Virginia Rep’s fun-filled camps are full of creative exploration and imaginative play. Our unique theatre camps provide exciting performance opportunities for students K – 12. These camps are designed with the novice and seasoned performer in mind. With instruction by some of Virginia’s finest theatre artists and educators, your dramatic student will have a theatrical experience like no other!

Stage Explorers Camp 2025 – June

Camps

June 2 - 13, 2025

For rising 1st - 6th graders. Each day includes drama, music, dance and a production craft. Campers are divided into three groups by grade level (or age) for the majority of their activities, but come together in rehearsals for the showcase-style performance.

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Battery Park Christian Church

Battery Park Christian Church

4201 Brook Rd, Richmond, VA 23227, USA

Stage Explorers Camp 2025 - JuneJune 2, 2025 9:00am

Spotlights Camp 2025

Camps

June 23 - 27, 2025

For rising 6th-12th graders, $350 per camper. A specialized camp for performers looking to get a little deeper into the art of professional theatre. Campers will focus on building their audition package, honing their preparedness for dance calls, and marketing themselves professionally.

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Battery Park Christian Church

Battery Park Christian Church

4201 Brook Rd, Richmond, VA 23227, USA

Spotlights Camp 2025June 23, 2025 9:00am

Stage Explorers Camp 2025 – July

Camps

July 7 - 18, 2025

For rising 1st - 6th graders. Each day includes drama, music, dance and a production craft. Campers are divided into three groups by grade level (or age) for the majority of their activities, but come together in rehearsals for the showcase-style performance.

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Battery Park Christian Church

Battery Park Christian Church

4201 Brook Rd, Richmond, VA 23227, USA

Stage Explorers Camp 2025 - JulyJuly 7, 2025 9:00am

Performers Institute Jr. 2025

Camps

Jul. 21 - Aug. 1, 2025

For rising 3rd - 6th graders. Designed for students transitioning from Stage Explorers to more advanced camps. Participants will rotate through performance courses, allowing students to connect with one another and their instructors to build a strong and dynamic ensemble.

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Battery Park Christian Church

Battery Park Christian Church

4201 Brook Rd, Richmond, VA 23227, USA

Performers Institute Jr. 2025July 21, 2025 9:00am

Virginia Rep offers fun and innovative programs for children from preschool through high school. As we head into the summer, all of our offerings are day camps, but please check back for classes in the fall.

 

Our Instructors

Vivian Schwartz

Vivian Schwartz

Education Manager/Instructor

Vivian 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.

Gracie Berneche

Gracie Berneche

Education Assist./Instructor

Gracie is the Education Assistant at Virginia Rep and an actor in the Richmond community. With a BFA in Musical Theatre from VCUarts, she brings both performing and teaching expertise to her work. Gracie has extensive experience working with students of all ages, but is especially dedicated to inspiring a love of theatre in young people.

Our teaching artists will come to your school or organization to offer courses, activities, games, a reading readiness curriculum, and more.

Educational Workshop Series

Ages 3 – 8

A proven curriculum based on national best practices for reading readiness.

Tiny Tales kids

Experience books in a whole new way!

Children’s stories come alive as students delve into the imaginary worlds of their favorite books. Using age-appropriate creative drama, experienced Virginia Rep teaching artists guide participants through a fun, interactive and multi-sensory journey. Each Tiny Tales lesson presents a problem paralleling one in the chosen book. The Teaching Artists take on different character roles as the story unfolds while encouraging the children to offer ideas and suggestions on ways to solve the presented problem. The solution is eventually discovered within the pages of a book.

Tiny Tales At A Glance:

  • An arts integration enrichment program for children ages 3 – 8
  • An ideal introduction to reading and creative drama
  • Helps children develop symbolic and critical thinking skills, empathy, impulse control, creativity and confidence
  • Teaches children to use their Performers Tools (Imagination, Body, Voice, Cooperation and Focus)

For pricing and scheduling details, please contact Vivian Preston Schwartz at education@virginiarep.org

Customized theatre programs for elementary, middle and high schools

Bring a subject to life with tailor-made activities, games and take homes thematically linked to a topic of your choice. Whether you are looking to wake up a tired curriculum, construct a school performance or offer new programming, we will develop a course specifically for your school or program’s needs.

We can offer a single workshop, multiple classes, or a full session.

Past courses have included:

Acting
Theatre Games and Performance!
Improvisation
Poetry Come to Life!
Shakespeare
Fairy Tales Revisited
Ensemble Building
Storytelling and Public Speaking
Slapstick Comedy and Safe Stage Combat
Telling Jokes and Stand Up Comedy
Filmmaking
Telling a Story Through Acting, Singing and Dancing
Costumes, Hair and Makeup
Lights, Sound and Set Design
Duck & Goose (Spring focused for K)
The Busy Green Garden (Plant and Animal Life Cycle focused for 2nd Grade)
Greek Myths & Legends (Activity focused for 3rd Grade)
Ecosystems (Theatre Game focused for 5th Grade)
A Raisin in the Sun (Activity and Character Exploration for High School Students)

Reach out to discuss your goals and to begin building your Mobile Masterclass. Contact Vivian Preston Schwartz at education@virginiarep.org