Summer Theater Camp on Long Island
Summer Acting Programs for Kids in New York
Usdan Theater students work on a full musical theater production and/or focus on specific skills including acting, singing, and comedy. No matter the Major, all Theater students receive instruction from experienced theater educators and professional actors and directors.
The Theater Department includes two theaters and eight rehearsal studios that are open-air with one to three sides exposed to the surrounding woodland campus, allowing for plenty of ventilation.
Experienced students currently in 8th to 12th grade are invited to audition for the Usdan Troupe, which presents one fully staged musical production every year. Former company members describe it as "summer stock theater for teens." In order to ensure that this Major best serves the entire group, students are asked to submit an audition video shortly after enrollment.
Recent full productions in Musical Theater and the Usdan Troupe include: Frozen, Aladdin, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dracula, Fiddler on the Roof, and Singin’ in the Rain.
For up-to-date information on COVID procedures in the Theater Department, please visit our COVID Updates page.
In addition to their three-period Major, Theater students enjoy a rotating one-period Recreational Activity every day with their group. Visit our Recreational Arts page for more information.
Classes
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
Musical Theater
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - Grades 4 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
An amazing opportunity to study musical theater through the entire cycle of a production, including audition, rehearsal, blocking, staging, choreography, ensemble-work, and performance. Students participate in the audition process and learn how casting decisions are made, discover the joys of collaboration, and develop responsibility as they work together to put on the show. Additional fee of $600 for 7 weeks and $350 for 4 weeks.
“The show, rehearsal, and auditions are very professional. My favorite part was the way the company becomes a family and the way the show comes together.” -Myla
The Usdan Troupe
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 8 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
A unique opportunity to participate in the entire process of producing theater, from audition to performance. Former company members describe it as “summer stock theater for teens.” The Troupe presents one fully staged musical production every year. Recent performances include The Secret Garden, Finian’s Rainbow, Grand Hotel, Sunday in the Park with George, Carousel, and Cabaret. The Troupe requires an audition and is a full three-period program, no minor. Additional fee of $600.
“My favorite part was everything! The students...teacher... their talent...how much I learned and the overall experience changed my view on performing.” -Alaina
An audition is required to first determine acceptance into the program.
The Usdan Troupe
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 8 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
A unique opportunity to participate in the entire process of producing theater, from audition to performance. Former company members describe it as “summer stock theater for teens.” The Troupe presents one fully staged musical production every year. Recent performances include The Secret Garden, Finian’s Rainbow, Grand Hotel, Sunday in the Park with George, Carousel, and Cabaret. The Troupe requires an audition and is a full three-period program, no minor. Additional fee of $600.
“My favorite part was everything! The students...teacher... their talent...how much I learned and the overall experience changed my view on performing.” -Alaina
An audition is required to first determine acceptance into the program.
The Usdan Troupe
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 8 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
A unique opportunity to participate in the entire process of producing theater, from audition to performance. Former company members describe it as “summer stock theater for teens.” The Troupe presents one fully staged musical production every year. Recent performances include The Secret Garden, Finian’s Rainbow, Grand Hotel, Sunday in the Park with George, Carousel, and Cabaret. The Troupe requires an audition and is a full three-period program, no minor. Additional fee of $600.
“My favorite part was everything! The students...teacher... their talent...how much I learned and the overall experience changed my view on performing.” -Alaina
An audition is required to first determine acceptance into the program.
The Usdan Troupe
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 8 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
A unique opportunity to participate in the entire process of producing theater, from audition to performance. Former company members describe it as “summer stock theater for teens.” The Troupe presents one fully staged musical production every year. Recent performances include The Secret Garden, Finian’s Rainbow, Grand Hotel, Sunday in the Park with George, Carousel, and Cabaret. The Troupe requires an audition and is a full three-period program, no minor. Additional fee of $600.
“My favorite part was everything! The students...teacher... their talent...how much I learned and the overall experience changed my view on performing.” -Alaina
An audition is required to first determine acceptance into the program.
The Usdan Troupe
7 week
MAJOR - Grades 8 to 12
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
4 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
3 week
MAJOR - N/A
MINOR - N/A
REC - N/A
A unique opportunity to participate in the entire process of producing theater, from audition to performance. Former company members describe it as “summer stock theater for teens.” The Troupe presents one fully staged musical production every year. Recent performances include The Secret Garden, Finian’s Rainbow, Grand Hotel, Sunday in the Park with George, Carousel, and Cabaret. The Troupe requires an audition and is a full three-period program, no minor. Additional fee of $600.
