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JULY 6, 2024 | <strong>DIS</strong>COVER!<br />
12 |<br />
Playbill<br />
MARK YOUR<br />
CALENDARS!<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Boji Bantam Broadway<br />
Bootcamp<br />
WHERE: Boji Bantam Theatre at<br />
Okoboji Summer Theatre, 2001<br />
Highway 71, Okoboji, IA<br />
WHEN: July 8-13<br />
COST: $375 for week of camp<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-7773<br />
ONLINE: www.okobojisummertheatre.org<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
OST to<br />
host Boji<br />
Bantam<br />
Broadway<br />
Bootcamp<br />
July 8-13<br />
show<br />
Get the<br />
on the road<br />
Aspiring thespians should get<br />
ready to report to bootcamp.<br />
Okoboji Summer Theatre<br />
is offering a new opportunity for local<br />
middle school and high school<br />
students. They will be offering the<br />
Boji Bantam Broadway Bootcamp<br />
the week of July 8-13. The program<br />
runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. every day<br />
with a free showcase performance<br />
scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, July<br />
13.<br />
The cost of the event is $375 for<br />
the week, but there are a few scholarships<br />
still available as of press time,<br />
according to organizers of the event.<br />
The recommended ages for this week<br />
of classes is ages 12 and up.<br />
All of the classes will be held at the<br />
Boji Bantam Children’s Theatre on<br />
the grounds of the Okoboji Summer<br />
Theatre.<br />
The students will get the opportunity<br />
to work with a variety of professional<br />
artists and staff.<br />
“We are so excited to be bringing<br />
this programming to Okoboji,” said<br />
Madison Dodd, the Boji Bantam<br />
director for the season. “We have a<br />
wonderful lineup of guest artists and<br />
professional staff that the students<br />
will get to work with to sharpen their<br />
skills in the performing arts.”<br />
This musical theatre intensive will<br />
include time spent working on singing,<br />
dancing and acting. The students<br />
will do a number of workshops and<br />
will also get to spend time with<br />
the rest of the company and<br />
staff throughout the day including<br />
mealtimes.<br />
“They will get a taste of what<br />
its like to be a member of the<br />
company at Okoboji Summer<br />
Theatre, which is pretty cool,”<br />
Dodd said.<br />
Each student will work on a<br />
number of songs, monologues and<br />
scenes with other students throughout<br />
the week and will perform them<br />
all at a showcase at the end of the<br />
week.<br />
At 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, the<br />
public is welcome to attend this free<br />
program featuring the hard work of<br />
local youth.<br />
“At the beginning of the week each<br />
student will do a mock audition and<br />
we will assign each of them to do a<br />
solo or duet, a monologue and short<br />
scenes. The performance will be<br />
about 30-40 minutes,” Dodd said.<br />
The spotlight is on and the stage<br />
is waiting for kids ready to report<br />
for the Boji Bantam Broadway Bootcamp<br />
next week. F<br />
Okoboji | Iowa
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