Theater Pro Camp focuses on theater preparation, collaboration, and exploration. By combining acting, voice, movement training, and performance skills, students will develop the necessary skills needed in theater performance and are empowered to grow and advance their creativity in a fun and supportive environment. Campers work with props and costumes to perform numbers and scenes from various plays and musicals. Beyond the practical application in theater, students will learn to work in teams, solve problems, build self-confidence, gain respect for the talents and opinions of others, and explore their own creativity. Theater Camp will conclude with a showcase performance open to the public.
Parent or guardian must read the summer camp manual and complete the registration forms by the first day of camp.
Scholarships are available! Complete the scholarship application here.
Bethany Gere is the ARTx3 Campus' Theater and Public Programs Coordinator. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Arkansas at Monticellow, a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology, and a Bachelor of Fine Art in Musical Theatre from Ouachita Baptist University. Bethany has been performing in shows at The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas and across the Southeast region since 2011. Some of her favorite performances include PUFFS (Leanne), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Marie, Fairy Godmother), 9 to 5 the Musical (Kathy), numerous Razzle Dazzles, 42nd Street (Diane Lorimer), and Hairspray (Tracy Turnblad) — a role which she also performed professionally at Murry's Dinner Playhouse.
Bethany has received many awards including The ARTx3 Good Egg Award in 2021, The Artsy Hero Award from the Boys & Girls Club of Jefferson County in 2024, A Teacher of Impact from the Arkansas School of Math and Science, was recognized as The Arkansas Governor’s Schools Highly influential Teachers, and won several Bellamy Awards including Best Lighting Design, Best Musical Director and Best Director. Bethany is also no stranger to the production teams of many musicals. She has directed, choreographed, and music-directed shows such as Sister Act, Legally Blonde the Musical, The Last Five Years, Rock of Ages, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Miracle on Main, and Razzle Dazzle.
