Full-Day Camp and Performance Academy

Students arrive at camp between 8:45 and 9 a.m. and sign in with the counselors before joining their group. After morning assembly and warm-ups, campers and their counselors go to class sessions taught by our theatre education professionals.

We have two snack breaks throughout the day and a one-hour lunch break. Snacks and lunch are not provided. The camp day concludes with an all-camp assembly and dismissal at 4:30 p.m.

Half-Day Camp

The morning group arrives between 9 and 9:15 a.m. Parents must walk students in and sign in with a counselor before students join their group. Campers will enjoy guided activities and an open play period. We will provide one snack. Parents must pick students up at a designated area at 11:45 a.m.

The afternoon group arrives between 1:30 and 1:45 p.m. Parents must walk students in and sign in with a counselor before students join their group. Campers will enjoy guided activities and will have one snack break and open play period. Parents must pick students up at a designated area at 4:15 p.m.

Before Care and After Care are available at all locations. Registration for Mason Before Care and After Care must be done through their website and is operated by the Mason Community Center.

Playhouse, Evendale Performance Center and Pogo Play

Before Care is available from 8 to 9 a.m. After Care is available from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Before Care and After Care must be purchased separately online or through the Box Office. The cost of each is $30 per week/session. Pro-rating is not available for individual day usage.

For students not enrolled in Before Care, we will begin checking in students at 8:45 a.m. If your child is not enrolled in After Care and is not picked up by 4:45 p.m., you will be charged the extended care rate for the week.

Mason Community Center

Pricing and registration for the program at Mason Community Center can be found through their website during registration.

 

 

Pick-up and drop-off procedures will vary by location. All information will be emailed to parents prior to camp starting. Instructional sheets will be available to download from the website as of May 2020. Anyone picking up a child from camp must be listed on their paperwork. Students will not be permitted to leave camp with anyone who is not authorized in advance. When picking up a child from camp, the parent or guardian must be listed on their paper work and present a valid ID.

We do not provide snack or lunch to campers in full-day and Performance Academy camps. We do provide one snack for half-day campers. Please be aware that in order to serve as many students as possible, we have implemented a NO NUT rule, and we cannot refrigerate or heat lunches.

For campers attending camp at the Pogo Play location, lunch is available to order through their cafe. An order form will be sent to registered families to order online.

Camp classes range from 15 to 20 students. Performance camps may reach 30 students but will maintain a student to teacher ratio of 10:1.

Our teachers are theatre professionals with years of experience and a strong focus on education.

All children of any experience level are welcome. Our professional teachers adjust class material based on the students’ levels of experience.

Regardless of previous acting experience, we group students by age. It is our philosophy that students remain with their age peers, and the instructor can adjust teaching styles based on experience within the groups. If you have any questions about the classes, please contact us.

We ask that parents do not stay during the camp day or enter classrooms while camp is in progress. Students are less inhibited and feel more confident when adults other than the teacher are not in the room. If you need to pick up your child early, please contact the Camp Coordinator, who will retrieve your camper and bring them to you in the lobby.

Yes! Each camp session focuses on different skill sets that can be used as a standalone experience or combined to make for an even more in-depth experience with theatre. A multi-camp discount will be available with your registration starting March 2.

SUMMER THEATRE DAY CAMP
All full-day, one-week camps lead up to an informal sharing of a five to 10-minute scene for friends and family to attend on the last day of camp. It will be performed with the other age groups at 4 p.m. Given that the goal of the Summer Theatre Day camp is to develop fundamental skills and teach theatre process, there are no costumes, props or scenery used during the informal sharing of work.

PERFORMANCE ACADEMY
Performance Academy presentations include limited sets and costumes.

Three-Week Performance Academy Camps

• Disney's Mary Poppins, Jr. will perform on Friday, June 26, at 5 p.m. at the Playhouse
• Clue: On Stage (High School Edition) will perform on Friday, July 31, at 5 p.m. at the Playhouse

Two-Week Performance Academy Camps

• Disney's 101 Dalmatians KIDS will perform with their respective camps on:

- Friday, June 19, at 4:30 p.m. at the Playhouse
- Friday, July 17, at 4:30 p.m. at Mason Community Center
- Friday, July 31, at 4:30 p.m. at Evendale Performance Center

 

In addition to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, this year we are offering camps at the following locations:

Evendale Performance Center
3270 Glendale Milford Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45241

Mason Middle School (Auditorium)
6370 Mason Montgomery Rd, Mason, OH 45040

Mason Community Center
6050 Mason Montgomery Rd. Mason, OH 45040

Pogo Play
10870 Kenwood Rd. Blue Ash, OH 45242

The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center
1301 Western Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45203

We are excited that preparations for our new mainstage theatre complex and other renovations will begin this summer. As a result, it is necessary for us to go offsite for some of our camp programs again this year.

CLOTHING

This is a movement-based camp, and all classes will require campers to be able to move around safely. Please ensure that your child wears clothing and close-toed shoes in which they can move easily and comfortably. They may be moving exuberantly, sitting on the floor, learning choreography and using craft supplies or paint. In movement and acting classes the campers often sit and lay on the floor while they stretch and play with character movement and breathing practices. Please make sure that if skirts or wide-legged shorts are worn, leggings accompany them so that campers are covered during those activities. If a camper comes in a skirt or wide-legged shorts without leggings, we will have to call and ask for a pair of leggings to be brought to camp.

Clothing NOT permitted includes:

• Jeans
• Open-toed sandals
• Sagging pants
• Midriffs or visible bra straps

FOOTWEAR

All shoes must have a back on their shoe and be closed-toed. We highly recommend tennis shoes, but other soft-soled shoes are okay as well. Dance shoes are not necessary for musical theatre camps but welcome for those who have them and would like to wear them during classes and rehearsal.

Footwear NOT permitted includes:

• Flip-flops, crocs or other loose sandals
• High heels
• Wheelies

If flip-flops are worn to camp, we will have to call and ask for another pair of shoes to be brought to camp. The activities in acting, movement and improvisation classes require secure footwear for safe participation.

All electronics, toys and valuable items should be kept at home. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is not responsible for any lost, broken or stolen items.

We subscribe to the Positive Discipline model of behavior management at all Playhouse camp locations. If campers are participating in disruptive behavior, our instructors and counselors first use positive reinforcement and redirection to help them identify what is causing the behavior, and then figure out strategies for making better choices.

In cases where the behavior continues, the following steps are taken. These are also shared with the campers on the first day of camp after going over the rules and expectations for camp:

1. Warning
2. Sit out from activity
3. Conversation with the camp’s site leader
4. Speak with director of education and community engagement
5. Call home/Conversations with parents or guardians
6. Removal from camp

In cases where camp staff are concerned that the behavior of a camper is harmful to themselves, other campers, staff or their surroundings, steps may be bypassed in order to address the situation.