This Friday, March 17 at 3:45 p.m., the first day of Hamilton-Gibson’s “Cats” Winter Theatre Arts Camp in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro, fourth through tenth graders who live in Galeton, Southern Tioga or Wellsboro Area School District communities and attend public or private schools or are home schooled can bring their completed registration forms with them to camp.
 
The camp is free. Each camper will receive the script, printed materials, a T-shirt and instruction in theatre arts.
 
The registration form for the camp is available on the Hamilton-Gibson website at hamiltongibson.org or can be requested by calling HG at 570-724-2079 or emailing hamgib@gmail.com.
 
In order to participate in the camp, the registration form must be filled out, signed by a parent or guardian and the camper, and turned in on March 17.
 
The after school camp will be in the Coolidge Theatre from 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 17; Monday, March 20; Wednesday, March 22; Friday, March 24; Monday, March 27; Wednesday, March 29; Thursday, March 30; Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Monday, April 3; Wednesday, April 5; Friday, April 7; Monday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 12.
 
Campers will have fun learning choreography, how to project their voices when speaking and singing and how to create a character. 
 
The camp will end with Pay-What-You-Can performances for the public at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14 and at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 in the Coolidge Theatre.
 
“The show is a full hour of singing and dancing with very little dialogue, which is a departure from our typical camp productions. It offers a number of solo opportunities and features an ensemble throughout rather than a title character or just a few people with a lot of lines,” said Thomas Putnam, Hamilton-Gibson artistic director.
 
For more information, email hamgib@gmail.com or call the H-G office at 570-724-2079.