Acting for Young People

Beauty and the Beast, Jr - Green Cast
📸Mike Chapman

Beauty and the Beast, Jr - Red Cast!
📸Mike Chapman

Check out these gorgeous designs for Cogswoth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Madame de la Grande Buche, Babbette, Le Plume, and Crane!
Drawings and Designs by Ms. Kaela

Adventures cast, incoming!
📸Mike Chapman

More costumes! 😍😍😍 It's the iconic Beauty and the Beast waltz!
Costume Drawings & Designs by Ms. Kaela

Meet Ms. Autumn, who joins us as an Intern for the very first time this year after 7 years of being an AFYP student! She's excited to get to know all the campers. Check out her favorite AFYP role as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins, Jr ☂️

Lumiere had the coolest craft element of our Beauty and the Beast costumes: Lumiere's light up hat!
Drawings and Designs by Ms. Kaela

Major throwback for the last Monday of Summer Acting Camp 2023: FIRST CAMP EVER!! 🤩🤩🤩

Check out the inspiration for the Gaston and LeFou looks!
Designs & Drawings by Ms. Kaela

Meet Ms. Lilah, a second year Intern who has been a student with AFYP for TEN years! Check out her favorite role (Jojo in Seussical Jr, Fall 2022) and her first ever role in the Mini Actors' Showcase "The Little Spots" 🐶 Lilah has also participated in our annual Student Playwrights Festival, and this summer she is looking forward to meeting new friends, having fun, and helping to teach all about acting! ☀️

Meet the interns! This is Mr. Liam's first ever internship. "Ever since my trip to Italy this summer, I’ve been eagerly awaiting my internship and the material I can use in my theatre class at school!" Lifelong learning, activate 🚀

EXTRA! 🗞 EXTRA! 🗞 Announcing AFYP's Fall Musical Showcase Productions: NEWSIES, JR (ages 9-15; Advanced Cast, ages 13-18); NYC ADVENTURES (ages 7-8); and THE LITTLE NEWSIES (ages 5-6).

Registration opens August 1 ⭐️
8/1/2023, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | AFYP Member Family Registration Period**
8/1/2023, 8:00 PM | General Public Registration

**learn more about the AFYP Membership Program at afyp.org/membership

Meet the Redshirts! Ms. Bella began her AFYP journey as a student and has taught with us for two years. This summer, she's the Improv Assistant Teacher! Bella loves seeing the growth from the students especially when it comes to Improv: "Seeing the kids come out of their comfort zones is such a magical sight to see. Improv is silly and brave so it makes my heart soar to see that growth, joy, and laughter." Outside of AFYP, Bella is busy producing her play "The Road to the End" at the Capital Fringe Festival this summer. She will also begin production on a short film soon! 🎬

Meet the Redshirts! Mr. Frank has worked with AFYP since June 2005. He is currently our Playwriting teaching artist for summer camp, and he's excited to see all the great new ideas the students bring this summer! He's also writing two history-based books, several plays, and preparing for George Mason University's Mason Players ORIGINALS! Festival of new work this fall ✍️

Be Our Guest! The purple, pink, white, and gold color palette is the iconic Mrs Potts look. For our Be Our Guest costumes, Ms. Kaela extended that aesthetic to the entire ensemble of silverware, plates, and napkins - and let it inspire the costumes of other characters such as Le Pume and Madame de la Grande Bouche.

Ms Kaela designed and created our ✨stunning✨ costumes for Beauty and the Beast Jr. this spring! We are excited to share the journey from page to stage for several of her magnificent creations 🪡

Meet the interns! Ms. Grace is a Junior Counselor with AFYP this summer. After five years of being a student, this is her first time donning the Red Shirt! She played Babette in our recent production of Beauty and the Beast, Jr. Grace is looking forward for the learning experience and getting do something she loves as a job - and getting to play the games and watching the play is so much fun!

