Camp ENCORE!

Multiple Camp Sessions for ages 7-17 running June 17 - August 4,2024

PORTSMOUTH, NH: Prescott Park Arts Festival, an independent non-profit arts organization, is preparing to celebrate its 50th year in the park this summer! Once again the Festival is offering its beloved educational program, Camp ENCORE! The youth theatre camp serves 100+ kids ages 7-17 each summer where they gain valuable teamwork skills while cultivating a love for theater arts. Each session culminates with a fully staged public performance on the Festival's Wilcox Main Stage, helping to build confidence and community.

In recent years the Arts Festival has reinvigorated the camp's curriculum and approach to teaching, strengthening the overall emotional intelligence of the program while offering real, tangible experience in theatre. The results have been extremely successful, translating to the highest number of campers served in 2023 while continuing to receive high praise from campers and caregivers alike.

This season Camp ENCORE! is delighted to offer its three long-standing musical theatre sessions, while adding a second week to a well-attended teen intensive. New in 2024! In response to feedback from last season, the Arts Festival will be making the teen session more of an INTENSIVE this year. Campers will audition in person during the first week of camp while also learning key "offstage" tools of the trade through workshops like resume building, audition techniques, and self-marketing as performers. This is a great chance for teen campers to get an inside look at what it takes to be a performer in the musical theatre world both on and off the stage.

The goal of Camp ENCORE! is to make every camper feel included and valued in the show and at camp. In addition to learning the musical, campers will explore the art of theatre through games, improvisational activities, and masterclasses from local artists about some of the backstage and onstage specialties of the performing arts. Scholarships are available through the Arts Festival and our partnership with #areuin? a KEY Collective program. The KEY Collective's #areuin? card program gives kids from low-income families access to youth activities for free or at a reduced cost with no social stigma attached.

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