Way Off Broadway Theatre Announces Children's Summer Camp Schedule; Registration to Open 3/2

Way Off Broadway's Children's Theatre Summer Camp is one of the most popular and longest summer acting programs in the area. Since it first began 16 years ago, more and more young people have become interested in performing and learning about live theatre. While the Frederick area is lucky to have many theatre educational opportunities, it has become paramount for parents to find the right program that fits their child's needs and interests.

For the 2013 Summer Camp, Way Off Broadway will again offer Drama and Musical Theatre sessions for various age groups, ranging from 6 - 17. In addition, for the second year, a Princess Charm School will be offered for "little princess" ages 6 - 10.

A complete listing of camp session and their details follow:

THEATRE 101: Age 6 - 8
JULY 8 - 18, 2013
- Monday - Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
- Performances: Thursday evening, July 18th and Saturday afternoon, July 20th
- Performance: Peggy the Pint-sized Pirate
- Registration is $200 per student

This camp acts as an introduction to all aspects of theatre using acting games and imrpov to learn the basics of performing on stage. This year's camp will also touch on music and choreography in theatre as the students rehearse and perform a production.

DRAMA: Age 9 - 12
JULY 8 - 18, 2013
- Monday - Thursday from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
- Performances: Thursday evening, July 18th and Saturday afternoon, July 20th
- Performance: To Be Announced
- Registration is $200 per student

Students in this camp will work on performance skills through improv and acting exercises. At the end of the two week session, they will perform a full one act play.

MUSICAL THEATRE: Age 9 - 15
JULY 22 - AUGUST 1, 2013
- Monday - Thursday from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Performances: Thursday evening, August 1st and Saturday afternoon, August 3rd
- Performance: Disney's High School Musical Jr.
- Registration is $350 per student

This camp focuses on all aspects of musical theatre through vocal music, acting exercises, and basic choreography as students rehearse for a full musical production at the end of the camp session.

PRINCESS CHARM SCHOOL
AUGUST 5 - 9, 2013
- Monday - Friday (one week session) from 10:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
- Ages 6 - 10
- Registration is $120 per "princess"

Every little girl dreams of being a princess...now she can be! At Way Off Broadway's Princess Charm School your little girl will learn what it takes to be a princess and have fun while doing it! Each day the 'Princesses' In Training' will play games, work on a princess craft, read a story and of course practice their curtsy! At the end of the week you will be cordially invited to the Way Off Broadway Princess Coronation Party, and see the beautiful princess your little girl has become!

DRAMA: Age 13 - 17
AUGUST 5 - 15, 2013
- Monday - Thursday from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Performances: Thursday evening, August 15th and Saturday afternoon, August 17th
- Performance: To Be Announced
- Registration is $280 per student

Students in this camp will work on performance skills through improv and acting exercises. At the end of the two week session, they will perform a full one act play.

Registration will begin on Saturday morning, March 2nd beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Way Off Broadway and must be done in person. No phone-in registrations are being taken at this time. Space is limited and done on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Since it first began in the summer of 1996, and because of its popularity, Way Off Broadway's education program expanded to include youth theatre classes during the spring and fall as well. Spring classes this year begin April 2nd and are currently taking registrations.

For additional information on Way Off Broadway's Children's Theatre Summer Camp or its spring Actors' Studio classes, visit the theatre's website at www.wayoffbroadway.com.

The Actors' Studio and Children's Theatre Summer Camp is a part of The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, which has been a leader in the region's performing arts community since it first opened in 1995. Under the direction of the Kiska Family since 2002, Way Off Broadway has produced such productions as A Funny Thing . . . Forum, Guys & Dolls, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma!, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, A Chorus Line, Lend Me a Tenor, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Evita, Cats, The Full Monty, South Pacific, Hairspray, Chicago, and Damn Yankees, as well as the regional and/or area premieres of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, the musical comedy The Wedding Singer, Mel Brooks' The Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Located along Route 40 West, the Golden Mile in Frederick, the theatre also produces a one-of-a-kind children's lunch theatre, as well as a number of special events throughout the year.