Acting Company Production Summer Program for High School Students
Why Take Acting Company Production
Are you ready to immerse yourself in theatre? Our acting company production program is a chance for serious young actors to work with world-class faculty to fine-tune their skills, connect with other artists, and plan for a future in the performing arts.
What You'll Learn
In this pre-professional training program, you'll take courses to further develop your acting and performance skills. You'll also perform in a play from classical or contemporary repertoire, with full design and technical support in Interlochen's state-of-the-art Harvey Theatre.
To prepare for the production, repertory acting camp students participate in the following:
- Production rehearsal
- Acting technique class
- Classes in voice and movement
Announcing the theatre titles for Interlochen Arts Camp 2024
Camp students will perform a diverse selection of classic and contemporary theatre works, including Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.
High School Musical Theatre Production students perform Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime during the 2023 Interlochen Arts Camp session.
Life is about being bold and being yourself completely. It's scary to let yourself be vulnerable and uncomfortable, but I've embraced that here—and it's helping me grow.
Chloe, Repertory Theatre
Guest Artists
Interlochen offers students the opportunity to study with some of the top artists and educators in the field. The Theatre Department regularly welcomes visiting artists. Past guests of the department have included:
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Caroline Aaron, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sleepless in Seattle, Edward Scissorhands
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Barrett Foa, NCIS:LA, Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia!
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Rhys Coiro, Entourage, Straw Dogs, The Unborn
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Robert Davis, University of Hartford
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Quin Gordon, University of North Carolina School for the Arts
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Ken Ludwig, playwright and theatre director
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Brent Wagner, Chair of Musical Theatre at University of Michigan
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Richard Winkler, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and lighting designer
Program Highlights
Performance Opportunities
The summer program ends with a multi-performance run in the Harvey Theatre. The production enjoys full design and technical support throughout—with professionally designed scenery, costumes, and lighting—making it a truly professional experience from start-to-finish.
Recent Productions
- Henry V by William Shakespeare
- 44 Plays for 44 Presidents by Chicago's Neo-Futurists
- Midsummer/Jersey by Ken Ludwig
- Jane Eyre by Robert Johanson, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë
- Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
- The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr
- Alice by Laura Wade
Theatre Venues & Facilities
Our campus boasts several state-of-the-art performance venues and facilities. The Harvey Theatre Complex contains classrooms, rehearsal spaces, and a 173-seat theatre. We also have two additional performance spaces, the 952-seat Corson Auditorium and the 170-seat black box Phoenix Theatre. The Mallory Costume Shop and our professional scene shop are state-of-the-art spaces also dedicated to our theatre program. Learn more about all of our facilities and venues.
Additional Opportunities
Interlochen also offers an Acting program, and a one-week Acting Audition Intensive. If you're interested in scenery, costumes, lighting, or stage management, you can apply for the Theatre Design & Production program. Interlochen is also home to the Arts Academy boarding high school, which offers theatre programs in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Theatre Design & Production for grades 9-12, as well as a post-graduate year.
Keys to the Kingdom
Follow Harry, as he tackles one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles in the Interlochen Arts Camp production of Henry V.
Dive deeper into Interlochen Arts Camp with a free digital viewbook
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- Each of our seven arts areas
- Various programs
- Renowned faculty
- A day in the life of a student
- How to apply and financial aid information
- And more