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.
Mini Camps
SLUMBER PARTY CAMP
6/10/25
9 – 9:45 am (ages 3-5)
10 am – 12 pm (ages 6-8)
Put on your comfiest jammies and slippers, and bring a pillow, flashlight and sleeping bag or blanket for a fun slumber party without the pesky slumber! Camper will play creative drama games, do a fun craft to take home, and read a bedtime story. Adults are welcome to stay or drop off.
Ages 3-5 registration fee is $19.
Ages 6-8 registration fee is $29.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
MERMAIDS AND SEA CREATURES CAMP
7/1/25
9 – 9:45 am (ages 3-5)
10 am – 12 pm (ages 6-8)
Dress up as your favorite mermaid or sea creature, and join the fun under the sea! Campers will play creative drama games, do a fun craft to take home, and read an under the sea story. Adults are welcome to stay or drop off.
Ages 3-5 registration fee is $19.
Ages 6-8 registration fee is $29.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
PRINCES AND PRINCESSES CAMP
8/5/25
9- 9:45 am (ages 3-5)
10 am – 12 pm (ages 6-8)
Dress up as your favorite prince or princess, and experience royal fun! Campers will play creative drama games, do a fun craft to take home, and read a royal story. Adults are welcome to stay or drop off.
Ages 3-5 registration fee is $19.
Ages 6-8 registration fee is $29.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
Week Long Camps
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 kids learn theater vocabulary, teamwork, self-reliance, and build confidence by achieving a challenging goal.
FINDING NEMO CAMP
6/16/25 – 6/20/25 from 9 am-12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
FROZEN CAMP
6/23/25 – 6/27/25 from 9 am – 12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
MEAN GIRLS CAMP
7/7/25 – 7/11/25 from 9 am – 12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CAMP
7/28/25 – 8/1/25 from 9 am – 12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
ELF CAMP
8/11/25 – 8/15/25 from 9 am – 12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
This camp is at MAC 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200 in Woodbury
WIZARD OF OZ CAMP
8/18/25 – 8/22/25 from 9 am – 12:30 pm
*For ages 8-17
Registration fee is $299.
Finding Nemo is a musical, but most roles do not sing alone. If your child does not wish to sing a solo, please indicate on the registration notes section. The script will be used as a teaching tool to introduce kids to theatrical concepts and vocabulary, teamwork and self-reliance. Kids will rehearse a 20-minute version of the popular musical (2-3 songs plus a few lines of dialogue to connect them). Students will be working with a professional director, choreographer and vocal coach. Students should dress to move and bring their own water bottle and snack for each class. A final performance for parents and invited guests will take place at the end of the final camp day.
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 Ashland, 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 Mamma 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.
Sarah Gullickson – Sarah (Teaching Artist) is a busy Twin Cities theater artist. She served as Vocal Director for Madeline’s Christmas at MAC in 2022 after playing Miss Clavel for the same show in 2021. This year, she worked as Assistant Stage Manager & Assistant Scenic Designer for Sherlock Holmes; Assistant Costume Designer & Spotlight Operator for You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; Assistant Stage Manager & Assistant Hair & Makeup Designer for Anastasia; & Assistant Stage Manager & Assistant Lighting Designer for Romeo & Juliet at Northwestern University in St. Paul. Sarah teaches the mini camps for younger children for MAC.