Summer Camp

College students struggle with summer plans all the time. Of course, the first choice for a lot of them is some sort of summer internship to jumpstart their careers post-college. But what about those who aren’t ready for that or want to try something newer and more adventurous before they sign their lives away to the workforce? What about those who didn’t get hired by anywhere else and needed to make some money this summer? What about those who haven’t quite left their childhood behind and want one more summer in the place they went as a camper every year growing up? I give you: Summer Camp.

Summer Camp is a 30-minute workplace comedy set at the fictional Timberland Camps, similar to the style of Superstore or Parks and Recreation but without the talking head shots of individual interviews.

This is not a mockumentary, rather a glimpse into the lives of a college student’s summer.

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In the show, five counselors meet at Timberland Camps, a summer camp for first through sixth graders. All five work in the third through fifth grade age group side of camp, but they all have different jobs.

At any camp, there are general counselors, of course, but there are also activity counselors who run the high ropes courses, lifeguards who run the water activities, and barn counselors who hang out with the horses all day, to mention a few. Each definitely falls into a subcategory of quirky and odd, and each will be highlighted in some way across the season.

The first season focuses on the month of training that counselors get before kids come in. This is both to avoid too many child actors in the first season but also to establish the relationship between the counselors before it’s interrupted to heavily by their jobs.

The tone of the show is humorous with a backbone of those truths and struggles college students face. Both come together to offer the show some heart that unveils the excitement and terror of being in your late teens and early twenties.

Summer Camp follows an ensemble cast, but our way into the show is through Carson, the lead character who is searching for belonging in the camp, and serves as the introduction to the world for the viewers.