Summer Programs

Fun-Filled Camps with Crazy Themed Days, Theater Games, Outdoor Time and Lots of Laughs!

The Arts Alive! professional staff and experienced counselors will lead kids through games, improv, stage makeup, dance, creative movement, voice, mask making, stage combat and theatre craft and design! This is a chance for kids to work on their individual performance skills in a fun, safe, supportive, encouraging environment.

2023 Camp Weeks

Week 1: 7/10-7/14- Grease- FULL: Email admin@artsalivebarrington.org to be added to the waitlist.
This summer Grease is the Word! We are heading to Rydell High where we will be singing and dancing our way back to the 1950s in this hilarious adaptation of the musical. At Camp we always Go Together!  

Week 2: 7/17-7/21- Annie- FULL: Email admin@artsalivebarrington.org to be added to the waitlist.
No hard knocks at Camp! The irrepressible comic strip heroine and all her orphan friends take center stage in this classic kids’ favorite musical. We think you’re gonna like it here!
  
Week 3: 7/24-7/28Guys & Dolls- 12 spots left
 We are rolling the dice this week as we fill our camp with gamblers and showgirls in this legendary, multi-award-winning, musical comedy classic. Will luck be a lady or will someone be rockin’ the boat? 

Week 4: 7/31-8/4- High School Musical 1- FULL: Email admin@artsalivebarrington.org to be added to the waitlist.
We’re all in this together in Disney Channel’s smash hit musical phenomenon featuring the students of East High. Camp will be Soarin’ as we Bop to the Top with a lot of laughs and basketball! 

Week 5: 8/7-8/11- High School Musical 2- FULL: Email admin@artsalivebarrington.org to be added to the waitlist.
It’s a summertime sequel!  Come and join us again this week – School’s out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan’s family. It’s going to be FABULOUS!

Week 6: 8/14-8/18- Addams Family- FULL: Email admin@artsalivebarrington.org to be added to the waitlist.
Celebrate the wackiness in every family with our adaptation of this best-selling Broadway musical. Get ready for Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, in the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family where we are preparing for One Normal Night.

Camp Details: 
Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm
Students Entering Grades 3-8
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Rd, Barrington
$290 per week*
*Additional discounts for multiple weeks. Scholarships are available.

A safe, supportive and encouraging environment with fully supervised activities, including:

  • Games and improv
  • Stage makeup
  • Dance and creative movement
  • Voice instruction
  • All programs are led by our professional staff

Refund Policy

While we are confident that your experience with Arts Alive summer camp will be a positive one, we have outlined our refund policy below. All refund requests must be made in writing and submitted via email.

If a registered student wishes to withdraw from a Summer Camp Program:

  • A full refund, minus a $30 processing fee will be given if the student withdraws, more than 72 hours prior to the start of camp
  • A 50% refund will be given for withdrawal within 72 hours of the start of camp. However, should we be able to fill the vacant spot with a wait listed student, a full refund minus a $30 processing fee will be given.
  • No refunds will be given once camp has begun.
  • Withdrawals due to Covid-19 related issues will be evaluated on a case by case basis.