Summer is a busy, crazy, wonderful, fun, wild time at Laura's Center for the Arts! Fortunately we have the opportunity to bring in an amazing group of camp staff who are from a variety of backgrounds.  One such staff is back for her second summer with us, and we couldn't be more excited to have her on our team!

 Madison "Madi" tower is home from her first year at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and is assisting with our dance and theatre camps, as well as stepping into the role of lead instructor for our Teen Theatre Intensive.  Madi has been consistently held in regards by the campers, their parents, and her coworkers, often taken on leadership roles instinctively.  Madi's specialty classes such as improv and Broadway dance are always full of laughter and without fail put on a great performance at the end of the camp session.  She loves the diversity of arts that the campers here are exposed to and the creative environment fostered by the staff!

Madi hopes to go on the become a dramaturge or to work with a film production company.  Fortunately we will be able to say this up and coming theatre professional got her start here at Laura's Center for the Arts.

"Art is about creation and adding something new to the world" - Madi Tower

Our tag line for the summer is creativity starts here.  After a successful two weeks of "Explore the Arts" camp, the art center has EXPLODED with young actors, dancers, and artists! This group of campers is at Laura's Center for the Arts Monday through Friday for a full two weeks, creating, laughing, and learning.  

Creative Kids art camp has been working diligently, reprising the papier-mâché turtle project, working on individual projects, and creating really cool self portraits!  Campers took initiative to come up with new and interesting concepts and making their projects their own!

Dance camp has been working on learning choreography for "Happy" and "Holding Out for a Hero".  The high energy numbers have resulted in hours of smiles and laughs!  The campers also have been working as a group to choreograph "Applause" as a group! 

Theatre camp is well under way with its production of Cinderella!  The campers all learned about how to audition, and recieved their roles! It is a great sight to see a group of thirty youth cheer and clap for each other, even when for those who got the role that they wanted! The music and blocking we have been working on looks and sounds amazing already!