for the thespian

DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER

Dates: June-August

Location: 5938 Skillman

For ages: 4-18

Tuition: $70-$400

Sign up: dct.org

“Showbiz Summer and Teen Conservancy” has to be the greatest name for a camp. Kids as young as 3-and-a-half can enroll in the mid-morning Pre-K Drama Days for $70. Acting, improv, musical theater, movie-making for teens and technical theater are among the offerings in the $250 range. Slappy’s Circus Camp is a weeklong clown class for $265. The two-week musical theater camp costs $400.

Junior Players

Dates: June 11-22

Location: Ridgewood Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher

For ages: 7-14

Tuition: Free

Sign up: 214.363.9391

Our neighborhood rec center offers a two-week theater camp, and classes are limited to 25 on a first-come, first-served basis. Instruction includes performing and theater arts. Classes culminate in the Festival of Plays, uniting rec centers all over Dallas.