Build Your Theater Skills

Our theater camps are fun, challenging, and enriching! Stories of all kinds are used to fuel active, collaborative, and process-based summer programs for grades K–12. Spend the week working with professional actors, directors, and artisans. Every participant is invited to think, speak, and act imaginatively, critically, and creatively in an environment of inclusivity and safe play.

Education For All

Portland Stage Education strives to welcome and celebrate all people regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, national origin, religion, gender identity, neurological, or physical ability.

Cancellation Policies

Any cancellations or changes made more than two months prior to the first day of a Portland Stage Education program (after school programming, vacation camps, and summer camps) will be fully refunded.
Any cancellation made between two and one month prior to the first day of a program will receive a 50% refund.
Portland Stage will not be able to grant refunds made less than one month before the start of a program.

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Portland Stage reserves the right to cancel a program two weeks prior to its start if a minimal enrollment is not achieved. In the event that Portland Stage cancels a program families will be contacted two weeks prior and a full refund will be offered.
Portland Stage also reserves the right to combine programs, change teachers, or extend the ages of the participants at its discretion.

Financial Aid

Portland Stage Education offers need-based financial aid for all of our programs. Please fill out our form below to apply. For more information about camps or financial aid, call 207.774.1043 x104 or send us an email.

Vacation Camps

Dive into theater for five exciting days while on your school breaks!

February & April Vacation Camps

April Vacation Camp: Maine Made Magic Trunk
Dates: Monday April 17 – Friday April 21
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Grades: K – 1
Cost: $305, financial aid available

Every day is a new adventure with stories and the Magic Trunk! A spin-off of our Play Me a Story program, this session will focus entirely on books by Maine authors and illustrators!

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IN-PERSON CAMPS will follow the latest CDC and State safety guidelines including masking, physical distancing, small group sizes, handwashing, and a Bipolar Ionization iWave HVAC system.

Summer Camps

Our week-long camps for rising K-12th graders focus on physical movement, creativity, & collaboration, all while empowering students to build their confidence and skills as actors.

 

Sign up for multiple weeks of camp and receive a 10% discount!

Please register for camps based on which grade your camper(s) will be enrolled in for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year.

In-Person Camps

All camps this summer are planned to be IN-PERSON CAMPS and will follow the latest CDC and State safety guidelines including masking, physical distancing, small group sizes, hand washing, and a Bipolar Ionization iWave HVAC system. Each camp will include time indoors and outdoors.

June 26 - 30, 2023

Magic Trunk

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades K-1 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Picture Book Stories Galore. Every day is a new adventure with stories and the Magic Trunk! A spin-off of our Play Me a Story program.

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July 10 - 14, 2023

Make ‘em Laugh! Acting Intensive: Comedy & Clown

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 8-10 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the world of theatrical comedy and clown with Portland Stage. Make a big choice and find your comedic voice in this week of laughs and wacky play. Make sure you bring your funny bone!

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July 17 - 21, 2023

Marvelous Mary Poppins

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 2-3 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the story of Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers. We promise it will be superCAMPifragilisticexpialidocious!

Full, email to be added to the wait list

Acting Intensive: Devising with TEMPOart

Western Promenade, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 8-12 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Spend your day on the Western Prom exploring Chris Miller’s Carousel Cosmos sculptures and creating theater inspired by the art! Portland Stage students will partner with TEMPOart to create a brand new performance based on this temporary art installation.

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July 24 - 28, 2023

Shakespeare Conservatory: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 6-8 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Spend a week exploring the language, stories, characters, and magic of one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies. 

Full, email to be added to the wait list

Portland Stage Theater Camp

Riverton Park Community Room at Portland Housing Authority, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 4-6 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the world of theater and performance with Portland Stage! From improvisation & theater games to writing & performing dramatic scenes, each day will be a new adventure in creative and expressive fun!

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July 31 - August 4, 2023

Ready, Set, IMPROV

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 4-6 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Get the experience of being a founding member of an improv comedy troupe! Whether you want to become more comfortable on stage or create once-in-a-lifetime comedy moments, all you need is your imagination and energy!

Full, email to be added to the wait list

Acting Intensive: Devising with the Desert of Maine

Desert of Maine, Freeport, ME

Rising Grades 7-10 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Actors will learn about different techniques to create and develop performance through movement, writing, and improv exercises. Students will engage with the unique history and ecology of the Desert of Maine to take risks, make bold choices, and create a site-specific performance with other young artists.

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August 7 - 11, 2023

Magic Trunk

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades K-1 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Picture Book Stories Galore. Every day is a new adventure with stories and the Magic Trunk! A spin-off of our Play Me a Story program.

Register

Portland Stage Theater Camp

Sagamore Village Portland Housing Authority Study Center Portland, ME

Rising Grades 4-6 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the world of theater and performance with Portland Stage! From improvisation & theater games to writing & performing dramatic scenes, each day will be a new adventure in creative and expressive fun!

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August 14 - 18, 2023

The Adventures of Young King Arthur & the Wizard Merlin

Theater for Kids, Portland Stage, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 3-5 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the magical world of medieval England, as imagined by T. H. White in The Sword in the Stone. Wizards, knights, and transforming animals abound in this camp of legendary adventure!

Full, email to be added to the wait list

Portland Stage Theater Camp

Kennedy Park Portland Housing Authority Community Room, Portland, ME

Rising Grades 4-6 | 9 AM-3 PM

$345, Financial Aid Available

Explore the world of theater and performance with Portland Stage! From improvisation & theater games to writing & performing dramatic scenes, each day will be a new adventure in creative and expressive fun!

REGISTER