SOCAPA Teen Summer Camps & Intensives
Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041
About
SOCAPA Teen Summer Camps & Intensives offers precollege arts intensives where students take part in specific programs such as Core Filmmaking (2- and 3-week), Advanced Film (3-week), Screenwriting (2- and 3-week), Core Acting (2- and 3-week), Advanced Acting (3-week), Musical Theater (3-week), Core Photography (2- and 3-week), Advanced Photography (3-week), Dance Fusion (2- and 3-week), Dance Conservatory (3-week), Singer-Songwriter Camp (2- and 3-week), and Advanced Music (3-week). Depending on the program, most class activities run from 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, with evening activities such as karaoke night, viewing of a summer blockbuster hit, talent shows, games, Q&A sessions with guest speakers, and other nights and weekend activities. Students also take part in activities like live tapings, film studio visits, visits to beaches, theme parks, tourist hot spots, walking around Hollywood, getting dinner out on the town, and a fun day at Universal Studios, as well as field trips to museums, galleries, and studios.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Each Los Angeles session offers 2-week and 3-week options, with most class activities Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm and evening activities typically from 7pm to 10pm
• Price: Day students are charged an additional Meals and Activities fee of $185 per week of attendance.
In the Musical Theater program, students participate in voice lessons, musical direction, choreographed movement, acting-a-song classes, rehearsals, and a final live showcase with an accompanist. In the Singer-Songwriter and Advanced Music programs, students create and record their own original songs and receive an introduction to the professional workflow of music production. Day students are welcome to attend the program, can participate in evening extracurriculars at no extra charge, and are required by Occidental College policies to purchase lunch meals through the college meal hall and to purchase their own dinner when joining evening activities. Students must fill out an online Travel Form at least two weeks before the start of the program for airport transfers, and the program also provides information on tours and info sessions, housing options, meal plans, supervision, travel to camp, and a day student schedule.
SOCAPA Teen Summer Camps & Intensives has 24 years in education, reports 18,447 happy alumni, and has welcomed students from 94 countries. SOCAPA is headquartered year-round in the heart of Greenwich Village at 440 Lafayette Street (@ Astor Place) and offers year-round intensives in New York City along with day or residential camps in Los Angeles and Vermont. SOCAPA uses rolling admissions and welcomes students from around the world, and visiting filmmakers and actors from the industry drop by at least once per session to screen and talk about their work.
Parents and students have shared feedback such as, “The staff was absolutely amazing and they treated the kids like their own!! I can’t believe all that my daughter experienced in 3 weeks—the final showcase was incredible! I wish we would have found this place sooner!!!” (Melissa W., California). Other comments describe teachers and counselors as “mature, creative and inspiring,” leisure activities as “exciting and well-supervised,” and the setting as “a very professional setting,” and one parent called it “the best program of its kind we have ever encountered.”
Last updated March 26, 2026.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Each Los Angeles session offers 2-week and 3-week options, with most class activities Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm and evening activities typically from 7pm to 10pm
• Price: Day students are charged an additional Meals and Activities fee of $185 per week of attendance.
In the Musical Theater program, students participate in voice lessons, musical direction, choreographed movement, acting-a-song classes, rehearsals, and a final live showcase with an accompanist. In the Singer-Songwriter and Advanced Music programs, students create and record their own original songs and receive an introduction to the professional workflow of music production. Day students are welcome to attend the program, can participate in evening extracurriculars at no extra charge, and are required by Occidental College policies to purchase lunch meals through the college meal hall and to purchase their own dinner when joining evening activities. Students must fill out an online Travel Form at least two weeks before the start of the program for airport transfers, and the program also provides information on tours and info sessions, housing options, meal plans, supervision, travel to camp, and a day student schedule.
SOCAPA Teen Summer Camps & Intensives has 24 years in education, reports 18,447 happy alumni, and has welcomed students from 94 countries. SOCAPA is headquartered year-round in the heart of Greenwich Village at 440 Lafayette Street (@ Astor Place) and offers year-round intensives in New York City along with day or residential camps in Los Angeles and Vermont. SOCAPA uses rolling admissions and welcomes students from around the world, and visiting filmmakers and actors from the industry drop by at least once per session to screen and talk about their work.
Parents and students have shared feedback such as, “The staff was absolutely amazing and they treated the kids like their own!! I can’t believe all that my daughter experienced in 3 weeks—the final showcase was incredible! I wish we would have found this place sooner!!!” (Melissa W., California). Other comments describe teachers and counselors as “mature, creative and inspiring,” leisure activities as “exciting and well-supervised,” and the setting as “a very professional setting,” and one parent called it “the best program of its kind we have ever encountered.”
Last updated March 26, 2026.
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