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Summer Hipp Kids Camp 2026
Get ready for a summer full of creativity, fun, and imagination! Our Summer Spectacular Theatre Camp is the perfect place for young theatre enthusiasts to explore their wildest dreams, let their imaginations soar, and express themselves in a safe, supportive, and judgment-free environment.
Through playful acting exercises, storytelling, and games, students will create a one of a kind play. We believe that there is no right or wrong way to create – just lots of fun, laughter, and opportunities to build confidence.
Ages 6-8
June 29 - July 2
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $285
Register For Summer Classes
Summer Spectacular
Sessions 1 & 2
Students explore a variety of classes in theatre, movement, film art and stagecraft. Classes are taught by theatre artists with years of experience in theatre and education. Two age appropriate plays will be rehearsed and the camp will culminate with a full production on the Hippodrome’s Mainstage.
No prior experience necessary.
Ages: 8-17
Monday through Friday,
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Session 1: June 8-26
Session 2: July 6-24
Cost: $630
Please note; no refunds 2 weeks after registering or May 20 (whatever comes first).
$50 fee for any changes after registration.
Pop Up Theater Camp
Participants will collaboratively rehearse and perform Plumes, an original musical exploring the legacy of Florida wildlife conservationist Guy Bradley. This accessible, scholarship-supported program empowers young artists to develop their creative voices while using theater to tell a powerful story of social and environmental impact.
Ages: 11-17
July 27 - August 7
Classes, Workshops and Camps
The Hippodrome Theatre classes and camps offer young people an outlet for creative expression. The classes and camps provided by professional Teaching Artists focus on providing quality educational experience opportunities, inviting kids, teens and adults to learn, grow and create.
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Lend Me Your Ears
Pairing students with playwrights, professional actors, writers, and artists to create an original piece.
Theater of the Oppressed
How to transform the audience into“spect-actors,” where those participating in a performance both observe (spectator) and create (actor) dramatic meaning and action?
Starting in September 2023, over twenty resident students at the Alachua Academy will engage in a performance class based on Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed. This artistic and political methodology wishes to transform (passive) spectators into (active) subjects: the spect-actors. To break the cycle of incarceration for young people, these students learn the poetics of the oppressed to create, as theater practitioner Diane Conrad says, “alternative endings, opportunities to reimagine themselves, and various possible futures.”
To achieve such a goal, students will watch videos and photographs and listen to recordings about challenging situations of people at a crossroads. They will discuss the materials and offer concrete responses by storyboarding a short film. Finally, they will translate their interpretations by creating a collage of images and sounds where they add their voices to evoke a desire to transform reality.