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ZACH Performing Arts School

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Summer Camps 2008

ZACH's full-day Theatre Variety Camps are a great way for your children, ages 5 to 18, to have a fun and active theatre arts experience this summer! From Egypt's Pharoahs to Scotland Yard to Rockin’ High School Musical, too and more, every week is a fun, new theme that explores theatre arts through acting, comedy and improvisation, theatre games, singing, dancing, movement, and more.

Campers also create and rehearse a Final Showcase to share with family and friends every Friday! This Summer’s lineup features more nonstop imaginative and lively FUN, including New Orleans festivities, mad scientists, Superhero Comedy, flying carpets, magical spells, ZACH's 75th Birthday and more!

Teens, ages 14 and up, can join us for our Teen Actor Intensives, a series of fun and challenging teen workshops that immerse you in a variety of theatre skills- acting, musical theatre, and comedy improvisation.

Our teachers are theatre professionals and caring educators providing children of different backgrounds a fun and collaborative theatre arts experience! ZACH is centrally located at the corner of Riverside Dr. and S. Lamar Blvd.

Full Day Summer Camps For Ages 5 to Teens
9 am - 5 pm


Early Drop Off Morning Sessions (8:30 am-8:45 am) – $15 a week for mornings
Late Afternoon Pick-Up Sessions (5:15 pm-5:30 pm) – $15 a week for afternoons
OR $25/week for both.
Children divided into age and show groups.
SEE BELOW FOR CAMP DESCRIPTIONS

Jun 9-13

Rockin’ High School Musical, too!
(Full for Ages 7 to13; Space Available for 5 to 6)

$250
June 16-20 Walk Like an Egyptian
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to13)
$250
June 23-27 Igor's Mad Science Experiment
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$250
Jun30-July3 Superhero Stand-up
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$210
July 7-11 Sherlock Sleuths
(Full for Ages 5-6 & 13;Space Available for Ages 7-11)
$265
July 7-11 Rockin' High School Musical, too! (**Added Week**)
(Full forAges 11-13; Space Available for Ages 5 to 10)
$250
July 14-18 Jambalaya Jazz
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$250
July 21-25 Weird Wizards Academy
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$250
July28-Aug1 Domo Arigato, Mr Roboto
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$250
Aug 4-8 1001 Arabian Nights
(Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)
$265
Aug 11-15 Rockstar V
(Full for Ages 5 to 8; Space Available for Ages 9 to 13)
$250
Aug 18-22 ZACH's Big Birthday Bash!
(Space Available for Ages 5 to 13)
$250


Summer Intensives for TEENS Ages 14 –18
9 am-5 pm

June 16-20 Coconut Beach (Comedy/Improv) $260
June 30-July 3 Sounds of Chicago (Musical Theatre) $240
July 14-18 The Play's the Thing (Acting Intensive) $260
July 28-Aug 1 Broadway Beats (Musical Theatre) $260
Aug 11-15 Once Upon a Castle (Comedy/Improv) $260


Waiting Lists are available as age groups fill up. Call the Performing Arts School if you would like to be added, in case we have cancellations.

Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop Ages 9-14
9:15 am-2:15 pm


A special workshop with Jaclyn Loewenstein for advanced musical theatre students ages 9 to 14. Please include a letter outlining student's previous experience with registration. Workshop is held Monday through Friday from 9:15am-2:15pm. Questions about the workshops? Email jacki@zachtheatre.org

June 9-13 Musical Theatre Intensive For Ages 11 to 15 with special Guest Artist from New York

$250
July 14-18 Musical Theatre Intensive For Ages 9 to 14 $215
Aug 18-22 Musical Theatre Intensive For Ages 9 to 14 $215


June 9-13 ROCKIN' HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, TOO! (Musical Theatre Week) $250
We are all in this together! Enjoy creating a Variety Show around the songs and dances of everyone's favorite musical with Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay and the gang! (Full for Ages 7 to 13; Space Available for Ages 5 to 6)

June 16-20 WALK LIKE AN EYGPTIAN (Create A Play Week) $250
Do the sand dance don't you know! And discover pyramids, mummies, King Tut, hieroglyphics, and more fascinating facts about Ancient Egypt as you create characters and scenes in this fun Create-A-Play week. (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

June 23-27 IGOR'S MAD SCIENCE EXPERIMENT (Create a Play Week) $250
It's aliiiive! What will the hunch-backed assistant create this week during ZACH's Mad Science Experiment? Join us for mad scientists, inventions, robots, monsters, and more in this imaginative week where campers create their own characters and scenes in this Create-a-Play week. (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