“My favorite part was everything! The students...teacher... their talent...how much I learned and the overall experience changed my view on performing.” -Alaina
An audition is required to first determine acceptance into the program.
Department Faculty
Full Time Faculty, Seasonal Faculty
Jim Incorvaia
Full Time Faculty, Seasonal Faculty
Theater, Department Chair
Theater
Jim Incorvaia is a producer, actor, director and theater adminstrator who has been a member of Usdan’s Theater faculty since the summer of 1991. As Theater chairperson, Jim plans and oversees the camp’s summer theatrical season. He works to ensure all our theater students experience what some former campers describe as “the marriage of summer stock and day camp.” After thirty summer seasons, Jim has produced more than two hundred Usdan shows. He has directed a number of events for the camp including the 50th Anniversary Gala concert and Usdan's recent live virtual programs “Under The Lights” and "Usdan Happy Hours.” Jim is the founder of the consultancy group, On Stage Strategies.
Jim Incorvaia
Full Time Faculty, Seasonal Faculty
Theater, Department Chair
Theater
Jim Incorvaia is a producer, actor, director and theater adminstrator who has been a member of Usdan’s Theater faculty since the summer of 1991. As Theater chairperson, Jim plans and oversees the camp’s summer theatrical season. He works to ensure all our theater students experience what some former campers describe as “the marriage of summer stock and day camp.” After thirty summer seasons, Jim has produced more than two hundred Usdan shows. He has directed a number of events for the camp including the 50th Anniversary Gala concert and Usdan's recent live virtual programs “Under The Lights” and "Usdan Happy Hours.” Jim is the founder of the consultancy group, On Stage Strategies.
Seasonal Faculty
Christopher Drobny
Seasonal Faculty
Theater
Christopher Drobny, vocal coach, pianist/conductor and musical theatre historian, lives in New York where he maintains an active vocal studio and works as a musical director. He has taught vocal repertoire and musical theatre history at New York University, the Juilliard School of Drama, Pace University, Syracuse University, the Guthrie Theatre of Minneapolis, and the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Conducting credits include productions at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, Classic Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, and the Huntington Theatre of Boston. As a composer, his work has been heard at the Sundance Theatre Lab, the O’Neill Music-Theatre Conference, Playwrights Horizons, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
He holds an MA in American Studies from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York where he studied music and theatre history with Marvin Carlson, David Savran and Jeffrey Taylor, his thesis focusing on John Brougham and the development of the musical burlesque in mid-nineteenth century America.
Christopher join Usdan's faculty in 2013. Favorite Usdan moments include productions of 70, Girls, 70 (about misbehaving senior citizens) and Heathers (about misbehaving high school students), as well as collaborating with scores of student singers in preparing their performances for the Last Day Cabaret, a Usdan camp tradition.
Carolyn Popadin
Seasonal Faculty
Theater
Carolyn Popadin is a teaching artist, actress, and a member of Usdan's Theater faculty. Her work has brought her into schools and theaters throughout New York City and Long Island. She currently serves as a program director for Broadhollow Theater Company and co-director of the Infinity Arts Studio. She trained professionally with British American Drama Academy and has toured with the National Theatre of Performing Arts.
James Crichton
Seasonal Faculty
Theater
James Crichton is an actor, singer, pianist, & theatre educator/vocal coach who has appeared Off-Broadway: Unknown Soldier (Playwrights Horizons), Jasper in Deadland (Prospect Theater Company). National Tour: Peter and the Starcatcher. Regional: Botticelli in the Fire (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The Last Ship (Pioneer Theatre Company), and Sweeney Todd (The Rev Theater Company). He is the host and creator of the podcast, Actors: On Process. James is a Usdan alum and joined Usdan's Theater faculty in 2017. Education: Hofstra University (BFA).
Jordan Hue
Seasonal Faculty
Theater
Jordan Hue is a teacher, writer, actor, and director. He is currently the theatre arts educator at Long Beach High School in Long Beach, NY. He remains active and involved with a number of local theatre companies, including and especially those dedicated to offering youth programs. Jordan joined Usdan's faculty in 2017. Education: Hofstra University (BA, MS); Adelphi (MS).