The Summer Youth Theatre Camp offers three distinct camps for performers, theatre design, and theatre tech culminating in a full-scale Broadway-style musical theatre youth production for family, friends, and the general public. OTC offers professional teachers and a safe, welcoming space for students to develop theatre skills, create, have fun, and reach their potential through the joy of artistic discovery.
Summer Registrations Open
Monday, February 16, 2026
PLEASE NOTE: All camp dates and performances will be held at:
Oceanside Theatre Company at the Sunshine Brooks Theater
217 N. Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA
Extended care is available for an additional $50 per week.
Drop-off is as early as 8 AM and pick-up is until 5 PM.
NEW! Summer Stage Explorers Production
Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr.
Book by Kevin Del Aguila
Original Music and Lyrics by
George Noriega & Joel Someillan
Directed by Ryan Burtanog
Ages 5-12
June 15 – June 26, 2026
Monday through Friday, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Performances: June 26 at 7 PM, June 27 at 12 PM and 3 PM
Cost: $350
OTCYA is proud to announce the launch of Stage Explorers Camp, a two-week summer camp for young artists to explore the fundamentals of acting, storytelling, and stagecraft through games, activities, and guided scene work. With plenty of room for creativity and imagination, campers will learn teamwork, self-expression, and confidence while discovering the magic of live performance.
The camp culminates in a 60 minute youth showcase of Madagascar Jr. on the historic Sunshine Brooks Theater stage, where family and friends are invited to see the campers shine in their very first production. No prior experience is necessary!
Description of the Show:
Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends — Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo — have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape — with the help of some prodigious penguins — to explore the world.
Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Summer Stage Teen Intensive Production
The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition
Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg
Book by Kyle Jarrow | Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau | Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I. | And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley | Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton
Additional Music by Tom Kitt
Directed by Alex Stahl
Ages 12-19
June 15 – July 19, 2026
Monday through Friday, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Performances July 10, 11, 12 and July 17, 18, 19, 2026
(Fridays and Saturdays 7 pm, Sundays 2 pm)
Cost: $650
OTC Summer Theatre Performers focus on acting, singing, and dancing, while also honing audition skills, stage presence, and a sense of theater community. This year the camp culminates in two weekends of performances of a youth production of The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition.
Description of the Show:
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Design & Tech Camp
Learn about the technical aspects and creative design of live theater with Nate Cargill, Associate Technical Director at OTC and Technical Director at Oceanside High School. Students will learn essential skills in theatrical design, lighting, sound, and other technical areas of theater production. They’ll also have the opportunity to work behind the scenes during the performances of The Spongebob Musical.
Instructor: Nate Cargill, Technical Director at Oceanside High & Associate Technical Director at OTC
Ages 12-19
June 29 – July 10, 2026
Monday through Friday, 9 am – 12 pm (Design), 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Tech)
Limited to 15 Campers
Cost: Design Only: $175; Tech Only: $175
Both: $325
Scholarship Information
Oceanside Theatre Company’s Youth Academy has several scholarships available for families in financial need. To apply for a scholarship, please email the completed application and proof of income to: gabriela@oceansidetheatre.org.
PLEASE NOTE: All information in this application is strictly confidential. Oceanside Theatre Company will not release financial information to anyone for any reason.
REFUND POLICY
Given the nature of our programs, OTC incurs modest non-recoverable costs and expenses in planning, preparing and pre-paying for camps. We do plan our casts around the youth enrolled and any changes to casting impacts everyone involved.
- You may cancel for a full refund within 48 hours of enrolling. After that, you will be subject to cancellation fees based on the date of cancellation.
- Before May 1, you may cancel for a refund of all monies paid toward camp to your original payment method, less a cancellation fee of $25.
- From May 1 until May 31, you may cancel for a refund of all monies paid toward camp to your original payment method, less a cancellation fee of 50% of your total purchase price.
- From June 1 on, no refunds or credits will be given.
- No refunds may be granted after camp has begun.