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!
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.
REGISTERJuly 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!
RegisterJuly 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!
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.
RegisterJuly 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.
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!
REGISTERJuly 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!
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.
RegisterAugust 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.
RegisterPortland 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!
REGISTERAugust 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!
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