GREENSBORO – Peter Gould’s “Get Thee to the Funnery” youth Shakespeare camp is coming back to the Highland Center. Camp will begin on Monday, July 27.
“This will be our 29th summer” says Gould, “and we’re thrilled as always to be rehearsing and acting and learning on the HCA front lawn.”
“Campers come from all over,” he says. “This summer we’ll perform ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ [The camp is] mostly about forming a wonderful, zany, and fun-loving group of new best friends.”
“Get Thee to the Funnery” has trained hundreds of local young people in physical comedy, word play, stage voice and self-confidence. Performances are always tied to the annual Home Day Celebration on Craftsbury Common, which falls this year on Saturday, August 8.
“Generous scholarships are always available,” Gould says, “and the actual tuition hasn’t changed in a dozen years.”
Local citizen Audrey Grant was a camper for many, many years. Here is how she remembers those years:
“I joined ‘Funnery’ as a cautious and lonely 10-year-old in the Junior Camp. It was amazing. Never before had my whole heart and body been fully utilized in such a creative and immersive way. I pushed myself, even through my nerves as we performed on Craftsbury Common. ‘Funnery’ campers are like a second family, all across the world. Yes, Shakespeare is what brings us together, but it’s the people you meet that keep you there. The community built by the ‘Funnery’ will last me for the rest of my life. Thank you!”
The ‘Funnery’ still has room for some campers. For information go to gettheetothefunnery.com, or email to [email protected].
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