Meet the Redshirts! It's Rayan! Rayan has been with AFYP since 2009, first as a student and, beginning in 2019, as a Redshirt - primarily on team Admin, but also a few groups over the years! Rayan is an incoming freshman at Emerson College to study theatre, specifically playwriting and scenic painting - but for now, it's all about summer. Rayan is looking forward to meeting everyone at curbside in the mornings. "We'll be there, rain or shine!" ☔️☀️

Meet the Reshirts! Ms. Sofie's AFYP journey began ten years ago as a student. This will be her seventh year as a red shirt! "Summer camp is my favorite time of the year," says Sofie, "so I'm looking forward to everything! I am particularly excited, though, to meet all of our new campers and to see all of our returning campers!" Outside of her work at AFYP, Sofie is busy using her admin organizational skills and theatrical creativity to design and work on her own genetic research project as she works towards a B.S. in Biology at Mason. She will also be doing some assistant teaching for theatre tech at the New School of Northern Virginia this fall 🔬

Meet our INTERNS! Ms. Mary Clare spent 9 years as a student with AFYP - here she is in her favorite role as the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Jr. This is her second summer as a Redshirt, and she can't wait to meet all the new campers and teach them about theater!

Meet the Redshirts ⭐️ It's the one and only Ms. Kaity, our Director of Programs & Outreach! Kaity has been a part of the AFYP fam since 2009 when she began teaching after-school classes while she was an undergraduate student at GMU. Over the years, she has played many roles at Camp and with Showcase, Touring Shows, and Admin. Camp is the best time of year, though: "I LOVE seeing all of our teachers come back (even from other states) for the summer and I always love Workshop Wednesdays!" Kaity is also excited to be part of such a stellar Admin team this summer. Kaity is a proud mom of twins, and outside of AFYP and raising toddlers, she spends her free time reading and cooking 🧑🏻‍🍳

Meet the Redshirts: It's Mr. Adam! Adam has taught with AFYP for nine years. Adam is currently on the Admin Team and directs our Showcases - but in the past, Adam has played many roles at summer camp, including Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Voice, Movement, and Vocal Bootcamp Assistant Director. As if that wasn't enough, Adam is attending American University as an MFA candidate in Games and Interactive Media! Adam is looking forward to watching the AWESOME camp performances every Friday this summer! 🕺

This is me! 💛 Campers at last week's Musical Theatre Workshop danced their hearts out and created positive affirmations!

We hope everyone is having a blast at Session I of Summer Acting Camp (OUT OF THIS WORLD!) This is your formal invitation to join us BEYOND THE BEANSTALK later this summer 🧚‍♀️🏰🧙‍♀️
Have fun with beloved characters from classic stories in all new adventures.
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

Let's meet the other half of the Group 2 Lead Teacher Team: the wonderful Ms. Sophia! Ms. Sophia has been with AFYP for 5 years. This will be her first year with Group 2, and she is looking forward to collaborating with the team. Returning students will recognize her from the Improv teaching team. She's been very busy outside of camp these past few months as she was a swing for IN THE HEIGHTS at NextStop Theater. "It was a learning experience for me and very rewarding" says Ms. Sophia of taking on one of the most challenging and important jobs in theatre. Fun fact: a SWING is an elite type of understudy who must be prepared to cover any track in the play at a moment's notice. Go Ms. Sophia! 🎶

Summer has officially begun 😎
Summer Acting Camp Session I is off to a great start! Don't miss your chance to register for our remaining sessions, and our other fantastic theatre, improv, and musical theatre programming!
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

Catch Ms. Kathleen, our Showcase Vocal Director, in Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville all summer long at Toby's Dinner Theatre! Kathleen plays the lead role of Rachel 🌴☀️🍉
NOTE: This production is recommended for audiences ages 13+. For more information and to determine whether this show is appropriate for your family, check out the Toby's Dinner Theatre website.

