Asheville Creative Arts Theatre Camp
Day Camp for Ages 8-11
Led by instructors Scott Fisher and Katie Jones, Asheville Creative Arts theatre camp will offer instruction in acting, creative drama, writing, and puppetry, with local artists joining to teach master classes in music, improvisation, or movement.
Campers will have an opportunity to utilize each of these techniques throughout the week as they collaboratively adapt, enact, and modernize a folktale to be presented on the final day of this unique camp.
About the Instructors
Scott Fisher moved to Asheville in 2007, and considers himself a successful transplant. He has put his BA in Theatre Arts to good use in the last 10 years, mostly with The Magnetic Theatre, Attic Salt Theatre Company, and Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective.
Scott enjoys acting, singing, writing, directing, lighting, and costuming. During the daytime hours, he is a teacher with Asheville City Schools, where he has been “acting like a teacher” for the last six years. Scott is very excited about combining his two passions, teaching and theatre, to launch this new summer camp.
Katie Jones is a director, performer, puppeteer, producer, and arts educator. She has worked in the education and artistic departments of Asolo Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, American Theater Company, Von Orthal Puppets and Steppenwolf. Katie served as an artist-in-residence in Chicago Public Schools, Colorado Public Libraries, and was a performer/assistant director with Kaleidoscope, a theatre program for adults with special needs.
Katie teaches storytelling at Catawba Valley Community College, writing courses for the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, and creative drama for the Bright Ideas program at Isaac Dickson Elementary School. She serves as Festival Director for the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, as Artistic Associate at The Magnetic Theatre and as a Resident Artist with Asheville Creative Arts.
Theatre Camp will be held June 25-29,2018 at Hanger Hall School for Girls, 64 WT Weaver Blvd. in Asheville. Tuition to attend is $275. Scholarships are available, inquire by emailing [email protected].
For more information on Asheville Creative Arts, please visit ashevillecreativearts.org.
