Serenbe Playhouse in Partnership with Camp Serenbe  

This summer, Camp Serenbe students will have the opportunity to take daily courses in theatre arts with Serenbe Playhouse. Each week will feature a different theme (see list below) while preparing for a performance/presentation as the culmination of their camp experience. These performances will serve as the opening act for the Friday performances of The Jungle Book. All camp students will receive free admission to this performance while actively participating in the fun!

Weekly Session Themes:

June 7-11: From Trash to Treasure- Environmentally Friendly Theatre Practices
-Making and applying organic stage makeup out of food and other household ingredients
-Designing a costume on paper and then building costumes out of egg cartons and plastic bags
-Creating paper mache masks from old newspapers
-Storytelling and improv games dealing with environmental issues

June 14-18: Theatre Through the Ages
-Exploration of the origins of theatre
-History of Serenbe and local legends
-Using sound and movement to tell a story without words
-Making musical instruments from household items and using them to score a story

June 21-25: Theatre Around the World
-Shoebox lighting design with cultural elements
-African storytelling
-Kabuki Theatre
-Group cultural story sharing

July 5-9: Theatre All Around Us
-Focus on legends involving nature combining fairy tales and folklore
-An exploration of the sights and sounds of nature and how they can be incorporated into scenes
-Creature features: becoming an animal in nature and incorporating sound and movement to make scenes
-Acting out their original pieces in the woods of Serenbe

July 12-16: Storytelling
-Group improvised storytelling (involves drawing, reading, writing, but can be modified to exclude certain elements depending on the age group)
-Puppet theatre—making and using puppets to tell a story
-Easy scene painting and design
-Creating a ten minute play