Summer Camps
Scholarships are available.
For more information please contact the Youth Conservatory Director at youth@novabillings.org.
Itty Bitty Camps: Under the Sea-SOLD OUT
Dates: June 24-28
Cost: $150
Ages: 5 to 8
Times: 9:00-12:00
Calling all deep sea divers! Students will use their Actor’s Toolkit (voices, bodies and IMAGINATIONS) to explore under the sea! In Itty Bitty Camp, campers will learn how to tell a story, create characters, character movement and more!
Itty Bitty Camps: Superheroes-SOLD OUT
Dates: June 24-28
Cost: $150
Ages: 5 to 8
Times: 1:00-4:00
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Itty Bitty Superhero camp! Students will use their Actor’s Toolkit (voices, bodies and IMAGINATIONS) to explore under the sea! In Itty Bitty Camp, campers will learn how to tell a story, create characters, character movement and more!
Musical Theater Camp: Once Upon a Mattress-SOLD OUT
Dates: July 8-12
Cost: $325
Ages: 9-18
Time: 9:00-3:00
This year NOVA will be offering a full camp focusing solely on creating a musical! Students will learn dance numbers, acting, and singing using text and music from the Broadway hit, “Once Upon a Mattress!’
Acting Camp: A Midsummer Night’s Dream SOLD OUT
Dates: July 15-19
Cost: $325
Ages: 9-18
Times: 9:00-3:00
This acting camp will provide students with a fun-filled opportunity to explore the world of theater using the magical Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The camp culminates in a showcase performance for friends and family.
Itty Bitty Camps: Space Adventures
Dates: July 22-26
Cost: $150
Ages: 5 to 8
Times: 9:00-12:00
Join us for a camp that is out of this world! Students will use their Actor’s Toolkit (voices, bodies and IMAGINATIONS) to explore outer space. In Itty Bitty Camp, campers will learn how to tell a story, create characters, character movement and more!
Itty Bitty Camps: World of Wizardry
Dates: July 22-26
Cost: $150
Ages: 5 to 8
Times: 1:00-4:00
Join us for NOVA’s most magical camp yet! Students will use their Actor’s Toolkit (voices, bodies and IMAGINATIONS) to enter the world of wizardry while creating magical stories along the way. In Itty Bitty Camp, campers will learn how to tell a story, create characters, character movement and more!
Electives Camp
Dates: July 29-August 2
Cost: $350
Ages: 12-18
Times: 9:00-3:00
In this full day camp students ages 12-18 will all learn the basics of performing: acting, voice, and movement PLUS they’ll be able to choose from five different electives on top of the basics. The morning schedule will be acting, voice, and movement. The afternoon will be broken up into 2 sessions of electives.
Session 1 Electives:
Stage Makeup, Stage Combat & Improv
Session 2 Electives:
Improv, Playwriting & Tech
Itty Bitty Camps: Pirates & Mermaids SOLD OUT
Dates: August 5-8
Cost: $150
Ages: 5 to 8
Times: 9:00-12:00
Yo ho! Yo ho! A Pirates life for me! Students will use their Actor’s Toolkit (voices, bodies and IMAGINATIONS) to explore life on the open sea as pirates and mermaids. In Itty Bitty Camp, campers will learn how to tell a story, create characters, character movement and more!
Summer camp Assistants – Help Wanted!
NOVA Camp Assistants will work directly with students to bring imaginations to life through creative play, story creation, and devised theater. This work will happen under the mentorship and guidance of professional teaching artists. Specific performing arts experience is not necessary, but summer camp assistants should have a desire to work with elementary school-aged children, and an interest in theater arts.
Responsibilities
- Check students in and out
- Set up and sell concessions
- Develop new skills in theatrical arts under the mentorship of professional teaching artists
- Generate a warm, inclusive, and energetic atmosphere for your peers and elementary school/middle school students
- Collaborate with Teaching Artistis and other Camp Assistants to implement shared ideas and experiences for a successful classroom experience
Minimum Qualifications & Skills
- Must be in grades 7th-12th
- Must be reliable and flexible
- An interest in theater arts
- Creative drama
- Acting
- Musical theater
- Improvisation
- Devising
- Choreography
- Directing
Reports to Youth Conservatory Director
If you are interested, please reach out to DeLaney Hardy Ray, Youth Conservatory Director, at youth@novabillings.org.