Jun 30-July3 SUPERHERO STAND-UP (Comedy Improv Week) $210
Able to leap a tall building in a single bound, have xray vision, invisible force fields, or super cool breath? Costumed crimefighters needed to create a comedy show full of original superheroes, superpowers, sidekicks, secret headquarters and more in this zany week of superhero fun! (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

July 7-11 SHERLOCK SLEUTHS (Full narrative) $265
Dust off your pipe, magnifying glasses, and notebook and help solve the ultimate mystery in this full narrative play about Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective. Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary! A full narrative play with script provided. (Full for Ages 5 to 6 & Age 13; Space available Ages 7 to 12)

July 7-11 ROCKIN' HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, TOO! SECOND WEEK (Musical Theatre Week) $250
We are all in this together! Enjoy creating a Variety Show around the songs and dances of everyone's favorite musical with Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay and the gang! (Full for Ages 11 to 13; Space Available for Ages 5 to 10)

July 14-18 JAMBALAYA JAZZ (Musical Week) $250
Jazz, alligators, Louis Armstrong, mardi gras masks and more! We're mixing it all together in one big cajun and creole pot in this week that celebrates New Orleans! Explore music, culture, and arts and crafts in this fun and entertaining musical theatre week. Let the Saints go marching in! (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

July 21-25 WEIRD WIZARDS ACADEMY (Create A Play Week) $250
Now enrolling wizards, magicians, sorcerers and more in ZACH's Academy for Wizards. Magic wands, flying broomsticks, witch hats, wizard capes and more are part of this summer's curriculum. Explore hidden streets, castles, giants, dragons, and possibly a unicorn or two as you put together your best spells worthy of Hogwart's Academy! (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

July 28-Aug 1 DOMO ARIGATO, MR ROBOTO (Comedy Improv) $250
This classic Japanese phrase inspires the characters and scenes about gadgets, gizmos, and more in this week of comedy and improvisation. Robot improv, human machines, Japanese anime, and The Robot Dance to the classic Styx tune are all part of this fun week of comedy! (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

Aug 4-8 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS (Full Narrative) $265
Come along on a magic carpet ride with Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba, princesses, and others in these classic stories about genies, magicians, gold and jewels, palaces, magic lamps, and more! A full narrative play with script provided. (Full for Ages 5 to 6; Space Available for Ages 7 to 13)

Aug 11-15 ROCKSTAR V (Musical Theatre Week) $250
Air guitarists meet mosh pits in this ever popular camp, back by popular demand for the 5th summer in a row! I love rock and roll, put another dime in the juke box, baby! Elvis, the Beatles, Hendrix, and more. Jam with us this week as we create stories and dances that will get you rockin'! (Full for Ages 5 to 8; Space Available for Ages 9 to 13)

Aug 18-22 ZACH's BIG BIRTHDAY BASH! (Create A Play) $250
2008 is Zachary Scott Theatre's 75th birthday! Help us plan the biggest birthday celebration ever as we create stories inspired by ZACH's story in Austin. From Zachary Scott the actor to the theater itself, discover the story of how Austin's oldest theater came to be as we end the summer with one big birthday bash! ; (Space Available for Ages 5 to 13)

TEEN INTENSIVES
June 16-20 COCONUT BEACH (Comedy/Improv) $260
Calling all stand up comedians for this week of kooky coconut comedy! With Comedy King Les McGehee.

June 30-July 3 SOUNDS OF CHICAGO (Musical Theatre) $240
A musical theatre intensive that celebrates the sounds of Chicago and all that jazz!

July 14-18 THE PLAY'S THE THING (Acting Intensive) $260
Dive into your acting skills with workshops in character development, voice, auditions, stage combat and more.

July 28-August 1 BROADWAY BEAT (Musical Theatre) $260
A Musical Theatre Intensive that celebrates everything Broadway. Act! Sing! Dance! Put on a show!

August 11-15 ONCE UPON A CASTLE (Comedy/Improv) $260
It's Comedy in the Castle. Fearful knights, talking dragons, punk fairies, designer dungeons and more collide in this mixed up fairy tale week of comedy! With Comedy King Les McGehee.

Call ZACH Performing Arts School at 476-0594 x236 to reserve your space!
ZACH Performing Arts School, 1510 Toomey Rd., Austin, TX 78704

You can register over the phone at 476-0594 x 236, drop payment at ZACH's Box Office until 7 pm weekdays, or you can download registration forms at www.zachscott.com and mail with payment to ZACH Performing Arts School, 1510 Toomey Rd., Austin, TX 78704, or fax to 476-0314. Tuition due in full at time of registration. Includes registration fee and camp t-shirt. Please see registration form for registration and refund policies. CALL ZACH'S PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL AT 476-0594 X236 FOR MORE INFO!

For more information, please call 476-0594 x 236 or email education@zachtheatre.org.