This comprehensive program allows boys and girls to focus on their developing interests in singing, dancing, acting, and playing musical instruments.  Rehearsals and instruction will take place in Poly Prep’s air-conditioned arts center, including the newly-refurbished Richard Perry Theatre and the campus dance studio. The program also includes tennis, swimming, and outdoor games held in Poly’s state-of-the-art recreational facilities.

Talented and experienced teaching artists from the New York area work with participants in instrumental music, creative dramatics, musical composition, and dance, helping children to choreograph and compose original material for their shows. Participants work with a licensed stage-combat expert and learn elements of fighting technique that may include basic stage slaps and punches, use of swords, and more advanced acrobatic moves. All of these activities are incorporated into a show performed in the final week of camp. Young campers create their own musical theatre piece, while the oldest group performs a scripted musical from the Broadway canon.

Applicants entering Grades 8 and 9 who are new to our program must have past performing arts experience and should arrange an interview with the director before enrolling.