Upside Arts Day Camp (open to ages 7-17) provides a unique summer experience with original shows written specifically for the campers! Students work together to build confidence, creativity, and develop skills needed to perform on stage, while rehearsing for a fully staged production.
Upside Arts Day Camp offers an immersive, thoughtful and one of a kind theatrical experience which focuses on teamwork and the creative process. Through each two week session, campers have the unique opportunity to work collaboratively together and with our staff on an original musical. Every camper plays a character written specifically to showcase their unique and special talents.
Our playwrights for summer 2025 are Miles Burns, Joshua Goldberg, and Nick Tavares. Burns and Goldberg have worked with countless young performers over the years creating new plays and musicals for kids. Between them, they have written and premiered nearly 40 original works for seacoast area kids throughout the last decade. Tavares is an Upside Arts alum and teaching artist studying theatre education at UNH.
Open to ages 7-17
Camp Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
2025 Camp Location: Portsmouth NH
2025 Tuition: $755 per camper/session
An Upside Arts Day Camp T-Shirt is included with your registration!
Limited scholarships are available.
***HOLIDAY DISCOUNT***
$75 off tuition through 12/31.
REFERRAL DISCOUNT
Refer a new camper and receive $50 off tuition. Discount will not be applied until the new camper is registered; if tuition is already paid, it will be applied to your account as a credit.
SIBLING DISCOUNT
$50 off tuition for each additional registration.
FULL SUMMER DISCOUNT
Join us for all three sessions and receive $150 off.
CIT DISCOUNT
$300 off tuition (Ages 15-17, must apply)
*The CIT Discount may not be combined with other discounts.*
A non-refundable minimum deposit of $150 is due with registration. Full payment must be received at least 15 days before the first day of camp.
Discounts for Upside Arts Day Camps will be capped at $300.
Cancellation Policy: Up to 2 weeks before camp, all money paid above the deposit will be refunded. In the 2 weeks before camp, 50% of money paid above the deposit will be refunded. After camp has begun, there will be no refunds. In the case of cancellation due to COVID-19, the full registration including the deposit will be refunded or credited.
Check out our past Day Camp productions!
Session I
DOC DOLITTLE
June 23 - July 5
Performances July 5 at 10am & 1pm
An Original Musical by Miles Burns
Doc Dolittle is just a regular kid… or is he? Things are starting to pile up: his bike goes missing, his neighbor Tiffany won’t leave him alone, and all of a sudden he can talk to animals! Doc is in for a whirlwind adventure full of secrets, double agents, hamsters, Italian food, and talking (that’s right, talking!) animals.
Session II
Star to be!
July 7 - 19
Performances July 19 at 10am & 1pm
An Original Musical by Joshua Goldberg & Sarah Corrow
Stella is a star. Like, the kind in outer space; it's where she lives! But what she really wants is to be a STAR... just like Helia, the most famous Super Star in the galaxy. So when Stella has an opportunity to audition for Star Search and perform in front of her idol, she jumps at the chance. But is she ready for the long hours, rejection, disapproving parents, and backstabbing that it will take to make her dreams of stardom come true?
Session III
Frankenstein takes manhattan!
July 21 - August 2
Performances August 2 at 10am & 1pm
An Original Musical by Nick Tavares
The Transylvanian terror, the hallmark of horror, the freak of nature itself... in the Big Apple! The monster of all monsters and his mad scientist creator, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, find themselves surround by the concrete jungle, sewer grates, and Times Square Jumbotron. What happens when Dr. Frankenstein’s monster escapes in the streets of New York City? Maybe this scientist can save the day! Or, maybe he's just doomed the entire world...