Participants in Drama One Camp will learn general acting skills and exercises while producing the American Girl plays Hairum Scarum and Check Under the Bed for performance at the end of the week. Campers attending either of the Drama One sessions or who have previously participated in Drama Camp at SJA are invited to participate in Drama Two.

Participants in Drama Two Camp will learn more about the theatrical process: backstage, lighting, costumes and props. Participants will apply skills gained from the Drama One Camp to come up with their own stories and perform them at the end of the week for parents.

Drama One Camp, Course 1201: June 8-12, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; open to rising 6th-8th grade girls
Cost: $95

Drama One Camp, Course 1202: June 15-19, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; open to rising 6th-8th grade girls
Cost: $95

Drama Two Camp, Course 1203:  June 15-19, 1-4 p.m.; open to rising 6th-9th grade girls
Cost: $95

Instructors: Emily Morgan and Elizabeth Jolly
About the instructors: Emily will be a freshman at LSU majoring in education and was a four-year member of the SJA/CHS Drama Club. She has performed in a number of productions, including Les Miserables, The Siege of Eshteb, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oklahoma and Dead Man Walking. She has been seen in productions such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Charlotte's Web with Playmakers of Baton Rouge. She directed two scenes in the Drama Club’s fall production and is an active member of her church youth group’s dinner theater. This is her fourth year running SJA’s Drama Camp.

Elizabeth will be a college freshman. She has been an SJA/CHS Drama Club member during all four years of her high school career. She is also involved with Playmakers of Baton Rouge as well as the Baton Rouge Little Theatre. She has served as a stage manager, assistant stage manager or a technical assistant for a number of productions, and she runs the light and sound systems for all SJA functions. She has led the SJA Drama Camp for four years and was a two-year attendee during her middle school years.