Laugh, learn, explore, perform, and create some of your best-ever summer memories at the PAC!
Youth entering 3rd-11th grades (as of fall ’26) are invited to join us for our 2026 Summer Theatre Camp, where you’ll audition for, be cast in, and perform in full productions. Make new friends, find out about the Happy Box, enjoy camp dress-up days, and earn prizes from the camp treasure chest in this incredible, enjoyable summer offering.
Campers will be cast in one of three shows based on age. The youngest group (“Act One Players”) will perform Disney’s The Aristocats Kids, the middle group (“Take Two Players”) will perform Disney’s High School Musical Jr., and the older group (“Prime Time Players”) will perform Return of the Script by Don Zolidis.
Dates & Times:
July 20-31, 2026
Weekdays, 9am-3:30pm**
**Performance Day (July 31) goes to 5pm and Act One campers arrive at 8:30am
Location:
Newport Performing Arts Center
Tuition:
$490 (Includes camp tee-shirt)
Please note:
* Students must bring snacks, lunch, and a water bottle
* Tuition includes 2025 OCCA Theatre Camp T-Shirt
* Campers will perform in one of three shows, divided by age. However, special requests (to be with friends or in a certain show) will be taken into consideration.
Scholarships may be available. If funds are a barrier to learning, please click here to apply.
REGISTRATION FORM COMING SOON!
Act One Players will perform in
Disney’s The Aristocats Kids
Director: Alex Herd
Music and Lyrics by: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker, and Floyd Huddleston, Terry Giklyson
Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music by: Bryan Louiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Michael Bernard
Based on the 19780 Disney film The Aristocats
Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns. In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it’s up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O’Malley, and his band of swingin’ jazz cats to save the day.
Take Two Players will perform in
Disney’s High School Musical, Jr.
Directed by: Danika Simon
Book by David Simpatico
Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Written by Peter Barsocchini
Songs by Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil, Ray Cham, Greg Cham & Andrew Seeley, Randy Petersen & Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd & Adam Watts, Bryan Louiselle, David N. Lawrence & Faye Greenberg, Jamie Houston
Music Adapted, Arranged, and Produced by Bryan Louiselle
Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life on your stage in Disney’s High School Musical JR. Now updated to the convenient binder version! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extra-curricular activities. The show’s infectious, danceable songs are sure to engage performers and audiences alike. It’s the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes all find their cliques. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. The couple cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical. Although many students resent the threat posed to the “status quo,” Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well.
Prime Time Players will perform in
Return of the Script
by Don Zolidis
Directed by: Jen Hamilton
Miss Walters’s life is upended after she does the unthinkable and forgets to return a perusal script. Now, she’s on the run from international conglomerate Musical Theater Global, trying to dodge the two agents they sent after her. (Which is especially hard since one of them can talk to birds.) If Miss Walters wants to live one day more, she must find and return the perusal before MTG finds her. Return of the Script is a madcap chase by plane, train, and automobile that teaches an important lesson: Always read the terms and conditions.
About Jennifer Hamilton, Camp Director: Jennifer started volunteering for the local community theatre in high school and never stopped. As the Education Director at Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy, she established and grew Educational Programming, directed over 50 Youth and Theatre for Young Audiences productions, grew summer camp, and took programming into schools. Jennifer continues to bring theatre to youth on the Oregon Coast through a partnership with the Newport Performing Arts Center, providing after-school theatre classes, workshops, and summer camps. Jennifer became involved with AACT in 2008 when she facilitated the Education Director’s conference. She was provided the opportunity to do that again in 2018 and continues to work with the Youth Activities committee to grow the next generation of AACT members and volunteers.