Missoula Children's Theatre & Summer Camp Intensives

Missoula Children's Theatre

This summer, the Quick Center celebrates its 28th season of Missoula Children’s Theatre Camps. This renowned children’s summer theatre program offers six sessions from which to choose with a performance on the Friday evening at the end of each session. A total of 60 community children, grades 1-12, may be registered in each weekly session. 
Make the most of your time with Extra! Extra! and the NEW! Theatre and Arts Explosion programs that supplement your child’s experience Theatre Camp experience! 

A variety of speaking and ensemble roles are offered. No advance preparation is needed.

July 10-14

Beauty Lou and the Country Beast

July 17-21

Cinderella — SOLD OUT

July 24-28

Jack and the Beanstalk

July 31-Aug 4

The Tortoise Versus the Hare

Aug 7-11

Rapunzel — SOLD OUT

Aug 14-18

The Wiz of the West — SOLD OUT

Summer Camp Intensives

In addition to Missoula Children’s Theatre the Quick Center is pleased to offer four intensive afternoons of costume design, culturally inspired painting, urban dance, street art, and musical theatre skills.

Facilitators:

Sooo-z Mastropietro has 30 years playing experience. Once she defected from the violins at age 13, she found herself in the middle of the bass section and quickly embraced the low register as well as the versatility and physicality of this large instrument. She has played with NYU, Greenwich Village Orchestra, a number of pits, and has been actively playing with the American Chamber Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of New Haven since the dawn of the millennium. 

Rich Zurkowski has provided the low notes for 20+ years in a wide variety of groups spanning all styles of music. He has been fortunate enough to have toured extensively across the U.S. and Europe backing up well known artists such as Martin Sexton and Blues Grammy Award winner Joe Louis Walker. He is also a member of the bands Jen Durkin and the Business and Caravan of Thieves and the American Chamber Orchestra, Fairfield County String Society, and Connecticut Little Symphony.

Fashion Institute

From first sketches to wearable finished pieces, participants will learn about color and texture, patternmaking, draping, and sewing to create their own custom garments. Led by a Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) alumna with industry success, campers learn the ins and outs of fashion design and take their self-expression to the next level. July 10-13/Ages 10-14.Instructor: Sooo-z Mastropietro

Hip Hop

Pop, lock, and the feet don’t stop! Campers will learn key hip-hop moves and choreograph a dance to be performed at the end of the session – a great confidence builder! July 17-20/Ages 9 and up.Instructor: Brian Herman (Double Up Dance Studio)

Graffiti

Explore the world of street art with a professional artist! From graffiti culture to spray paint techniques, campers will learn to tell their story by creating graffiti masterpieces. July 24-27/Ages 10 and up.Instructor: T-Kid

Singing for the Stage

Led by local Juilliard trained soprano with a critically renowned debut at Carnegie Hall, campers will discover how to wield their voice to project and perform, exploring song choices in a variety of styles, including musical theatre, opera, standards, pop, cabaret and jazz. Available two sessions: July 31 – August 3 and August 7-10/Ages 11 and up.Instructor: Lucia Palmieri

 Theatre and Art Explosion! Camp

This one-day intensive takes you behind the stage, from lighting to costumes and all that is required to make the show. Theatre and Art Explosion! teaches campers how to light the stage, design the set, and become the star on the stage. Through guided classes in lighting design, costume and set design, and acting and presentation for the stage, campers will come away ready to make their mark in theatre.

Dates & Time:July 14, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 18
10 a.m. — 3 p.m.