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STAGE DOOR CONSERVATORY
Offers four popular summer camp programs in musical theater and the performing arts to children in the 3rd through graduating 12th grade. Based in Berkeley, our programs are in close proximity to Albany, Richmond, Oakland, Piedmont, Alameda and other East Bay and Contra Costa communities. Acclaimed artistically, our day camps provide an enriched, supportive and often profoundly memorable experience for children interested in developing and expressing themselves as young actors and theater artists.
ENROLL TODAY!
SUMMER ENROLLMENT begins January 1, 2012.
Children with all levels of experience are welcome to join us!
KIDS ON STAGE—For children in the 3rd—6th grade
Presenting one-act plays like "FREE TO BE - YOU AND ME"
OFFERING: Four sessions, each two weeks long, beginning June 25 and ending August 17 including during the weeks of June 25 through July 6, July 9 through July 20, July 23 through August 3 and August 6 through August 17
COST: $650 per session plus a $50 registration fee for camp day and $900 per
session plus $50 registration fee for full day. T-shirt provided.
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM, with an extended full day option until 6:00 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 PM daily for an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid available to qualifying low-income families with separate application. No audition required for enrollment.
ON BROADWAY—For children in the 5th—9th grade
OFFERING: One six-week session beginning July 3 and ending August 10 and culminating in a professionally-staged production of “Annie” on July 26, 27, 28 and 29
COST: $1900 plus a $100 registration fee for camp day and $2,650 plus $50 registration fee for full day. Script and t-shirt are included in both scenarios.
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM, with an extended day option until 6:00 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 PM daily with an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid available to qualifying low-income families with separate application. No audition required for enrollment.
TEENS ON STAGE—For children in the 8th—12th grade
OFFERING: One six-week session beginning July 3 and ending August 10 and culminating in a professionally-staged production of “Sweeney Todd” on August 9, 10, 11 and 12
COST: $1900 plus a $100 registration fee. Script, t-shirt and DVD are included
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM, with an extended day option until 6:00 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 PM daily with an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid and merit scholarships are available to qualifying low-income families with separate application
SPECIAL NOTE: This year we are offering a 7th and 8th week option in TEENS ON STAGE for participants wishing to gain more experience in theater production. Auditions for casting in SWEENEY TODD will be held in March. Please call our offices for more information.
BACKSTAGE—For youth in the 9th through 12th grade
OFFERING: Varying sessions, beginning June 20, usually a minimum of two-weeks in length, though preferably longer
COST: Waived except for $50 registration fee
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
OTHER: Please note that a special application is needed and can be obtained by by emailing us
STAGE DOOR CONSERVATORY was founded more than a decade ago and offers four popularsummer programs including KIDS ON STAGE, ON BROADWAY, TEENS ON STAGE and BACKSTAGE, a counselor-in-training and apprentice program for high school students. In addition to instruction in acting, singing and dancing, every child becomes part of a supportive community, not only rehearsing and performing in a play, but becoming integrally involved in all aspects of our production — from costuming to set design! ON BROADWAY and TEENS ON STAGE present fully staged Broadway plays before a live audience for four days each summer – in the past at the Julia Morgan Center in Berkeley,
Performing Arts Center at El Cerrito High School, and Florence Schwimley Little Theater. These professional theaters offer wonderful performance venues. The past seven years our productions of “Hairspray,” “Les Miserables(School Edition),” “Chicago,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Footloose,” “Grease,” “The Wiz,” “Anything Goes,” “Urinetown,” “Oliver,” “Gypsy,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Annie” and “Grease” have been sold to audiences of as many as 450 persons per performance.
Through KIDS ON STAGE, we produce five shorter plays each summer, drawing audiences of an average of 75 persons per performance for casts of approximately 15 young actors. Our BACKSTAGE participants are integrally involved in all our productions, assisting with sound and lighting design, stage management, costuming, set design, choreography and direction.
During the weeks preceding each of our six annual productions, our cast and crew undergoes an intensive rehearsal process. Each child is guided through the process of developing his or her character/s and craft as a performer. In addition to the group ensemble-oriented training activities that are featured as a regular component of our programs, each child is also offered personalized coaching from our instructors and apprentices to nurture their talents and confidence as a developing performer.
Although many of our participants are committed actors, we welcome children with no prior experience, curious to explore or develop their interests in the theater arts, and create a warm, welcoming and supportive environment for learning. All our programs include a strong conservatory focus and emphasize the integral value and importance of each child’s contribution to our productions.
CONTACT:
Stage Door Conservatory
909 Marina Village Parkway, #501
Alameda, CA 94501
TEL: 510-521-6250
FAX: 510-217-2253
WEB: stagedoorconservatory.org
CAMP LOCATION:
1953 Hopkins Street, Berkeley
Theaters to be announced
To learn more, follow the links to:
LINK: Stage Door Conservatory Summer 2012 Brochure PDF
LINK: SWEENEY TODD casting audition information
LINK: About our Programs
LINK: About Enrollment
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