Camps with theater in Vermont

Kindergarten to grade 12 (about ages 4–17)

Weekly theatre day camps at the Barre Opera House for grades K to 12, from a K-3 "Page to the Stage" camp to a two-week "Legally Blonde, Jr." production camp and an Intro to Theatre Tech week. The 2027 schedule is posted, with summer weeks from June 28 to August 6, 2027.

As published: Not published (scholarships available; page says more information is "to come")

$7,625–$12,465/session

Marking its centennial in 2026, Brown Ledge is a girls' camp (ages 10–17) on Malletts Bay of Lake Champlain in Colchester, built around a distinctive "freedom of choice" philosophy that lets campers help shape their own daily schedule across horsemanship, theater, riflery/archery, water sports, and the arts.

As published: 2027 pricing: 8-week session — Tier 1 $12,465 / Tier 2 $11,465 / MPB Scholarship (need-based); 4-week session — Tier 1 $8,525 / Tier 2 $7,625 / MPB Scholarship. $800 deposit

Ages 9–17

A co-ed overnight camp for neurodivergent children and teens on 400 wooded acres with a 65-acre lake, offering traditional camp activities with a social-skills focus and a high counselor-to-camper ratio. 2027 runs two three-week sessions, plus a family camp and a "Beyond Akeela" program.

As published: 2027: $9,900 per three-week session (June 25 to July 16; July 19 to August 9); Family Camp $4,400; Beyond Akeela $8,950

Ages 8–14 · $3,595–$9,270/session

Camp Betsey Cox is an overnight camp for girls, young women and gender non-binary campers on Burr Pond near Rutland, founded in 1953 and still a family business. Campers completing grades 3-8 choose from activities including riding, a farm, pottery, weaving, performing arts and outdoor skills, and older girls can join a three-year Leadership program. Sessions run from two to eight weeks.

As published: 2027: Session 1 (three weeks, June 27-July 17) $5,047; Sessions 1 and 2 (five weeks) $8,413; Session 2 (two weeks, July 18-31) $3,595; all three sessions (eight weeks, June 27-August 21) $9,270. Early enrollment discount of 3 percent by December 31; tuition discounts and payment plans available case by case.

Ages 8–15 · $2,400–$2,700/session

Established in 1906, Camp Billings is a nonprofit, affordability-focused co-ed sleepaway camp for ages 8–15 on Lake Fairlee with a large global alumni network and 2026 per-session pricing in the $2,200–$2,500 range.

As published: Summer 2026: Session 1 (June 28–July 11) $2,200; Sessions 2–4 (July 12–Aug 22) $2,500 each

Ages 8–16 · $560–$780/week

Camp Downer is a Sharon-based overnight camp for ages 8–16 on a 705-acre property with fourteen sleeping cabins, positioned squarely around affordability, with voluntary tiered pricing as low as $560/week and one- and two-week sessions built around aquatics, archery, riflery, sports, and the arts.

As published: One-week sessions (2026, voluntary tiered pricing): Tier A $780 / Tier B $670 / Tier C $560. Two-week session (Session 3 only): Tier A $1,540 / Tier B $1,430 / Tier C $1,320

Ages 5–17 · $375–$2,000/session

Camp Farnsworth is a 240-plus-acre overnight and day Girl Scout camp with its own 50-acre lake in Thetford Center, serving girls in grades K–11 through weeklong resident sessions, short campettes, and specialty programs such as horseback riding. The camp traces its roots to 1909 and became a Girl Scout property in 1959.

As published: Programs range roughly $200–$2,000 depending on session length (e.g., 2-night sessions ~$375; 5-night ~$800–$950; 12-night ~$1,500–$2,000); $100 non-refundable deposit required at registration

Ages 9–14 · $9,800–$13,800/season

Nearly 100 years old (founded 1927), Camp Killooleet is a screen-free, deliberately non-competitive traditional sleepaway camp for ages 9–14 on 300 acres bordering the Green Mountain National Forest in Hancock. It's distinguished by camper-choice scheduling and an unusually broad mix of sports and arts offerings, including ceramics, woodworking, silverwork, and video.

