2025 Youth Summer Camps
KCPT's Summer Youth Camps Registration is OPEN!
SUMMER CAMPS are now available for students to participate in "the art of play"! Begins Week of July 7!
Thanks to Kristin Manwaring Insurance (hotlink the bold text to: https://kristinmanwaring.com/) and generous individuals, absolutely no student is turned away for lack of funds! Scholarships and Financial aid are available on a sliding scale for those who apply! The Christa Holbrook Youth Education Fund (hotlink the bold text to: https://keycitypublictheatre.org/chscholarships) also fuels access, technology, and teaching artists to bring theatre education to life.
Schedule for all Camps
1st-2nd: July 14th-18th, 9 am-12 pm, every day for a week, Class Presentation 11:45 am on Friday
Join us this July-August at Chetzemoka ParK
Structured Class Info
3rd-5th: July 7th-11th, 10 am-2 pm, every day for a week, Class Presentation 1:45 pm on Friday
Performance Intensive: July 28th-August 2nd, with Performances on the 1st through the 3rd @ 6pm
6th-9th: July 21st-25th, 10 am-2 pm, every day for a week, Class Presentation on 1:45 pm on Friday
Full & partial scholarships are available by request, please visit our Scholarship + Financial Aid Request page.
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LOCATIONS & SAFETY
Our Summer Camp Intensives are held outdoors.
Location: TBD
KCPT follows all current local and state guidelines regarding COVID-19 safety protocols and will provide updates and changes as necessary throughout our sessions.
Meet Our Instructors
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Brendan Chambers
Brendan Chambers, Artistic Associate & Lead Instructor
Brendan Chambers holds a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Melon University and graduated with a Master’s degree in Educational Theater from New York University. He has worked with KCPT for over six years as a key artistic staff member. He has appeared in over a dozen productions, directed several mainstage shows, and led a variety of educational programs. In 2019 Brendan was promoted to Key City Public Theatre's Artistic Associate.
Bry Kifolo
Bry Kifolo, stage manager & instructor
After graduating college Bry Kifolo was as an assistant instructor during summer workshops at Key City Public Theatre in 2018 and 2019 before being offered a position as a teaching assistant at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble. During her time at BTE she focused on cultivating and implementing a yearlong theater education curriculum for the North Central Secure Treatment Unit School. Every week she led classes for incarcerated young women, ages 12 to 20, teaching them various aspects of theater. Bry also created and taught workshops, classes and residencies in central Pennsylvania high schools. The focus of these classes ranged from directing and script writing, to monologue and audition techniques, as well as costume design, set design and many other facets of theater. As a teaching artist, she has worked with students aged 4 to 21 years old. During the pandemic, Bry was still able to teach classes through Zoom, connecting with a wide range of students and inviting them into the world of theater.
Anna Mae
Anna Mae, teaching artist
ANNA MAE BEYER spent the past decade exploring & experiencing many forms of artistic expression, meditation, movement & healing. From the Operatic Stage to the Sound Alchemy Studio. From the realms of Theatre & Dance to those of Yoga, Somatics & Qigong. Today she holds certifications in Sound Healing//Sonic Massage, 5-Element Qigong, and Empowered Heart Intuitive Counsel & Group Facilitation. Originally trained in Classical Voice, Theatre & Dance, she continues to share her passion for music & the embodied arts through Transformative Sound Bath Immersions, Ritual Theatre Performance, Alchemical Songwriting, and her work as a Vocal Embodiment Coach.
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2024 - 2025 Education Sponsor
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Questions?
Call our box office Thursday/Friday from 1pm - 5pm, (360) 385-5278
or email Brendan Chambers at brendan@keycitypublictheatre.org.
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Our theater education programs are funded in part by a grant from Jefferson Community Foundation.