Create and perform your own story at Chicago Children’s Theatre!
Summer camps are open for registration!
In our camps, we prioritize young people’s creativity, ingenuity, and self-expression.
That’s why we devise with kids. Devised theatre is a method of creating original plays and theatre works as a group and then performing that original work together. Learn more about what to expect from camp here!
Learn more about Financial Assistance opportunities for camps and classes.
For rising grades 6-10
Monday-Friday, 10:00am-4:00pm at CCT, 100 S Racine Ave
Free before-care from 9:00-10:00am, free after-care from 4:00-5:30pm
$585 | 1 week camp
Register by Jan 11 for a 15% discount!
Want to bring your life stories to the stage? Explore the Neo-Futurist style of using your unique voice to tell personal tales in creative and theatrical ways! Whether it’s using a homemade puppet to tell us about your best friend or transforming your school lunch disaster into an original song, a Neo-Futurist ensemble member will guide you in telling YOUR stories YOUR way! At the end of the week, you will perform up to 20 two-minute plays in a one-of-a-kind show for family and friends in CCT’s Pritzker Family Studio Theatre.
The Neo-Futurists are a collective of wildly prolific writer/director/performers who create:
- Theater that is a fusion of sport, poetry and living-newspaper.
- Non-illusory, interactive performance that conveys our experiences and ideas as directly and honestly as possible.
- Immediate, unreproducible events at affordable prices.
- Performance and educational programming that embraces those unreached or unmoved by conventional theater – inspiring them to thought, feeling and action.
Read more on their website!
Masks are welcome but not required during this camp. For more information about summer camps, please see our Education Policies & FAQs.
For rising grades 5-8
Monday-Friday, 12:00pm-4:00pm at CCT, 100 S Racine Ave
$400 | 1 week camp, half day
Register by Jan 11 for a 15% discount!
A song is more than just notes and lyrics—it's a story waiting to be told! In this focused musical theatre intensive, you'll work with professional theatre artists to master the art of acting through song. Explore character development, vocal technique, and emotional storytelling as you build your musical theatre repertoire. Through both individual coaching and ensemble work, you'll discover how to connect deeply with your material and deliver powerful, authentic performances. At the end of the week, you'll showcase your work in an intimate performance for family and friends in CCT's Pritzker Family Studio Theatre.
Masks are welcome but not required during this camp. For more information about summer camps, please see our Education Policies & FAQs.
For rising grades 4-7
Monday-Friday, 9:30am-4:00pm at CCT, 100 S Racine Ave
Free before-care from 8:30-9:30am, free after-care from 4:00-5:30pm
$585 | 1 week camp
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to making thunder rumble or doors creak in your favorite shows and movies… That’s where sound designers come in! In collaboration with professional technical theatre artists, you'll dive into the art of sound design and foley art by creating an original radio play filled with sound effects you design and perform. On the last day of camp, you'll share your recorded radio play with family and friends in a listening party right in your classroom!
Masks are welcome but not required during this camp. For more information, please see our Education Policies & FAQs.
Learn more about Financial Assistance opportunities, our Education Policies & FAQs, and our current roster of Teaching Artists.
If you have questions about CCT’s education programming, please contact our Director of Education, Catherine Councell, at cc@chicagochildrenstheatre.org, or call (312) 374-8827.