Our summer camp takes place at the Mraz Center For Performing Arts located at 600 E Hwy 13, Burnsville, MN every year! Our camp is a week and a half long. In our camp, kids entering grades 5-9  come together every day from 12pm-5pm for a week and a half to put on a full-length musical to be performed that same weekend! They are mentored by expert performing arts high school students who have been in the Burnsville Theatre Program for years. In our camp, your child will learn the fundamentals of putting a live production together, and depending on whether they choose to do technical crew, or act on stage, they will spend the majority of their time learning and rehearsing their roles for the show within their position, whether that be on or off the stage.

Braylon Lane is a professional freelance director hailing from the Twin Cities. He holds an undergraduate degree in Theatre Performance and his union affiliation is with the Stage Director & Choreographer Society along his colleagues from Broadway and Regional Theaters across the nation. Some of his recent directorial credits include Hairspray, Seussical, She Kills Monsters, CLUE, Mary Poppins, Human Error and The Spongebob Musical to name a few. Braylon received a Kennedy Center Award for his assistant directorial leadership for Normandale’s production of ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime’ and was nominated for “Best Direction Of A Musical” for ‘Mary Poppins’ in the 2023 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards. Currently, Braylon is a licensed Theatre Arts Teacher in Burnsville teaching Drama 6 & 7 and directs the MSHSL Competition One-Act for White Bear Lake Area High School in January, which placed 3rd in the region in 2024. Besides directing, he is an evaluator for Hennepin Theatre Trust’s “Spotlight”, a registered MSHSL one act judge, and an actor, with recent credit as Chiron in ‘The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Musical.’ This is his third consecutive year of involvement with BST, and second non-consecutive year as the Artistic Director.

"I am SO excited to be directing Lion King JR. this summer, and even more excited to share my knowledge while also learning from kids as they share their perspective on fun, wacky, silly, wonderfully written story! Come join us as we dive into the world of modern theatre!"

-Braylon