Guthrie Theater Summer Camps

Guthrie Theater Summer Camps offer kids and teens the chance to work alongside professional theater artists to explore and develop skills as artists and creative thinkers through workshops with a variety of skilled teaching artists. Camp options include improvisation, musical theater fundamentals, stage combat, clowning, K-pop, Broadway Bootcamp: Beetlejuice, and a Shakespeare Intensive focused on Twelfth Night. Many camps include activities such as generative games to create characters and develop scenes, vocal training, physical exercises, individual coaching for singing and acting, collaborative group choreography, and sharing learnings in culminating showcases or cabarets for family and friends.

• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: One- and two-week camps and intensives offered between June 15 and July 24, with specific sessions including Improvisation and an Improvisation Workshop (June 15–19), Musical Theater Fundamentals and Lin-Manuel Miranda Mixtape (June 22–26), Stage Combat and Clowning (June 29–July 1), Triple Threat: Viral Musicals and K-Pop Camp (July 6–10), and Broadway Bootcamp: Beetlejuice and Shakespeare Intensive: Twelfth Night (July 13–24)
• Price: Improvisation, Improvisation Workshop, Musical Theater Fundamentals, Lin-Manuel Miranda Mixtape, Triple Threat: Viral Musicals, and K-Pop Camp are $457 per session (including handling fee); Stage Combat and Clowning are $307 per session (including handling fee); Broadway Bootcamp: Beetlejuice and Shakespeare Intensive: Twelfth Night are $907 per session (including handling fee). A non-refundable $25 deposit fee is due with the first payment, and refunds follow a set schedule based on how many weeks before the start date a family cancels.

Specific camp activities include playing wacky theater games, creating jokes on the spot, and performing in comedy and improv showcase performances. Musical theater-focused camps cover singing, acting, dancing, musical theater skills building through contemporary text, song, choreography and acting workshops, and an end-of-week cabaret performance. The Lin-Manuel Miranda Mixtape camp centers on singing, performing and grooving to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical hits. Stage Combat camp includes training with certified fight instructors in punches, parries, thrusts, and safe onstage falls, along with movement techniques and safety practices. Clowning camp focuses on character-oriented physical comedy such as learning a silly new walk, slapstick gags, and pratfalls. K-Pop Camp includes learning songs from KPop Demon Hunters, dancing along to records of K-pop groups, working with professional musicians and choreographers, and singing, dancing and developing an individual persona, culminating in a concert-style showcase for friends and family. Broadway Bootcamp: Beetlejuice includes master classes and rehearsals, strengthening skills in singing, acting, dance and character development, and culminates in a showcase of scenes and songs from Beetlejuice. Improv and musical theater camps culminate in showcases or cabarets for family and friends onstage at the Guthrie.

Guthrie camps and intensives state a mission of offering kids and teens the opportunity to work alongside professional theater artists to explore and develop their skills as artists and creative thinkers, with experiences that will inspire positive self-development and community leadership by connecting participants to the artistry and creative process at one of the nation’s leading theaters. The Guthrie is committed to offering educational programming to all theater students and provides 100% and 50% scholarships for families with financial need, with a scholarship application deadline of April 10, 2026. A Summer Camp FAQ is available to help families plan ahead and know what to expect.

Last updated February 23, 2026.