Get ready for a creative and exciting two-week Musical Theatre Camp designed for rising 6th through 8th graders!
Age: Rising 6th – 8th Graders
Dates: June 22 – July 3, 2026 (Monday through Friday only)
Time: 9AM – 1PM
Cost: $700
Instructors: Ava Andrade & Bellla Garcia-Holland
Location: 2300 Garden Street, Santa Barbara
Scholarships & payment plans available. Email [email protected] with questions.
Dive into acting, improv, voice, and dance in a fun, supportive environment while creating a mini jukebox musical showcase.
Starting with a collection of songs they know and love, actors will participate in the process of generating a story that binds them together – with characters they can relate to and will love playing.
Actors will receive vocal instruction and coaching while reveling in the fun of creating their own mini-musical.
Taught by Bella Garcia-Holland, Lights Up!’s Vocal Music Director, and LU! alum Ava Andrade, music/psychology major at Willamette University.
Join us for an exciting two-week Musical Theatre Workshop for rising 9th-12th grade actors!
Age: Rising 9th – 12th Graders
Dates: June 22 – July 3, 2026 (Monday through Friday only)
Time: 2PM – 6PM
Cost: $700
Instructors: Ada Green & Noah Dehli
Location: 2300 Garden Street, Santa Barbara
Email [email protected] with any questions
Scholarships & payment plans available. Email [email protected] with questions.
Engage in the thrilling process of creating and performing a mini-musical in the indie/folk opera tradition of Hadestown, Once, and Come From Away.
In this two-week intensive, actors will devise an original ensemble-based folk opera with characters inspired by songs they already know and love. They’ll create characters through structured improvisation, develop a shared acting vocabulary, and practice vocal technique and expression through the stories these songs inspire.
Taught by Lights Up! alumni Ada Green, a theatre major at Northwestern University, and Noah Delhi, a theatre major at Stanford University.
Ada Green is a passionate storyteller, actor, and writer born and raised in Santa Barbara. A proud Lights Up! alumna (Seasons 2-7), she now attends Northwestern University as a theatre major concentrating in acting and playwriting. At Northwestern, she is a part of The Bix Musical Improv group and Griffin’s Tale Children’s Repertory Theatre Company in addition to her studies. Ada is endlessly grateful for the artistic foundations LU! gave her and can’t wait to return this summer!
Ava Andrade, a Lights Up! alum and current sophomore at Willamette University, is thrilled to be back with the company that built the foundation for their love of performing - this time as an instructor! Ava is a current psychology and music double-major with an emphasis on vocal performance. From classical to pop to jazz, Ava is engaged in all types of music on their campus and is so excited to pass on what they’ve learned so far!
Bella Garcia-Holland discovered her love of musical theatre at a young age and continued performing at SBHS. She studied voice, piano, and music direction while attending SBCC and UCSB, performing with Shrunken Heads, UCSB Jazz Band, and Lumina Women’s Choir. Since graduating, Bella assisted with vocal direction for Jesus Christ Superstar and Great Comet, directed Once on This Island and In the Heights, taught music and theatre at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and currently performs with the band Whatever Forever.
Noah Dehli (he/him) is a LightsUp! alum and current sophomore at Stanford University. He's studying theater and music, and has recently performed in Into the Woods, Witch, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Cabaret, and worked as a designer and director for the student-written Come Again, as well as set designing the 48 Hour Musical. Offstage, he has also worked as a fight choreographer and intimacy coordinator. He is also a member of Stanford's long-form improv group.
