Local youth participate in Lansing Summer Theatre Camp

The Lansing Summer Theatre Camp was held at Kee High School July 7 and July 9-11, culminating in a camp performance July 12. There were 32 campers ranging from third through eighth grades and 10 high school drama members serving as camp leaders. Each day of the camp revolved around a theme, such as Tearin’ It Up With Some Drama Day, CSI Investigation Day, Fiesta Day, Wipe Out Day, etc., with related activities of team building and theater skills. The campers were also grouped into performance categories of acting, mime, readers theatre, TV news and improvisational acting. High school camp leaders were in charge of directing each group’s performance for the Sunday, July 12 camp showcase for family and friends. Students involved, and their performance categories, include the following: Readers Theatre under the direction of Sam Meiners and Claudia Mathis: Mallory Mohn, Cadan Evanson, Jacob Rolfs, Jaylyn Walleser, Abby Wood, Alex Goetzinger, Michael Mattson,Carter Goetzinger and Chance Colsch; Improvisational Acting under the direction of Tom Martin, Jake Clauson and Ethan Walleser: Jacob Berns, Chance Colsch, Kellen Maddox and Dalton Dibert; Mime under the direction of Casey Welsh and Alivia Krambeer: Madison Mathis, Jaiden Berns, Maggy Weymiller, Jennifer Mitchell and Allyvia Martin; Acting under the direction of Emily Benzing and Allison Colsch: Allison Donley, Neve Goetzinger, Jacob Berns, Kellen Maddox, Rachel Walleser, Alexis Johnson, Dalton Dibert and Jade Peterson; and TV News under the direction of Mikey Mitchell and MaKayla Manning: Kristina Dibert, Theron Maddox, Makayla Peters, Elena Rolfs, Kinley Schobert and Macy Manning. Picture above, left to right, are this year’s camp participants. Front row: Jaylyn Walleser, Mallory Mohn, Theron Maddox, Macy Manning, Makayla Peters, Kristie Dibert, Kinley Schobert, Elena Rolfs, MaKayla Manning. Second row: Carter Goetzinger, Alex Goetzinger, Cadan Evanson, Michael Mattson, Abby Wood, Emily Benzing, Alexis Johnson, Jade Peterson, Allison Donley, Neve Goetzinger, Rachel Walleser, Allison Colsch, Mikey Mitchell. Back row: Claudia Mathis, Sam Meiners, Allyvia Martin, Alivia Krambeer, Casey Welsh, Maggie Weymiller, Jaiden Berns, Jennifer Mitchell, Madison Mathis, Jacob Berns, Dalton Dibert, Kellen Maddox, Chance Colsch, Jake Clauson, Jacob Rolfs, Tom Martin. Submitted photo.