Teach Theatre at Summer Camp

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Summer Camp Theatre Jobs

Overview

There is nothing better than show night at camp. Our theatre building is one of the most iconic buildings on camp, an original, oval-shaped wooden structure.
Everyone loves the theatre shows. It’s an incredible feeling to bring a group of campers together and within a few weeks have them performing on stage in front the entire camp community.
As a theatre teacher, you will help campers find their voices, you’ll teach them to sing, dance, project their voices, understand stage cues & how to elevate their performance.
You’ll help bring their character to life!
Each summer we produce shows that are cast based on the ages of the campers. You and the rest of the theatre team will design the sets, props, costumes, lights and sound.
Why Teach Theatre at Camp?

Theatre is just a summer classic, that is not quite Broadway but is the next best thing! Campers will feel like superstars when show night comes around. It’s crazy, hectic, frantic… everything you would expect it to be!
Our campers aren’t just on stage, they are also behind the scenes. Everyone who signs up has a role in the show. Campers help run the audio, the lighting, the costumes, they are the production assistants and runners, the technical crew, you name it.
At the end of the summer, you will feel like you’ve been in a 9 week version of your own show. You will be exhausted from the energy that all the campers bring. You will love every second of it.

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Theatre Show

Below you can view a Theatre show at Camp IHC

FAQs

In theatre, the teaching periods are around 40-50 minutes long. You’ll typically teach 5 or 6 periods a day. From the get go, you need to engage with the campers and get the prepped and ready for the lesson. You and your team will have lesson plans (that you help build!) that will be tailored for the different levels and abilities. Those 40-50 minutes are yours to make as amazing as possible.
A typical class will have around 12-18 campers. Sometimes bunks have split activities or off-camp trips so the group size will fluctuate. This means you can sometimes have a handful of campers or a larger class to teach. You will have a schedule for each day to know what campers to expect before the day starts. During the run up to shows you will have blocks of rehearsal times for the same group of campers to practice.
During the summer theatre will host around 4 shows. Two of these will be larger production shows with a larger cast and crew. The other two shows will be for the younger campers. We buy the rights to show scripts, in the past we’ve done Shrek, Grease, High School Musical, Wicked, Beauty & the Beast, Dr Seuss and many, many more!
There is no official qualifications required to teach theatre at Camp IHC, we look for experience, what shows have you been a part of, what experience teaching kids you have etc, the most important things we look for is the ability for our staff to have patience and have the passion to work hard all summer to pull of incredible shows.
Over the last few years the theatre team has consisted of 4 people. Theatre has a director who is part of our leadership team and will oversee the theatre team as a whole. They will choose the shows for the summer and bring the team together to help pull off the incredible shows.
Yes. On a regular schedule you will have one period off each day.
You will also have one full day and night off each week. This is your chance to rest, recover and try some new things on camp and explore new places off camp with other staff.