When:
- June Session: 6/25 - 6/29
- August Session: 8/6 - 8/10
Age Groups:
Ages 5 - 18. Instruction divided into 3 distinct age groups:
- 5 - 8 yrs: Imagination Station
- 9 - 13 yrs: Acting
- 14 - 18 yrs: Acting
Event Description:
From 10 a.m. - noon each day, camp attendees, will be instructed by an experienced teacher in the art of acting. Qualified assistant instructors are also in place, so that our student-teacher ratio stays low, and each camper receives appropriate attention and development. In addition to daily instruction for one week, each camp attendee will receive a FREE T-SHIRT. Select campers may have the opportunity to take part in THRIVE's Septemeber variety show, Back to the 80's.
Details:
Arrive by 9:30 am on the first day of camp, (6/25 1st session, 8/6 second session) to be checked in. Instruction will begin promptly at 10 am and end at 12 pm the days following. All students must be picked up by their parent/guardian by 12:15 pm each and every day. T-shirts will be given to the students on the last day of their respective session.
Instructors:
Desiree Boardwine, a teacher, director, songwriter, musician, and performer, has been a lover of the arts her entire life. As a teen, she acted in every theatrical production at her high school, performed at musical venues such as the House of Blues and Kent Stage, won a songwriting competition presented by Time Warner Cable, and performed on live, national television during the “Singing Family Face-Off” on the CBS Early Morning Show. Throughout her years at Kent State University, where she majored in education, Desiree acted as Streetsboro High School’s assistant theatre director and aided in productions including Big Bad, Lady Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Alice in Wonderland.
Since graduating college, Desiree has been directing productions around the area including Springfield High School’s Peter Pan and Wendy, and Cuyahoga Falls High School’s Beauty and the Beast. She is currently an English and Drama teacher at Stow-Munroe Falls High School and instructing several performance camps for Weathervane Playhouse.