Button Lake Band Camp

by Elijah Guo

It's Lindsay's final summer as a Lower Camper, her big French Horn scholarship is coming up, and word around the campfire is that there's a strange ritual the kids have to perform on their last night. Will she and her fellow band campers rise to the challenge?

It's Lindsay's final summer as a Lower Camper, her big French Horn scholarship is coming up, and word around the campfire is that there's a strange ritual the kids have to perform on their last night. Will she and her fellow band campers rise to the challenge?

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Button Lake Band Camp

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  • A.J. Ditty: Button Lake Band Camp

    An absolute riot of a play that stands out as not only a high-energy band-geeks-get-possessed-by-forest-spirits comedy but as a deeply moving meditation on friendship, growing up, and what it means to try and live in the impossible now. Toot, toot indeed.

    An absolute riot of a play that stands out as not only a high-energy band-geeks-get-possessed-by-forest-spirits comedy but as a deeply moving meditation on friendship, growing up, and what it means to try and live in the impossible now. Toot, toot indeed.

  • Lainie Vansant: Button Lake Band Camp

    I love these little weirdos so much! Just when you think you know where Guo is going with this, it takes some unexpected twists and turns that give it much more depth and meaning. This is lovely work that both knows and respects the young people at its heart.

    I love these little weirdos so much! Just when you think you know where Guo is going with this, it takes some unexpected twists and turns that give it much more depth and meaning. This is lovely work that both knows and respects the young people at its heart.

  • Abraham Johnson: Button Lake Band Camp

    So fun! So strange! This script is a joy to read, and so primed for the stage. Part summer-camp-romp, part coming-of-age-friendship story, every aspect of this script functions on all cylinders. Definitely going to be seen at one-act competitions, especially for high school directors looking for bubbly, female-heavy, hilarious comedies with a sneaky heartbeat running throughout. I adore this play! The "wild Lindsay" moment? Chills.

    So fun! So strange! This script is a joy to read, and so primed for the stage. Part summer-camp-romp, part coming-of-age-friendship story, every aspect of this script functions on all cylinders. Definitely going to be seen at one-act competitions, especially for high school directors looking for bubbly, female-heavy, hilarious comedies with a sneaky heartbeat running throughout. I adore this play! The "wild Lindsay" moment? Chills.

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Clubbed Thumb - New Play Directing Fellowship, Year 2022

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Clubbed Thumb - Winterworks, Year 2023