Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is one of the most unique campuses in Texas.  It is located on its own private island, just minutes away from miles of Gulf Coast beaches.  From palm-line breezeways to state-of-the-art classroom facilities, A&M-Corpus Christi is a great environment for living and learning.  The campus is located at 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78412.

To register for the camp, complete the appropriate application:

Summer Theatre Workshop Student Application (pdf)  (MS Word)

Summer Theatre Workshop Teacher Internship Application (pdf)  (MS Word)

Return the completed application to:

Kelly Russell
Department of Communication & Theatre
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit # 5722
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5722

The camp will have strict rules regarding curfew, class attendance, rehearsal etiquette, and behavior. Rule violations may result in a phone call to parents, restrictions on social activities, or suspension from camp. If a student is sent home for rule violations, his/her tuition will not be refunded. (see Camp on the Coast Student and Parent Handbook).

Male and female students will be housed on separate floors in the dormitories. Access to living areas of the opposite gender will be absolutely prohibited at all times. Violation of this rule will result in suspension from the camp.

Individuals staying in the dorms who bring their own cars will surrender their car keys to the Camp Director at Registration. The Camp Director will return keys during check out. Students will never be allowed to ride in a car with anyone other than camp staff...and then only in the case of an emergency (trip to the hospital, doctor, etc.).

We have an excellent faculty and staff that will supervise the campers at all times. There are four college counselors who will accompany campers to the food court, rehearsals, the dorms, and social activities. At no time during the day will students be left un-chaperoned. A strict dorm curfew will be enforced, and an adult dorm supervisor will be on-site throughout the camp, along with the counselors.

In the event of an emergency, parents can get a message to students by calling one of the following numbers:

Department Office        (361) 825-2316      9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mon. - Thur.
                                                                   9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Fri.

Camp Director              (361) 825-5992 (office)
                                    (972) 965-6707 (cell)

Mail can be sent to campers at the following address:

Student's Name - Camp on the Coast
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5722
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5722

Rick Garcia has been a finalist for both the Reader’s Digest American Heroes in Education and Disney American Teacher awards, and was named TETA’s Educator of the Year in 1994.  While teaching public school in Texas, seven of his UIL one-act plays advanced to the State Meet and his production of Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind won the 5A state championship.  Rick has served on the Board of Directors for Austin Theatre for Youth, and is founder and director of the Maestro Theatre Intensive U.I.L One-Act Play Workshop, which offers theatre training to secondary teachers throughout the state.  As a One-Act Play festival judge, he clinics an average of seventy-five plays each year.  He has served as guest faculty for the University of Texas, Southwestern University, University of Texas Permian Basin, and West Texas A&M University.  Rick currently teaches at St. Andrews High School in Austin

Luis Munoz currently serves as the State Theatre Director for the University Interscholastic League.  He has been involved in educational theatre in Texas for over twenty-five years.  During that time, Mr. Munoz taught at Southwest Texas State University, the University of Texas at Austin’s Summer Workshop, the University of Texas-Pan American, and Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio.  While at MacArthur, his productions advanced to the 5A State Meet four times, winning first place with Nicholas Nickelby and second place with The History of Tom Jones, Hamlet, and Tartuffe.  He is past president of the Texas Educational Theatre Association and a recipient of the TETA Founders Award.

Travis Poe is completing his 22nd year as Director of Theatre at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu.  He and his students have made 13 appearances at the UIL One-Act Play State Meet, where they were named State Champions in '96, '99 and '03 and placed in the top three on five other occasions.  He has been guest director for the Friona Fine Arts Council, Gatesville High School Summer Theatre Camp and the Lon Morris College and Trinity Valley Community College Summer Theatre Camps.  He is currently the camp director for Tal Lostracco's Summer Theatre Camp at TVCC.  In 2002, Travis received the UIL/Southwestern Bell Outstanding Sponsor Award, and he was named High School Teacher of the Year by the Baytown Sun and Amegy Bank in 2006. He is proud to have been the student of James Henderson, Ruth Denney, Lynn Murray and to have been blessed with the tutelage of the late Tal Lostracco. Travis Poe received his BFA in Theatre Education from the University of Texas and his Master's degree in Theatre from Lamar University.

Kathy Powdrell has over 30 years experience as an actress, singer, director and teacher. Mrs. Powdrell graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the College of Educaton and Theatre from the University of Houston. She recently studied Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance at London's Globe Theatre after winning a fellowship from the Houston Branch of the English Speaking Union. Mrs. Powdrell has directed numerous UIL One Act Plays at Friendswood High School, placing first at the State Meet in 1996 with Nicholas Nickelby and in 2004 with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.  Most recently Mrs. Powdrell received the Lillian B. Rhoades Texas Excellence Award as an outstanding High School Teacher. She is a mentor teacher for TETA and has taught workshops for TETA, UIL SUPERCONFERENCES and the University of Texas Summer Theatre Workshops for High School Teachers.

