Registration is Now Open for Free Performing Arts Day Camp For Young People Who Stutter
MEMPHIS, TN – The Orpheum Theatre Group announced the return of Camp SAY: Across the USA - Memphis – a FREE two-day camp for young people who stutter, ages 8-18, that helps build confidence and community. This camp will take place March 22 and 23 at the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education (225 S Main St.). Registration is open now and closes Friday, March 14. Camp SAY: Across the USA – Memphis is generously sponsored by ARTSmemphis, Baptist Memorial Health Care and Tennessee Arts Commission.
Working in partnership with SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, the Orpheum Theatre Group has developed a day camp experience that prioritizes connection, collaboration, and fun for kids and teens who stutter, ages 8-18.
Camp SAY: Across the USA - Memphis offers a wide variety of games and activities that encourage community, creativity, and teamwork. Under the guidance of the Camp SAY leadership staff and the Orpheum’s teaching artists and programming staff, campers work together in small groups to create original artistic pieces - short plays, comedy skits, poems, songs, dances, visual art - and share them with the larger group (each child can choose whether or not they wish to participate in this final share). It is a time of celebration and empowerment, where everyone gets as much time as they need to speak and express themselves fully.
Camp SAY also offers an optional parent education workshop and support group, where parents can learn more about stuttering, share their experiences, and meet other parents of young people who stutter. Each camper receives a free camp T-shirt, and camp includes all programming supplies, plus breakfast and lunch daily.
Registration for Camp SAY: Across the USA - Memphis is open now. For more information, contact Lena Wallace Black at lblack@orpheum-memphis.com or 901-529-4247.
About Camp SAY: Across the USA:
Building on the success of Camp SAY, the life-changing two-week residential summer camp for young people who stutter (ages 8-18), Camp SAY: Across the USA brings the Camp SAY experience to cities across the country. Camp SAY and Camp SAY: Across the USA are programs of SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young.
About SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young:
The Stuttering Association for the Young is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides support, advocacy and life-changing programs for young people who stutter, ages 3-18. For over 20 years, SAY has offered comprehensive and innovative programs that address the physical, social, and emotional impacts of stuttering. Through Camp SAY Camp SAY: Across the USA, SAY: Speech, and our award-winning Confident Voices creative arts programming, SAY builds a community of acceptance, friendship, and encouragement where kids and teens who stutter can develop the confidence and communication skills they need to thrive.
About the Orpheum Theatre Group:
The mission of the Orpheum Theatre Group is to enhance the communities we serve by utilizing the performing arts to entertain, educate, and enlighten while preserving the historic Orpheum Theatre and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education. For more information, visit orpheum-memphis.com.
Orpheum Education & Community Engagement Declaration of Action: We commit to engaging and collaborating with the people of the Mid-South through the transformative power of the arts.