These international visitors are coming to train and perform with children and teens from Fort Worth during the Kids Who Care July International Musical Theatre Camp, which will be held at The Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center (FWCAC).

At the end of the camp, the ensemble will debut an original musical, Let My Heart Sing!, which will run July 31 through August 3 at the Scott Theatre. Let My Heart Sing! takes audiences on a journey into a pop-up book, traveling from the colorful jungle of childhood through the angst of adolescence to find the hidden answers to some of life’s most difficult questions. In true Kids Who Care style, Let my Heart Sing! will have audiences laughing, crying and leaping to their feet!

“We are thrilled that so many of our international students will be returning to Fort Worth to train and perform with us for our 20th anniversary,” said Deborah Jung, founding and executive director of Kids Who Care. “We’re also excited because this is the largest number of returning international students in our history. Our vision of an international leadership training program is coming to fruition!”

Leigh Gregson, a Scottish teen returning to Kids Who Care for the third time (the second time as a member of the leadership team) says she can’t wait to get back to Fort Worth. “I’ve met some great people – all different nationalities, all with the same interests in musical theatre,” said Gregson. “And staying with my host family was an amazing experience!”

Let My Heart Sing!, an original musical presented by Kids Who Care, will run July 31 through August 3, 2008 at The Scott Theatre, 1300 Gendy St. in Fort Worth. Performance times are Thursday, July 31 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 1 7:30 p.m., Saturday, August 2 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 2 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, August 3 @ 2:00 p.m. Tickets cost $12 – $16, with special pricing of $10 each for groups of 10 or more. Tickets for the Saturday, August 2 evening show are $15 – $18 and include admission to the cast party after the show. There will also be a special 10 a.m. matinee Friday, August 1 for day camps and other youth organizations (call for group ticket prices). For more information, please call 817.737.5437 or visit the KWC website.

About Kids Who Care

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Kids Who Care is a non-profit international theatre company based in Fort Worth, Texas that seeks to produce confident, caring and creative kids through leadership training, musical theatre education and performance. Kids Who Care offers professional musical theatre classes, summer musical theatre camps, international cultural exchanges, a touring Resident Company, public performances and more. The Kids Who Care Resident Company has performed Off-Broadway at the Lamb’s Theatre, at both Disney’s, at The Kennedy Center, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at 30,000 feet aboard an airplane for the Make A Wish Foundation and at many other locations across the U.S. and overseas. The core values of the organization include: excellence in artistic development, artistic integrity of kids, leadership roles for kids, financial and cultural diversity and ensemble production.