Now in its 18th year, Washington Little Theater's Youth Summer Drama Camp was created to give kids of all ages the opportunity to experience, learn, and grow in their acting abilities in a fun and supportive environment.

The annual camp provides kids with a fun and exciting opportunity to participate in live theater "just like the pros." During the two-week camp, children learn about the different aspects of theater through hands-on learning and interactive theater games. They read through an age-appropriate play and then work with camp volunteers to prepare their audition pieces. Each student is assigned one or more roles which they then rehearse during the second week in preparation for performances on the final weekend.

The camp is open to grades 3-12, with grades 3-7 participating from 9am-noon and grades 8-12 participating from 1pm-4pm. Tuition is $85, which includes a script, camp t-shirt, and snacks throughout camp. WLT offers full camp scholarships for those in need of financial assistance, made possible by generous donors from the community.

The Washington Little Theater Company was established in 1971 by a group of creative individuals who wished to foster, encourage and promote the development of regional talent in the dramatic arts. Their mission was accomplished, at first, under humble circumstances by renting vacant storefronts and school auditoriums around the city to host productions.
By 1974, an agreement was made with the Wilkes County Board of Education to lease the North Alexander School Gym (a National Register - listed property built in 1930), which became the permanent home of the Washington Little Theater. With help from the University of Georgia, a Macon movie house and Six Flags Amusement Park, construction materials, theater seats and curtains were brought in to modify the space from basketball courts to a professional functioning theater venue complete with staging, costume storage, dressing rooms, ticket booth, reception lobby and light and sound booths.
In 2008, the theater building was dedicated as the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse after the late Bolton Lunceford, a distinguished member who proved to be pivotal in sustaining the theater over the course of her lifetime.