Musical Theatre Performance Camp (1-week Show Camps)

Students rehearse and perform the selected musical show – learning the songs, staging, choreography and present a fully produced/costumed performance to family and friends in the Conservatory Theatre on their final day.  Camp classes are grouped appropriately by age to help ensure active participation, confidence building and skill learning so that each child will have an enjoyable performance experience.

Middle School – Junior Company

Be an actor in The Summer Theatre of New Canaan’s Junior Company! We’ve created this musical performance program just for middle school students entering grades 5-9. Junior Company cast will work with professional actors, director, choreographer, designers and crew from our company who will instruct, rehearse and help them put on their show in our Tent Theatre in New Canaan. All students who wish to participate must first register and, if possible, attend the audition. The program is limited to the first 30 students who register. All students who register will be accepted into the company and cast in the show. Auditions are held to help the creative team for cast placement. 

High School Theatre Intensive

The Summer Theatre of New Canaan offers a diverse professional quality theatre intensive program for high school students entering grades 10-12. The program is a 2-week immersion in a variety of theatre styles and techniques taught by Broadway and Professional artists. The High School Theatre Intensive gives students a new understanding of ensemble building and personal discovery, as well as the tools necessary to be both strong actors and informed theatre artists. 

Each day is split into core training and workshops/ master classes.
Our core-training program is comprised of the following subjects:

• Acting      
• Theatre Techniques
• Musical Theatre
• Shakespeare
• Clowning
•  Stage Combat
• Audition Prep
• Voice and Speech
• Dance
• Theatre Creation