Event Description:
From 10 a.m. - noon each day, camp attendees, ages 9-15, will be instructed by a certified, experienced teacher in the art of acting. A qualified assistant instructor(s) is also in place, so that our student-teacher ratio is 10-1, 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 ($15 value) and 2 FREE TICKETS ($20 value) to THRIVE's Sun. Aug. 27th Happily Ever After: Back to School Bash, a variety show feat. live vocalists, musicians, dancers and images from your favorite fairytale movies. Finally, at times throughout the week, campers will work on select fairytale-related skits and scenes, and some of the best students/scenes may be included in Thrive's Aug. 27th show.
Details:
Arrive by 9:30 am on the first day of camp, Monday July 31st, to be checked in. Instruction will begin prompty at 10 am and end at 12 pm the days following. All students must be picked up by their parents/guardians by 12:15 pm each and every day. T-shirts and tickets will be given to the students at the end of the last day (August 4th) of camp.
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.
Emily Fernandez is a junior at Miami University and was Thrive’s inaugural senior scholarship winner in 2015. She has starred in six Streetsboro Theatre & Thrive productions, including Lady Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, Alice in Wonderland, This is Halloween, Once Upon a Time, and The 9 Worst Breakups of All-Time. Ms. Fernandez’s favorite acting experience thus far has been delighting huge audiences as The Mad Hatter. She is excited to return to Streetsboro for the summer and share her love of theatre with young actors.