Meet the Redshirts! Ms. Kendall's AFYP journey began as a student in 2006, and this summer will be her tenth year teaching with AFYP! She will be leading the Musical Theater Elective along with the amazing Ms. Kathleen and assisting with Group 4 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Ms. Kendall just graduated from George Mason University and is looking forward to starting the next chapter of her career in the arts! She can’t wait to see you all for another super fun summer!! 🪩

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... SILLY SIDEKICKS & SUPER STORIES! 🦸🏽‍♀️🏙🦸🏻‍♂️
A week filled with comedy, superheroes, and silly stories.
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

Wands at the ready! Our PUFFS performance was one year ago today 💛🦡
📸 Kathleen West

For those who love the movies... LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! 🎥🍿🎬
Experience the excitement of being a star and the wonderful world behind the scenes.
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

Meet the Redshirts! Ms. Erin is Co-Lead Teacher with Ms. Sophia for Group 2 this summer (ages 7-8). How many years has Ms. Erin been with AFYP? 5? 6? Well, however many, they've been a great adventure! She is also currently working on her masters degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a primary concentration in Theater Education. When she graduates, she'll be licensed to teach theatre in the state of Virginia!
She's looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces and watching the students learn fun, new scripts each week! (Did you know? Every week of camp features a BRAND NEW script for each group) 📚

It's the first quiet Saturday in a long time here at AFYP. We're reminiscing on last week's amazing Showcase performances of Beauty and the Beast, Jr with these backstage view shots taken by Mr. Elliot! We're excited to share more Beauty and the Beast photos soon ✨

Meet the Redshirts!
Miss Erin has taught with AFYP for 5 years. This year, she takes on the role of Lead Teacher for Group 4 (ages 11-12). Yay Erin! She is also looking forward to teaching some dynamic new workshops at camp this summer. Outside of AFYP, Miss Erin spends her time writing plays and is looking forward to auditioning for Disney (she spent this past semester at the Disney College Program - you could call her a Disney Scholar at this point!) 👑

Join AFYP at THE LAUGH FACTORY!
A comedic week of light-hearted scenes & sketches 🤣🎤🎭
*Note! Shortened week due to July 4 holiday/ no Wednesday Workshops. Reduced tuition!
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

New AFYP Fan Merch items are officially on sale! Show your AFYP spirit all year round in a variety of colors 🎭 Perfect for actors AND their families ✨
Sizes and colors vary by product style. At this time, only adult sizes are available in the Tank Top style.
order today / https://www.bonfire.com/store/afyp-fan-store/ ⭐️

Meet the Redshirts!
Mr. Michael has taught with AFYP 14 years. WOW! He's one of our most experienced Teaching Artists. This summer, he returns to lead Group 3 (ages 9-10).
"I’m looking forward to continuing the practice of, both, the art of teaching and the art of theater" says Mr. Michael about camp this summer. Outside of AFYP,
Mr. Michael reconnecting with his love of clown and will be studying intensively with more of the world’s greatest teachers on the subject this year. 🎭

Summer camp is OUT OF THIS WORLD! 👽🚀👩‍🚀
Create epic characters in stories inspired by space travel and science fiction
Register today / https://www.afyp.org/mcaa-summer-programs ⭐️

There are a few more days to submit your audition for this summer’s Musical Theater Performance Bootcamp!

Intermediate and advanced teen performers will join vocal instructor Emi Eiting, along with acting coaches and choreographers from Acting for Young People, for a week of musical theater skill-building! Students will quickly learn new repertoire focusing on vocal technique, musicality, interpretation and movement as they celebrate the tradition of Broadway and popular music. Students will also be taught how to make quality repertoire selections for themselves, and will be provided a list of repertoire from which to begin building their own musical theatre vocal library. The week will culminate in a high quality performance supported by professional musicians. This is an excellent opportunity for dedicated musical theatre performers!

All auditions must be submitted by May 9. Decisions will be sent to each applicant within the week.

This program runs from July 24-28. Application information is available at https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/acting/summer/musical-theater-performance-bootcamp/

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

The deadline for auditions and applications for our Musical Theater Performance Bootcamp with is now extended until Tuesday, May 9th!

We hope to see you at this fantastic program this summer!

More info can be found at www.MasonAcademy.org