PRINCETON — Plans are underway for a two-week performing arts camp to be offered by the Illinois Theater Conservatory committee of the Princeton Theatre Group in collaboration with the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education. The full-day camp, Camp 56, will be held June 18-29.

The camp will be open to youth age 8-18 and will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday with additional dates and times tied to the Festival 56 performances of “Carousel” July 6-14 (with tech runs and dress rehearsals over the Fourth of July holiday).

Camp 56 will provide campers the nuts and bolts of auditioning, improvisation, make-up, wardrobe, stage design, lighting and sound, musical theater, hands-on opportunities in set construction and painting, make-up, props and performing. The camp will be conducted by a certified teacher (with a background in theater) assisted by a two full-time college theater interns (AmeriCorps), cast and crew members of Festival 56 and local theater volunteers.