Summer Camp Registration is Open!
Register now to enroll and save your spot for this summer. Spaces are filling up fast, and some programs have already gone to waiting lists, so don’t miss your chance.
Find out which ensembles are open to you.
Learn more about our summer camp.
Auditions
Traveling Troupe
Still looking for a few good men!
We’re holding a fourth audition to find two more boys to join on the Much Ado About Nothing cast.
Commedia Troupe
Send in the clowns!
Come audition to be a part of the mask-wearing, improv-speaking, slapstick-wielding Commedia Troupe and learn the fast-paced comedy style that is Commedia dell’Arte
There are still spots in both Troupes. Email info@travelingplayers.org for details.
Field Trips
Come see a show with Traveling Players.
Registration deadline is TODAY for The Lady Becomes Him at Faction of Fools and The Winter’s Tale at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
We periodically add new field trips, so check back often!
TPE Believes In
Great Theatre ...
Artistic creation is fundamental to forming one's identity, especially for teens in their unique and complex transition between childhood and adulthood. We give teens a safe space to explore themselves through artistic expression....in the Great Outdoors
As stated in a 2007 Washington Post article featuring Traveling Players as a camp that meaningfully addresses ‘nature-deficit disorder’, “Many kids' first spiritual encounters take place in nature, where they discover something larger than themselves." Therefore, Traveling Players links theatre to nature by working outdoors and favoring plays with nature themes. With weekly overnights and outdoor rehearsals, TPE builds confidence and respect for the outdoors through Leave No Trace camping ethics.Bringing out the Best in Every Child
An ensemble (13) provides an ideal structure for fostering creativity and a sense of community, ensuring personalized attention and significant growth as an artist and individual. By keeping our casts small, TPE is able to provide individualized instruction and an enviable staff-to-student ratio of 1:4.
What do people say about us?
- He is absolutely fearless in the classroom and on the page; he did not show this kind of ability or confidence in English classes before coming to Traveling Players."
- He has learned to think, trust, [and] challenge himself...My son has learned these things from Traveling Players Ensemble."
- Traveling Players was the turning point in my training and direction as an actor."
- Traveling Players Ensemble has become such a fundamental institution in my life. The camp...touched my life beyond the limits of simply performance to benefit me in my academic [and my] literary abilities."
- TPE takes all that teenaged energy and angst and produces something wonderful."
- The director at TPE took the time to work with the non-speaking actors and turn their slapstick routine into a highlight of the show. My son has had other small roles since, and has never complained; he just immediately pitches in and makes the role his own - and that gets noticed."
- Just days after TPE ended my friends and family noticed me being happier, volunteering more, and being more helpful. I adopted an attitude of helping anyone having trouble."
- He has become a better writer, in part because he has learned to really listen to language and think about the written and spoken word."
- I suspect it will become a lifelong friendship with William Shakespeare."
- I was growing and maturing, much like the forest that surrounded me, only I was developing into a better actor and a better person."
- Traveling Players introduced the idea to me that acting is not just a way of expression for the actor, but rather a way of healing the audience and telling them a story that really touches them."
- I am certain that TPE has unlocked the actor that I am today and laid the foundation for the actor I will one day become. I am not sure if TPE changed who I am, or if it just showed me what I am capable of. I have immense respect for the environment, the artistic process, and the courageous dedication it takes to follow one's dream and passion."
- I knew I could handle the outdoors, but I didn't know how passionate I would become about it."
- "My son has participated in TPE only because of the financial scholarships he has received since the first year. He has been an individual in search of an artistic and an intellectual home, and a young person in search of a community of peers and friends - he has found all of these things in TPE. This resource has been available to him only because I as a parent have had the confidence and support of year to year, and throughout the year, financial assistance."
- "At TPE I made family, not friends."
- "In addition to great theatre and training, Traveling Players provides a family of sorts for the kids, where all are welcomed and all belong, and as such, it is incredibly special."
- "By the start of our two-week tour, we were a well-oiled machine. We developed an ability to anticipate each other's movements and needs."
- "The actors really do work cooperatively and not competitively. My daughter always spoke highly of the other actors and never felt that she was in competition with them."
- "I have respect for my own abilities and those of my fellows, and I have confidence in my ability to reach my goals, and to help others to do so as well. These are things I have learned through Traveling Players, and hope to keep learning for more years to come."
- "When our daughter did the sound for a local theater production, many of the group from last summer at TPE went to provide moral support and appreciate the technical aspects of the production, a level of maturity and insight beyond her public school circle."
- "We have been going to see Shakespeare shows at festivals where, in addition to a regular cast, they also have equity actors perform. Your kids did as good of a job as we have ever seen - we were totally blown away. My husband could not believe that your kids were high school kids and not college kids."
- "We picked up the scripts to get going and I felt the rhythm in Shakespeare, the humor in Shakespeare. I loved him right away. Who says you can't like older men? And then, in our parts we found the extra corners of the play together until we had the whole map."
- "If you are just looking for a part in a play these classes and camps are not for you. TPE is for the serious budding actor/actress that loves the craft."
- "My growth as an actor was immediately evident when I returned to school. Several of my fellow student-actors approached me in amazement over my newfound acting abilities. When they asked me how I had improved so much, I realized that I was experiencing the result of a second summer spent with TPE. I am positive that these abilities will assist me in the future whenever I need to make any form of presentation, analyze and examine literature, or apply my creativity to any purpose."
- "TPE has opened up the world of Shakespeare to my daughter. Her experience has elevated her self-confidence, enhanced the clarity and pitch of her voice, and helped her develop into a fine character actress."
- "My growth as an actor was immediately evident when I returned to school. Several of my fellow student-actors approached me in amazement over my newfound acting abilities. When they asked me how I had improved so much, I realized that I was experiencing the result of a second summer spent with TPE. I am positive that these abilities will assist me in the future whenever I need to make any form of presentation, analyze and examine literature, or apply my creativity to any purpose." - Scholarship Camper, 2004 - 2007
- "Putting together a full-length Shakespeare play in a few short weeks requires commitment from all of the members of the cast. The work ethic that I learned from Traveling Players helped me to success in high school and now in college." - Camper, 2004 - 2008