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!

Virginia Rep offers fun and innovative programs for children from preschool through high school.

As we head into Summer Camps, there are currently no other offerings, but check back in the fall for new learning adventures.

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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.

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

Early Explore

Enjoy a blend of science and storytelling for young minds!
At the Science Museum of Virginia

Led by Virginia Rep’s education specialists, these interactive programs feature props, interpretive elements and characters.

Children five and younger and their caregivers are encouraged to explore STEM topics together by using their voice, body and imagination as tools. Virginia Rep will lead guests in story development and improv techniques to create memorable experiences filled with discovery.

2025 Dates: June 21, July 20, August 16, September 14, October 11, November 9, December 13
11 am to Noon

Early Explore is a partnership between Virginia Repertory Theater and the Science Museum. It offers performance-based programming for preschool-age students.

Cost is included with Science Museum admission
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