News release
LOGAN — In-person high school theater workshops offered by the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts and the Dane G. Hansen Foundation are returning this summer.
Each weeklong musical theater workshop is open to high school students (incoming high school freshman through outgoing college freshman). In just five days, participating students will conceive, write, choreograph, compose, design, rehearse and perform an original piece of musical theatre in collaboration with a staff of professional artists. There will be three workshops this June, including a residential option.
June 5-9 – Hays Residential Camp (Fort Hays State University)
New this year, Lovewell is offering a residential camp experience at Fort Hays State University. Students arrive on Sunday evening, June 5, and stay in the residence hall on campus. The performance will be Friday evening, June 9, at the Felten Theater in Malloy Hall, followed by checkout. Students who wish to participate in this workshop without staying in the dorms may register as day camp participants.
Day camps:
June 12 – 16 – Concordia (Brown Grand Theater)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12, 13 & 14
- 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 15
- 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 16
- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 17 — Performance at 1:00
June 19 – 23 – Phillipsburg (Huck Boyd Center)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 19, 20 & 21
- 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 22
- 9 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. June 23— Performance at 7:00
Students from surrounding communities and counties are encouraged to participate in a workshop closest to them.
For more information or to register, visit lovewell.org, and click on Apply, and then Kansas.
PARTICIPTION COSTS & SCHOLARSIPS
The Hansen Foundation is underwriting the cost of the workshops for students who reside in the Foundation’s 26-county service area so that the student participation fee is significantly discounted to $50 for day camps.
Residential Camp Costs:
- $50 Application fee and tuition per student per one-week (non-residential option).
- $90 Application fee + lunches (5) (non-residential option).
- $250 Application fee + room (double occupancy) and all meals.
- $325 Application fee + room (single occupancy) and all meals.
No student who is truly committed to participate will be denied the opportunity due to inability to pay. Scholarships are available to students who reside in the Hansen Foundation service area.
ABOUT THE LOVEWELL WORKSHOPS
The week-long day camp/workshop brings students from all different creative backgrounds together to create an original work of musical theatre from scratch. While the performance is an enormous part of the workshop, the focus is on the creative process. No previous music or theater experience is required. To make it come together, the process needs writers, actors, poets, dancers, singers, dreamers, visual artists, musicians, composers, designers, and creative students of ALL kinds.
The students will work with a team of professional artists to help utilize all the students’ gifts and explore the arts while forging new friendships and making memories to last a lifetime.
This is the sixth summer the Lovewell workshops have been offered in Kansas. Lovewell offers students an opportunity to explore music and theater in a unique way. The response from the students and faculty in previous summers has been overwhelmingly positive.
ABOUT LOVEWELL
Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts is a not-for-profit organization that brings students together with professional artists to conduct these unique and transformational workshops. The Lovewell team are artist who make their living as musical directors, play writes, choreographers, composers, lyricists, etc.
Lovewell is based in Florida, but its roots are in Kansas. Today, Lovewell offers workshops all over the United States and internationally. Learn more about Lovewell at www.lovewell.org