Berkeley Rep School of Theatre – Youth and Teen Camps

Berkeley Rep School of Theatre – Youth and Teen Camps offers Summer Theatre Camp: Play Creation, where students explore storytelling through acting, voice, movement, and improv. It also offers Summer Theatre Intensive, where students collaborate on an original play with Berkeley Rep through acting, improv, voice, movement, electives, rehearsal, and a final performance. Other options include Summer Film Intensive, Musical Theatre Intensive: Broadway Bound, Teen Council, High School Theatre Festival, and Young Writers of Color Collective.

Programs

• Summer Theatre Camp: Play Creation (Rising Gr 1–5) — Rising Gr 1–5; all students must be 6 years old and in first grade by the start date · Mon–Fri · 9am–4pm · One-week summer program exploring storytelling through acting, voice, movement, improv, and more; after care available for purchase Mon–Thu, 4–5:30pm.
• Summer Theatre Intensive (Rising Gr 6–8 and 9–12) — Rising Gr 6–8 and 9–12 · Mon–Fri · 9am–4pm · Students collaborate on an original play with Berkeley Rep; includes acting, improv, voice, movement, electives, rehearsal, and final performance.
• Summer Film Intensive (Rising Gr 9–12) — Rising Gr 9–12 · Mon–Fri · 4:30–7:30pm · Filmmaking program covering screenwriting, directing, acting, and editing/post-production; ends with a final short film screening.
• Musical Theatre Intensive: Broadway Bound (Rising Gr 9–12) — Rising Gr 9–12 · Mon–Fri · 11am–4:30pm · Two-week summer intensive focused on dance, voice, acting, rehearsal, and a live cabaret-style presentation.
• Teen Council — Teens · Empowering artistically driven teens as they create, attend, discuss, and advocate for theatre with their peers from throughout the Bay Area.
• High School Theatre Festival — High school students · Features new short plays created by students through devised theatre techniques with professional teaching artists, performed on Berkeley Rep's stage.
• Young Writers of Color Collective — Grades 10–12 · A year-long playwriting apprenticeship for emerging writers of color in grades 10–12.

At a glance

• Ages: 6–18 years old

About the provider

Berkeley Rep has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. Its School of Theatre serves some 20,000 people a year and focuses on broad access to arts educational activities, especially for Bay Area youth. Berkeley Rep’s shows have won eight Tony Awards, nine Obie Awards, eleven Drama Desk Awards, one Grammy Award, and one Pulitzer Prize, and the company received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1997.

Masks are encouraged but will be optional for all students. If the camp you want to register for is sold out, please sign up to be added to the waitlist. Current Berkeley Rep season subscribers receive 10% off all programs. Blue Star families receive 15% off programs. Payment plans are available. Limited partial financial aid scholarships are available. Cancellation policies are stated for summer camp and middle/high school programs.

Last updated September 16, 2026.