Virginia Repertory Theatre
For Rising 5th - 12th graders
August 5 - August 16, 2024 (2 Weeks) Performances: August 17 and 18 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday Tuition: $675 per camper
Our 2024 Summer Showtime production This performance camp is designed with the musical theatre lover in mind. Each day will begin with group warm-ups where campers will prepare to use their voices, bodies and minds for rehearsal. Campers will learn music, choreography, and all of their lines while working together as an ensemble. The Summer Showtime cast will then take their places in the spotlight for four public performances on the Virginia Rep Center stage.
Send a 1 minute song to Vivian Schwartz at vschwartz@virginiarep.org with the subject "Summer Showtime Audition - (Your Name)”. Please include the auditionee's name, age and any other additional information about previous performance experience.
A hilarious farce with sentimental pirates, dim-witted young lovers and an eccentric Major-General, based on the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Running time: one hour.
Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theatre history. The wit and whimsy of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic score is suffused with a modern sensibility in The Pirates of Penzance JR., a swashbuckling musical journey!
Set on the rocky coast of Cornwall, England, The Pirates of Penzance JR. begins with a group of pirates who are celebrating the birthday of one of their own, Frederic, who has reached his 21st year. Finally having served the full length of his required time with the pirates, he decides to strike off on his own and become an upstanding citizen – which may even mean bringing the pirates to justice. Thus turns out to be a tricky prospect indeed, especially when Frederic's freedom is called into question!
In-person summer camps are back! Covid-19 protocols include regular sanitation of high touch areas, daily temperature checks, smaller class sizes and lower camp capacity. In order to ensure the safety of all participants, all campers and staff are required to provide proof of updated vaccination before the start of camp. Mask wearing is encouraged, but optional for campers. Offering a safe and clean environment for educating your children is our highest priority, and we are very much looking forward to welcoming our patrons and students to the new Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education.
Vivian Preston Schwartz Education Manager vschwartz@virginiarep.org (804) 783-1688 ext. 1151
Vivian Schwartz holds a master's degree in Acting from the New School for Drama in New York City as well as a masters in Educational Theater from NYU. Working for over a decade as an actor in New York, Vivian found her love of teaching through the joys of youth-driven theater. She adores young people and believes with all her spirit that theater creates avenues for young people to develop their worldviews, empathy, and become contributing and inclusive community members.
Brianna Allen, known to her students as Ms. Bri, is happy to continue her work as Education Assistant and Virginia Rep’s Lead Teaching Artist! When not engrossing herself with Virginia Rep’s educational programming, she works as the Education Assistant at Richmond Performing Arts Alliance (RPAA). She can also be seen around Richmond and surrounding communities as a Greater Richmond Wolf Trap and Disney Musicals in Schools teaching artist. Her passion for engaging with youth to develop their theatrical artistry is at the heart of everything she does.