Clown

The Clown Shop is the perfect place to show off how funny you are! There are so many options to get involved in. You could be part of an improv troupe, get involved in a sketch comedy show, or perform your own stand up!

Improvising is like falling down a flight of stairs in front of an audience. If you seize up, you will land flat on your face. If you let go and float gracefully down, it will be very pretty, and you will land flat on your face. Either way, it's just plain funny. We teach the fundamentals of long- and short-form improvisation in the tradition of Del Close, Second City, and Saturday Night Live. Here you will learn the art of taking a small suggestion and, using only your urbane wit, creating an entire world.

In addition, each session, the Clown counselors lead campers through the whole process of creating a complete sketch comedy show. Working in small groups, campers write sketches that are put together into the ever-popular Clown Show. Campers and staff alike bring the belly laughs and make the night one to remember!

The Stand Up Comedy program is where campers come to learn how to be hilarious. Or if they're already hilarious, it's how they learn to show people how hilarious they are. Through discussions and brainstorming and other activities that sound very business-like but are actually a whole lot of fun, campers learn how to write jokes, put together a standup comedy set, and perform in front of adoring fans. In combination with our Improv and Sketch Comedy program, kids learn all aspects of physical and verbal humor.