Summer Camps (July 11th - August 5th)
Imagine stepping into a world of drama games, play, art, and the crafting of a show. This is what our resident summer camp teacher Liz Hayden does best.
Each week, Liz will take students on a different adventure across the ocean and off to different lands.
Liz will use a couple of beloved source stories that the class will then adapt and devise, creating their own adventure story and play, and resulting in a Grand Summer Adventure!
At the end of each week there will be a small performance of the story students have crafted. Friends and family are welcome to attend.
Each week, Liz will take students on a different adventure across the ocean and off to different lands.
Liz will use a couple of beloved source stories that the class will then adapt and devise, creating their own adventure story and play, and resulting in a Grand Summer Adventure!
At the end of each week there will be a small performance of the story students have crafted. Friends and family are welcome to attend.
About Liz Hayden
In 2003, Liz Hayden began teaching down in Santa Monica. She began with teaching adults at the Piero Dusa Acting Conservatory, and decided to dip her toes into working with children, teaching Fairy Tale theater classes through Santa Monica’s Parks & Recreation department. This turned her whole post graduate plan in a different direction. Since moving to Portland in 2005, she has taught children's drama. She runs her own drama program Kid's Create at Lakewood Theater in Lake Oswego, and at Westhills Montessori School. Upon moving to Portland, Shaking the Tree was Liz’s first place of employment, along with Northwest Children's' Theatre. She is a 13 year member of Hand2Mouth theatre where she creates, devizes, tours, and collaborates. She has a B.A. in Theater From SOU and an MFA in performance from NIU.
Shaking the Tree class policies 2022
Please visit our covid policy page for detailed information on what we expect from our families, students and patrons, as well as what we are doing to ensure everyone's safety.
- Cancellations for any class must be made two weeks (14 days) prior to the first day of class to be eligible for a refund. Cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the start of class are not eligible for any refunds.
- Full refunds are given if the class is cancelled by Shaking the Tree.
- Shaking the Tree classes are drop off only. Please make sure that your child is comfortable being without you for the duration of the class.
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Box Office: 503.235.0635
Shaking the Tree Theatre is located at 823 SE Grant St.
Portland, OR 97214
Look for the Big Blue Warehouse!
Shaking the Tree is in a warehouse space on the NW corner of SE 9th Ave and SE Grant St. The entrance is located just off the courtyard.
Major Funding provided by
Ronni Lacroute, Jessie Jonas, Ellyn Bye, Ed Hamilton, the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County, the Arts Education & Access Fund, the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, the Collins Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Miller Foundation, the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Rose and David Dortort Foundation, supporting organization of the California Community Foundation, and the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.
