MISSOURI ACTING CAMPS & CLASSES
Camps and classes for Missouri kids, teens, and adults that have a special focus on acting in the theatre. Many of these Missouri acting education programs also focus on singing, dancing and music. Most programs present a performance on the last day of classes. Most of the camps are day camps, but some are residential.
Contact each individual organization via their website for updated program date, place, and registration information.
Springfield Little Theatre Summer Youth Programs
Springfield, MO area
Springfield Little Theatre offers classes in acting, voice, and dance for students ages 4 to adult. So whether you’d like to learn a new skill or hone your craft, there are options for every budding artist.
Education classes are held either at The Judith Enyeart Reynolds School of the Performing Arts for Springfield Little Theatre or The Landers Theatre.
The Education Series at Springfield Little Theatre produces shows that are designed to inspire and engage the youth and families in our community. Performed by actors ages 8 to adult, each show is open for anyone to participate and anyone to attend! These shows are perfect for beginners of any age to get their toes wet, and seasoned performers to receive extra practice, as the Education Series is a “learning lab” for live performance!
There are many roles available in each production and plenty of opportunities for expansion!
Website: https://www.springfieldlittletheatre.org/education/summer
Stages St. Louis
St. Louis, MO area
STAGES St. Louis is committed to preserving and advancing the art form of Musical Theatre through excellence in performance and education.
STAGES educates thousands of students each year at its Performing Arts Academy, the region’s only year-round arts school with a comprehensive curriculum run by a professional theatre company.
With a faculty of more than 30 professional teaching artists, the Academy provides the highest quality Musical Theatre arts training. Its sequential curriculum offers a range of opportunities that inspire curiosity, creativity, and passion through Musical Theatre education.
Besides our summer programs, TeamSTAGES (formerly known as the Triple Theats) is a year-round, pre-professional program at SPAA intended for students who are both serious and passionate about enhancing their skillset in acting, dancing, and singing through individualized guidance and an advanced-level musical theatre education. The program will continue to build the students’ performance skills through the many exciting rehearsals, masterclasses, networking opportunities, and performances, simultaneously focusing on creative collaboration.
Website: https://stagesstlouis.org/academy
Gateway Center For Performing Arts Summer Camps
St. Louis, MO
Be a part of our extensive education programming and find exactly what you’re looking for (and hopefully even what you didn’t even know you needed) in performing arts training. We offer leveled courses for Ages 18 months through Adults, including performers of all ranges and abilities. Our newly expanded space in Webster Groves features two levels of dance, voice, and acting studios, ready to fill with another great year. Find all the details below, and feel free to contact us any time with questions. We are excited to help you find your place at GCPA!
Summer is one of our favorite seasons at GCPA; jam-packed with programs to keep you active and thriving all summer long! We offer camp options for students Ages 5 - 18 of all levels, with half and full day camps plus extended day programs for busy schedules. Look for great themes, skill building activities, and all the fun you expect from summer camp!
Our popular variations classes are available ONLY in the summer and are some of our most anticipated every year. Study a new choreography, vocal, or acting style with special guest industry artists every week.
Website: http://www.gcpastl.org
Maples Repertory Theatre Youth Camps
Macon, MO
Maples Repertory Theatre provides separate summer camps to tend to artists of all ages and experience levels: Kids JAM, Teen Camp, Performance Camp, Skills Camp
Website: http://maplesrep.com
Coterie Theatre
Kansas City metro area
The Coterie Theatre School, your chance to learn about theatre and acting from local theatre professionals. Whether you want to sharpen your acting skills to be seen onstage, or just want a fun and creative outlet, we have the class for you! Students in kindergarten through high school will be challenged to stretch their imaginations and flex their acting muscles in age appropriate theatre activities specially developed for each class.
The creativity cultivated in drama classrooms is carried through every aspect of life and into adulthood, building students into great thinkers. We are eager to share our love of theatre and imagination with our students!
The Coterie Theatre School strives to introduce students, kindergarten through high school, to the joy and excitement of theatre. Our focus on actor's tools (body, voice, and imagination) allows students and teaching artists to work together on the process of acting, pushing each student to achieve personal goals. Participants in all of our classes build self-esteem and confidence as they refine their creativity, active listening, and concentration skills. Students will be challenged to grow as actors and creative thinkers while learning valuable tools of collaboration and imagination, tools that will remain valuable throughout their lives.
We offer creative drama and acting classes focused on process rather than production. The process-based model of theatre education is more challenging and creates longer lasting results. Students achieve a higher level of creativity and greater understanding of the artistry of theatre when they are fully immersed in the work instead of learning rote actions. However, we do understand that theatre is a performing art, so most classes culminate in a “sharing” on the final day to demonstrate skills to parents, family, and friends. School-year classes meet once a week for six-week terms. During the summer months, The Coterie offers week-long exploration classes as well as several performance camps at various locations. With small class sizes, students and teachers can work together to get the best experience, allowing all students to participate and learn.
Website: https://thecoterie.org
Kansas City Young Audiences
Kansas City metro area
The Community School of the Arts offers classes, camps and performance opportunities for children ages 2 through 18.
Kansas City Young Audiences' CSA is the only program to offer classes in dance, theatre, music, and visual art in the same place, at the same time. Private instruction is also available in vocal and instrumental music. CSA classes meet after school and on Saturdays. During the summer, full and half-day, week long Summer Camps offer outstanding opportunities for children to express themselves.
The Community School of the Arts offers classes and camps in DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, and VISUAL ARTS to children of all ages. We have three sessions: Spring, Summer and Fall, with Performance Classes offered several times per year.
