Aspiring young actors can learn new skills and techniques as well as challenge their creativity during Hesston College’s two separate summer theatre camps on the Hesston College campus. Hesston College theatre director Rachel Jantzi will lead the workshop-style camps.

Students ages 11 to 14 are invited to participate in the week-long workshop June 20 to 25. The week’s theme will be “The Trouble with Time Machines,” and will feature an original script written by the participants and set to popular songs throughout the last five decades. Participants will create their own musical and perform the show Saturday, June 25 at the Hesston High School Auditorium following the last day of camp. Registration for the week is $40 and the registration deadline is June 1. Financial assistance is available upon request.

The following week, students ages 14 to 18 are invited to participate in the week-long musical theatre workshop June 27 to July 2. The theme will be friendship and the camp will feature an original script written by the participants and set to various Broadway numbers creating a cabaret performance on Saturday, July 2.

The workshops will give the young performers opportunities to work in every aspect of staging a performance from creating the script to painting the set, working backstage and performing the show.

Daily workshops and rehearsals will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the Hesston College campus in the Helmuth Studio Theatre in Northlawn Center for Performing Arts Education. Registration for the week is $50 and the registration deadline is June 8. Financial assistance is available upon request.

Register online or contact Rachel Jantzi at 620-327-8142 or rachelj@hesston.edu.