Welcome to Child’s Play NY Summer Camp, where kids’ imaginations take center stage as they escape into fantastic realms through great stories, creative movement, and games galore! Led by professional actors, they flex their imaginative muscles and learn theater skills that inspire self-confidence and community. Campers are led by expert theater artists, trained in early childhood education and skilled at centering kids’ imaginative adventures. Founded in 2009 Child’s Play NY is an award-winning dramatic arts program and offers robust theater education throughout the NY Metro area. Camps meet in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens and Fort Greene.
Every week has a new theme! Choose sessions that work for you.
Camps have a 1:4 ratio of teachers to campers and are capped at 16 kids.
Sessions for 3K through 1st culminate in an original film, premiered online.
Grades 2nd through 8th perform a final show for families on the last day.
Creative movement games, dance, and daily outdoor play keep kids active.
Original story creation and improvisation celebrate kid’s voices.
At Child’s Play NY, our mission is to empower the next generation through the theatrical arts. Through our programming, we uplift student voices, ignite curiosity, and center compassion. We seek deep truths about the characters we embody, and the stories we tell. The work is both a mirror for self-reflection and a doorway through which we travel for a deeper understanding of other perspectives. Our Brooklyn-based studios are spacious, air-conditioned and well-ventilated. Our theaters for grades 2-6 have stages that elevate our final performance for friends and family. Scholarships are available for BIPOC students and for those from backgrounds historically unrepressented in the arts.
Child’s Play NY camps are helmed by professional actors with years of education experience. These artists are nurturing, creative, and charismatic teachers who delight in sharing their passions with young people. Our camp teaching artists are the same educators who work in Child’s Play NY programs at all our partner schools during the school year. You can feel great about entrusting your child’s artistic education to them for an enriching summer camp experience!