Rexburg’s youth are in the spotlight in upcoming summer theater camps

REXBURG — The Rexburg Cultural Arts Department is warming up for different information of summertime theatre camps wherever campers study nan ins and outs of creating a unrecorded accumulation and wrap it up pinch their ain show astatine nan end. There are a fewer spots near successful some nan children’s and younker camps. Registration is unfastened and tickets are connected waste for nan performances astatine rexburgarts.org.

Children ages 6-11 will execute a philharmonic type of nan classical children’s book, “Stone Soup.” The campy starts Monday and goes done July 19 pinch performances connected July 19 and 20.

“We for illustration to take stories that person awesome morals, absorbing roles, and nosy aspects that nan children tin adhd to nan show, specified arsenic getting to make their ain props and costume pieces,” says campy head Kaatia Larsen. “’Stone Soup’ is simply a classical communicative of a organization coming together and learning to make life amended by sharing, and we loved what this will thatch nan children done our mini philharmonic type of nan story.”

Youth ages 12-18 will execute “Footloose The Musical, Youth Edition,” which is simply a one-hour type of nan fan-favorite story.

“Last year, we asked our summertime campers for suggestions of shows they’d for illustration to participate successful next,” Larsen says. “A fewer of nan teens suggested ‘Footloose’ for their property group, and erstwhile we looked astatine nan script, we really liked nan message, nan music, and nan characters – not to mention each nan awesome dancing – and decided to spell for it. When we announced it, everyone was truthful excited.”

The camps, sponsored by nan City of Rexburg and 1 Assist Care, return young theatre enthusiasts done nan full process of creating a unrecorded production.

“Throughout some camps, younker will person 2 weeks of instruction from professionals successful nan industry,” Larsen says. “They will learn, practice, and use each aspects of philharmonic theatre done group exercises, mini classes, hands-on activities, and one-on-one coaching connected things for illustration memorizing lines, assemblage language, look and emotion, dialects, singing, dancing, really to grip nerves, auditioning, becoming a character, learning really to perceive and stock a scene, improv, respecting each different and nan audience, theatre etiquette, tech and backstage tasks, group construction, tech lighting and sound, costume design, and prop creation.”

Larsen, who directed nan theatre camps for nan first clip past summer, is thrilled to person galore campers returning this summer.

“Many of our registered campers are returning from past twelvemonth because they had specified a awesome time, learned truthful much, made specified fantastic, lasting friendships, and sewage to beryllium a portion of putting connected genuinely awesome shows astatine nan Romance Theater,” she says. “We moreover person 1 camper coming backmost this twelvemonth who moved to Washington past fall, and we person 1 coming from Florida!”

The formed of “Newsies Jr.” from Rexburg Cultural Arts’ younker theatre campy past year. The institution is warming up for “Footloose” this summer. | Courtesy Kristy Horsley

While nan productions are rehearsed for only 2 weeks, Larsen says nan campers activity difficult and put connected a awesome show.

“Seeing nan kids astonishment themselves pinch really overmuch they could study and do successful specified a short magnitude of time, and past seeing them move astir and astonishment their friends and families erstwhile they sewage to travel spot nan shows they made together was truthful exciting,” she says. “I retrieve aggregate group stating that our ‘Newsies‘ accumulation from past summer’s teen campy was 1 of nan champion shows they’d ever seen. It was genuinely typical to person nan Romance Theater filled to nan brim pinch everyone, and I loved getting to beryllium a portion of providing a measurement for others to create and stock their talents pinch nan community.”

“Storybook Theatre Camp: Stone Soup” for ages 6-11 runs July 8-19, pinch performances connected July 19 astatine 7 p.m. and July 20 astatine 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 and tin beryllium purchased astatine rexburgarts.org aliases astatine nan door.

“Teen Theatre Camp: Footloose” for ages 12-18 runs July 29-August 9 pinch performances connected August 9 astatine 7 p.m. and August 10 astatine 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 if purchased online earlier August 8. After August 8, they will beryllium $14. Tickets tin beryllium purchased online astatine rexburgarts.org aliases astatine nan door.

Ada May Miller useful connected a trade task during children’s theatre campy successful 2023. This year’s campers will study and execute a philharmonic type of nan classical “Stone Soup.” | Emily Miller, EastIdahoNews.com