Theater and Art Camps

Wicked 4-Day Experience 

Ages 8-15
Location: Simply Music Studios
164 W Illinois Hwy, New Lenox Il 60451

What Is This Feeling? It’s the excitement of kicking off the 2025 Summer Season with our Wicked-themed Experience! While focusing on themes of friendship, identity, good and evil, and acceptance, participants will collaborate with peers, play drama games, learn musical numbers with choreography, and hone performance skills, all while channeling their inner Glinda or Elphaba. 

By the end of the week, our performers will be ready to Defy Gravity and touch audiences For Good at Simply Music’s June Red Carpet event on Friday, June 13 at 5:00pm, where family and friends will be dazzled!

Taylor Swift 4-Day Experience 

Ages 8-15
Location: Simply Music Studios
164 W Illinois Hwy, New Lenox Il 60451

Welcome to New York… or at least to this Taylor Swift-themed Experience! Swifties will spend an unforgettable week performing hits from all their favorite eras – from Speak Now to The Tortured Poets Department! Learning choreography, drama, and vocal techniques, your child will shine like they’re on The Best Day of their own Eras Tour. Sprinkle in some costume designing, and the week wraps up in Style with a dazzling mini showcase for family and friends during the last part of our Thursday session. So, slip on your favorite Bejeweled outfit, this experience will ensure your summer is nothing but a Love Story!

Pop Star 4-Day Experience 

Ages 8-15
Location: Simply Music Studios
164 W Illinois Hwy, New Lenox Il 60451

Step into the spotlight at our Pop Star Experience, where aspiring stars get the chance to perform and learn from the music of today’s most iconic artists! Featuring the chart-topping hits of artists like Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, and Chappell Roan, this experience is a celebration of creativity, vocal artistry, and stage presence. Participants will dive into vocal techniques inspired by Ariana’s signature riffs, explore Billie’s emotional storytelling style, embrace Dua’s dance-worthy grooves, and Chappell’s bold, theatrical flair. With workshops on performance, costume-designing, and choreography, this is the perfect launchpad for young artists to find their voice and shine like the stars they admire. 

Our Pop Star performers will be the opening act of Simply Music’s Willy Wonka Jr. production on Saturday, August 9, at 7:00pm. 

Moana 4-Day Experience 

Ages 8-15
Location: Simply Music Studios
164 W Illinois Hwy, New Lenox Il 60451

Set sail on an unforgettable adventure with our Moana-themed Experience, where your child will sing, dance, and explore the vibrant world of Moana, Maui, Hei Hei, and Pua! Participants will learn to perform favorite songs like “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome” while crafting Polynesian-inspired costumes that bring the islands to life. Along the way, they’ll build confidence, teamwork, and creativity through music and exciting activities. The week culminates in a special performance where your little adventurer will take the stage to highlight how far they’ve come – just like Moana discovering her true calling!

This performance will be the opening act of Simply Music’s Willy Wonka Jr. production on Saturday, August 9, at 2:00pm. 

Rising Star Musical Theater Camp:
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 

Ages 5-11
LCC (Room 1 & Bi-Centennial Room) Entry C
Instructed by: All About Music & Children’s Theatre

Explore your creative side while learning theatrical terms, musical concepts, and basic dance steps. Students will learn acting warm-ups, improv games and how to make props as well as prepare a short performance of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. There will be a performance for family and friends to attend during the final class. Registration deadline is Friday, June 20 at 9:00am.

Fiesta Time Minicamp – Make Your Own Mini Piñata! 

Ages 4-10
Instructed by: Language in Action, Inc.
Frankfort Park District, Founders Community Center
140 Oak Street, Frankfort, IL
Looking for something fun AND educational for your child to do this summer? In this one-day camp children will decorate their very own mini piñata while singing songs in Spanish, learning Spanish words, and discovering the Mexican culture. All material is included.