The Nancy and Frederick De Matteis Arts Education Program for Children

In celebration of the WHBPAC’s 10th Anniversary Season, we present you with an amazing array of enriching arts experiences for young people and their families. Each year we continue to expand our offerings to make the arts come alive for a wide spectrum of the community, including those who would not otherwise have the opportunity. Whether the experience involves seeing a live performance, attending a performing arts workshop or camp, or performing on stage in our beautiful state-of-the-art venue, we work to bring our community together through the common language of the arts.

From fun-filled and enlightening entertainment for the entire family, to nurturing, skill-based performing arts camps, to curriculum enhancing School Day Performances, the WHBPAC remains committed to providing exposure to programs and performers of cultural diversity and to providing young people with opportunities to experience the magic and transformative powers of the arts!

We are so pleased that during this very special anniversary year we will move into the next phase of growth of our Children’s Arts Education Program, as we begin to offer classes and workshops after-school and on weekends! Now we invite you to give your children the opportunity to develop new skills, create, perform and have fun with peers as they immerse themselves in various disciplines of the performing arts.

We promise to provide the world of the imagination as their playground!

Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge and thank our sponsors for their generous support of The Nancy and Frederick DeMatteis Arts Education Program for Children:

  • Michael and Annie Falk Foundation
  • The Geduld Family
  • Rochelle and Bradley King
  • The Julia and Gilbert Merrill Foundation
  • The Town of Southampton
  • The Stoller Family
  • The Sunset Café
  • Carol and Jim Zizzi

NYSCA Public Funding from The New York State Council on The Arts
A State Agency

School Vacation Adventures Camps

Missoula Children’s Theatre Camps During School Break Weeks

  • MCT’s mission is to develop life skills – creativity, social skills, goal achievement and self-esteem – through participation in the performing arts. A team of actors/directors arrives with sets, lights, costumes, props and make up.
  • Up to 60 pre-registered youngsters - Grades K-12, are cast, learning lines, songs and choreography to perform a musical tale.
  • All 60 participants will attend a full day theatre arts camp from 9am-3pm.
  • Daily activities include rehearsals, workshops in acting, improvisation, singing, movement, theatre games, a talent show and more.

2008 Summer Residencies and Camps

Missoula Children's Theatre Residency & CampsMissoula Children's Theatre Residency & Camps

MCT's mission is to develop life skills - creativity, social skills, goal achievement and self-esteem - through participation in the performing arts. A team of actors/directors arrives with sets, lights, costumes, props and make up...auditions are on Monday....by Friday, the cast is performance read y. The rest is magic!

Shakespeare's Players CampShakespeare's Players Camp

With a wealth of professional expertise in Shakespeare, theatre and education, teaching artists Rosalie Luber and Lynne Foster bring the comical and fantastical world of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to life. This rehearsal-based camp uses theatre games, improvisations, stage combat, and movement to bring the three worlds of Shakespeare's funniest play to performance. Young thespians will delight as they transform into fairies, kings, queens and sprites.

Ballet Ambassadors ResidencyBallet Ambassadors Residency

For the Company's 6th summer at the WHBPAC, Artistic Director Sondra Forsyth has created another glorious week of dance for tots to teens, along with an original ballet specifically designed to spotlight our student dancers. The residency culminates in a costumed performance when the young dancers share the stage with the professional artists of Ballet Ambassadors.

Hudson Vagabond PuppetsNEW CAMP!
Hudson Vagabond Puppets Mask & Movement Camp

The Hudson Vagabond Puppets Teaching Artists will bring creative dance, drama, and mask-making to a new level in this summer's camp program. Each participant will be uniquely involved in building masks, writing the story and creating dances for a performance loosely based on Native American storytelling.

Musical Theatre Audition Master ClassNEW!
Musical Theatre Audition Master Class

During this intensive daylong workshop on auditioning for the musical theatre, students will have the opportunity to work with a professional team, including: a musical director, a choreographer and a stage director, who will provide individualized coaching for each participant in vocal production and style, dramatic interpretation, and presentation. Students will come prepared with one up tempo song and one ballad. In addition, participants will be challenged to tackle new, unrehearsed material just as they might in a professional audition or callback.