Get Expert Actor
Training for Your Child
Summer 2025 Theatre Day Camps and Residential
Conservatories with Traveling Players
"A little-known summer gem for the budding actor"

Perform in our Plays – Small by Design

Small casts (13 actors) led by expert faculty give every student the individualized attention they deserve.

 

Awarded for Excellence
  • Selected as 1 of 25 model Summer Schools in the Arts by the NEA
  • Arts Education Award, 2020-21, ArtsFairfax
  • #1 Arts Camp in the Nation, CampEasy
  • Featured in Catalogue for Philanthropy, "featuring the area’s best, vetted, community-based charities for high-impact local giving"

 

Exceptional Faculty

Every play is directed by professional artists and educators. Students receive training in character creation, movement, physical comedy, stage combat, improvisation, text analysis, as well as acting.

 

Unplugged and yet Deeply Connected

With no cell phones or social media around, students get the chance to unplug and meaningfully connect with peers.

 

Real Friendships, Real Growth

Team building activities in and out of rehearsal help to build a strong supportive community of actors who work well together, and create friendships that last a lifetime!

 

Great Theatre in the Great Outdoors

Students live & rehearse at a boarding school right on the Rappahannock river!
Adventure is all around us – swimming, canoeing on the river, camping under the stars, and more.

 

Perform for the Public – not just your friends and family!

All programs culminate in a performance at Tysons Corner Center -- on the Plaza or in our Studio.
Shakespeare Troupe goes on a professional performance tour!

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"300 people auditioned. 22 people were cast. My son, who was a Traveling Players student for many years, will make his Muhlenberg Mainstage debut this November in the Greek tragedy ‘Agamemnon.’ He is one of only a very few freshmen to be cast in any of the school’s Mainstage productions."
— Parent
"Acting created a place for me to express myself and to feel like people are listening — and being at Traveling Players made me feel as if I was worth listening to. It’s a wonderful feeling"
— Student

Summer Camps & Conservatories!

Day Camps in Tysons Corner Center
No Audition Required

Acting Studio

  • Grades 2-4
  • 1 week
  • Spark imagination & new friendships!
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Players Studio

  • Grades 3-5
  • 2 weeks
  • Take the stage!
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Sleepaway Camps & Conservatories
By Audition

Mythology Ensemble

  • Grades 4-6
  • 2 weeks
  • Perform an EPIC world premiere play based on Greek mythology!
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Thespian Ensemble

  • Grades 6-8
  • 3 weeks
  • Expert acting training for the Middle School Comedian!
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Comedy Ensemble

  • Grades 6-8 & 8-12
  • 3 weeks
  • Create a story on the spot through improv -  of the most important tools in the actor's toolbox!
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Shakespeare Ensemble

  • Grades 8-12
  • 3 weeks
  • Shakespeare taught by experts in acting techniques!
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Shakespeare Troupe

  • Recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for “offering challenges unlike any other pre-college program in the country”
  • Grades 9-12
  • 6 weeks
  • Perform on professional stages!
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Technical Theatre

  • 3 or 6 weeks
  • Grades 8-12
  • Hands-on technical theatre training in costumes, props and scenic painting.
  • By Interview
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About Traveling Players Ensemble

Where Aspiring Actors go to get Personalized Instruction from Professionals

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Innovative and personalized training is at the heart of every Traveling Players program. 

  • Class sizes are limited to no more than 12 students
  • Classes & performances are led by master teachers
  • Teachers have years of experience in professional theatre
  • Faculty is trained in First Aid 
  • All teachers hold a BA, BFA, or MFA in theatre
  • Many staff are Traveling Players alumni 

Our Artistic Director, Jeanne E. Harrison (she/her),  personally interviews every member of our staff and selects them for their proven skills as educators, artists, and role models. All employees of Traveling Players are rigorously background checked.  

Our staff is our biggest asset — comprised of talented artist educators who work professionally in the DC-metro area and around the world. They are hand-picked to give your child the best experience possible.

Studio

Traveling Players Studio
Tysons Corner Center – DL01
1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons, VA 22102

Mailing

P.O. Box 1315
Great Falls, VA 22066

Traveling Players Ensemble is funded in part by ArtsFairfax and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Photo Credits Include: Jess Wallach - The Body is Good, Isaiah Brown - Pint Sized Productions, Jillian Skara, Lloyd Wolfe, Eleanor Tucker, and Morgan Shotwell
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