Summer programs

Fill this summer with imagination and creativity

Join the School of Theatre for a fun-filled, enriching, affordable camp experience for middle school and high school students—right here in Berkeley! Summer Theatre Intensive is an opportunity to become fully immersed in every facet of the world of theatre, regardless of experience level. The only requirement is an active mind open to imagination, collaboration, hard work, and, of course, lots of fun.

Create your own play

Experience the thrill of creating and performing in an original play! Each group builds a unique theatrical piece adapted from mythology, short stories, and fairy tales, written and directed by professional playwrights and directors. Through the process of Play Creation, students explore their own voice and vision while experiencing the art of collaboration as an ensemble. Students are challenged to take imaginative risks as they apply and showcase the skills they’ve learned in camp.

Study with master teaching artists

Learn from Berkeley Rep’s nationally recognized teaching faculty. These theatre professionals and teaching artists are committed to training the next generation of theatre artists through their respective areas of expertise. Faculty credits include works at American Conservatory Theater, Barrymore Theatre (Broadway), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Old Globe, San Francisco Opera, Second City, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company—to name a few.

This hands-on three-week filmmaking and acting intensive covers theory, pre- and post-production, and concludes with a final screening for family and friends. During the first week, students will be immersed in on-camera acting theory and practice. Students will perform for the camera multiple times to develop and demonstrate their understanding of acting for film. The intensive will shift gears, taking students behind the camera to learn film theory from all major disciplines, including screenwriting, directing, and editing/post-production. By the end of week two, students will have the opportunity to submit a short script, and two scripts will be selected by staff for production during week three. Students will serve as crew for each film (e.g., director, producer, cinematographer) and will be mentored by the instructor overseeing the productions. The third week will consist of shooting, a rigorous post-production process, and a public screening of the student films at the School of Theatre. All students will be filming using the technology native to their phones, laptops, and/or tablets. Believe it or not, those cameras are the same ones being used to shoot films screened in festivals all around the world, including a couple of full-length features being distributed this year! A limited number of iPads may be available for student use during class time.

Anthony Jackson is a director, deviser, educator, and arts administrator. He currently serves as the associate director of the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre where he oversees the Teen Council and fellowship programs, among other projects. Duties include programming the annual Teen One-Acts Festival and the Young Writers of Color Collective workshops and final presentation at Berkeley Rep’s acclaimed new play development program, The Ground Floor. He also serves as a mentor for 15 teens that are part of the Core Council teen leadership program. Previously Anthony was at Arena Stage in Washington, DC where he taught in all of the Community Engagement department’s programming as the Training Programs Manager and previously as the Partnership Manager. Anthony has traveled to India and Croatia as a guest artist with the U.S. Department of State, devising original plays with Arena Stage’s Voices of Now program. Anthony has also presented workshops at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Theatre Communications Group Conference, as well as the Southeastern Theatre Conference. In 2019 he was selected to be a member of the artEquity cohort. As an actor he has toured the U.S. and has performed with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre, Arena Stage, and other regional theatres.

Questions?

Email school@berkeleyrep.org or call 510 647–2996.

The Theatre Design and Production Lab is for the student who wants to dig deeper into the primary disciplines: lighting, sound, costumes, props, and set design. This lab is ideal for the tech teen as a stand alone class or in combination with our Summer Theatre Intensive.

Students will have the opportunity to work individually and/or collaborate with peers and apply skills to assigned projects or to the overall design of our Summer Theatre Intensive productions! Students will study with professional artists/designers at Berkeley Rep!

Questions?

Email school@berkeleyrep.org or call 510 647–2996.