Let's Dream! Camp June 2-6, 2025
Dreams dazzle, delight, distress, and excite; they foreshadow, frighten, enchant and enlighten. Shakespeare uses magical forests, fairies, wizards and witches to create fantastical plays where any dream can come true!
Join us this summer as we dream the impossible and learn how
“we are such stuff as dreams are made on”!
Let's Dream! SUMMER CAMP 2025
Camp is packed with exciting and interactive workshops.
*Shakespeare camp is more than just a week in the summer!
Mark your calendars for two mandatory pre-camp events:
The Shakespeare
festival
March 21, 2025
5-10 p.m.
at the Cultural Hall
12521 Will Clayton Pkwy
Come into Shakespeare’s magical world and find out what stuff dreams are made on!
And should “you sleep, perchance to dream”
Visit the dream reader and see what it means!
The more the merrier! Campers are encouraged to bring guests ($15 each for guest's supplies).
Shakespeare's birthday bash
April 3, 2025
6-9 p.m.
at the Mumford Home
Kick off camp with a party!
Find out why Mr. William Shakespeare is the GOAT, as we discuss The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt.
Let's dream! Camp 2025
June 2-6, 2025
Theatre Performance Skills
Shakespeare’s Imaginative Language, Themes, Motifs and Plays
Deep Dive into Four Great Shakespeare Plays:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Tempest
Macbeth
Henry IV, Part 1
Stage Combat
International Cooking Classes
Interactive Elizabethan Costume Creation
“Let’s Dream” Finale Performance
...and so much more!
Let's Dream! Camp Shakespeare Festival!
March 21, 2025
Please RSVP by March 14
Admission is free
$15 per participant for optional crafts (marked with an *asterisk*)
Enjoy entertainment full of magic and comedy from Panda the Magician and a Pyramus & Thisbe performance!
*Visit the Scriviner's Shop to make a feather quill and homemade ink, and write your best sonnet!
*Stop in at the Apothecary to mix up love potions and mystical witches' brew!
*Top off the night at the Milliner Shop and decorate a Shakespearean hat or flower crown.
Have your face painted and strike your best pose!
Match Shakespeare plays to their magical elements!
Snap a photo at the photo booth!
Finally decifer your mysterious dreams with the Dream Interpreter!
Enjoy treats, games, and drinks galore!
AN EVENING FULL
OF RENAISSANCE MERRIMENT!
stage management & crew
track
2025
An opportunity for a few campers who are less interested in on-stage performance and want more focus on stage management.
These few campers will participate in ALL pre-camp and camp activities. However, instead of having a scene to polish for the Let's Dream Finale performance, they will learn how to manage, prepare, and run all backstage areas for that performance. During the performance, as their skills shine managing the scenes and running the backstage crew, we'll make sure to give them all the accolades they deserve!
Only a few spots available - first come, first served!
At-a-Glance Details
Who: All Teens, ages 13-18
What: A Shakespeare & Theatre Camp with a Camp Finale performance
When: June 2-6, 2025
Mon. - Wed. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thurs. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; performance at 7 p.m. (campers arrive at 6 p.m.)
Where: Mumford Home, 12110 Pinelands Park Ln., Humble TX
Parent Info Meeting: March 20 from 8:30-9:30 p.m. at Jeri Wyn Mumford’s home. We will lay out the whole camp experience, discuss costumes for the Friday evening performance, and answer any questions you may have.
Camp Registration Dates and Costs
Registration opens January 2025!
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$250.00 per person
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$20 Sibling discount!
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Full payment is due within 24 hours of registration. Venmo @sharlene-hatch and put "Shakespeare Camp" and your child's name in the description. Cancel before March 19 to receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation fee.
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Space is limited - make haste! Reserveth thou thy spot today! Waiting list available.
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Included with your payment:
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All the camp and pre-camp interactive workshops mentioned above
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All materials for costume accessories we will be handcrafting with the youth
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Binders for each youth and all printed materials (four 30-minute play scripts, workshop worksheets, etc.)
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Hot lunch provided daily (main dish, vegetables, fruit, starch, dessert)
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Camp T-shirt
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Materials You Will Need to Provide
A copy of The Wednesday Wars for Shakespeare’s Birthday Bash.
Costume: Each camper will need to provide their own costume for the Camp Finale performance. We will give more information about this at the parent meeting, including ways to use materials on hand as well as where to purchase inexpensive costumes online. No tights required!
camp finale Performance
June 6, 2025
The culminating experience of the camp week will be the campers starring in “Let's Dream! A Midsummer Night With the Bard.” Families, friends, and the community are invited to attend. We have carefully selected wonderful, accessible scenes with Shakespeare’s original language; each scene is edited for length and will last 3-4 minutes. Participants will be given their scene script at least 1 month before the camp, and they will be required to completely memorize their parts before the first day of camp. At pre-camp we will teach fun memorization tricks and how to understand meaning, so all youth will be completely prepared to learn their parts. During camp we will teach all necessary acting techniques, providing daily one-on-one guidance, feedback, and time to practice their scenes.
Camp Policies
We are going to have a lot of fun at our camp, but we expect all youth to behave respectfully to other participants and adults. We will not tolerate bullying of any kind, destruction of personal property, crude language, or swearing.
Our days will be packed with engaging activity, and, so everyone can get the most out of the experience, we also have a NO-CELL-PHONE POLICY: Your camper can either leave their phone at home or place it in a basket in the entryway upon arrival. If you need to reach your child you may contact any teacher and we will make sure your child can reach you if he or she needs to. If your child chooses to bring their phone we are not responsible for lost or damaged phones. Should your child violate any of our policies they may be asked to leave the camp, and no refund will be given.
Additional Challenges (Optional)
If campers would like to do fun, extra Shakespeare learning on their own, we have provided several optional challenges. Campers have between registration and the Friday Performance date to complete their challenges. However, we will need to know by May 30 which projects they WILL HAVE completed by the last day of camp. They will need to pass each one off to a parent and complete the specific challenge forms. A certificate will be awarded to each student at the Camp Finale performance, listing their completed challenges. Anyone who reads The Wednesday Wars AND completes at least 6 challenges will receive a SPECIAL prize. Challenges will be available at time of registration.
Quick-Start Challenges: For those first-time campers who would like to feel more comfortable with the content in the Let's Dream! camp, you may want to complete the Three Quick-Start Challenges before camp. Each Challenge you complete will count toward the 6 needed for the Special Prize. Anyone can compelte the Quick Start challenges.
certificates
Completion Certificates are awarded for first, second, third and fourth year campers.
*Camp dates and content are subject to change at the discretion of the camp directors.
