Check out this July 2022 Channel 8 news story about the Children's Circus!
Note: Registration for the 2024 Children's Circus of Middletown is FULL.
There is a short waitlist for kids ages 8 - 15.
Contact arts@middletownct.gov to put your name on the waitlist!
KIDS ARTS 2024
THE CHILDREN’S CIRCUS OF MIDDLETOWN
The Children’s Circus is a unique blend of traditional summer day camp with an immersive arts
performance-based enrichment program, serving kids’ age 5 – 15.
KIDS ARTS is
sponsored by the City of Middletown and presented by
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater.
Additional support comes from the
Middlesex United Way.
This year's program will run July 1 - August 2, Monday through Friday, 9 am - 3 pm
Registration for city residents opens on March 1, 2024!
Space is available to city residents on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration opens on April 1, 2024 for nonresidents.
Teeny Tiny Troupe: ages 5-7 yrs. (Age 5 yrs. by July 5th, 2024)
Core Circus Troupe: Ages 8 - 15 (entering grade 3 in Fall 2024, or age 8 by July 5, 2024.
Please note: core circus participants must still be 15 or younger by July 5, 2024.)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
DATES: Monday, July 1, 2024 – Friday, August 2, 2024
(NO PROGRAM Thursday, JULY 4th)
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monday – Friday
LOCATION: Macdonough Elementary School, 66 Spring St.
PERFORMANCE DATE: Friday, August 2 @ 5 pm
(NO DAY PROGRAM Friday, AUGUST 2nd. )
Performance Rain Date: Saturday, August 3 at 5 pm
REGISTRATION CONTACT
Arts & Culture Office | 860-638-4511 | Email to arts@middletownct.gov
CIRCUS PROGRAM CONTACT
Oddfellows Playhouse | 860-347-6143 | Email to info@oddfellows.org
REGISTER HERE
https://www.middletownct.gov/296/Kids-Arts-Summer-Enrichment-Program
Work at the Circus!!!!
The Children's Circus of Middletown is still seeking Teaching Artists as well as Counselors for the 2024 program.
Seasoned teaching artists are needed in Clowning/Physical Comedy and Stilting.
Contact jason.leinwand@gmail.com for more info or to apply.
Counselor positions are available for young people ages 16 and up.
Applications are due April 12, but early application is encouraged.
The best, hardest and most rewarding summer job you'll ever have!
Applications and more info HERE.
There is a short waitlist for kids ages 8 - 15.
Contact arts@middletownct.gov to put your name on the waitlist!
KIDS ARTS 2024
THE CHILDREN’S CIRCUS OF MIDDLETOWN
The Children’s Circus is a unique blend of traditional summer day camp with an immersive arts
performance-based enrichment program, serving kids’ age 5 – 15.
KIDS ARTS is
sponsored by the City of Middletown and presented by
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater.
Additional support comes from the
Middlesex United Way.
This year's program will run July 1 - August 2, Monday through Friday, 9 am - 3 pm
Registration for city residents opens on March 1, 2024!
Space is available to city residents on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration opens on April 1, 2024 for nonresidents.
Teeny Tiny Troupe: ages 5-7 yrs. (Age 5 yrs. by July 5th, 2024)
Core Circus Troupe: Ages 8 - 15 (entering grade 3 in Fall 2024, or age 8 by July 5, 2024.
Please note: core circus participants must still be 15 or younger by July 5, 2024.)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
DATES: Monday, July 1, 2024 – Friday, August 2, 2024
(NO PROGRAM Thursday, JULY 4th)
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monday – Friday
LOCATION: Macdonough Elementary School, 66 Spring St.
PERFORMANCE DATE: Friday, August 2 @ 5 pm
(NO DAY PROGRAM Friday, AUGUST 2nd. )
Performance Rain Date: Saturday, August 3 at 5 pm
REGISTRATION CONTACT
Arts & Culture Office | 860-638-4511 | Email to arts@middletownct.gov
CIRCUS PROGRAM CONTACT
Oddfellows Playhouse | 860-347-6143 | Email to info@oddfellows.org
REGISTER HERE
https://www.middletownct.gov/296/Kids-Arts-Summer-Enrichment-Program
Work at the Circus!!!!
The Children's Circus of Middletown is still seeking Teaching Artists as well as Counselors for the 2024 program.
Seasoned teaching artists are needed in Clowning/Physical Comedy and Stilting.
Contact jason.leinwand@gmail.com for more info or to apply.
Counselor positions are available for young people ages 16 and up.
Applications are due April 12, but early application is encouraged.
The best, hardest and most rewarding summer job you'll ever have!
Applications and more info HERE.
ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S CIRCUS
The Children's Circus of Middletown is a celebration of OUR growth over the past 36 years as one of Connecticut’s most exciting and unique summer learning experiences for kids, their families and the community. Started by Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater with 60 kids at Powder Ridge ski area in Middlefield in 1988, the Children’s Circus has been embraced by the City of Middletown and grown into a program which has become a national model as a partnership between a non-profit arts organization and a municipality. The Children’s Circus performance is the culmination of a five week day camp as part of the City of Middletown’s Kids Arts program. Over the five weeks the young people are trained in performance skills, acrobatics, juggling, dance, unicycling, clowning, stilting and other circus arts. In 2018, The Children’s Circus was one of two programs nationally recognized with the “New York Life Excellence in Summer Learning” award by the National Summer Learning Association. The 2020 Virtual Circus "From the Big Top to the Lap Top" miraculously created the excitement, fun and community of circus in a Virtual format.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
2024 will be the 36th year of the Children’s Circus of Middletown, which was awarded the New York Life Foundation Excellence in Summer Learning Award on July 12, 2018. We were one of two programs nationally which received this recognition. Proud to be recognized nationally as a unique and outstanding summer program! |