Arts Alive
Where Creativity Finds A Voice
Registration Now Open for Arts Alive 2026!
Spots are limited for each camp, so register early to reserve your place!
🎟 Early Registration Discount ends May 15
Full camp descriptions, schedules, and pricing are available in our online registration system.
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What Is Arts Alive
🎭 Theatre & 🎨 Art Camps for Grades K–12📍 The Ohio Theatre – Loudonville
🗓️ June 8 – July 18, 2026
Arts Alive is the performing and visual arts education program at The Ohio Theatre, giving young people the opportunity to explore theatre, storytelling, music, improv, puppetry, and visual arts in a fun and supportive environment.
Since 2012, Arts Alive Arts Alive has connected students in our community with creative arts experiences through engaging camps and programs.
During Arts Alive, students will:
• Build confidence
• Work as a creative team
• Develop performance skills
• Express their imagination
• Make new friends
• Perform on stage
• Create original stories
And most importantly… have fun!
2026 Camp Schedule
🎭 Drama Camps
June 8 – July 18
(No Drama Camp June 29 – July 3)
🎨 Art Camps
June 29 – July 3
🎭 Final Arts Alive Showcase
July 18
Family & Friends Invited!
Performing Arts: Drama Camps
Imagination Station
Grades K–3 🕙 Mondays 10–11 AM
Creative drama games, storytelling, and movement introduce young performers to the joy of theatre.
Create A Story
Grades 4–7 🕙 Tuesdays 10 AM–12 PM
Students collaborate to write and perform an original musical while learning acting and stage skills.
Puppet Camp
Grades 3–8 🕙 Wednesdays 10 AM–12 PM
Campers design puppets, create characters, and perform their own puppet show.
Improv Camp
Grades 8–12 🕙 Thursdays 10 AM–12 PM
Fast-paced improv games build confidence, creativity, and quick thinking.
Create A Story Plus
Grades 7–12 🕐 Thursdays 1–3 PM
An advanced musical theatre camp where students create and perform their own original production.
Visual Arts: Art Camps
Art Camp
Grades 3–8 🕤 9:30–11:30 AM
Campers explore painting, drawing, color mixing, perspective, and design while creating their own original artwork.
Advanced Art Camp
Grades 7–12 🕛 12:00–2:30 PM
Students explore advanced techniques in painting
and mixed media while creating their own original
artwork.
For complete camp information, pricing, and registration, visit our online registration portal.
Showcase Event
At the end of the summer, students from all Arts Alive programs come together for a special live showcase event where family and friends can see the creativity and talent developed during camp.
🎭 Final Arts Alive Showcase
July 18 at 7:00
at The Ohio Theatre
Family & Friends Invited!
Tickets will go on sale the beginning of May
Meet the Arts Alive Creative Team of Instructors
Sally Hollenbach is the founder and creator of the Arts Alive program at The Ohio Theatre, which began in 2012. She has been a professional singer, songwriter, recording artist, and musical theatre performer for more than 30 years. Sally toured nationally for over 15 years with Grant & Sally Ministries, Inc. and for two years with Re-Creation USA. She has also worked as a songwriter with Songs for the Planet in Nashville and has recorded 14 albums throughout her career. She currently serves as The Ohio Theatre Director and is a board member of the Loudonville Theatre & Arts Committee (LTAC). Sally has been involved in every Mohican Community Theatre production both onstage and behind the scenes as a performer, director, musical director, or technical director. She is passionate about providing creative and educational opportunities for the next generation through the Arts Alive program.
Traci Cooper is a longtime supporter of the arts in the Loudonville community. She teaches 4th–6th grade Art and Title I Reading in the Loudonville-Perrysville School District. Traci was active with the Loudonville Players for many years and played an important role in helping establish Mohican Community Theatre (MCT) in 2015. She has directed numerous plays and musicals at the high school and continues to serve as one of the directors with MCT. Equally comfortable on stage and behind the scenes, Traci has entertained audiences for years through countless productions. She has been a member of the Arts Alive Creative Team for the past ten years, helping lead the Create A Story Camp, and she loves sharing her knowledge and passion for theatre with the next generation of young performers.
Cameron MacQueen has dreamed of becoming a puppeteer ever since he visited the set of Sesame Street at the age of eight. His enthusiasm and knowledge of puppetry are contagious, and he loves sharing that passion with others. Cameron has created his own growing line of puppet characters and is known for the unique voices he brings to each one. He was part of the team that built the Audrey II puppets for Mohican Community Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors and created the puppet for Sister Mary Annette in Nunsense. Cameron works as a Teacher’s Aide at Budd School in the Loudonville-Perrysville School District. We are excited to have him as part of the Arts Alive Creative Team leading our Puppet Camp.
Emily Roblin has been involved in theatre for as long as she can remember. As a child, she wrote and performed plays and musicals with her brothers in their basement. Since then, Emily has performed in numerous high school, college, and community theatre productions. She graduated from Ashland University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Education in Mathematics, along with minors in Music and Theatre. Emily teaches 8th grade math at Loudonville and serves as one of the directors for the LHS Drama Club. She has appeared onstage in many Mohican Community Theatre productions and made her MCT directing debut with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We are excited to have Emily as part of the Arts Alive Creative Team for the Create A Story Plus Camp.
Lara Spreng, instructor for Arts Alive Art Camp, has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She has studied oil and acrylic painting, drawing, design, ceramics, and photography at both the high school and collegiate levels. Lara has been actively involved in arts education in the Loudonville community. She taught acrylic painting for three years through Loudonville’s Arts in Action after-school program, painted windows for multiple library summer reading programs, and created numerous art projects with local schools. She has also started an after-school art club for the LP Junior High and has designed and painted sets and props for many Mohican CommunityTheatre productions. Lara has been part of the Arts Alive program for ten years, and we are grateful to have her sharing her creativity and artistic talents with our students.
Register for Arts Alive
Full camp descriptions, schedules, pricing, and registration are available through our online registration system.
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Sign-ups will be on a first come/first served basis, so be sure to get registered right away! When registration is full then campers will be placed on a waiting list. If there are enough extra campers, then we will consider adding additional camps.
For complete camp information, pricing, and registration, visit our online registration portal.
Contact
The Ohio Theatre
156 N Water Street
Loudonville, OH 44842
📞 419-994-3750
✉ office.theohiotheatre@gmail.com