Summer Camps!
Find your camp below!
The MAC Education Difference: Each child who registers will be placed in a role. The focus is on growth of each child – not the final product. A quality performance is important, but for camps and educational productions, the focus is to challenge each child to achieve their goal and grow, taking their work to the next level as appropriate for them. The registration fee is used to help pay professional designers, directors, and teaching artists to work with the kids. These camps and productions aren’t led by high school kids or college kids, although we hire high school seniors and college students to assist. For camps, no volunteer help is required of parents. For productions, parents are asked to volunteer behind the scenes and in front of the house, for load in and strike. Educational productions (Feb & Oct) are presented to a small audience of 96 family and friends per night. Cast members get a discount code for performance tickets.
Camps: Most Camps are held at the Merrill Arts Center. Note* The Addams Family will be held at MAC Black Box Theater at East Ridge HS.
All camps rehearse a shortened version of a straight play or musical and present memorized workshop-style shows for family and invited guests. Performances for week-long shows are about 20 minutes. The 2-week camp’s final performance is about 45 minutes long. Cast pulls together costumes, props, and set pieces from existing stock or from pieces they bring from home – using their own shoes and socks, for example. The kids learn theater vocabulary, teamwork, self-reliance, and build confidence by achieving a challenging goal.
April Rebate Special! Register for any camps in April, mail in a rebate form, and get $25 off each camp registration!
CINDERELLA CAMP
6/17/24 – 6/28/24
*An abbreviated show with music, not all roles will sing*
2 week camp held Monday through Friday, June 17-28 from 1-5 p.m. for ages 7-17.
Registration/tuition for the 2 week camp is $375.
The final workshop-style private performance for parents will be Friday June 28 @ 7 p.m. and run about 50 minutes.
If the show gets double-cast, a second performance will be added on Saturday, June 29 @ 2 p.m.
Camp directed by Dayna Railton, Artistic Director of The Play’s the Thing Children’s Theater.
This camp is at MAC located at 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 100 in Woodbury
Little Mermaid
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LITTLE MERMAID CAMP
7/8/24 – 7/12/24
July 8-12 from 3-6 p.m.
For ages 7-17
Registration/tuition for the 1-week camp in $275.
Kids work with a professional choreographer, director, and vocal coach on 2-3 songs from the popular musical.
A workshop-style final showcase for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final day of camp and run about 20 minutes.
Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class.
This camp is directed and choreographed by M.J. Railton with Vocal Coaching by Tyler Eliason and actor coaching by Dayna Railton.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
Mean Girls
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MEAN GIRLS CAMP
7/15/24 – 7/19/24
July 15-19 from 3-6 p.m.
For ages 7-17
Registration/tuition for the 1-week camp is $275.
Kids work with a professional choreographer, director, and vocal coach on 2-3 songs from the popular musical.
A workshop-style final showcase for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final day of camp and run about 20 minutes.
Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class.
This camp is directed and choreographed by M.J. Railton with Vocal Coaching by Tyler Eliason and actor coaching by Dayna Railton.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
Aadam’s Family
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY CAMP
7/22/24 – 7/26/24
July 22-26 from 3-6 p.m.
For ages 7-17
Registration/tuition for the 1-week camp is $275.
Kids work with a professional choreographer, director, and vocal coach on 2-3 songs from the popular musical.
A workshop-style final showcase for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final day of camp and run about 20 minutes.
Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class.
This camp is directed and choreographed by M.J. Railton with Vocal Coaching by Tyler Eliason and actor coaching by Dayna Railton.
This camp is at the MAC Black Box Theater at East Ridge High School, Door 7, 4200 Pioneer Drive in Woodbury
Beauty and the Beast
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CAMP
7/29/24 – 8/2/24
A one-week camp that runs July 29- August 2 from 3-6 p.m.
For ages 7-17
Kids work with a professional choreographer, director, and vocal coach on 2-3 songs from the popular musical.
A workshop-style final showcase for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final day of camp and run about 20 minutes.
Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class.
This camp is directed and choreographed by M.J. Railton with Vocal Coaching by Tyler Eliason and actor coaching by Dayna Railton.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
Dayna Railton – Dayna has been a prolific director in the Twin Cities for 18 years, directing 140 plays including 36 full musicals in that timeframe. She is the artistic director of The Plays the Thing Production since 2009 in Lakeville.
Tyler Eliason – Tyler is an actor, teacher, singer, musical director and vocal coach in the Twin Cities who has worked with numerous theatres including Ahland, Lakeshore Players, TPTT Productions, the Phipps, RVTC and many more. He is the music teacher at United Christian Academy in Bloomington.
MJ Railton, BFA – MJ is an LA-based actress, singer, dancer, and model originally from Lakeville, Minnesota. Recent roles include Mama Mia, Hair, Slasher, and The Wolves. Favorite choreography includes The Little Mermaid Jr, Frozen Jr, Shrek the Musical, The Aadam’s Family, Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, and Heathers.