The Play's The Thing
June 19-23, 2023*
 

At-a-Glance Details

Who: All Teens, ages 13-17

What: A Shakespeare Camp with a Friday evening performance 

When: June 19-23, 2023

Monday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., then performance at 7 p.m. (campers arrive at 6)

Where: Mumford Home, 12110 Pinelands Park Ln., Humble TX

Other Important dates (more info below): 

• March 2 - Parent Meeting

• April 21 - Shakespeare’s Birthday

• May 5 - Shakespeare Festival

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mandatory Pre-Camp Events 

Parent Meeting: Thursday, March 2 from 8:30-9:30 p.m. at Jeri Wyn Mumford’s home. We will lay out the whole camp experience, discuss costumes, and answer any questions you may have.

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Shakespeare’s Birthday Bash– April 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Mumford Home. Let’s kick off camp as we party like it’s 1564 as we celebrate at Will’s Birthday Bash and discuss The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood.

 

Shakespeare Festival–May 5, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Cultural Hall, 12521 Will Clayton Pkwy. Enjoy a night of intrigue and fun as you walk the streets of London and go backstage at the Globe Theater! Guests are $15 for materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camp Registration Dates and Costs

Registration opens February 1 at 10 a.m.!

• $250.00 per person

• $20 Sibling discount!

• Payment is due within 24 hours of registration. Venmo @JeriWyn-Mumford and put "Shakespeare Camp" and your child's name in the description. Cancel before March 1 to receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation fee.

• Space is limited - make haste! Reserveth thou thy spot today! Waiting list available.

• Included with your payment:

  • All the camp and pre-camp interactive workshops mentioned above

  • All materials for costume accessories we will be handcrafting with the youth

  • Binders for each youth and all printed materials (four 30-minute play scripts, workshop worksheets, etc.)

  • Hot lunch provided daily (main dish, vegetables, fruit, starch)

  • Camp T-shirt

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Materials You Will Need to Provide

 The Shakespeare Stealer at Shakespeare’s Birthday Bash on April 21. You can purchase it on Amazon or check it out at the library. Linked below.

 

Costume: Each youth will need to provide their own costume for the Friday evening performance. We will give more information about this at the parent meeting, including ways to use materials on hand as well as where to purchase inexpensive costumes online. No tights required!

 

Friday Evening Performance

June 19, 2023 (students arrive at 6 p.m.)

The culminating experience of the week will be the youths’ starring in “The Play’s the Thing: Select Performances from Shakespeare’s Greatest Works.” Families, friends, and the community are invited to attend. We have carefully selected wonderful, accessible scenes with Shakespeare’s original language; each scene is edited for length and will last 3-4 minutes. Participants will be given their scene script at least 1 month before the camp, and they will be required to completely memorize their parts before the first day of camp. At pre-camp we will teach fun memorization tricks and how to understand meaning, so all youth will be completely prepared to learn their parts. During camp we will teach all necessary acting techniques, providing daily one-on-one guidance, feedback, and time to practice their scenes.

 

Camp Policies

We are going to have a lot of fun at our camp, but we expect all youth to behave respectfully to other participants and adults. We will not tolerate bullying of any kind, destruction of personal property, crude language, or swearing.

 

Our days will be packed with engaging activity, and, so everyone can get the most out of the experience, we also have a NO-CELL-PHONE POLICY: Your youth can either leave their phone at home or place it in a basket in the entryway upon arrival. If you need to reach your child you may contact any teacher and we will make sure your child can reach you if he or she needs to. If your child chooses to bring their phone we are not responsible for lost or damaged phones.

Should your child violate any of our policies they may be asked to leave the camp, and no refund will be given.

 

Additional Challenges (Optional) 

If campers would like to do fun, extra Shakespeare learning on their own, we have provided several optional challenges. Youth have between now and the Friday Performance date to complete their challenges. However, we will need to know by Friday, June 16 which projects they WILL HAVE completed by the last day of camp. They will need to pass each one off to a parent, and then the parent will email AllTheWorldsAStageTX@gmail.com with the specific challenges the child has completed. A certificate will be awarded to each student at the Friday evening performance, listing their completed challenges. Anyone who reads The Shakespeare Stealer AND completes at least 6 challenges will receive a SPECIAL prize. Challenges will be available March 2.

 

Quick-Start Challenges: For those first-time campers who would like to feel more comfortable with the content in The Play’s The Thing, you may want to complete the 3 Quick-Start Challenges before camp. Each Challenge you complete will count toward the 6 needed for the Special Prize.