The best young people's SHAKESPEARE you'll ever see (or do!)

A Message from Founder/Director Peter Gould

     ​The Funnery started in 1998 with one camp in Craftsbury, in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. We are still here. We've spawned a couple more camps. They have their own websites.  We all do Shakespeare in a free-wheeling physical style that's utterly faithful to Shakespeare's glorious language. We are also a "life camp." Because THEATER EDUCATION is the antidote to—well, it's the antidote to everything!

    You can go right to the CAMPS pages to sign up for 2020!

     At camp we work our hearts, minds, bodies, and voices more than any of us do anywhere else—at any other time. It's TWO WEEKS TOWARD A MORE POWERFUL YOU! And then, our public performances ECHO -- Echo -- echo-- in the minds of campers, families, staff artists, and audiences for all the rest of the year!  You could say the effects are PERMANENT: that feeling of successful self-expression and positive self-esteem can end up staying around forever. Our core teachings of compassion, empathy, and inclusivity are more important than ever in 2020.  And gratitude, too. We thank everyone who has ever donated, gifted, granted, to support our work.

 Go to the CAMPS page and find the one nearest to you.

Want to join? Come to a show? Get rid of your kids for two weeks?
If you want to "Get Thee to the Funnery" for any reason, here's how!