writing musicals can be wicked lonely.

Drama Club Camp is a place to build your show and your community.

Nestled in rural Maine on more than 60 acres of lakefront beauty, Drama Club Camp is a creative oasis for progressive and transgressive theater makers, situated just four hours from New York City.

Multidisciplinary writers, composers, directors, and creators attend highly collaborative invite-only residencies with time dedicated to writing, listening, and feedback. Part-summer camp, part-production company, Drama Club Camp exists to propagate a legacy of new musical theater experiences for audiences of the 21st-century and beyond.

Incoming residents: get ready for the best week of your life.

Durra Leung
This week has been one of the best weeks of my entire life. I have a lot of responsibility in my life, but this week I just had to take care of my collaborator and my musical.

Kelly Dupuis
Seeing everyone deliver their best to make your shows the best they can be makes me want to do just that with my show. Wowowowow... amazing.

Michael O’Dell
As a queer, trans, non binary human, I feel inspired and excited to take what I've learned back to my professional life.

Josh Walden
Food + nature + space + time + love + feedback + deadlines + boat rides + community = a whole bunch of new songs!

Scott Murphy
This has been nothing short of a marvelous week and I feel blessed to have been part of it.

Michael Oosterhaut
Thank you for the transformative experience. This place is MAGICAL! I'm so jealous of every foot that steps in here because I wish I was here to see that transformation and feel that glorious bond! I look forward to collaborating with each soul I met at Drama Club.

Brett Macias
You have created something remarkable, special and desperately needed for musical theatre writers: A space to create freely without judgement, without distractions and with the encouragement and invaluable feedback from our fellow writers. Thank you for your generosity, your vision and for including me in this life changing experience!

Fred Sauter
Wow. First word that comes to mind. The second is grateful. You have truly made something special. I felt stimulated, taken care of, valued, excited, comfortable (amazing pillows!) - how rare is it to have all of those in a writing retreat?!

Anna Jastrembzski
From the moment we got here, you have gone above and beyond to make sure we could all feel safe, respected, and that this could be a place where we all took creative risks with abandon!

Caroline Game
You have taken the idea of a writing retreat and infused it with your beautiful and unique vision. It's so special and I can't wait to see what comes next.

Landon Braverman
Thank you for taking a chance on us and giving us this life changing experience. You have created a truly magical oasis here and we have felt truly nurtured and empowered to let our creativity breathe and fly!

David Kornfeld & Alex Higgin-Hauser
This experience has reminded me that I am an artist and my art matters.

Andi Lee Carter
5/5 stars! Audiences will love this brand new take on the writers retreat formula!

Akexander Ronneburg
It was productive, it was relaxing, it was gay - literally no notes. I am excited, inspired, and ready to create some motherfucking art.

Timothy Thomas Leech
I came into this week focused on making this time valuable, but I could never have imagined how cared for I would feel. This entire experience has been one huge hug for my creativity. I have felt so unbelievably nourished this week. And lucky. And that mysterious state of being I crave -- INSPIRED. I think my life has been forever changed by Drama Club Camp.

Kelly Dupuis

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writing musicals can be wicked lonely.

Drama Club Camp is a place to build your show and your community.

Incoming residents: get ready for the best week of your life.

This week has been one of the best weeks of my entire life. I have a lot of responsibility in my life, but this week I just had to take care of my collaborator and my musical.

Seeing everyone deliver their best to make your shows the best they can be makes me want to do just that with my show. Wowowowow... amazing.

As a queer, trans, non binary human, I feel inspired and excited to take what I've learned back to my professional life.

Food + nature + space + time + love + feedback + deadlines + boat rides + community = a whole bunch of new songs!

This has been nothing short of a marvelous week and I feel blessed to have been part of it.

Thank you for the transformative experience. This place is MAGICAL! I'm so jealous of every foot that steps in here because I wish I was here to see that transformation and feel that glorious bond! I look forward to collaborating with each soul I met at Drama Club.

Wow. First word that comes to mind. The second is grateful. You have truly made something special. I felt stimulated, taken care of, valued, excited, comfortable (amazing pillows!) - how rare is it to have all of those in a writing retreat?!

From the moment we got here, you have gone above and beyond to make sure we could all feel safe, respected, and that this could be a place where we all took creative risks with abandon!

You have taken the idea of a writing retreat and infused it with your beautiful and unique vision. It's so special and I can't wait to see what comes next.

Thank you for taking a chance on us and giving us this life changing experience. You have created a truly magical oasis here and we have felt truly nurtured and empowered to let our creativity breathe and fly!

This experience has reminded me that I am an artist and my art matters.

5/5 stars! Audiences will love this brand new take on the writers retreat formula!

It was productive, it was relaxing, it was gay - literally no notes. I am excited, inspired, and ready to create some motherfucking art.