HOUSING AND MEAL PLANS:
SOCAPA offers a Room & Board option at all three of our campuses. Students stay right on campus in the host university’s residence halls and eat most of their meals at the campus cafeteria. At least once a week, we take the whole group off-campus and out for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. Except at the Manhattan Campus, our Room & Board Fee includes double occupancy housing, all night and weekend activities (including transportation, tickets and supervision) and three meals per day, Monday through Friday. On weekends, we provide breakfast and Sunday evening dinner but students need to purchase their own lunches and Saturday evening dinner as we are off-campus on excursions during those meal times. At the Manhattan Campus, the meal plan includes lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday. Students are responsible for breakfast and weekend meals. All of our dormitories have lounges, computer rooms, and laundry facilities.

Students can attend SOCAPA as a day student and commute to campus. Day students should plan to arrive at the designated meeting area by 8:45 am and plan to be on campus until 5pm. There are some evening workshops/meetings that are important for day students to attend in order to complete their work. Flexibility in pick up time is helpful. Day students are invited to participate in any and all extra-curricular activities. A detailed schedule of these activities are provided at the orientation meeting on the first day of the program. We ask that parents call our office to arrange for which activities your day student will participate in.

AIRPORT PICK-UP & DROP-OFF:
Our staff does airport transfers on the first and last days of each session. Airports we service are JFK & LGA in New York, LAX and Burbank (BUR) in Los Angeles, and Burlington International (BTV) for Vermont. We will greet you at the exit to baggage claim when you arrive and drop you at your airline’s check-in counter when you leave; unfortunately, we cannot escort you beyond security. There is a nominal fee per airport transfer of $20 for BTV and $45 for JFK, LGA, LAX, and BUR.

We do not service Newark Airport. Families flying into Newark airport are responsible for arranging their own travel to campus. We have used Carmel Limo in the past.

There is an additional fee of $125 roundtrip if your child is registered as an "Unaccompanied Minor" with the airline. If your child is flying as an "Unaccompanied Minor" with the airline, it requires one of our staff to get a pass to go through security and pick your child up at the gate. On the departure end, it requires a staff member to obtain a pass and stay with your child until he boards and then stay at the gate until the plane has taken off. Please be sure to contact our main office if you plan to sign up for this service as it requires much coordination on our end. Please note that we are able to provide the name of the staff member who will meet your child at the gate only the Thursday before program start date.

GENERAL SCHEDULE:
On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, SOCAPA students take classes in their chosen discipline. On Thursdays and Fridays, they go out on location and direct, photograph, and perform in the short films, acting reels and dance videos they have prepared for in their classes. On Saturdays, the group goes off-campus on an organized excursion and out for dinner. On Sundays, students can sleep in. In the afternoon, they are given time to rehearse, write, edit, location scout or do their laundry.

Master Classes:
At least once per session, SOCAPA invites a top young industry professional from the New York or Hollywood film or performing arts scene to come to campus and lead a master class for all students, regardless of focus. Some past guests included actor Brendan Sexton III (Empire Records, Welcome to the Dollhouse), the four lead characters from American Teen, filmmaker Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Raising Victor Vargas), actor Sarah Clarke (TV show 24, Thirteen) screenwriter Andrew Marlowe (Air Force One, End of Days, Hollow Man), director Morgan J. Freeman (Hurricane Streets), comedian Matt Walsh (The Daily Show, Bad Santa, Upright Citizens Brigade), and the cast of Hair and Spring Awakening on Broadway.

Showcase Festival:
On the final Friday afternoon of the three-week program, SOCAPA holds its “Showcase Festival” followed by a reception for friends and family. All the acting reels, photography slideshows, dance videos and student films are shown on the giant silver screen. In addition to the projected work, there are live dance performances, actor monologues, and a photography exhibit. We encourage you to invite your fellow collaborators, friends and family. Although we do have a final live performance/film screening of all the two-week work just for the camp, please note that students in the two-week program do not have a final showcase festival for friends and family.

Extra-Curricular:
Every evening, Monday through Friday, we plan an activity for the students, whether it be a barbecue on campus, a dinner in the city, a cool-off swim, a theater/musical performance, or a film screening. On the Saturday afternoons that are not devoted to shooting and performing, we organize a group excursion. This could include a trip to a museum, the beach or a show in the city. Past evening and Saturday excursions have included trips to Coney Island Amusement Park, live tapings of MTV’s TRL, outdoor concerts (The Roots, OCMS, TV on the Radio, etc.), Universal Studios, Pilobolus Dance Group at the Joyce, Disco Bowling, Broadway Shows such as Spring Awakening, Hair, Rent and Avenue Q, Six Flags Amusement Park, Fourth of July Fireworks, Bryant Park Film Screenings, and off-Broadway hits such as Fuerzabruta and Stomp, to name a few.