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Best Theater Summer Camps in NYC for Creative Kids

Immerse your child in week-long intensives in joyful theater creation for ages 3-11 at Child's Play NY. Photo by Hunter Canning
Immerse your child in week-long intensives in joyful theater creation for ages 3-11 at Child's Play NY. Photo by Hunter Canning
4/15/24 - By Rosalind Muggeridge

If you're looking for a summer camp in NYC for your theater-loving kid, we've got you covered. With many world-class theater professionals working and teaching in the city, it's no surprise that NYC offers a stellar selection of theater summer camps for kids of all ages. Our summer camp picks take place in locations from Brooklyn to the Bronx, for kids in kindergarten through high school—ensuring that you can find the perfect theater summer camp in NYC for your novice (or more seasoned) actor.

For more summer camps in New York City, including great arts summer camps and free and cheap summer camps in NYC for kids and be sure to bookmark our NYC Summer Camp Guide and our Camp Directory where you can search for summer camps by type, age, and neighborhood.

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Child's Play NY

Multiple Brooklyn Locations
Ages 3-11
Child’s Play NY teaches kids sophisticated theater techniques and encourages them to build their bravery and talents. An award-winning drama program, it's led by vibrant teaching artists using a games-based curriculum that inspires collaboration and joy. Weekly themes tap into what kids love most with focuses like superheroes, mythology, Harry Potter, musicals, and more. READ MORE

Piper Theatre Summer Programs

Park Slope, Brooklyn
Ages 7-17
Piper Theatre Productions offers a variety of performing arts summer camps. Young "Starlings" can enjoy 1-2 week programs, while the most dedicated actors ages 15-17 can enroll in four-week intensives. No matter your child's age, an end-of-camp performance shares what they learned.  READ MORE

TADA! Youth Theater

Flatiron
Ages 4-12
At this well-known performing arts program, seasoned theater pros teach kids the core elements of musical theater, including singing, dancing, and acting their way through popular Broadway hits and TADA's original productions. School break camps, summer camps, and classes are all available.  READ MORE

Atlantic Acting School - Summer Camps

Chelsea
Ages 5-14
Atlantic Acting School's excellent performing arts program invites young actors to delve into creating characters, crafting scripts, and taking the stage to produce their own works of art. Each session includes lessons in musical theater, sketch, improv, scene study, film/TV, and more—and all instruction is rooted in the Atlantic Technique. READ MORE

Riverdale Children's Theatre Summer Lights

Riverdale, the Bronx
Ages 8-14
At Riverdale's Summer Lights program, kids explore the magic of theater and participate in a fully staged production with professional production values. Campers receive training in acting, theater, and dance. Every child receives personalized, one-on-one, voice lessons. When they're not on stage, kids can enjoy traditional summer camp fun, and a field trip to a Broadway play is part of this summer-long program. READ MORE

A Class Act NY - Camps

Midtown West
Ages 7-19
A Class Act offers in-studio musical theater, on-camera, voice-over, and dramatic arts programs taught by amazing Broadway veterans, Los Angeles casting directors, and television and film directors. READ MORE

Brooklyn Acting Lab

Park Slope and Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Ages 5-13
Brooklyn Acting Lab offers immersive summer acting programs and theater camps for early childhood and elementary school students. Creative weekly themes shape the stories, games, and art and music that are woven into each day's lesson. Register for as many weeks as you want—the themes change every week. READ MORE

Camp Broadway

Midtown West
Ages 7-17
Founded in 1995 and recognized as one of Broadway’s original summer camps, Camp Broadway’s mission is to make theatre arts an accessible and relevant vehicle for creative children to build confidence, hone presentation skills, and discover their unique talents at every stage of their lives. Lessons in singing, movement, storytelling, and scenic and costume design are shared with young campers, while older kids learn staging, choreography, and music direction.  READ MORE

Play On! Studios

Upper West Side
Ages 5-9
At Play On! Studio's theater day camps and classes, young actors rehearse and perform in a full production, work with professional NYC actors/teaching artists, and build up their skills in a nurturing, non-competitive environment. Campers get to enjoy lots of drama games. The after-school musical theater program incorporates character building, vocal performance, and movement. READ MORE

A Westside Experiment - Young Actors Laboratory at IRT Theater

Greenwich Village
Ages 5-18
Students work with members of the IRT theater company to build their acting techniques and create original theatrical pieces. Classes are taught in sign language and English and include lessons in sign language, spoken word, mime, storytelling, dance, and music.  READ MORE

Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts

Wheatley Heights
Ages 5-18
Set on an idyllic 140-acre campus on Long Island, Usdan is one of the nation’s top not-for-profit summer day camps for the arts. Diverse and playfully rigorous, Usdan brings world-class teachers and visiting artists to work with its campers ages 5-18. Campers choose a major for their time at camp, ranging from art to chess, creative writing, theater, and more. READ MORE

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