37th Annual Children's Circus of MiddletownJune 30 - August 1, 2025 | Monday - Friday | 9 am - 3 pm Open to kids ages 5 - 15. Registration for campers opens March 3, 2025. Hiring of Counselors and Teaching Artists will begin in February through the City of Middletown, Office of the Arts. |
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What is the Children's Circus?
The Children's Circus of Middletown is a celebration of OUR growth over the past 36 years as one of Connecticut’s most exciting and unique summer learning experiences for kids, their families and the community. Started by Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater with 60 kids at Powder Ridge ski area in Middlefield in 1988, the Children’s Circus has been embraced by the City of Middletown and grown into a program which has become a national model as a partnership between a non-profit arts organization and a municipality. The Children’s Circus performance is the culmination of a five week day camp as part of the City of Middletown’s Kids Arts program. Over the five weeks, the young people are trained in performance skills, acrobatics, juggling, dance, unicycling, clowning, stilting and other circus arts. In 2018, The Children’s Circus was one of two programs nationally recognized with the “New York Life Excellence in Summer Learning” award by the National Summer Learning Association. The 2020 Virtual Circus "From the Big Top to the Lap Top" miraculously created the excitement, fun and community of circus in a Virtual format.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
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2024 will be the 36th year of the Children’s Circus of Middletown, which was awarded the New York Life Foundation Excellence in Summer Learning Award on July 12, 2018. We were one of two programs nationally which received this recognition. Proud to be recognized nationally as a unique and outstanding summer program! |
