FAQ

Every summer, we bring on talented and experienced directors from the Denver area and beyond, all of whom undergo comprehensive background checks to ensure the safety of your child.
All of our directors also have many years of youth theatre directing experience, and will have at least a Bachelor of Arts, and often a Master of Fine Arts in theatre.

Unlike some local camps, we don’t just bring on directors or actors because they have Broadway or Disney experience (although we have had such directors on staff). However, this kind of experience alone does not mean that a director is best qualified to work with children.

In our experience, many of these kinds of directors and actors are not trained to direct or teach kids, and we do not seek to legitimize our programs through the mere presence of such “big names” if they’re not fully qualified for the job.

To learn more about our staff, check out our Meet Our Faculty page

Our youth theatre camps attract all kinds of actors and aspiring actors, from those who have never acted before to those with moderate experience, and even more advanced actors.

If we were to categorize our students, we’d say that they all have an interest or curiosity in performing, whether or not they’ve actually done it before. This alone unites our students in the creative endeavor of the production.

Our Actors Academy for the Performing Arts programs attract actors who have shown a commitment and maturity in the performing arts.

Many of our new actors discovered a passion for acting through our theatre summer camps, and many of our more experienced actors have been with us for years.

Most of our young actors have had at least one intensive experience in the performing arts, be it a production at school or outside of school, but what unites our actors is a passion for the performing arts and a desire to advance their training.

We have structured our programs so we can offer a safe, non-competitive community, but from our perspective, what’s more important than your child’s acting ability is their enthusiasm, willingness to participate, and desire to work hard and grow.

All actors are equal on our stages, and that means we need everyone to give it their all, regardless of skill level, so we can make amazing shows happen.

Actors in lead roles who attempt to assert superiority in terms of their values or reputation are not received well in our community, and typically are aware of the egalitarian environment we promote.

At Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids, we work hard to keep all of our students involved at all times, and in all of our youth theatre programs, we include large numbers of students in our ensemble pieces so that every student will have many singing and dancing opportunities.

Furthermore, for our Older Company programs, we also offer Extended Arts classes, specifically designed for students who are not involved in a specific rehearsal period, so they can be involved in theatre activities of an interdisciplinary nature.

If at any time your child is not feeling stimulated, we encourage you to let us know immediately.

If being on stage and enjoying the theatre experience is your definition of being a star, then yes, your child will definitely be a star. But if being a star is about having a lead role and being the best, then of course, your child might not be a star in that sense.

At the end of the day, we’re not a company that’s about stars or seniority or creating future Broadway actors. We’re much more about team-building, self-esteem, and the hard work involved in putting on high-quality theatrical productions.

Our first week of camp is always geared toward solidifying the camp community.

We do this with group activities, such as group read throughs, ensemble work, and icebreakers, as well as ensuring a sense of intimacy and comfort in our peer groups.

All performances at both our Boulder and Denver locations take place on a stage with complete production elements, including stage lights, sets, props, costumes, and more.

In Boulder, we have 10,000 square feet of rehearsal space, including a 140-seat mainstage theater, 60-seat black box theater, as well as a dance studio, makeup room, and general rehearsal space.

In Denver, we have a 170-seat theater, dance studio, vocal studios, acting studios, parents lobby with Wi-Fi, and more.

In our Older Company programs, we have tech rehearsals, which are absolutely critical to the successful implementation of our shows.

During these rehearsals, the director meets with the technical staff to set light and sound cues, ensure the set is working properly, and firm up all the technical production elements of the show.

Students are often needed to stand in position while lights are set and mics are adjusted, and we encourage them to bring flashlights, quiet games, reading materials, sleeping bags, and blankets to encourage a fun and festive environment.

Our staff are not only experienced theatre professionals, but also educators. This is very important, as oftentimes, some of the best actors and directors are not the best teachers, and often the best teachers are not the best directors.

In any case, we look for that perfect balance of creative theatre talent and educational experience, and all of our staff are at the college undergraduate or graduate level.

We also run criminal background checks on all our staff to ensure the safety of your child.

In our three and four-week camps, we have more time to get into creative process work and really workshop our productions, and we are also able to work through 10-15 days of majors and approach a much more ambitious production.

These camps typically involve two to two-and-a-half-hour long full length musical productions, including musical classics.

Our two-week camps, on the other hand, are an abbreviated version of our longer camps with four to five days of majors and shorter productions.

Our Younger Company is an age-appropriate performing arts program where a nurturing creative process is heavily emphasized while students have the opportunity to perform in a single final performance with props, costumes, and minimal production elements, including light and sound.

Each Younger Company camp is staffed at a student-teacher ratio of 10:1, and each session has a director, choreographer, and music director for a camp of 20 to 30 students.

Having access to all of these specialized skills allows us to give kids instruction in voice, dance, and acting, all of which prepares students to approach the more intensive nature of our Older Company camps.

Furthermore, the level of production is more age-appropriate and shorter, with productions lasting between 25-45 minutes.

In our Older Company programs, we typically take up to 52 students, breaking the group into two casts in order to ensure more lead opportunities and onstage time, and for our Younger Company programs, we take up to 30 students.

For our Actors Academy for The Performing Arts programs, we take between 15 to 30 students per company, depending on the nature of the program.

Our pricing is based on the cost of producing high-quality work and the market research we’ve done to stay competitive with other local programs.

That being said, if you consider the quality of work we produce, and compare our weekly rates with other theatre camps, you’ll see that we’re quite competitive when compared to similar programs.

We offer thousands of dollars in scholarships every year, and the majority of our scholarships cover 50% of the cost. But in order to qualify, your family must make less than $75,000 per year.

If you fall into this bracket, please download a scholarship packet or contact our office at (303) 245-8150 to request one. You will receive a confirmation email when your application is received. Applications are reviewed at the middle and end of each month, at which time you will be notified of our decision.

For payment plans, please download a payment plan form, and don’t hesitate to call us at (303) 245-8150 or email us at info@theaterforkids.net if you have any questions.

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