Let’s Go Camping!

Theatre for the Very Young

UCF Celebrates the Arts

Join best friends Happy Camper and Fuzzy on an adventure in “Let’s Go Camping!” Told through music, puppetry, and creative play, this interactive experience is designed for 2 to 5-year-olds.

Join best friends Happy Camper and Fuzzy on a camping adventure, told through music, puppetry, and creative play! “Let’s Go Camping!” is a 45-minute interactive play designed for 2 to 5-year-olds. Along the way, children will explore the wonders of nature, meet woodland friends, and earn Junior Explorer badges. Children are encouraged to bring their favorite stuffed animal or doll to the performance to accompany them on their journey.

“Let’s Go Camping!” was commissioned by the Jeanette M Gould Traveling Theater and was created by Nicole B. Adkins, Elizabeth Brendel Horn, and Scottie Rowell. It was originally conceived to perform bedside for pediatric hospital patients. “Let’s Go Camping!” premiered with UCF students in the “Theatre for Young Audiences and Communities” course in Spring 2024.

Let’s Go Camping! 

 

Written by Nicole B. Adkins and Elizabeth Brendel Horn

Lyrics by Nicole B. Adkins

Music by Scottie Rowell 

Designed by Scottie Rowell 

Fabricated by Teller Productions 

 

Presented by the Spring 2025 Theatre for Young Audiences and Communities Course

Sponsored by the Jeanette M Gould Traveling Theater

  

DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Brendel Horn  

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Elle Koch  

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Leanna Harting  

  

COMPANY MANAGERS: Marisa Figueras and Annalee Weydert  

TOUR MANAGER: Andrew Sickles 

  

TODAY’S PERFORMERS:  

HAPPY: Samantha Kalisha 

FUZZY: Noah Hall  

 

TODAY’S FACILITATORS: 

Grace Cooper, Jackie Milles, Riley Slater, Trinity Wortham, Peyton Zwierzchowski  

 

ABOUT THE TYA AND COMMUNITIES COURSE: 

This course introduces undergraduate students to Theatre for Young Audiences, and allows them to mount a touring TYA production. Let’s Go Camping! tours to schools and hospitals. Due to the unique nature of this class, we have five casts of Let’s Go Camping! who perform on different dates, as well as students in multiple leadership and support roles. Today’s performance reflects the hard work of all of the students in this course, including those listed above as well as: Allie Ayars, Sunni Baker, Maya Carpentiere, Bria Cottrell, Zachary Gafford, Gineysha Gonzalez, Conn Harper, Zoey Hart, Elizabeth Pelland, and Piper Sunvold. 

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Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

  • The Judith and David Albertson Endowment in the Arts
  • Cartwright Family Humanities & Arts Endowment
  • Phil and Jane Easterling
  • LIFE at UCF
  • Orlando Downtown Development Board
  • OUC – The Reliable One
  • Women’s Club at UCF, Inc.

Thank You to Our Festival Partners

  • Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
  • National Young Composers Challenge
  • Orlando Family Stage
  • Orlando Shakes
  • Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
  • UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences
  • UCF School of Modeling, Simulation and Training