OAK PARK CAMPS - SUMMER 2017
The Viola Project welcomes all youth ages 10-16 who culturally identify as girls and women. Our students are welcomed regardless of their race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or ability.
We do not turn away youth who require financial assistance! Please email SCHOLARSHIP to violainfo@violaproject.org to get your application started or click here to fill out a scholarship application!
All camps run from 9am-3pm Monday-Friday unless otherwise noted.
Oak Park camps are located in Austin Gardens:
167 Forest Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60305
July 10-14
WEEK 1 of Oak Park Macbeth Extravaganza
Nothing says summer fun like the Scottish play! To kick off our third summer collaborating with Oak Park Festival Theatre, we’re bringing you 2 weeks of interlocking Macbeth camps! Sign up for one or sign up for two. Both weeks will have entirely different focuses and different scenes. You do not need to take the first week to take the second!
All hail Macbeth, who shall be king hereafter ...
Macbeth is a decorated war hero who craves more power. If only Scotland didn’t already have a King with sons in line for the throne! Enter Lady MacBeth, who’s got the words and the ambition to make herself Queen through whatever means necessary. Even murder… For our first camp, we’ll focus in on the scheming duo who will stop at nothing to get what they want. What could possibly go wrong?
Guest Workshop and Field Trip:
- Workshop with R&D Fight Choreography
- Field trip to the Art Institute to view their newly renovated "Medieval and Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor" exhibit
This camp is recommended for ages 10-14
July 17-21
WEEK 2 of Oak Park Macbeth Extravaganza
Nothing says summer fun like the Scottish play! To kick off our third summer collaborating with Oak Park Festival Theatre, we’re bringing you 2 weeks of interlocking Macbeth camps! Sign up for one or sign up for two. Both weeks will have entirely different focuses and different scenes. You do not need to take the first week to take the second!
Double, double, toil and trouble…
Macbeth has everything in terms of spook appeal. Witches? Check. Ghosts? Check. Mysteriously appearing blood stains? Check. The play is even rumored to be cursed! So for our second week of Macbeth we’ll take a look at the super natural forces that rule the play. Macbeth is tale of prophecies, spells and nightmares where the dead just won’t stay dead. Are you ready to screw your courage to the sticking place? We are!
Guest Workshop and Field Trip:
- Field trip to the Oak Park public library to learn about witches throughout history
- Ghost Stories with Viola Project artistic director Skyler Schrempp
This camp is recommended for ages 10-14
August 7-11
Women are soft, mild, pitiful and flexible; Thou stern, obdurate, flinty, rough, remorseless
From Cleopatra to Joan of Arc, The Viola Project is bringing out the fiercest fighting females in the canon! Whether ruthless, righteous or revenge bent, Shakespeare’s fighting dames do anything but wait for rescue. As an end of the summer treat, we’ll be focusing on stage combat as well as self defense with a trip to Oak Park Festival Theatre’s Fair Maid of the West to top off a week of women who stand their ground. Don’t miss this chance to bring your inner warrior queen to the stage!
Guest Workshop and Field Trip:
- Stage Combat workshop with Babes with Blades Theatre Company
- Field trip to the Oak Park Festival Theatre costume shop to create your own Warrior Queen costume -- whatever that means to you!
This camp is recommended for ages 12-16.
