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Teen Summer Camps & Intensives Year-round Programs

Summer 2026 Pre-College Intensives

Summer Camps & Intensives for Creative Teens

SOCAPA is one of the premier visual and performing arts programs for high school teens, ages 14 to 18, in the world. With year-round intensives in New York City and day or residential (sleep-away) camps in Los Angeles and Vermont, SOCAPA has a "life-changing" pre-college experience for you. Nowhere else will you find this level of creative intensity combined with this much fun!

ACTING
ACTING & THEATER
Perform in Student Films and Live on Stage. Musical Theater camps too! College Audition Prep!
FILM
FILMMAKING
Learn Screenwriting, Directing, Cinematography, Producing and Editing. Make three films in three weeks!
DANCE
DANCE
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion and Hip-Hop. Dance on camera! Make a solo video for college auditions!
PHOTO
PHOTOGRAPHY
Learn studio, documentary, fine art, and fashion photography. Lightroom and Photoshop!
MUSICAL THEATER
MUSICAL THEATER
Voice lessons, musical direction, choreographed movement, acting-a-song classes, rehearsals and a final live showcase with an accompanist.
MUSIC
MUSIC
Musicians create and record their own original songs during the program and are introduced to the professional workflow of music production!

2026 Summer Intensives

Summer Campuses

SOCAPA's year-round, flagship campus is in downtown New York City. And we have exciting summer camp locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Burlington, Vermont.

NYC Campers in Washington Sq

New York City

Manhattan's Greenwich Village at New York University's PHTS and TNS Parsons.

Los Angeles Campers at Oxy

Los Angeles

West Coast Campus is at Occidental College in Eagle Rock.

Chicago Young Filmmakers at LUC

Chicago

Midwest Lake Shore Campus at Loyola University Chicago.

Vermont Campers in Burlington

Vermont

New England Campus at Champlain College overlooking Lake Champlain in Burlington.

New in 2025

City Cinema

A groundbreaking, year-round, extracurricular film and acting program for high school teens in New York City—next sessions start January 24, 2026!

City Cinema Apply Today
NYC Film Shoot on Brooklyn Bridge

Admissions

How to Apply

SOCAPA operates under a rolling admissions policy, meaning that our admissions office reviews and decides on applications as they are received until there are no openings left in the session/program.

Summer Intensives

Upcoming deadlines for our Summer Intensives. Please note that our tution rates increase after each deadline.

  • Early Bird Rates: DEC 1, 2025
  • Regular Rates: FEB 1, 2026
Summer Application
Year-Round Programs

Upcoming dealines for our City Cinema Winter/Spring Semester.

  • Early Notification: NOV 1, 2025
  • Regular Decision: DEC 15, 2025
City Cinema Application
SOCAPA Check-in VT

Testimonials

What our families say??

Sometimes it's better to hear it from someone else. Read what actual students and parents have to say about our summer intensives and pre-college programs in these verified reviews.

A "Life-Changing" Experience in the Arts

Again and again on their evaluations, our students and families praise SOCAPA as "life-changing!"

Happy Alumni

18,447

Countries Represented

94

Years in Education

24

More Verified Reviews

The staff was absolutely amazing and they treated the kids like their own!! I can’t believe all that my daughter experienced in 3 weeks—the final showcase was incredible! I wish we would have found this place sooner!!!

Melissa W.
California

The teachers/counselors were mature, creative and inspiring; the other campers were friendly, artistic and mutually supportive; the leisure activities were exciting and well-supervised. We are thrilled, so cool!

Molly H.
New York City

Not only are the teachers absolutely incredible, but everyone is overwhelmingly supportive. Everyone here wants the best for you, and sees potential in every last person.

Tommy M.
Florida

OUTSTANDING! Excellent instruction, hands-on learning, in a very professional setting. This is the best program of its kind we have ever encountered.

Thomas P.
Georgia
 
Drop us a line

If you have any questions, please send us a message. We will contact you ASAP.

TOLL FREE USA: 1.800.718.2787

LOCAL NY + NON-USA: 646.828-3558

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