As published: Full summer session: $13,800 (camp also lists a "calculated cost to cover expenses" of $14,300); July-only option for first-time campers (one month): $9,800. Tuition covers all food, activities, trips

Ages 10–15 · $3,950–$8,350/session

Camp Kiniya is an overnight camp for girls ages 9-14 on the shores of Lake Champlain, founded in 1919 and run by Camp Dudley since 2006. Campers have a single 25-day session, choose arts, athletics and outdoor majors, and take age-scaled hiking, climbing or canoe trips in the Green Mountains. Tuition is offered in tiers with a tuition assistance option.

As published: 2027 tiered tuition shared with Camp Dudley: Tier 1 $8,350 (true cost), Tier 2 $7,250, Tier 3 $6,150, Tier 4 $5,050, Tier 5 $3,950, and Tier 6 is the tuition assistance program with a financial aid application. Non-refundable $400 deposit (or a reduced amount). Camp states over 22 percent of campers at both camps used tuition assistance in 2026.

Ages 8–14 · $9,400–$14,475/session

Lanakila is an overnight camp for boys and gender nonbinary youth in grades 3-8 on Lake Morey, run by the Aloha Foundation. Campers choose from daily activity periods that include sailing, ropes, archery, woodshop and a first-session camp musical, with a minimalist, rustic approach. Sessions run three weeks, seven weeks or longer through a Bridge program.

As published: 2027: full seven-week season $14,475 (June 25-August 11); each three-week session $9,400 (June 25-July 18 and July 20-August 11); Bridge program (eight weeks, from June 21) $14,475. Campership aid is based on household income.

Ages 13–17

A one-week residential summer camp run by Outright Vermont for LGBTQ+ and allied teens ages 13 to 17, with hiking, swimming, archery, campfires, arts, theater games and social justice workshops. Summer 2026 sessions ran July 3 to 9 and July 11 to 17.

As published: 2026: $1,400 full tuition per one-week session; partial and full scholarships and installment plans available

Ages 8–14 · $3,595–$8,413/session

Camp Sangamon is an overnight camp for boys and non-binary children on 200 acres with a small lake near Rutland, founded in 1922. Campers direct their own day by choosing from over twenty activities, including waterfront, creative arts, a farm and garden program, riding and hiking trips. The community is about 90 campers living in cabin groups of eight to ten with three staff leaders.

As published: 2027: two-week sessions $3,595 (July 18-31 and August 1-14); three-week Session 1 (June 27-July 17) $5,047; Sessions 2 and 3 (July 18-August 14) listed at $6,728; Sessions 1 and 2 (June 27-July 31) $8,413. Enroll by December 31 for a 3 percent discount; need-based aid and payment plans available.

Ages 5–18 · $250–$5,500/session

Smirkus Camp is a circus arts camp held under big top tents on a 35-acre hilltop campus in Greensboro in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. It offers day and overnight options from a one-day Smirkling introduction for ages 5-12 through multi-week placement-based programs for ages 12-18, taught by circus coaches in acrobatics, juggling, aerials and performance. Campers can choose female, male or non-binary housing in two dormitory buildings.

As published: 2027: Smirkling day camp (June 19, ages 5-12) $250; Smirkling Overnight (June 19-20, ages 6-12) $495; All Levels one week $1,825 and two weeks $3,650 (ages 8-16); Intermediate two weeks $3,650 (ages 12-18); Intermediate Skills Intensive $3,850; Advanced Individual Acts three weeks $5,225; Road Show three weeks (July 25-August 14) $5,500. Layover between sessions $350.

Ages 8–16 · $5,975–$12,650/session

Keewaydin Dunmore is a boys' overnight camp on Lake Dunmore in the Green Mountains, established in 1910. Campers ages 8-16 combine in-camp activities with a canoeing and hiking trip program, and each camper takes a camping trip every month. Older campers can join extended canoe trips into Quebec.

As published: 2027: 8 weeks $12,650 (June 27-August 21); 4 weeks $9,750; 2 weeks (new campers ages 8-10 only) $5,975; 5-week Wilderness trip (ages 16-18) $11,000. Early bird discount of $250 if enrolled by November 1. Optional extras listed: Burlington Airport transport $125, NYC chaperoned bus $250.

Ages 3–17

Circus camps at the New England Center for Circus Arts covering aerials, acrobatics, juggling, clowning and trampoline, with half-day and full-day options. 2027 youth camps run June to August, including Teen Camp, Advanced Performance Camp and Flying Trapeze Camps.