Website: https://kcya.org
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
Kansas City metro area
Shakespeare Conservatory is a year-round acting intensive for students interested in a deeper exploration of Shakespeare through performance of his works. The program is open to students ages 11-18 at all levels. This class is a pre-requisite for Team Shakespeare, the Festival’s apprentice troupe. Students must complete a year of Shakespeare Conservatory to be considered for admission to Team Shakespeare.
Help your child connect with an artistic community of other kids this summer! The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s signature summer camps provide a place for your child to collaborate, create, learn language and presentation skills, build confidence, and HAVE FUN!
- In our interactive and creative classroom, students will explore Shakespeare’s plays, life, and times, as well as learn acting techniques to help bring the text to life. Camp includes team building, visual art, storytelling, and MORE!
- Professional teaching artists will lead campers through the day via camp sessions, individualized coaching, and interactive projects.
- Camps will concentrate on process-based lesson plans to focus on the growth of each student individually and as an ensemble.
- Camps will culminate in presentations for friends and families to enjoy.
- Campers may need access to a smart phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with a camera and microphone, and a stable internet connection.
Website: https://kcshakes.org
Starlight
Kansas City metro area
The Starlight Stars of Tomorrow program is designed to help middle school students build a foundation of performance skills. Through training, performance opportunities and master classes, students learn about the art of musical theatre. Selected students:
- Meet peers who share a passion for performing
- Learn the theatre process (from auditions to performing)
- Are eligible to audition for Starlight productions
- Become part of the Starlight community
The program’s activities take place throughout the summer, with additional fall and winter opportunities. This summer’s sessions will take place in-person. Company members receive access to master classes and industry-insider workshops. Scholarship applications available upon request.
Website: https://www.kcstarlight.com
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Kansas City metro area
Our Summer Youth Theatre Ensemble (SYTE) is a free 4-week summer theatre arts program open to high school youth. Each summer company creates, rehearses, and performs an original play on our mainstage.
While SYTE is a theatre-focused experience, we welcome high school-aged young adults of all skill levels, talents, and backgrounds. We don’t require tons of theatre experience – only ideas, openness, and enthusiasm to tell a story with each other. If you love to think, act, write, create, and express and would like to have a fun, creative, and imaginative summer, we’d love to meet you! Eligibility includes rising 9th graders and just-graduated seniors.
Inclusion, diversity, kindness, belonging, and respect are artistic superpowers in our ensemble. Empathy, imagination, and sharing are gifts of theatre.
SYTE’s mission is to empower KC teens in a safe and supportive studio through self-expression, confidence, collaboration, and the joy of creativity, with professional actors as our teaching and mentoring team. Every young person involved is vital in helping to shape the experience.
Website: https://kcrep.org
Stage Right Performing Arts
Kansas City metro area
Stage Right summer camps are THE WAY for your young star to have a blast and SHINE! We hold 3 camps each year, divided by age. Students get to participate in camps Monday - Friday (times vary by camp) and include rehearsals for their respective shows, costume fittings, games and educational activities. Our staff consists of energetic, fun-loving professionals and interns who's top priorities are student fun and safety.
Camps conclude with fully produced musicals (complete with imaginative costumes from our costume design team, lighting designers from local and regional professionals and sets designed by an incredible design team). These musicals are more than just the end of a camp - they're works of art for students and staff alike.
The Stage Right Academy offers training in acting, musical theatre and young professional education! We are proud to have a fantastic team of welcoming, warm teaching artists with local and New York audition and performance experience.
Website: https://www.stagerightperformingarts.com
Storybook Theatre
Kansas City metro area
Storybook Theatre is a theatre arts and music education program serving students ages 4-18 in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Storybook's students come from all over the metro to our convenient location near I-70 and 40 Highway in Kansas City.
Storybook offers acting classes and music lessons for kids of all ages. Our classes are designed for kids to have regular, routine opportunities to perform their art onstage in front of a live audience, as we believe that performers should be PERFORMING! Our studio is always expanding based on the demand for new class types - check back often to see what we've added to the lineup!
Website: https://www.storybooktheatrekc.com
Theatre Of The Imagination
Kansas City metro area
Our camps are packed with fun activities throughout the week while the kids prepare their own show! You have lots of options, and your child is counting on you to find a camp that has what you need:
- Small group sizes for plenty of individualized attention
- Activities that are fun, different, and serve their sometimes short attention spans
- A place where they can be silly, be themselves, and have a healthy way to grow their confidence
All week long, the kids will spend time practicing lines, learning the basics of acting, and working together to perform an amazing show.
Each day they’ll get to do arts and crafts projects that relate to the theme of their show. Also, they have free-time rooms with foosball, air hockey, arts & crafts, legos, and a disco room!
Kids also have an option to learn a fun, short dance routine to perform for each other, and for parents during their shows.
We provide drama classes that give every kid a chance to shine. Our five-week classes are designed to build confidence, and give kids a chance to build on their skills as they get ready for Show Night!
We provide unique scripts that are completely customized to match the skill level of your kiddo.
No matter who they’re in class with, the part they learn will be perfect just for them.
Website: https://dramakc.com
Theatre in the Park
Kansas City metro area
TIP Mainstage offers classes, camps, workshops, and more for all ages throughout the year. TIP Mainstage is the opportunity to get real world education to enhance all aspects of theatrical knowledge.
Theatre in the Park Blue Curtain Project is a professional theatre educational outreach program serving our youngest minds through state standards and great performance.
Website: https://www.theatreinthepark.org
RESOURCES
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