• EXPLORE: In addition to fun, fast-paced rehearsals every day in theater and dance, students will get to explore enrichment classes such as stagecraft (in which students will construct their props and costumes), storytelling, stage combat, and theater history.
  
  
• CREATE: Your child already has the tools he or she needs to love the arts—and to create them: a voice, a body, and an imagination. At Main Street Theater’s summer camp, your young actor or actress will be able to exercise those tools under the mentorship of theater and performing arts professionals.
  
  
• SKILLS: Within each age group, students write and stage their ORIGINAL theater pieces and dance pieces, creating their own roles, lines, and choreography. They may base their piece on a story they know or characters they would like to portray, learning the fundamentals of acting and dance by applying them to the pieces they create.
  
  
• INCLUSION: Never been on stage before? Or do you already do lots of plays? Everyone is welcome in our performing arts camp. Students of all skill and experience levels learn from each other in rehearsal, and our small classes ensure individual attention.
  
  
• CHALLENGE: In our day-to-day class process and our final performances, every child will be featured and every child will be challenged. Children of all skill and experience levels learn from each other in rehearsal.
  
  
• PERFORM: At the end of each session, students present their plays and dance pieces on one of Main Street Theater’s stages. Family and friends are invited to attend free of charge!
  
  
• ARTISTS: Energetic, professional teaching artists are passionate about education and ready to help your students explore the performing arts! They are actors, directors, dancers and educators, and they are experienced at working with students of all skill levels.
  
  
• CONVENIENCE: Parents love our staff’s great communication, no-hassle production style, and all-in-one tuition fee. Check out our four summer camp locations to find the easiest one for your commute—in the Rice Village, the Museum District (Chelsea Market), Montrose (TBA), and Bellaire/Meyerland (Shlenker). Extended-day care is available for all full-day students (ages 6 – 14).

This summer, we are offering AM or PM half-day classes for 4- and 5-year-olds.
MST – Rice Village  |  Shlenker   |  Additional location TBA

Check out our one-day Turbo Camps for 6- to 11-year-olds.

Summer Studio Company: Special for 12- to 14-year-olds!
Our 12- to 14-year-old students, known as Group D, now have the opportunity to explore different themes in their classes. Depending on the session, they can enroll in Comedy Showdown, Shakespeare Mashup, Greece is the Word, Project Broadway and Library Alive! See page for details.

Questions about camps or classes?
Please contact Troy Scheid, Director of Education, at troy@mainstreettheater.com or 713-524-9196 x104.

• Please read the policies for your camp location before registering:
  Turbo Camp  |  Shlenker  |  MST – Chelsea  |  MST – Rice Village  |  Additional location TBA
• Registration and Refund Policies

If your questions are not answered in the Policies or the FAQ, please call the Kids On Stage office at 713-524-9196 x104.

KOS Classic: This is the summer camp you’ve come to know and love. Collaborating with their classmates, students will create and stage a short play and dance piece—and be introduced to every phase of the artistic process along the way! (MST – Chelsea Market Session 1 and Session 4)

Shakespeare Mashup: Students will explore the many worlds of Shakespeare in a fun and physical way, relating to the characters through their own experiences. For their final project, students will feature their favorite characters in a mashup of great Shakespeare scenes, in new settings and styles. Comedy, tragedy, treachery, and swordfights guaranteed! (MST – Chelsea Market Session 2)

Greece is the Word: Ancient Greece, birthplace of theater, is full of treasure—from gods and monsters to fables and drama. For their final project, students will create pieces inspired by the richness of Greek myths, legends and literature. (MST – Chelsea Market Session 3)

Project Broadway: Students will write a short musical based on a plot suggested by an existing song of their choice. (For example, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” might inspire a musical about a scary Halloween night, and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” might lead to an epic urban adventure.) Working with their instructors, they will write, stage and choreograph this mini-musical for performance on the last day of class. (No singing necessary!) (Shlenker Session 1)

Comedy Showdown: From standup to sitcom, from improv to comic timing, this class will introduce students to the “how” of funny! Students will use what they learn from comedy classics like Charlie Chaplin, Abbot and Costello, and Whose Line Is It Anyway? to create a variety show to perform on the last day of class. (TBA)

Library Alive: Anyone who has ever dressed up as a favorite character knows the thrill of seeing a beloved book in 3-D. Library Alive lets you explore the experience of bringing books to life as a playwright, actor, and dancer. Give yourself a new challenge as you adapt a book to create a new play and dance for young audiences! (TBA)

• Please read the policies for your camp location before registering:
  Turbo Camp  |  Shlenker  |  MST – Chelsea  |  MST – Rice Village  |  Additional location TBA
• Registration and Refund Policies

If your questions are not answered in the Policies or the FAQ, please call the Kids On Stage office at 713-524-9196 x104.