Dandylyon Drama

Summer Camps: With our parks and rec community partner, we reached 205 students, ages 4-13, through five weeks of nine outdoor half-day and full-day creativity camps. Each camp culminated witha 30-min showcaase performed in person in an outdoor amphitheater for family and friends. We had one full-day weeklong camp for adults with disabilities and served 14 adult students. They performed a 30-min showcase for family and friends. Our summer audience attendance reached 450 people. We gave scholarships to two students. Our staff was provided consistent work, and high school and college-aged students were given opportunities to volunteer at all of our camps.

Drama Classes: Our afterschool enrichment programs thrived in local public schools. We brought 12 drama clubs into six schools and served almost 300 kindergarten-5th graders. Each class culminated with a mini-showcase at school in fornt of the students' families. We continued our partnership with Shorelinie Community College's Continuing Education department and held our four youth theater classes, with an enrollment of over 50 students. Our fall classes performed a musical theater showcase in the college theater, with an audience of almost 200 people. Our community class for our students with disabilities continued to thrive each quarter for a total of 40 students. Their combined last-class showcases reached almost 100 audience members. We launched a new program for 13-18 year old teen performers. It was important to us to be able to include and reach this age group in our programming. To overcome barriers to participation, we provided 28 pay-what-you-can scholarships to families and worked with the DDA/DSHS to assist students with their respite funding to attend our programs.