2026 Theater Summer Camp 1

The Lion King Jr

2 Week Theater Camp

June 8 – 12 & June 15 – 19
9:00am – 4:00pm
Performances: June 19 & 20

Directed by: Mike Melvin & Julie Simpkins

$250 per performer | Ages 7 – 13

Reserve Your Spot Below
Buy Performance Tickets ($5)
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Calling all young theatre lovers! The Sugar Creek Players are proud to offer a two week musical theatre camp in June 2026, directed by Mike Melvin and Julie Simpkins. Campers will cultivate their singing, acting, and dancing skills as they learn The Lion King Jr! The camp will culminate in two final performances on the Vanity Theater stage.

When not rehearsing, the campers will take exciting age-appropriate classes in acting, improvisation, music, theatrical design, and more. Campers will also have a blast with theatre games and imagination activities to round out a full day of creativity, self discovery, and fun!

The Lion King Jr

Performance Tickets Available Now!

Come see what our campers have created!
Tickets for the shows are only $5:

Friday, 6/21/2024 at 7pm
Saturday, 6/22/2024 at 2:30pm

Buy Tickets Now ($5)

Ages 7 – 13, $250 per performer

Registration opens on Thursday, April 16 at 6:00pm.

This program will be limited to 35 campers, first come first served.
Check back here on Thursday for registration form links!

Ages 7 – 13, $250 per performer

This program will be limited to 35 campers, first come first served.
Your spot is reserved when payment is received.

If all spots are filled on Step 1 below, and you’d like to be added to the waitlist in case of cancelations or limit increases, please skip to Step 2 and submit the registration form.

Registration opens on Thursday, April 16 at 6:00pm.

Sorry, registration and waitlist are currently full.

Step 1:

(link will not work before 4/16 at 6:00pm)

Reserve Spot - Submit Payment
Camp fee payments are processed by our online ticketing platform, at sugarcreekplayers.thundertix.com/shop/

Step 2:

(do this last, unless full & joining waitlist)

Complete Camper Registration

After reserving a spot with payment, please complete camper registration at forms.gle/tv1jHRYGUAqeKWeH9

Camp Leaders

Mike Melvin

Mike Melvin is a Math teacher & Auditorium Supervisor at North Montgomery.  He has been involved with at least one theatre production per year since 8th grade. Mr. Melvin has recently started acting on the Vanity theater stage and his favorites include: Joseph/Dreamcoat, Arsenic & Old Lace, Legally Blonde, & Big Fish. When he is not onstage or directing, he enjoys working with the technical aspects for the Vanity productions to help the director’s vision come to life onstage.

Offstage, Mr. Melvin loves to spend time with his wife, two kids, & his dog. Mr. Melvin says “Your student will love this theatre camp! Not only will they learn from many members of the community and Wabash, but they also will have fun as we bring The Lion King Jr to life”

Julie Simpkins

Julie Simpkins is the music teacher at Sugar Creek Elementary School. She likes to combine quality and precision with enjoyment and passion for the arts. Her theatre experiences include much in front of the curtain, but has worked as music director and as director as well. The first show to captivate her was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when she was a young child in the kids’ chorus. Julie’s top three favorite productions she’s been in are Annie, Oklahoma!, and Annie Get Your Gun. 
 
Offstage, Julie’s biggest roles are wife, mom to four wonderful kids, and proud mother-in-law. When she’s not rehearsing or teaching, Julie can be found indulging in some chocolate, chai, or ice cream. (Wow – that’s a lot of sweet things!) Her life is filled with family, faith, and community. She serves as a youth leader at Rock Point Church, where she enjoys encouraging students there as well. 
 
Julie is just grateful for any opportunity to create, connect, and share the magic of music and theater with others!

Sample Daily Schedule

9:00-9:20 Welcome, announcements
9:30-9:45 Warm up
9:45-10:45 Rehearsal
10:45-11:00 Snack
11:00-11:45 Rehearsal
11:45-12:30 Theater workshop
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Theater workshop
1:45-2:30 Rehearsal
2:30-3:00 Games
3:00-3:45 Rehearsal
3:45-4:00 End of day
Wabash College
Thank you to our friends at Wabash College for helping to support this program and reduce the cost to campers with a “Restoring Hope, Restoring Trust” community partnership grant.