Kelsie Gregware

Wow, just WOW! Our 8 year old daughter just finished one of the summer camp sessions here and we are just blown away! So is she! She attended the Willy Wonka Session of Theatre Camp, it was a two week session from 9am-4pm and at the end of it they put on the musical. As parents we were blown and I mean blown away by the what they all accomplished in just two weeks! We went to an after party for the kids and it wasn’t just us that were super impressed, all of the parents were just amazed! Our daughter was given a small role in the musical, perfect for her age and experience. Each day that I picked her up, she would be beaming and so pumped by the experience. She has had an interest in theatre since she was young but this just solidified it. The counselors were Highschool graduates who had grown up in the program and loved it, you could tell each day at drop off. There were kids of ALL ages there, our daughter was one of the youngest at 8 years old and kids went all the way to highschool age. Even with that vast age difference, they ALL were kind to each other and accepting. It was awesome for my daughter to see some mentors. She saw older kids helping younger kids and got to experience comradeship at its best. She was taught to practice and study, to get her role right. She had to audition for her role, which gave her insight on being brave, handling nervous energy and how to push through. Theatre camp teaches so many important life lessons, we are so thrilled we found this camp. It turns out that we discovered this camp has been going on for quite awhile, I ran into partner of kids in their 30’s who went to this camp as kiddos. So they obviously know what they are doing and how to be successful! Highly recommend, it will be the highlight to your kids summer as it was for our daughter. She’s begging for next year already!

Our 7 year old won tickets and a back stage tour through Festival of Trees to see the Buddy Holly show. It was one for the memory books! The talent was just as strong as some Broadway shows we’ve seen, the theatre was itself was great and the manager and his wife made it over the top! Our daughter was treated like royalty and still to this day, almost a year later, she talks about her experience with pride and dreams. Our entire family loves theatre and this performance had us all mesmerized. They know how to pick them, make them and find the talent for them! But besides that, this theatre sold me with their heart. Our experience was just spectacular and we highly recommend it for families. Talk the kids to theatre, they will love it! Ours are begging for more. Way to go Florida Rep, way to go!