August 23, 12 - 3pm.
Grades: Rising 6-12 Location: Trinity Presbyterian Church Dates: August 12 - 23 Time: 9 am - 3 pm (note: no extended hours) Fees: $550
| Fee: | $195 (half-day) | |
| Session 1: | Run Away with the Circus! | |
| Location: | Madison Community Center | |
| Dates: | June 24 - 28 | |
| Times: | 9 am - 12 pm | |
| Session 2: | Ocean Adventures | |
| Location: | Madison Community Center | |
| Dates: | July 15 - 19 | |
| Times: | 9 am - 12 pm | |
| Session 3: | Run Away with the Circus! | |
| Location: | Fairlington Community Center | |
| Dates: | July 22 - 26 | |
| Times: | 9 am - 12 pm |
Teen Programs
Internships & Counselor in Training Programs
Build your resume with ETC! Develop leadership and mentoring skills working behind-the-scenes. Interns deepen their knowledge of theatre by assisting with all aspects of the creation process including playwrighting, acting, directing, and technical theatre. Interns must be passionate about theatre, dedicated and responsible, and enjoy working with kids. Intern positions are available in many of our summer camps and throughout the school year. To apply, students must submit an application tojobs@educationaltheatrecompany.org. Interns accepted based on interview and director approval.ETC Falls Church Summer Programs
We're back in Falls Church this summer with exciting offerings and NEW Camp Directors! Register at www.fallschurchva.gov| Location: | Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, Falls Church |
| Dates: | July 22 - 26 |
| Core Hours: | 9 am - 3 pm |
| Extended Hours: | 7-9 am; 3-6 pm |
| Fees: | Residents: $275/Non-residents:$285 |
| Extended Day Fees | AM: $38; PM: $48 |
| Location: | Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, Falls Church |
| Dates: | July 29 - August 2 |
| Core Hours: | 9 am - 3 pm |
| Extended Hours: | 7-9 am; 3-6 pm |
| Fees: | Residents: $275/Non-residents:$285 |
| Extended Day Fees | AM: $38; PM: $48 |
| Location: | Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, Falls Church |
| Dates: | August 5 - 9 |
| Core Hours: | 9 am - 3 pm |
| Extended Hours: | 7-9 am; 3-6 pm |
| Fees: | Residents: $275/Non-residents:$285 |
| Extended Day Fees | AM: $38; PM: $48 |
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