Camp

Camp (2003) is an American musical dramedy from Todd Graff, available to watch online on iFILM. Teenagers who never fit in back home gather at a summer musical-theater camp, where the kids mount a brand-new show every two weeks.

Here the oddballs are finally among their own. Shy Ellen, a charismatic newcomer with half the camp chasing him, a boy who got beaten up for wearing makeup to prom — everyone hauls a private drama backstage. Rehearsals are brutal, crushes tangle, and the stage becomes the one place to be honest. A teenage Anna Kendrick shows up in one of her earliest roles.

Graff, a former Broadway performer, made this as a love letter to theater kids and places like the famous Stagedoor Manor. The numbers are sung live, with no lip-syncing over a track. A film for anyone who grew up different and found themselves in the arts. Stream Camp (2003) online on iFILM.