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Registration for August Weekly Kids Musical Drama Program

CLASS ACT MUSICAL YOUTH THEATER



Setting the stage for life-long
skills 



Don’t let your kids
be campless this end of summer!
  Most camps end in August but CAMYT’s Weekly Drama
Musical Day Programs are still going strong.  NOW is the time to ensure your child
will be actively engaged right up until school starts.  Founded by veteran
children’s theater director Robby Hedge, a young performer’s advocate with dual
degrees in theater and education, CAMYT offers a weekly drama program for the last three weeks in August. 
Programs are held at various locations including RYE
(see below) throughout Westchester and beyond
for children in Grades K to 5. 

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Program highlights
include the following:



  • Each week is a new play; parents can enroll their child for one week or
    more.
     Weeks are August 12-16, August 19-23 and August
    26-30. 
  • Each week features a different musical based on a
    popular and well-known children’s classic, full of beloved songs and
    memorable lines.
  • Children will be in an air-conditioned studio happily
    engaged in a full day of dramatics rehearsing for the play of their
    choice.
  • Hours are 9am to 3pm, Monday-Friday for Grades 1-5;
    Kindergarteners leave at 12pm.
  • Along with rehearsing for the Friday night performance
    for family and friends at 6:00pm, children will learn acting, singing,
    dance, some set design, costume work and have voice lessons.
  • Children will have fun earning many aspects of the
    theater while making fabulous new friends.




Locations: 

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Various throughout
Westchester and beyond: Katonah, Bronxville, Mt. Kisco, New Rochelle, Scarsdale and
White Plains.  We are also in Ridgefield, CT at
the Recreation Department.  Call (914)
286-7422 or see website, www.dramadiscovery.com,
for exact locations and addresses.



The Rye
program is at the Resurrection School on Boston Post Road.



Rates: 



Half
day - Kindergarteners only: $150 per week if sign-up is before July 1; $170
thereafter.  Children should bring their own morning snacks.



Full
day - (K-2nd), (3rd-5th): $225 per week if sign-up is before July 25; $250
thereafter.  Children should bring their
own morning snacks and lunches.  



 



Discount
deadlines may be late...however camps are almost filled.  If you sign up
for a camp and have to change plans you will get a credit for another week or
be in a fall or winter program.



Contact:  Robby Hedge, Founder and Program Director,
Youththeater1@aol.com – (914) 286-7422 





More About Class
Act Musical Youth Theater



For over 20 years, CAMYT
has provided countless young performers throughout Westchester
and beyond with the opportunity to develop their dramatic skills in a fun, safe
and creative environment.  Offered to children from Grades K to 7 in
various locations and often in collaboration with Westchester
schools, libraries and recreation departments, CAMYT’s programs focus on
working towards the actual production.  This is unlike many other similar
programs, which compartmentalize the drama discovery process into individual
acting, singing or dance specific classes.  Children begin rehearsing from
the very start, and this works best with their still developing senses of time,
patience and conceptualization.  There are no auditions to enter the
programs and no child is turned away due to lack of experience or
aptitude.  Rather, we create a non-competitive, friendly and respectful
atmosphere and foster children’s talents so that they can truly shine in their
own way.



In addition to its summer
camps, CAMYT also offers year-round programs.  For these programs,
children are joined by adult trained actors in key roles to enhance the
production and provide our young participants with the opportunity to work with
professional talent.  These productions are staged in local school or
community theaters with professional lighting and stage managers.  Parents
are asked to occasionally fill non-speaking roles or to help backstage, making
participation in these programs a wonderful family affair.  Ticket prices
range from $8-$10 and the general public is invited to view these performances,
making these shows a great value for an evening of enjoyable family
entertainment.



 









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