ASC Education

ASC Education A residential summer Shakespearience for teens. They spend their evenings at the Blackfriars Playhouse, spellbound by Shakespeare's stagecraft.

For teenagers, the ASC Theatre Camp (ASCTC) is more than just a summer camp or a theatre program: it’s a bona-fide game-changer. Twice every summer, ASCTC plunges high-school students into several weeks of intensive, immersive, incomparable programming in the Shakespearean Shangri-La of Staunton, Virginia - home of the American Shakespeare Center and the world's only recreation of Shakespeare's in

door theatre: the Blackfriars Playhouse. We transport students out of their normal lives and beyond their comfort zones, and they emerge not only with greater control over their craft and more preparation for college, but also with more confidence, more capability, and more capacity for growth and change. All ASCTC participants preview the college experience by living and working on the residential campus at Mary Baldwin University. They spend their days rehearsing with our staff of professional theatremakers, training with ASC actors, and learning from MBU professors, ASC scholars, and each other. And in the advanced four-week Renaissance session, they do it all (including cutting the script) as a collaborative company of equals, without the oversight of a formal director. But all work and no play makes camp a dull sport - even when working feels like playing. Mornings off bring sleeping in and brunching at the local Farmer's market. Days off bring trips to the park, swimming, water balloon fights, dance parties, and well-earned opportunities to luxuriate in languorous laziness. Three or four weeks of this chimeric, collaborative creativity culminates in the Final Performance Festival, where campers mount their final productions (for a packed house) on the Blackfriars Playhouse stage. The ASC Theatre Camp boasts a unique combination of performance training, academic discovery, preparation for college life and learning, and the magic of meeting others with the same passion and persistence. The experience teaches you more about Shakespeare, more about life, and more about yourself than you could ever learn in the classroom alone. Won't you join us?

Drama Club had a great playhouse rehearsal. Come see our miniature TWELFTH NIGHT at the Blackfriars Playhouse on Sunday,...
03/28/2026

Drama Club had a great playhouse rehearsal. Come see our miniature TWELFTH NIGHT at the Blackfriars Playhouse on Sunday, April 26!

Staff Applications for ASCTC 2026 are now open! Join a remarkable team of artists and educators shaping the next generat...
11/15/2025

Staff Applications for ASCTC 2026 are now open! Join a remarkable team of artists and educators shaping the next generation of theatre-makers, have a bunch of fun, and get paid to do it.

Go to our website to learn more and apply today >>> americanshakespearecenter.com/camp

👩‍🎓🎉 ASCOTS celebration! ✨👨‍🎓At the end of each session, we induct our graduating campers into the camp alumni group, th...
10/17/2025

👩‍🎓🎉 ASCOTS celebration! ✨👨‍🎓

At the end of each session, we induct our graduating campers into the camp alumni group, the ASC Old Timers' Society (ASCOTS).

They accept their diploma, don the iconic blue shirt, and leave their camper days behind.

Join us on a trip down ASCOTS induction memory lane!

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A last taste of summer before fall arrives in force - the 2025 No Kidding Shakespeare Campers performing Shakespeare's L...
09/18/2025

A last taste of summer before fall arrives in force - the 2025 No Kidding Shakespeare Campers performing Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST at the Blackfriars Playhouse in August 2025.

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What plain proceeding is more plain than this? ASCTC 2025 presents Shakespeare's WAR OF THE ROSES. 📸Miscellaneous Media ...
08/24/2025

What plain proceeding is more plain than this? ASCTC 2025 presents Shakespeare's WAR OF THE ROSES.

📸Miscellaneous Media Photography

One camp ends, another begins. The 2025 session of our No Kidding Shakespeare Camp is now underway! Here the campers are...
07/29/2025

One camp ends, another begins. The 2025 session of our No Kidding Shakespeare Camp is now underway! Here the campers are getting Ralphed as they prep for their staged reading of Love’s Labor’s Lost.

Livestream our outdoor operformance this morning!
07/27/2025

Livestream our outdoor operformance this morning!

Tonight the campers got to show off their skills at the What You Will Talent Show! There was plenty of musical acts, ski...
07/27/2025

Tonight the campers got to show off their skills at the What You Will Talent Show! There was plenty of musical acts, skits, and a reading of a play written by one of our very own campers. Stay tune tomorrow for our final Instagram takeover hosted by cast members of Richard III!

Yesterday the campers had the wonderful opportunity to meet and work with ASC founder Ralph Alan Cohen! Thank you Ralph ...
07/24/2025

Yesterday the campers had the wonderful opportunity to meet and work with ASC founder Ralph Alan Cohen! Thank you Ralph for stopping by!

Saturday night movie night! Campers got the opportunity to see Superman at Visulite Cinemas yesterday and had a blast! ...
07/20/2025

Saturday night movie night! Campers got the opportunity to see Superman at Visulite Cinemas yesterday and had a blast!

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24401

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