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SUMMER CAMP FOR GRADES 3-9
Mu Explorations is coming back this summer to Saint Paul! Mix and match half-day, week-long camps for elementary schoolers and middle schoolers. If you sign up for both morning and afternoon camps, you’ll have a full day of theater.
Each camp is led by professional theater artists, and through activities and physical games, students will dive into performance strategies and stage skills, learn about the Asian American experience, and have fun along the way!
WHEN: Aug 3-14, 2026
WHERE: HOPE Community Academy, 720 Payne Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55130
CAMP COST: All Mu Explorations camps are offered with an option to Pay As You Are. If additional financial support is needed, please let us know.
HOW CAMP WORKS: Camps are half-days and are divided by elementary school (grades 3-5) and middle school (grades 6-9).
Morning camps are 9 am-noon.
Afternoon camps are 1-4 pm.
If a student signs up for both morning and afternoon in the same session, the day includes a supervised lunch with a Mu staff member.
Elementary School Camps
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Get ready to travel the world! At our global arcade, you’ll play games from across Asia and the Pacific region and learn about other countries through dance, language, clothing, and food. Then take inspiration from these cultural competitions to create new games of your own!
This camp is from 9 am-noon, Aug 3-7.
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Do you love singing in the car or dancing down the street? Then get ready to take center stage with Mu's Musical Theater Camp. We’ll celebrate Asian American artists in musical theater, learn foundational skills, and explore storytelling through song and dance. You’ll finish the week in a dazzling performance for friends and family to enjoy!
This session is from 1-4 pm, Aug 3-7.
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Queen or peasant? Caterpillar or flying squirrel? When you’re the costume designer, the skies are the limit! Experiment with materials, research history and culture, and create iconic original designs. Each day of class will present a new challenge while we use color, pattern, and fabric to give form to imagination.
This session is from 9 am-noon, Aug 10-14.
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Go on impossible journeys and explore magical lands inspired by Asian American folktales and children's stories. You will take part in theater games, create original scripts, and express yourself creatively through masks, costumes, music, and design. Just as importantly, you'll discover where these stories came from and how even ancient tales can mirror your own life stories. At the end of the week, perform your own work and favorite tales for an audience of friends and family.
This session is from 1-4 pm, Aug 10-14.
Middle School Camps
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Improve your acting skills across a week of theater games, technique lessons, and group activities as you build up your actor's toolkit. Every day, we'll work on pushing our creativity to fully express ourselves through our voices, bodies, senses, and imagination as solo performers and ensemble members. At the end of the week, you’ll be ready to perform full scenes in a showcase for your friends and families!
This camp is from 9 am-noon, Aug 3-7.
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In Musical Theater, it’s time to let your star shine! Through exercises and games, you’ll not only build skills to claim space and improve your singing and dancing, but you'll also learn how to truly tell a story through your performance. We'll spend some time diving into Asian American representation in musical theater history—Lea Salonga or Philippa Soo, anyone? To cap it off, we'll end the week with a group performance for friends and family to enjoy!
This camp is from 1-4 pm, Aug 3-7.
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Are you ready to learn the secrets of playwriting? In one week, we’ll dig into the basics of storyboarding, genre, conflict, resolution, and how to build engaging scenes and dialogue. As a playwright, you’ll also blend your imagination with your own experiences to create rich stories. By the end of the week, write a play together with your class to present in a mini showcase for friends and family. Get ready to bring your audience to laughter, tears, and applause!
This camp is from 9 am-noon, Aug 10-14.
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Be a pop sensation! This week, learn iconic KPop dances and even a little Korean language. We’ll discover new skills, develop performance personas, build characters, and work together as a team to create a show the world will never forget.
This camp is from 1-4 pm, Aug 10-14.
Mu was born out of a need for AAPI representation in American theater, and we represent the Asian American diaspora, honoring our identity as Asian Americans while also respecting our diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our past participants have specifically pointed out the joy of sharing theater with other AAPI budding artists, and for this reason, we will prioritize students who identify as Asian or Asian American for enrollment.
Should you have any questions about this or about Mu Explorations in general, please contact Morgen Chang, programs manager, at morgen@theatermu.org or (651) 789-1012.
Special thanks to the Vilcek Foundation for supporting the 2026 Mu Explorations Summer Camp.
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