Making Theater A Camp-Ready Sport

Growing up outside Columbus, Ohio, Daniel Robey was a summer camp kid.Church camp. Scout camp. Scout camp counselor. Program director. He even taught scout leaders to lead camps.Starting in middle school, the camp kid was also a theater kid. He now teaches high school theater in Worthington, Ohio.Take any town camp or church camp or make-fire-with-sticks camp and add theater, he says, and you’ve got something special. “There are so many leadership skills that theater can teach, problem-solving skills that go really nicely with what's happening at a summer camp,” he says. “The art of theater is inherently a group project and a team sport and requires leadership and setting the example.”Who better than Robey—with his feet firmly in the theater and camp worlds—to help shape Camp Broadway MyWay, a new program that makes it easy for camp directors to add theater to their programming? (Details at https://www.campbwaymyway.com.)This conversation with Peter Kramer, an award-winning journalist who shines a light on high school arts across New York's Lower Hudson Valley and beyond explores ways you can make theater a camp-ready sport this summer. This episode is brought to you by BCI Burke. Play is where development soars and communities come together. At BCI Burke, we believe outdoor spaces should be thoughtfully designed, built to last and welcoming to everyone. Because when design is intentional, people feel it. Learn more at https://www.bciburke.com.Want to watch this episode instead? You can access wherever you get yoru podcasts. Want to read the article? You can access it here.Enjoy!