DRAMA CAMPS with Candace
Summer 2008

Elves and the Shoemaker
Can a kind and caring cobbler keep his store open? Will he and his wife be able to survive?  Weary, worried and penniless they go to bed. A troupe of elves make a surprise visit .....but who is surprised in the end.....Wooden shoes, clever creeping in the night, rude townsfolk, greedy landlord, and too fancy ladies.....make this tale come to life.....Be a human or elf in this humorous, mysterious and riveting tale with a surprise ending!

Odyssey
Raise the sails to adventures on the Aegean....as Odysseus and his men meet Cyclops, Sirens of the Sea Mermaids, Wind god Aeolus, Athena goddess of war, Neptune god of the Sea, only to return home to see his Queen Penelope tricked by suitors. Snag a spectacular role in Homer's high sea adventure.  Toga, toga, toga.. see you in Ithaca!

Alice In Wonderland/Waterland
Plunge into the rabbit hole! Alice is complete illusion filled with mad cap action. A kaleidoscope of characters. You can immortalize imaginative images....Playing cards, mousey rhymers, frog and fish footmen, rabbit habitat, Cheshire smiles...(K-3).
Older Actors become the raving mad royalty in revolving scenes across a chess board. Tweedle twins, Military Humpty, and Alice with a major attitude....(4-8th).  The style will be commedia del'arte with masks and mayhem!

Superheroes!
Capes and Crowns Seuss to Zeus Put on a cape, carry a sword or wand, and speak heroic messages from the Seuss tales. Each night a new story....new props....new friends will gather to tell legends of long ago in modern day settings....What do you do when everything you touch turns to gold in the Midas tale....Could you be Neptune, king of the Sea and rescue the Little Mermaid. Can you mix and match and come up with new tales each night.....Be ready to wear capes and crowns. We will perform our play for parents the last 10 minutes of class...