As published: 2027: Teen Camp, Advanced Performance Camp and Flying Trapeze Camps $410/week full day; general camps "price varies depending on the week"; half-day summer price not published

Ages 5–13 · $440/week

ONE Arts Center is a Burlington arts-based childcare and creative-camp provider run by the nonprofit ONE Arts, Inc., serving over 100 families daily with after-school and camp programming (Maker Space and Creative Space tracks) for elementary/middle-school-aged children.

As published: $440 per week (Maker Space, ages 5–8, and Creative Space, ages 9–13); sibling discount available across age groups

Ages 4–14

Summer camps from Orchard Valley Waldorf School held at Grace Farm, a 55-acre campus with farm, garden, forest, meadow and river frontage. 2026 offered garden, farm and craft, kitchen and theater camps from July 6 to July 31.

As published: 2026: $425/week (Summer Garden and Farm & Craft, discount for all four weeks); Mountain Thyme Players Theater Camp $450/session; kitchen camp prices not published

Ages 6–13 · $520–$600/session

River Arts is a 501(c)(3) community arts center in Morrisville running a wide slate of summer camps — including Rock Camp, theater, skateboarding arts, and nature-based sessions — for ages roughly 6–16, with tuition assistance available.

As published: Rock Camp (sample session): $325/week (tuition assistance available)

Ages 14–18 · $2,245–$3,145/session

SOCAPA is a pre-college-style teen arts intensive (ages 14–18) held on the Champlain College campus in Burlington, offering film, acting, photography, dance, and music tracks with professional-grade production facilities — a specialized arts program rather than a traditional camp.

As published: 2026 tuition: 2-week sessions $2,145–$3,745 (varies by discipline); 3-week sessions $2,895–$4,495. Room & board (residential): double/triple occupancy $775/week, single room $1,275/week. Day-student meals/activities fee: $55/week. 5% multi-session/sibling discount

The Southern Vermont Arts Center, a pastoral arts campus with galleries, a theater, and sculpture gardens, runs summer camps spanning PreK through grade 12, covering music, dance, and visual-arts themes such as its "Space Camp" and "Hip Hop Dance & Design" sessions.

As published: Not published

Ages 12–17

A residential (with day-student option on past rate sheets) summer arts program on The Putney School campus: multi-week teen workshops for ages 14 to 17 and a one-week middle school exploration for ages 12 to 13, with studio, performing and writing classes taught by working artists. The 2027 Teen Program instructor directory is posted and 2027 applications are listed as coming soon.

As published: 2027 rates not published (the Dates, Rates page still shows 2025: 3-week teen boarding $7,500, day $3,500; 1-week intensive boarding $2,650, day $1,300)

$310–$370/week

Waterbury Recreation runs a licensed-exempt municipal summer day camp for grades K–8 based at the Recreation Building and Waterbury Public Pool at Anderson Park, with swim lessons included in the cost. It runs for seven weeks each summer with both full-season and single-week pricing.

As published: 2026 season: $310/week (resident) / $370 (non-resident); full 7-week session $1,275 (resident) / $1,755 (non-resident); prices rise 10% after March 20, 2026

Ages 7–16 · $2,990–$5,780/session

Established in 1968 on 200+ acres in Roxbury, Windridge is a specialized sports camp combining highly regarded tennis, soccer, golf, and horseback-riding programs with a full traditional-camp elective slate (arts & crafts, ropes course, mountain biking); Tennis Magazine has named it one of the top ten tennis camps in the U.S.

As published: 2027 session rates: Full sessions (ages 7–15, 17 days) $5,780; Rookie sessions (ages 7–10, 10 days) $3,450; CIT sessions (age 16, 17 days) $2,990. Add-ons: golf major $150; horseback-riding major $1,450. $500 deposit due at enrollment; two-session discount $500; CIT tuition is half standard rate

Ages 6–16 · $1,345–$2,465/session

Operated by the Greater Burlington YMCA, Camp Abnaki is a resident and day camp for boys on Lake Champlain in North Hero with over 125 years of history, structured age-graded "villages" with published low camper-to-staff cabin ratios (as tight as 3:1 for the youngest campers), and a stated emphasis on background-checked staff and a 10-day training program.

As published: 2027 rates: Two-week session $2,265 (lock-in rate $2,180); one-week session $1,345 (lock-in rate $1,295); specialty programs (sailing, magic/D&D, fishing) $2,365–$2,465. $200 non-refundable deposit per session; includes $25–$45 camp-store credit