BRÜKA THEATRE - 33nd Year - Wild Card
Brüka Theatre’s 16th Annual YOUTH Performing Arts Workshop Summer Intensive
In Collaboration with The Wilbur May Arboretum
THE MAGIC GARDEN
7 Days In July: July 13 - 19, 2026
Performance: Sunday, July 19, 2026 @ Wilbur May Arboretum
For Ages 11 - 17
FILL OUT ONLINE FORM HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2vxHjPyBp9u-4-PkpHN45nW43CELg-PDvvzQVDxBQ_ynU5g/viewform
An Original YOUTH Theatre Creation Workshop & Performance
RENO, NV. Sign the kids up for our annual youth workshop at Brüka Theatre, a truly inspiring and creative experience in theatre creation in which young artists are nurtured in a positive and safe theatre environment. This is the only youth workshop developing original plays with participants in our area. This year’s workshop theme is “The Magic Garden” and is a very special collaboration with The Wilbur May Arboretum. Three of the full days will take place at Bruka Theatre and three of the full days will take place at San Rafael Park - The Ranch House and Arboretum. We will build off the base idea of a magical garden come to life. As participants create their own play they are led by working theatre professionals in activities designed to develop and foster an original theatre creation employing imagination, concentration, and confidence with acting, movement/dance, voice, technique, character, theatrical outdoor design and appreciation of the theatrical artistic journey presented in a seven day collaborative workshop followed by a public performance.
This is a special and unique opportunity to work with artists from Brüka Theatre to develop a play using acting tools, scene work, playwriting, improvisation and dance/movement while exploring, adapting and working together to create an original piece for public performance on July 19, 2026. Open to 20 participants. Sign up by July 1, 2024 for $300. $350 after July 1, 2026.
Camp Schedule: One Week In July: July 13 – 19, 2026
GENERAL HOURS: 10 am to 4 pm weekdays with adequate breaks.
LUNCH: 11:45 am to 12:30 pm. Participants must provide their own lunch and we ask that each participant, if able, sign up to bring snacks for the group one of the days.
Public Performance - Sunday July 19, 2026 @ 11:00 AM
@ The Wilbur May Arboretum
4 Internships/Assistants Available for ages 17 – 19
(Theatrical, Leadership, Technical or Writing experience is a plus.)
Link to apply for Internship:
2 Partial Scholarships Available: ($200 Tuition) Please write a 250-word essay including the desire to participate in the Performing Arts Camp, prior experience and limitations.
Celebrating its 31st season in downtown Reno, Brüka Theatre is recognized for innovative productions, exceptionally talented artists, and the acclaimed Theatre for Children touring series since its founding in 1992. Central to Brüka is the commitment to the re-investigation of contemporary and classic plays and developing new plays within Brüka’s Artistic Collective, a group that includes winners of the Nevada Arts Council and Sierra Arts Foundation artist grants and nine local best actor honors. Brüka was named “Best Theatre Company” by Reno News and Review for twenty-one years. Brüka, is a non-equity, small professional, not-for-profit theater company and a member of the National Theatre Communications Group. Sign up for our newsletter by going to our website at www.bruka.org.
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