Welcome back for our final summer adaptation post here on The Front Row blog! As many of us are experiencing personally, Encore too has been faced with many questions and difficulties since we’ve begun working and learning from home. Luckily, theatre brings out the best in us and creates creative problem solvers! We’re happy to share about each of our camp programs and how they will be adapting to the virtual format. Finally, we have Stage Door, Tech Camp, and Center Stage:
Ages 11-15
For Stage Door, we are excited to offer a new virtual experience. This new format will offer actors the opportunity to have more individualized performance moments and to connect with the directors. We will spend the mornings in workshops and playing acting games while the afternoons will be left to rehearse the script and work on the musical. Through a hybrid of live zoom classes and opportunities to work on material at their own piece, the ensemble will act, sing, and dance in order to create a musical in a new virtual experience.
Stage Door/Center Stage Schedule/Time Blocks
Start: 10:00 am EST
End: 4:00 pm EST
10:00 am – 10:30 am WELCOME/INTRODUCTION: Warm-Ups and Announcement/Chat Time & Ice Breaker
10:30 am – 11:00 am BLOCK 1: Activity/ Ensemble Building
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break for water and bathroom/Snack
11:30 am – 12:30 pm BLOCK 2: Activity/Master Class/Rehearsal
12:30 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch/Chill/Free Time
01:30 pm – 02:30 pm BLOCK 3: Rehearsal/ Activity/Recording Time
02:30 pm – 03:00 pm Break for Water/ Bathroom/Snack
03:00 pm – 03:45 pm BLOCK 4: Activity/ Rehearsal/Recording Time
03:45 pm – 03:50 pm Breathing/Meditation/Yoga/Relaxation
03:50 pm – 04:00 pm Reflection/Closing Ritual and Announcements
This summer in tech camp, we’ll be exploring all of the behind-the-scenes elements that go into both a physical and a virtual performance including set, costume, and lighting design as well as video production and editing. We’re excited to bring together the principles of theatrical design with video production to explore the possibilities for virtual theatre with our campers. Campers will gain a variety of skills in design, production, and development and will have opportunities to pursue their areas of interest in service of the final performance.
Tech Camp Schedule/Time Blocks
10:00 am – 10:30 am WELCOME/INTRODUCTION: Warm-Ups and Announcement/Chat time & Ice Breaker
10:30 am – 11:00 am BLOCK 1: Activity
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break for water and bathroom/Snack
11:30 am – 12:30 pm BLOCK 2: Activity
12:30 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch/Chill/Free Time
01:30 pm – 02:30 pm BLOCK 3: Activity
02:30 pm – 02:50 pm Break for Water/Bathroom/Snack
02:50 pm – 03:00 pm Meditation/Relaxation
03:00 pm – 03:45 pm BLOCK 4: Activity/Rehearsal/Recording Time
03:45 pm – 04:00 pm Reflection/Closing Ritual and Announcements
Now that you’ve had a peek at the virtual schedule, check out the teaching team that will be joining us this summer! We’re excited to welcome new and familiar faces to join us for another amazing Encore Summer!
Still have questions about how a virtual theatre camp could work? Please visit our FAQs and enjoy the Q&A session from Encore’s virtual Open House event that took place on Saturday, May 30, 2020.
If you have additional questions regarding summer programming or if you’d like to receive a full recording of the Open House event, please email camp@encorestage.org. Our staff will be happy to reach out and assist you!
Blog contribution by Shannon McCarthy.