FUNCamp

FUNCamp is a summer theatre camp where participants take part in imaginative play, movement, music, craft activities, and a morning workout. Campers spend time working on scenes, songs, and dances while creating a short musical theatre piece, a musical revue showcase, or an original theatre piece. Depending on the session, activities can also include theatrical design, acting and voice techniques, set, costume, lighting, sound, and prop design, improv exercises, stand-up comedy techniques, comedy scene work, ensemble-based exercises, public speaking skills, period research, design and rendering skills, construction techniques, creating costume plots, distressing costumes, utilizing unconventional materials, and embellishing and altering items off the rack.

• Ages: 5–16 years old
• Schedule: One-week sessions with most camp days running 10 AM–3 PM, with some sessions running 9 AM–12 PM or 9 AM–2 PM
• Price: Session 1 Tiny Stages (ages 5–6): $205 early bird tuition; $230 regular tuition. Session 2 Musical Theatre (ages 7–11 & 12–16): $375 early bird tuition; $400 regular tuition. Session 3 Tiny Stages (ages 5–6): $205 early bird tuition; $230 regular tuition. Session 3 A Musical Revue (ages 12–16): $305 early bird tuition; $330 regular tuition. Session 4 (Creating Theatre ages 7–11; Improv/Comedy Jam ages 12–16; Costume Design ages 12–16): $325 early bird tuition; $400 regular tuition. Session 5 (Musical Theatre ages 7–11; Performance Project ages 12–16): $325 early bird tuition; $400 regular tuition. Session 6 (Creating Theatre ages 7–11; Musical Theatre ages 12–16): $325 early bird tuition; $400 regular tuition. Session 7 (Musical Theatre ages 7–11; Improv/Comedy Jam ages 12–16): $325 early bird tuition; $400 regular tuition. There is a non-refundable $100 deposit. Early Bird ends January 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM, and tuition increases by $25 on February 1, 2026 at midnight.

All sessions are one week long unless otherwise noted, with Session 1 running June 15–June 18, Session 2 running June 22–June 26, Session 3 running June 29–July 2 with no camp Friday, July 3, Session 4 running July 6–July 10, Session 5 running July 13–July 17, Session 6 running July 20–July 24, and Session 7 running July 27–July 31. FUNCamp includes final sharings or performances for family and friends at the end of sessions. FUNCamp states that it offers a robust and regionally-acclaimed theater arts curriculum and a no-pressure, enlightening, and stimulating performing arts summer experience for FUNCampers. FUNCamp is an MD State Licensed Youth Day Camp (license # 10-YC-13282).

All Teaching Artists are fingerprinted and background checked and have received training and certification in First Aid/CPR, threat/violence aversion, and other best practices education in working with under-age children. MET’s FUNCamp maintains at least one trained adult to every ten FUNCampers, and a registered nurse is on call all summer long. Staff practices both preventative and supportive discipline techniques. Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s facilities are climate-controlled and are routinely inspected by the City and State to ensure safety for FUNCampers.

Last updated January 23, 2026.