I want to thank you so much for providing me with a safe, encouraging environment where I really do grow and develop each summer... Ballibay is my childhood...
Elizabeth
camper, CIT, staffperson
Performing Arts Camp: Plays
Beginning just a few days after the campers arrive with a script-in-hand production, we are constantly putting on plays. In the second week of each session we stage several one-act plays, and in the last week put up two major productions.
Our shows are great, but our emphasis is always on the production process; all session long the campus buzzes with the excitement of the learning and discovery that happens every day in rehearsal. Campers learn to trust themselves, to collaborate, to observe, and to experiment and have fun with their roles.
Every night there is something to see at Ballibay; our campers spend a lot of time watching their fellow campers on stage, and learning from this daily exposure to the craft of performing. We emphasize observation alongside action: a moment not doing is a moment to be looking and learning.
