WATERLOO – The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy is offering four weeks of theatre training experiences designed provide youth a chance to learn life skills through arts education while having fun and meeting new friends.
Performing and technical arts training is available with Broadway mentors including 2023 Tony Award-winners, J. Harrison Ghee and Gregg Barnes.
The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy will offer a variety of training opportunities this summer, beginning with Performing Arts Summer Camps for ages eight to 18, which will take place during the weeks of July 17 to 21, July 24 to 28, July 24 to Aug. 4, and Aug. 14-18. By studying material from age-appropriate musicals each week, performing arts students will gain fundamental training in singing, movement, improv, and scene work.
In-person faculty includes director of education and associate artistic director David Connolly. Connolly is the first amputee to perform on Broadway and director/ choreographer of numerous Drayton Entertainment shows
“The aim of our Youth Academy summer camps is to enable and encourage the emotional, intellectual and social growth of the next generation through the development of creativity and imagination,” states Connolly.
The camps will also feature in-person Master Classes with Broadway performers Lee Siegel (Paradise Square, Broadway) and Jodi MacFadden (Moulin Rouge, Broadway), as well as virtual special guest mentor workshops with Ali Stroker (Oklahoma, Broadway), J Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot, Broadway), Zachary Noah Piser (Dear Evan Hansen, Broadway) and Vanessa Sears (New York, New York, Broadway).
A technical production summer camp will also be offered for teens who want to learn more about behind-the-scenes work.
Technical students will study set design, building and painting, and will participate in workshops in stage management, wardrobe, props, lighting, sound and more!.The technical production summer camp will run the week of July 24 to 28, and include a virtual workshop with Tony Awarding-winning broadway costume designer Gregg Barnes.
All summer camp experiences will run from 9am to 4pm with complimentary early drop off available at 8:30am and late pick-up until 4:30pm.
Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy is located at 145 Northfield Dr. in Waterloo, Ontario.
Tuition is $395 per week. Family discounts and frequency discounts are available.
For more information, visit www.draytonentertainmentyouthacademy.com.
