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StageDoor Conservatory - East Bay After-School Children's Summer Musical Theater Day Camp

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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 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.

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SUMMER ENROLLMENT begins January 1, 2010!

Children with all levels of experience are welcome to join us! No auditions are required for enrollment!

KIDS ON STAGE—For children in the 3rd—5th grade

OFFERING: Five sessions, each two weeks long, beginning June 14 and ending August 20 including during the weeks of June 14 through 25, June 28 through July 9, July 12 through 23, July 26 through August 6 and August 9 through 20
COST: $600 per session plus a $50 registration fee
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 p.m. daily for an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid available to qualifying low-income families with separate application

ON BROADWAY—For children in the 5th—9th grade

OFFERING: One six-week session beginning July 5 and ending August 13 and culminating in a professionally-staged production of a full length Broadway musical on August 13, 14 and 15
COST: $1800 plus a $100 registration fee. Script, t-shirt and DVD are included
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 daily with an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid available to qualifying low-income families with separate application

TEENS ON STAGE—For children in the 8th—12th grade

OFFERING: One six-week session beginning June 21 and ending July 30 and culminating in a professionally-staged production of a full length Broadway musical on July 30 and 31, and August 1
COST: $1800 plus a $100 registration fee. Script, t-shirt and DVD are included
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
AFTERCARE: Available until 6:00 daily with an added fee of $25 per day
OTHER: Financial aid 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

BACKSTAGE—For youth in the 9th through 12th grade

OFFERING: Varying sessions, beginning June 14, 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 three days each summer – this year at the Julia Morgan Center in Berkeley and the Piedmont High School Theater, both professional theaters with a more than 325 seat capacity. The past six years our productions of 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 350 persons per performance.

Through KIDS ON STAGE, we produce five shorter plays each summer, drawing audiences of an average of 100 persons per performance for casts of approximately 20 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 seven annual productions, our castand 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
Julia Morgan Center, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley (for last week of TEENS ON STAGE)
The Performing Arts Center at El Cerrito High School, 540 Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito (for last week of ON BROADWAY)

To learn more, follow the links to:
LINK: Stage Door Conservatory Summer 2010 Brochure PDF
LINK: About our Programs
LINK: About Enrollment