Theatre Camp Offered at UC Clermont's Calico Children's Theatre

UC Clermont College will again be offering Calico Theatre Camp this summer on campus. The camp is a fully-staged musical for young actors in grades K-12 (kindergartners must be entering first grade in the fall of 2014). Camp will take place June 16-21.

This season’s show title is “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast,” an original country western adaptation of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast”. Beauty Lou is the oldest daughter of the bronc-bustin’ balladeer Buck. At the local county fair, young Beauty Lou is upset by the ungrateful behavior of a miner who has won the blue ribbon for his beautiful roses. She calls him a beast and wishes that he would look like one, too. Years later, when in danger of losing the family farm, Buck meets the miner-turned-beast. Beauty Lou agrees to befriend the Beast in order to save her family. Beauty Lou and the Beast both learn to look beyond appearances and first impressions and to see the beauty that dwells inside. The story, set in the American West, also features Beauty Lou’s six sisters, her Imaginary Friend, her dog Fleabite Clyde, farmhands Slim and Dusty, the neighborly Country Folk and the Barnyard Critters.

The theatre camp culminates in two performances open to family, friends and the general public. A complimentary workshop is included in the cost of camp. The theatre camp is held on the UC Clermont College campus at 4200 Clermont College Dr., in Batavia, in the Krueger Auditorium.

The Calico Children's Theatre partners with Missoula Children’s Theatre (MTC) to provide a fun and engaging theatre camp. MCT is the premier internationally-renowned touring children’s theatre program whose mission is to provide the development of life skills through participation in the performing arts. Scripts are structured specifically for the Tour’s short rehearsal period and recognize the needs of the individual child. Major roles are large, complex and challenging; ensemble parts emphasize unison songs, actions and movements. There is an audition process. 

Registration is now open. Specific roles will be determined at auditions. 

Cost
The non-refundable camp registration fee is $115 per acting role and $60 per assistant director role. All that register are guaranteed a part (based on grade-level availability).

Auditions
Monday, June 16
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (check in 9:30-10 a.m.)
(Auditions will be held as a group, no advance preparation needed)

Rehearsals
June 16 – 20
12:30 – 5 p.m.
Dress rehearsal
Saturday, June 21, 11 a.m.
(rehearsal hours will vary according to roles assigned)

Performances
Saturday, June 21, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

For complete details and to register online, visit www.ucclermont.edu/community_arts. For more information, call Community Arts at (513) 558-1215.