It’s time to get groovy! With a focus on creative exploration, we’ll play with theater, music, and crafts in the spirit of our favorite Pete the Cat stories by James Dean and Eric Litwin.
This camp includes a brief sharing time for parents at 11:30 am on Friday.

• Entering grades 1-3
• June 5-9
  9am – noon
• Registration Fee: $120
• Max: 12 participants
• Register through May 28

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

It’s taco time! With a focus on creative exploration, we’ll play with theater, music, and crafts in the spirit of the book Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri.
This camp includes a brief sharing time for parents at 11:30 am on Friday.

• Entering grades 1-3
• June 12-16
  9am – noon
• Registration Fee: $120
• Max: 12 participants
• Register through June 4

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

In this half-day camp, we will explore topics like improv, plot building, and character work to create stories from scratch. We’ll write down ideas, act things out, and perform a series of original short works at the end of Friday’s session. This session is a unique outlet for your theatrical creativity!
This camp includes a brief sharing time for parents at 4:30 pm on Friday.

• Entering grades 4-7
• June 12-16
  1pm – 5pm
• Registration Fee: $160
• Max: 14 participants
• Register through June 4

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Get ready to flex your imagination! In this camp, we will explore basic acting and staging techniques while working together to produce the humorous play, The History of Messy Rooms.
When a son asks his mom the age-old question, “Why do I have to make my bed?” a journey through time begins as she reveals the answer. 
This camp includes a sharing time for parents and friends at 3:30 pm on Friday.
NOTE: This camp also includes a free matinee performance of STC’s High School Musical JR on Thursday, June 22.

• Entering grades 2-4
• June 19-23
  9am – 4pm
• Registration Fee: $240
• Max: 16 participants
• Register through June 11

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

In this camp, we’ll build our creative performance skills while learning about plot, character, theme, and staging. 
Join us in telling a humorous story called The News Done Spread about an out of control chain of gossip leading to chaos at a local shopping mall. 
This camp includes a brief sharing time for parents at 3:30 pm on Friday.

• Entering grades 4-6
• June 26-30
  9am – 4pm
• Registration Fee: $240
• Max: 16 participants
• Register through June 18

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Based on the book by Eric Carle, this camp for ages 4 to 5 includes dramatic play, music, crafts, and an adorable sharing time for parents at the end!
Family sharing time will be at 11:15 am on Friday.

• Ages 4-5
• June 26-30
  9:30am – 11:30am
• Registration Fee: $90
• Max: 10 participants
• Register through June 18

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

What will we find in the mysterious treasure trunk today? Let’s explore costumes, props, and set design – and have a lot of fun doing it!

• Entering grades K-2
  (Suggested ages 5-7)
• July 5-7
  9am – 11am
• Registration Fee: $55
• Max: 10 participants
• Register through June 27

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

In this camp, students will take a speedy journey through the scenic design process from concepts to building. They’ll practice using basic carpentry tools and learn painting technique while building their own large-scale world out of cardboard – one of the most flexible materials around!

• Entering grades 3-5
• July 5-7
  1pm – 5pm
• Registration Fee: $110
• Max: 12 participants
• Register through June 27

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Do you wish you never had to leave STC? Well now you won’t be able to… until midnight. 
But don’t worry! We’ll keep you busy with an escape room, games, karaoke, choreography, and more! We know you may miss your friends during the summer, so let’s get together and have a good time! 
Group activities will be mandatory with some individual choice activities available later in the evening. 
This will include snacks.

• Entering grades 9-12
• July 7
  7pm – midnight
• Registration Fee: $50
• Max: 25 participants
• Register through June 30

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Designed for middle schoolers of every experience level, this camp will dive into topics like acting techniques, script analysis and character development. The week will culminate with a performance of Superheroes! With Great Power Comes Ordinary Responsibility by Ian McWethy.

For superheroes, saving the world is tough, but the time spent away from work is tougher. The Hulk has to do taxes, a crime-fighting sidekick joins a support group, and Batman goes stir-crazy without enough criminals to take down. SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes.

This camp includes a participant pizza party followed by a showcase for parents and friends at 5:30 pm on Friday.

• Entering grades 6-8
• July 10-14
  Mon-Thu: 9am – 5pm; Fri: 9am – 6pm
• Registration Fee: $280
• Max: 14 participants
• Register through July 2

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Acting and singing skills go hand-in-hand on this musical journey! Each student will get to participate in ensemble and solo pieces, and we will work together to combine them into a single story. 
This camp includes a participant pizza party followed by a showcase for parents and friends at 5:30 pm on Friday.

• Entering grades 9-12
• July 17-21
  Mon-Thu: 9am – 5pm; Fri: 9am – 6pm
• Registration Fee: $280
• Max: 16 participants
• Register through July 9

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the second of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books. This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life.
This week will provide a fast-paced, fun education in musical theater (singing, dancing, and acting) while we work to stage this 30-minute musical.
This camp includes a Saturday (July 29) rehearsal session and pizza party at the Ames Public Library with a performance at 2:00 pm.

• Entering grades 5-8
• July 24-28, and 29
  Mon-Fri: 9am – 5pm at Story Theater Company
  Saturday (7/29): 11am – 3pm at Ames Public Library
• Registration Fee: $285
• Max: 24 participants
• Register through July 16

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the second of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books. This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life.
This week will provide a fast-paced, fun education in musical theater (singing, dancing, and acting) while we work to stage this 30-minute musical.
This camp includes a Saturday (August 5) rehearsal session and pizza party at the Ames Public Library with a performance at 2:00 pm.

• Entering grades 5-8
• July 31-Aug 4, and 5
  Mon-Fri: 9am – 5pm at Story Theater Company
  Saturday (8/5): 11am – 3pm at Ames Public Library
• Registration Fee: $285
• Max: 24 participants
• Register through July 23

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!

This camp will explore basic acting and staging techniques along with games and crafts. At the end, we’ll perform two humorous fairy-tale plays about characters who are trying to resolve some ridiculous problems. 
This camp includes a brief sharing time for parents at 3:30 pm on Friday.

• Entering grades 2-4
• August 7-11
  9am – 4pm
• Registration Fee: $240
• Max: 16 participants
• Register through July 30

If you would like to help STC continue to offer fun and inspiring creative opportunities for our youth, add a donation during the registration process. Thank you for your support!