ZChaos!
Ages 12-17/ No Experience Necessary/ July 21-25, 2025
Performance: Friday, July 25 at 1:30 in Centennial Park
Price: $80 for the Week
REGISTER AND PAY FOR THIS CAMP HERE
Ready to rewrite the classics with TikTok energy and mem-worthy moments? ZChaos!, is a fast-paced theatre camp where we flip the script on some iconic stories and perform them like never before.
This summer we’re diving into ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ – think monster science with attitude, and ghosts who know how to ghost!
In one week, you’ll collaborate, rehearse, and perform these legendary tales with a modern, hilarious, and sometimes haunting twist. Whether your born for the spotlight or just curious to try something new, this camp is for you!
No experience? No problem. We’ll guide you through character building, script work, improv, movement and ensemble magic – plus a lot of laughs along the way.
What to Expect:
Daily theatre games and creative challenges
Wildly reimagined scripts and fast paced rehearsals
A final showcase that’ll leave your audience amazed and LOL-ing
So grab your hat, water bottle, sunscreen, and your best dramatic gasp! Get ready to bring chaos to the classics. This is Fort Macleod’s 2025 environmental theatre for the TikTok generation – Bold, Fearless, and unforgettable!
WHAT IS CAMP FOR TEENS?
Camp is the most amazing experience a teenager can have. Surrounded with like-minded teens, who are as passionate about the performing arts as you are, you will be encouraged and stretched to increase your skills in acting and in life. It is like a 5-day creativity party with 14 of your closest friends (that you may not have even met yet).
This year it’s 5 days immersed in environmental theatre as the Empress summer camp creates a safe space so you can take enormous creative risks.
Imagine a place where you laugh, do things you love, and learn new skills. A place where everyone treats everyone else as equals, and you can take the biggest creative risks you have ever taken.
Well that is what acting camp is like. There are no words, you have to come and experience it for yourself.
Camp is...
The Empress Drama day camps are where the real magic happens. Well, okay, we will be sprinkling magic in this year’s fall classes too, but there's something truly special about camp. It's five days completely immersed in our boundless creativity, where everyone discovers they can be more than they ever imagined.
A SAFE SPACE
Campers will be joining their fellow creatives in an agreement to totally support each other, to create safe places to take creative risks.
We hear from some families that this is the first time that they have experienced anything this supportive. Having a chance to learn and practice in this way, is why people keep coming back year after year.
OUR CONTENT
Our camps are a vibrant mix of creativity and growth-focused activities. Participants explore performance and storytelling in exciting ways. Theatre games and improvisation encourage imaginative leaps, with daily activities dive into diverse areas, empowering campers to ignite their passions and skills in ever-changing subjects.
How long is Camp?
Camp is 5 days from 10am-2pm
Does everyone know each other?
No! Each camp is an awesome mix of students from all over southern Alberta. If you are worried about not knowing anyone, don't let that stop you! We promise by the end of the first day you will be having the best time and will have already met so many new possible friends!
How many students do you take?
We typically take 14 campers.
What do I need to bring?
You will need a hat, water bottle, sunscreen, bug spray, a jacket, and a snack!
Where is it going to be held during the renovations at the Empress
We will be at Centennial Park for the week. If rain is in the forecast, we will be moving inside.
Campers need written permission to walk home after camp
