BCT Summer Camp registration is happening now!
We've got July all planned out for many wonderfully wacky outdoor theatrical experiences for campers ages 7-15. A delightful thing about BCT is the friendships that are fostered between age groups (we like to call it "Big Sister/Big Brother"), and we have proof that those friendships last all the way through college and beyond.
Here's what we've got planned for summer:
JULY 8-12: RANDOM ACTS & SNEAKY SET-UPS. Last year we had two dozen kids flash-mobbing, creating "celebrities" out of the average Bellinghamster, and singing to riders on the city bus. It's fun-filled mischief that brings out the playfulness in everyone.
JULY 15-19: THE WUTCRAKER BOOT-CAMP. In preparation for The Wutcraker in December, campers get a jump on auditions for this community-wide intergenerational parody (winner of the Mayor's Arts Award). Campers will learn how to swordfight like the Rat King, rap like the Ice Gang, and dance like a Booger Flung Scary!
JULY 22-26: "SPRINKLE PARK—THE MUSICAL." Campers meet at Fairhaven Park this week with swimming suits, picnics, and imagination. We'll play tons of fun theatre games and create an original musical or a lip-sync performance to share on Friday with families in the park. Wet. Wacky. Fun!
JULY 29-August 2: THE WOZARD OF IZ. Of course you've heard of Toto... but have you heard of Dorothy's dog "Thumb Thumb?" And what about Auntie "Um," and "Professor Lost His Marbles?" And Elvis! What is Elvis doing in Oz?? A hilarious rendition on that old classic, kids' imaginations have warped this adventure into a new dimension. Parts for Middle School kids and younger.
HOW TO REGISTER: It's an old-fashioned approach, but it's indicative of the hands-on care BCT's summer camp offers your camper—simply do this:
1) click “Contact Us” and send us an email with your name and the name of your camper(s), how old they are, and what camp(s) they’re interested in attending.
2) We will send you a registration and medical release form to fill out. Please fill it out and mail it along with a check for tuition (made out to B.C.T.) to our MAILING ADDRESS: 809 Donovan Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225
3) We will send you a confirmation email
4) In early June, we will send out another email with camp details and potential car-pooling possibilities to all the families who have signed up for summer camp.
It's easy!
For more information, call Drue at (360) 734-9999
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About
About
Bellingham Children’s Theatre (BCT) was founded by Drue Robinson in 1994 in a living room on Ellis Street. It quickly became a house-hold name, a buzz about town, and known all the way to Vancouver B.C. as “one of the most original theatres in the region.” It has won two Mayor’s Arts Awards, a Whatcom Community Foundation Grant, and an incredibly generous Parks and Recreation Department grant to perform an original all-city production on the eve of the Millennium. This show (“Once Upon The End – A Y2K Fairytale Crisis Musical”) went on to be performed at the Seattle International Fringe Festival where it brought down the house and won the prestigious People’s Choice Award — no small feat, as it was competing against 84 international companies in the general theatre category.
BCT is not only a children’s theatre, offering plays, classes and workshops, it is also an intergenerational opportunity for elders to imaginatively create original poignant theatre with youth of all ages. Drue’s plays, adaptations, and musicals are notorious for their wacky originality, hilarious alternative flavor, and poignant heart-felt relationships. She’s written directed, and produced over 25 original works such as “Schnuzik,” “The Wutcraker” (a spoof on that famous ballet), “Whistlin’ Dixie” (a mix of Shakespeare, environmental activism, and country western line-dancing), and “When Angels Dance the Polka,” just to name a few. The casts that grace BCT’s stage feature homegrown talent ranging in age 5 – 95, local dignitaries and politicians, and surprise guest artists. Kids work as technicians, playwrights, and stage-managers. Community is built through BCT. Lifelong friendships are born and flourish both on and off the stage, and parents and volunteers pool their skills and talents to create something truly unique. Magic is experienced through the combined imaginations and creative actions of everyone involved. Theatre becomes “home,” and casts become families.
Bellingham Children’s Theatre is about homegrown originality at its very best. We don’t just believe in local, we put local on stage.
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