Help your child connect with an artistic community of other kids this summer! The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s signature summer camps provide a place for your child to collaborate, create, learn language and presentation skills, build confidence, and HAVE FUN!
Shakespeare Summer Camps
- In our interactive and creative classroom, students will explore Shakespeare’s plays, life, and times, as well as learn acting techniques to help bring the text to life. Camp includes team building, visual art, storytelling, and MORE!
- Professional teaching artists will lead campers through the day via camp sessions, individualized coaching, and interactive projects.
- Camps will concentrate on process-based lesson plans to focus on the growth of each student individually and as an ensemble.
- Camps will culminate in presentations for friends and families to enjoy.
- Campers may need access to a smart phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with a camera and microphone, and a stable internet connection.
Our signature education program, Camp Shakespeare is open to youth ages 8 – 14, giving students a two-week interactive curriculum. This includes Shakespearean history, visual art, performance, and acting techniques.
Alexander Majors Barn | Ages 8 – 14 | MON – FRI | June 2 – June 13, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Final performance on June 13 at the campsite at 6 p.m.
Tuition is $425 per student.
Enroll for 2025 here:
Shakespeare Unlimited is specially designed for returning students aged 10-14, giving them a deeper study of Shakespeare and a more complex look at scene study, character development, and theatre crafts.
June 16- June 27, 2025 | M-F | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Alexander Majors Barn | 8201 State Line Rd.
Performance is on June 28th at 10:00 AM in Southmoreland Park on the Festival stage.
Tuition is $425 per student.
Click HERE to REGISTER ONLINE for Shakespeare Unlimited.
Shakespeare Exploration is a conservatory-styled camp that provides an advanced experience for returning and new campers aged 14-18. Students will experience in-depth acting work highlighting vocal, physical, and acting techniques used in performing Shakespeare. Campers will focus on acting exercises, text work, rehearsal of monologues, and scenes, culminating in a final performance of an abbreviated version of the 2025 Festival play.
July 7 – July 25, 2025 | M – F | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Alexander Majors Barn | 8201 State Line Rd.
The final performance will take place at the campsite on July 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Tuition is $525 per student.
Click HERE to REGISTER ONLINE for Shakespeare Exploration
Here are a few ways to save:
- If you are a RETURNING camper, you receive $20 OFF enrollment.
- If you have a SIBLING attending one of our camps, you receive $20 OFF enrollment.
- Gather a group of 3 or more FRIENDS OR FAMILY and each child enrolled will receive a $20 discount.
- If you are the child of a FIRST RESPONDER or HEALTHCARE WORKER, you receive $20 OFF enrollment.
Only one discount code may be used per registrant. Call 816.531.7728 or email info@kcshakes.org to access your discount.
Please contact Director of Education, Matt Rapport at mrapport@kcshakes.org or call 816.531.7728 with any questions.
Education Refund Policy: There is a $20 nonrefundable processing fee for enrollment. The remainder will be refunded up to two weeks prior to the start date if a student needs to drop the class or camp.
