Join best friends Happy Camper and Fuzzy on a camping adventure, told through music, puppetry, and creative play! “Let’s Go Camping!” is a 45-minute interactive play designed for 2- to 5-year-olds.

Along the way, children will explore the wonders of nature, meet woodland friends, and earn Junior Explorer badges. Children are encouraged to bring their favorite stuffed animal or doll to the performance to accompany them on their journey.

Let’s Go Camping! was commissioned by the Jeanette M. Gould Traveling Theater and was created by Nicole B. Adkins, Elizabeth Brendel Horn and Scottie Rowell. It was conceived to perform bedside for pediatric hospital patients. Let’s Go Camping! premiered with UCF students in the “Theatre for Young Audiences and Communities” course in Spring 2024.

Let’s Go Camping!

By Nicole B. Adkins and Elizabeth Brendel Horn

Lyrics by Nicole B. Adkins
Music and Design by Scottie Rowell
Puppetry and Set Fabrication by Teller Productions
Music Direction by Bethany Post
Dramaturgy by Julia Veiga

HAPPY CAMPER: Kaylie Gingras
FUZZY: Anthony Geluso

Let’s Go Camping! is presented by the Spring 2024 University of Central Florida “Theatre for Young Audiences and Communities” course and made possible through UCF’s Jeanette M Gould Traveling Theater Fund, generously sponsored by Bruce and Jeffrey Gould.

Jeanette M Gould Traveling Theater Leadership:
Program Director: Elizabeth Brendel Horn
Nursing Liasson: Michele Butts
Program Coordinator: Christian Anderson
Education Coordinator: Julia Veiga
Education Assistant: Kirby Lee

We extend particular gratitude to the staff and administration of Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for their partnership over the past ten years.

Thank You to Our Supporters

Logos for LIFE at UCF, OUC The Reliable One, Florida Arts and Culture, Downtown Orlando, Rockley Family Foundation, and Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Inc.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the  Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Judith and David Albertson Endowment in the Arts
Cartwright Family Humanities & Arts Endowment
Phil and Jane Easterling
LIFE at UCF
Orlando Downtown Development Board
OUC – The Reliable One
Women’s Club at UCF, Inc.

We extend particular gratitude to the staff and administration of Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for their partnership over the past ten years.

Thank You to Our Supporters

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the  Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Judith and David Albertson Endowment in the Arts
Cartwright Family Humanities & Arts Endowment
Phil and Jane Easterling
LIFE at UCF
Orlando Downtown Development Board
OUC – The Reliable One
Women’s Club at UCF, Inc.

Let's Go Camping!

Let’s Go Camping!

Thank You to Our Supporters

Thank You to Our Festival Partners

Thank You to Our Supporters

Thank You to Our Festival Partners