Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Announces Schedule
for Student Summer Programming
Registration for March 10 Auditions Now Open for The Broadway Artists Intensive;
ArtsCamp and The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior Accepting Applications
(West Palm Beach, FL) – The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2019 summer programming schedule, with a variety of exciting options for students ages 9-21.
Kravis Center (photo by Mary Stucchi)
ArtsCamp will be held June 3-21. ArtsCamp is an innovative, three-week summer camp that provides 80 young artists with a working knowledge of what it takes to bring a show from an idea to reality. The program offers an intensive performing arts approach that focuses on dramatic composition and performance for students ages 9-11. No audition is required.
Under the guidance of eight professional teaching artists, campers will explore art, acting, dance, technical theater and vocal music which culminates in an ensemble piece that is produced by the young artists and performed for family and friends. For campers with a keen interest in the performing arts, this curriculum provides an opportunity to expand their skills and learn new technical and performance skills.
The cost for ArtsCamp is $675. Classes are held Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Extended care is available. To apply, please contact Keena Gumbinner at the Kravis Center at 561-651-4339 or by email, gumbinner@kravis.org. You may also visit kravis.org/artscamp to apply online.
ArtsCamp is sponsored by Rita and Charles Bronfman; with support from Jane Beasley; Rick and Rosemary Johnston; and George T. and Ruth C. Laboda Charitable Foundation.
The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior will be held June 24-28. Taught by the same professional Broadway faculty as the more demanding, by-audition-only 3-week The Broadway Artists Intensive, the Junior program allows students ages 9-13 to study all areas of the performing arts, with daily classes in ballet, jazz, tap, vocal technique, acting and improvisation. No audition is required.
The Broadway Artists Intensive returns for its eighth year at the Kravis Center. The Broadway Artists Intensive is a three-week, advanced musical theater training program for ages 14-21 and will be held weekdays July 8-27. Auditions for this program will be held on Sunday, March 10. Students unable to attend the auditions in person may also submit a video audition. Registration to audition is now open.
“The Kravis Center is delighted to offer local and national students the opportunity to learn and train with many talented teaching artists and Broadway professionals each summer,” said Tracy Butler, Director of Education for the Kravis Center. “The Broadway Artists Intensive programs and ArtsCamp provide students with memorable experiences with new friends who share their passion for creative expression.”
About The Broadway Artists Intensive
Created by Broadway professionals Jason Gillman, Jackie Bayne Gillman and Greg Graham, The Broadway Artists Intensive classes will be taught by an all-Broadway faculty, including special guest artists. Previous guest artists have included Tony Award-winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, creator of Kinky Boots, the Best Musical of 2013, actor and choreographer John Rua of Hamilton, TV star and two-time Tony Award-winner Christian Borle of NBC’s Smash and Norm Lewis, who starred alongside John Legend in the NBC television special, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! In May of 2014, Lewis made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African-American Phantom on Broadway.
The cost for The Broadway Artists Intensive is $1,650. Dormitory and meal plans are available. To register for an audition, please contact Alison Rehm at the Kravis Center at 561-651-4376 or by email, rehm@kravis.org. Students can also register online at thebroadwayartistsintensive.com.
The cost for The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior is $399 if registered by April 1, 2019 and $450 afterwards. No audition is required. To register, please contact Alison Rehm at the Kravis Center at 561-651-4376 or by email, rehm@kravis.org. Students can also register online at thebroadwayartistsintensive.com.
For more than 26 seasons, the Kravis Center has helped students of all ages fuel their imaginations and expand their lives through comprehensive arts education programs. Since 1992, 2.5 million students from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties have visited the Kravis Center, attending performances through the S*T*A*R Series and participating in a wide variety of educational programming. To learn more, please visit kravis.org/education.