Larry Wisdom has been involved with educational theatre for the past 38 years.   He graduated from East Texas State University and studied with Dr. Curtis L. Pope, Dr. Anthony Buckley, and Nathan Wilson and considers them incredible mentors.  He has taught at Farmersville High School, Mineola High School, Grace Christian School, and is currently the theatre teacher at Van High School.  He has directed 21 productions to the state level of UIL One-Act Play competition, having won first place 11 times.  He was named Teacher of the Year in 1988 by the Mineola ISD; named Top Ten Outstanding High School Educator of the Year by Governor Anne Richards in 1992; was named KDFW-TV’s Class Act Teacher in 1992; received the Denius Award for Top Ten UIL Educators in 1992; named Wal-Mart’s Teacher of the Year in 1996; was the Texas Educational Theatre Association’s Secondary Teacher of the Year in 1997; and received the Mineola Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.

Sue Wisdom has taught art and theatre for thirteen years.  She graduated from East Texas State University where she studied with Dr. Kay Coughenour.  In 1985, under Dr. Coughenour’s instruction, she was named the national winner of the American College Theatre Association’s Design competition, and as a result, she had the opportunity to consult with Ming Cho Lee in New York.  She is currently the junior high school theatre instructor at Van Junior High School, where her students have won the UIL one-act play competition for the past six years.  In addition, she has been involved as co-director with her husband at Mineola and Van where together they have directed 15 productions to the state level of UIL one-act play competition.  In addition to having been named Van Junior High School’s Teacher of the Month on more than one occasion, she has recently been named the Texas Educational Theatre Association’s Junior High School Teacher of the year for 2007-08.

Dr. Terry Lewis, Director of Theatre at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, has over thirty years of educational and professional theatre credits.  He has directed over 200 productions, acted as Artistic Director and Founder of four theatre groups, and has directed at the Tony Award-Winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. His production of Breaking the Code was awarded the highest honor in the National College Theatre Festival, and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  He has also served as Director of Cornell University’s Interactive Theatre Ensemble, and as Playwright Chair of Region VI, KC/ACTF.  Dr. Lewis was named TETA Community College Educator of the year in 1994.  He has over twenty years experience as a UIL critic judge and contest manager.

Don Luna has won the annual "College Teaching Award" at TAMU-CC and recently was listed in the Texas Monthly Campus Edition as one of the four best instructors at TAMU-CC with his introductory acting class. Prior to moving to TAMU-CC from ASU-West in Phoenix, he worked with Lee Breuer of Mabou Mines.  At ASU-West Mr. Breuer developed "THE WRATH OF KALI" with Don in a lead role.  The show moved to the Theatre for the New City in the East Village, NYC in summer 1994 for a 3 month run. Being in theatre for the past 25 years, Don has directed and acted in scores of plays and has written or adapted works for the stage as well.  He has also had starring roles in multiple film and television projects. 

Kelly Russell received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from Texas State University and an MFA in directing from Baylor University.  For ten years he taught theatre arts and speech communication in various high schools throughout Texas.  In that time four of his one-act plays advanced to the UIL State Meet, winning first in 2001 and first runner-up in 1996, 2000, and 2002.  In addition to his work as a director and acting teacher, Kelly also coached seven state champions and two national finalists in various oral interpretation events.  Many of his former high school students continued their theatre training in prestigious university acting programs including Carnegie Mellon, De Paul, New York University, The University of Southern California, and The University of Evansville.  Kelly currently serves as President-Elect for the Texas Educational Theatre Association.

Chris Lusk has been acting, directing and designing in the theatre for over 20 years. She has a BA in Performance from West Texas A&M University and an MFA in Acting from the University of New Orleans. Chris has worked professionally with The Utah Shakespearean Festival, The Neil Simon Festival, Le Petit du Vieux Carre Theatre, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, and The Dog and Pony Theatre Company. Chris is an active member of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, National Association for Schools of Theatre and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Chris comes to TAMUCC from Southern Utah University where she served as Associate Chair and Head of the Theatre Program.

Phil Johnson has served Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi since 1986.  His role as scenographer and technician has allowed him diverse work in theatre, television, ballet and dance.  One of his recent projects involving children’s television will be released nationally on PBS and DVD.  Mr. Johnson serves as a theatre consultant to schools and organizations on projects, architecture and replacement/implementation of theatre technology.  In 2008 he served as one of the state judges for the UIL Theatrical Design Contest.

_____ The non-refundable $250 deposit must be mailed with the camp
           application by May 15, 2008. Checks should be made out to Texas
           A&M University-Corpus Christi. We cannot accept credit cards.

_____ Medical Emergency Information/Consent for Treatment form
           MUST be completed, signed by a parent or legal guardian, and
           submitted with the camp application by May 15.

_____ Waiver of Liability and Consent to Participate form MUST be
           completed, signed by a parent or legal guardian, and submitted with
           the camp application by May 15.

_____ A copy (front and back) of the student’s medical insurance card must
           be submitted with the camp application by May 15.

_____ Audition Form must be completed and turned in at registration on
           June 15th.

_____ The tuition balance is due at registration on June 15. We cannot
           accept credit cards.