Musical Theater Summer Camp
This summer NMT presents day camps for kids ages 6–9,10–13, and 14–18. Campers had a chance to perform through singing, acting, and dancing; participate in costume, make-up, and set design workshops, and be a vital member of the entire creative ensemble.
Does your child love music and want to be a performer? We offer kids the opportunity to perform in a real theater under the tall pines in Northport, Maine.
Download the info below for each age group on how to get your child involved in our popular day camps.
*Limited spots available contact us to inquire about openings.
Mail registration forms with deposit to:
Northport Music Theater
851 Atlantic Hwy, Northport, ME 04849
Download the 2012 Registration Forms for all 3 Day Camps.
Pay $100 deposit online through PayPal.
2012 Camp Info and Schedule
Theater Camp for Ages 14–18
Camp and Show Details:
Fame – the Musical
Book by David De Silva and José Fernandez
Music by Steve Margoshes Lyrics by Jacques Levy
Conceived and Developed by David De Silva
Title song “Fame” written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
Camp Director –Emily Widdoes
Set during the last years of New York City’s celebrated High School of the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980-1984), Fame – The Musical is bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work. With candor, humor and insight, the show explores the issues that confront many young people today: issues of prejudice, identity, self-worth, literacy, sexuality, substance abuse and perseverance.
Camp Dates: July 2-3, 5-6 and 9-13 (no camp on Wednesday July 4th), 9 AM – 3 PM
3 Public Performance: July 13 and July 14 at 7:30 PM, and July 15 at 3:30 PM
Camp Fee: $275 — Deposit of $100 due by April 15th / balance due June 15th
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Pay $275 in full online through PayPal.
Already paid the deposit? Pay the $175 remainder online through PayPal.
Theater Camp for Ages 10–13
The Attack of the Killer Grasshoppers
Book by Robert Swift Music by Gerald Castle Lyrics by Michael Vigilant
Camp Directors – Mary Cuskelly and Tara Woods
Kids get to be mammoth, musical grasshoppers while threatening the world in this wild romp! At the annual science fair, the displays are as wacky as can be: wrinkle-free bacon, Hamburger Helper face cream and piranha fish now dedicated to a vegetarian diet! The bitter Pamela, whose green potato project was not chosen as a winner, has declared revenge. Meanwhile, on the isolated island of Malibula, something dreadful has happened at the "Unusual Bug Research Center." The once congenial native grasshoppers have turned beastly, big and voracious and are now vaulting, pouncing and chomping! What has this to do with the science fair? The face cream has the grasshoppers as a chief ingredient. Anyone who slaps on the goop becomes… (gasp!!!) it’s too terrible to describe! Is there a match for Pamela and a flock of discourteous bugs? Trapped students pin their hopes for rescue on Captain Cracknuckle, his SWAT team. NMT Campers will love singing the hilarious music that will have the audience rolling (or hopping!) in the aisles.
Camp Dates: August 6-10, 9 AM – 3 PM
2 Public Performance: August 11 at 11 AM and 2 PM
Camp Fee: $250 Deposit of $100 due by May 15th / balance due June 15th
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Pay $250 in full online through PayPal.
Already paid the deposit? Pay the $150 remainder online through PayPal.
Theater Camp for Ages 6–9
The Jungle Book KIDS
Book adapted by Marcy Heisler
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Terry Gilkyson
Additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Music adapted and arranged by Bryan Louiselle
Camp Director – Kathleen Christie
The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz is this exciting Disney classic! Our tale begins deep in the heart of the Jungle. A baby boy, lost and abandoned, is raised by wolves. He is called "Mowgli". Shere Kahn, the tiger, decides that Mowgli is no longer welcome in the Jungle. To keep him out of danger, Bagheera, the panther, plans to guide Mowgli to the safety of the man village, but Mowgli doesn’t want to leave his home! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan. Specially adapted from the beloved film, this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes, like “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” With colorful characters and that toe-tapping jungle rhythm, Disney’s The Jungle Book Kids is a fabulous and fun camp in 2012!
Camp Dates: August 13-17, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
1 Public Performance: August 18 at 11 AM
Camp Fee: $250 Deposit of $100 due by May 15th / balance due June 15th
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Pay $250 in full online through PayPal.
Already paid the deposit? Pay the $150 remainder online through PayPal.
Camp Sponsors
Become a NMT 2012 Camp Sponsor and help us to make the theater a rich experience for our camp attendees. It’s quick and easy with PayPal™
- $250 Camp Sponsorship
- $500 Camp Sponsorship
- $1000 Camp Sponsorship
Camp Directors
The Jungle
Book Kids
Kathleen Christie, Elementary School Camp Director,
has been a Northport Music Theater performer since the summer of 2009. She performed her first one-woman show, Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class at NMT last summer. Other NMT credits include The Bikinis (2011) and A Christmas Survival Guide (2010). Kathleen studied vocal performance at Philadelphia College of Bible, and has been a vocal coach and singer for over 30 years. She has worked and performed at schools, churches, and theaters throughout Maine.
The Attack of
the Killer Grasshoppers
Mary Cuskelly, Middle School Camp Director is the School Health Coordinator at RSU 25 in Bucksport and is the Musical Director for the annual musical at Bucksport Middle School. She plays the cello and directed Bugsy Malone Junior at NMT last summer. She is looking forward to Directing the NMT Middle School Camp in 2012!
Fame the Musical
Directed by Emily Widdoes, High School Camp Director, has been teaching general music, band, and chorus at Lincolnville Central School for the past 10 years. She is a University of Maine graduate. This is her third summer with NMT, having worked on other shows and camps designing sets and costumes including Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mulan, Bugsy Malone Junior, Into the Woods Junior, The Bikinis, and Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class. When not sewing or building for NMT shows, she plays horn and trombone with various community bands, orchestras, and school musicals.
Camp Photographer
Marti Stone Photography
To see more NMT camp photos, please visit Marti Stone’s website.
Thank youfor supporting Northport Music Theater —
—Midcoast Maine’s Summer Music Theater.