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Registration for 2025 SUMMER performance CAMPS
2025 Xclaim! SUMMER PERFORMANCE CAMPS
Be an Xclaimer! - where EVERY child is a STAR!
Xclaim! Summer Performance Camps meet the first three weeks of June, offering a different focus each week. All camps require attendance each day for the full camp time. Please see 2025 Summer Camp Policies and Procedures below for details.
ACTING CAMP CHARLOTTE - JUNE 2-6; Ages 7-18; Deadline: May 24
Join Wilbur, Charlotte and their barnyard friends as they explore this beloved classic childhood story. Campers will be divided into groups based on age. Daily workshops will include acting, costuming, scenery, props, sound and lighting. All campers will be assigned speaking roles in the final performance.
Ages: 7-18 Reading ability and imagination are important to success in this camp.
Camp Meets: June 2-6, Monday through Friday, 9:30am-3:00pm
Drop-Off: 9:15am, bring a sack lunch!
Pick-Up: 3:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!
Camp Capacity: 12 minimum, 26 maximum
Performance: Friday, June 6 at 6:00pm. Camper call time: 5:30pm.
Tickets: $5 each. Performance is 75 minutes.
MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP NEMO - JUNE 9-14; Ages 7-18; Deadline: May 31
Join the delightful blue tang Dory as she journeys with the pessimistic clownfish Marlin on a thrilling adventure to find the lost little Nemo! All campers will have vocal solos and/or speaking lines in the final performance.
Ages: 7-18. All campers will sing and dance.
Camp Meets: Monday through Friday, June 9-13, 9:30am-3:00pm AND Saturday, June 14, 9:30am-12:00pm.
Drop-Off: 9:15am, bring a sack lunch!
Pick-Up: 3:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!
Camp Capacity: 12 minimum, 26 maximum
Performance: Saturday, June 14 at 12:00pm.
Tickets: $5 each. Performance is 75 minutes.
WEE THEATRE CAMP DISNEY - JUNE 16-20; Ages 4-6; Deadline: June 7
Use your imagination as WEE Campers stage some of Disney's most classic songs and scenes! This camp focuses on introducing children to theatre and performing. All campers will perform vocal solos and/or speaking lines - parental help with memorizing will be essential.
Ages: 4-6
Camp Meets: June 16-20, Monday through Friday, 9:30am-12:00pm
Drop-Off: 9:15am Pick-Up: 12:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!
Camp Capacity: 6 minimum, 12 maximum
Performance: Friday, June 20 at 12:00pm. Tickets are free. Performance is 15 minutes.
Scroll down to view the 2025 Summer Camp Policies and Procedures for details and expectations for camp. Also complete the following forms:
2025 Summer Camp Registration Form - Must be submitted for each camper
Parental Consent and Medical Release Form - Must be submitted for each camper
Registration DeadlineS may 24!
To register with check, scroll down to download and print forms:
2025 Summer Camp Registration Form
Parental Consent Form
Send these forms and check payable to Xclaim, Inc. to:
Xclaim, Inc.
502 College St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
To pay with credit card online, click the button below:
(Online fees apply. Online registrants must submit Parental Consent Form to info@xclaiminc.com before camp to attend)
Scroll down to see paperwork!
Registration for 2025 Spring performance Academy
2025 Xclaim! Spring PERFORMANCE ACADEMY CLASSES
Be an Xclaimer! - where EVERY child is a STAR!
Open House! 502 College st. 42101 on Jan 11th 2p-4p
Xclaim! Performance Academy provides pre-professional experience and training to youth and adults in a variety of performance genres meant to provide skills for stage performers. Classes meet once per week for one hour each (WEE Theatre meets 45 minutes) for the entire semester - January 13 - May 10.
ACTING - Ages 7-Adult.
Course focuses primarily on building skills for stage performance with emphasis on deep understanding of character, physical control, mental focus, and building intensity of emotion onstage.
YOUTH ACTING - Ages 7-10 Mondays 5:30p-6:30p
TWEEN ACTING - Ages 10-13 Tuesdays 5:30p-6:30p
TEEN/ADULT ACTING - Ages 13 - Adults Wednesdays 5:30p-6:30p
Students must obtain instructor approval to register for a class time outside their age group.
DANCE - Ages 7-18. Tuesdays 6:30p-7:30p
Group exercises in strength, flexibility, rhythm & musicality prepare students for floor exercises and drills meant to teach dance steps & combinations used most frequently in musical theatre and Broadway productions. Basic technique and vocabulary will be taught through short combinations and class choreography. This unique mix of dance styles prepares musical theatre performers. Students in dance class need proper jazz dance shoes, tap dance shoes and should keep their hair pulled back out of their face and secured.
VOICE - Ages 7-Adult. Wednesdays 4:30p-5:30p
Group exercises and vocal drills teach blending, vocal control, tone purity and breath control. Focus on proper vocal technique to ensure healthy singing! Individual vocal assignments will challenge personal growth and teach solo techniques used by professional vocalists & Broadway musical theatre performers.
WEE Theatre - Ages 4-6. Tuesdays 4:45p-5:30p
Games & activities featuring children’s songs, rhymes & fairy tales will teach motor control, listening, following instructions and teamwork. Stage concepts include facing the audience and speaking loudly and clearly.
COMMERCIAL PROMOS- Ages 9-Adult. Mondays 4:30p-5:30p
Course features a rigorous schedule of filming promotional videos for upcoming Xclaim! events and some PSA's for new Xclaim! students. These videos will be featured on the Xclaim! website and through social media campaigns.
Scroll down to view the 2025 Spring Performance Academy Policies and Procedures for details and expectations for camp. Also find the following forms:
Registration Information - Important dates and needs for class
Registration Form - Must be submitted for each student
Student Confirmation - contains details for each student to take home
Registration Deadline Soon!
To register with check, scroll down to download and print forms:
Registration Form
Parental Consent Form
Send these forms and check payable to Xclaim, Inc. to:
Xclaim, Inc.
502 College St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
To pay with credit card online, click the button below:
(Online fees apply. Online registrants must submit Parental Consent Form to info@xclaiminc.com before class to attend)
Scroll down to see paperwork!
executive director
Christopher H. Cherry is founding Executive Director of Xclaim, Inc., a non-profit performance arts organization providing unique performance opportunities for youth. This Bowling Green, KY native is no stranger to local arts and youth programs. He graduated Western Kentucky University, Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Performing Arts with concentrations in Musical Theatre & Directing. Cherry directed the Sunburst Youth Theatre as Director of Education for Public Theatre of Kentucky for 5 years and then founded the Capitol Arts Youth Theatre, for which he served as Artistic Director for more than 3 years. He served 2-year positions as Theatre-Artist-in-Residence for Kaleidoscope, a positive youth development program, and as an ambassador for the Youth Alliance, both in Bowling Green. Cherry also served on the board of directors for Fountain Square Players, Bowling Green's community theatre, for 3 years.
Christopher has worked on more than 500 productions as director, choreographer, stage manager & actor for professional theatre companies in Philadelphia, Louisville, Nashville and Atlanta. He has taught youth classes, workshops and private lessons in acting, auditioning, movement, musical theatre, technical theatre, and voice & diction for stage for 25 years.
Many of his students are seeking professional degrees or working theatre professionals, commercial actors or models for runway and print. Christopher strongly believes that young people should be valued as artists and given support, training and encouragement for their artistic aspirations.
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