KidsACT Summer Musical Theater Camps will take place July 24-28 and July 31-August 4 at the Valley Players Theater on Rt. 100, Waitsfield. Directed by Ruth Ann Pattee, these popular camps give students the opportunity to create a one act play in just one week, in a real, working theater.

Session 1 is for students entering grades 1-2 in the fall of 2017, and will take place July 24-28 from 9am-12pm daily. The performance will be at 5 pm on July 28. Theater games, stage movement, singing, and acting will all come together for students to perform the short musical play Lemonade. In the play, Chicken Little, the Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty, the Cat with a fiddle, Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue and a host of other nursery rhyme characters are having a Very Bad Day until Mother Goose arrives to show them how to make the best out of life's ups and downs. This clever 20-minute musical features 5 original songs in a variety of musical styles, and is a good introduction for first time theater students.

Session 2 is for students entering grades 3-6 in the fall of 2017, and will take place July 31-August 4 from 10am to 3 pm daily. The performance will be at 6:30 pm on August 4. Students will learn stage movement, character development, and strengthen musical skills to perform The Jungle Book, based on the classic Disney animated film. Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, Bagheera, are on the run in the deepest parts of the jungle. On their journey, the two meet a sinister snake named Kaa, a herd of elephants and a giant bear named Baloo, who teaches them the swingin' musical rhythms of the jungle. After surviving a dangerous encounter with a band of monkeys led by King Louie, Mowgli and Bagheera are forced to run for their lives. When Shere Khan returns, our heroes must rally their fellow animals into battle and restore peace throughout the jungle.

A limited number of partial financial need scholarships are available from the Valley Players. Sibling discounts are also available. Tuition is requested at the time of registration to hold your child’s space in the camp. For tuition information and to register, go to kidsactvt.com or call 802-793-4220.

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