Tomato Patch, Visual and Performing Arts Workshops — the longest running, most successful summer arts program in central New Jersey — is back, in-person, indoors, and ready to continue a 49-year history of summer workshops in Theater, Dance, Vocal Music and Visual Arts for grades 4-12!
Held annually on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College, Tomato Patch has seen over 7,400 junior and senior high school students spend several weeks of their summer exploring the visual arts, dance, theater, and vocal music under the guidance of a highly qualified staff of teaching professional artists.
This camp is different because it is multidisciplinary. Students choose a major in either theater, dance, vocal music, or visual arts and take classes in that major in the morning. After lunch they choose four afternoon elective in any area. 2022 afternoon offerings include children’s theatre, “Who’s line is it anyhow?”, painting, drawing, jazz dance, musical theatre, children’s theater, a cappella singing, hip hop, vocal ensemble, comedy, music video and web video.
For those advanced students grades 8-12, there are Master Classes in Acting where they will learn about show business, develop their audition skills, and work with others on advanced scenes.
Each session is three weeks in length, Monday through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. with Before and After Camp available. Session I is for those entering grades 4-7 in the fall and runs from July 5-21. Session II is for grades 8-12 and runs July 25-August 11. There are 2 sessions also of the advance Master Class in Acting solely for grades 8-12 with Session I running July 5-22 and Session II from July 25- August 12. All sessions culminate in a Festival performance and Art Display at Kelsey Theatre. Master Class culminates in its own showcase. The price for each 3 week session is only $975 Register online at www.tomatopatch.org. Questions at 609-570-2566
