Camp Florida Rep Now Enrolling Six Summer Sessions

Camp Florida Rep Now Enrolling  Six Sensational Summer Sessions

Florida Repertory Theatre announced that enrollment is now open for Camp Florida Rep 2010, and slots are filling up quickly for all six sessions.

The popular performing arts camp for students in grades K-12 features four two-week camps and two one-week camp sessions over the course of the summer, and in each, campers will put on a fully produced musical production.

Camp Florida Rep 2010 will open with a one-week intensive, A Fairy Tale Fiasco (June 14-18), where campers will put on a musical showcase featuring the best of "Fairy Tales." Combining pieces of the classic musicals such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Once Upon a Mattress with new fantasy hits like Into the Woods and Wicked, it is sure to be a week full of ogres, distressed damsels, one-shoed women, sleeping beauties and maybe even a few princes in disguise.

The camp's second session, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (June 21-July 2), finds the brainy and beautiful Belle yearning to escape her provincial life. However, Belle gets more adventure than she bargained for when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle. Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, singing furniture, and the brute Gaston fill the stage in this beloved fairy tale. Featuring the hit Disney song "Be Our Guest," this production is sure to enchant campers and parents alike.

Session three takes campers over the rainbow with the beloved classic, The Wizard of Oz (July 5-16). Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her to the Land of Oz. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy's imagination. Based on the classic film, this show includes "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"and "If I Only had a Brain."

Session four brings another Disney classic to life on the stage with The AristoCats (July 19-30). Madame's jealous butler Edgar "cat-naps" Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. What's a cat to do? Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and his rag-tag bunch of Alley Cats come to their rescue! This feline adventure is sure to get students and parents tapping their feet to its hep, jazzy beat, which includes the Disney favorites "The Aristocats," "Scales and Arpeggios" and "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat."

The American classic in session five, Bye Bye Birdie (August 2-13), answers the age-old question, "What's the matter with kids today?" and has been captivating audiences since it swept the Tony Awards almost fifty years ago. A satirical comedy, it tells the story of rock and roll singer, Conrad Birdie, who is about to be drafted in the the army - but his manager, Albert, wants to send him off with a chart topper. Set in the 1950's, this musical features the hit songs "Put on a Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin' to Do," "Kids," "Rosie" and many more. Students will have a blast from the past with a show that is sure to be good old-fashioned fun for everyone.

Camp Florida Rep closes with another one-week intensive, Around the World in 5 Days (August 16-20), and campers will spend this camp on the trip of a lifetime. Campers will visit places like the exotic South Pacific, The Lion King's Africa, the Caribbean with Once on this Island and revolutionary France with Les Miserables - to name just a few. This camp will feature an overview of multicultural theatre, art and dance styles from stages around the world.

The price for enrollment in the two-week sessions is $350 for campers entering K-6 grades, and $300 for campers in grades 7-12. Enrollment for the one-week sessions is $175 (K-6) and $150 (7-12).

Camp Florida Rep is a day camp, held at the Historic Arcade Theatre in the Fort Myers River District, from 9:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday with arrival beginning at 8:30, and pick-up beginning at 4:00pm. Post-camp care is available for an additional $25 per week.

Parents can enroll online at www.floridarep.org or by calling 239-332-4665 x20. Please visit the website for more details.

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