Camp Camp

Our Directors and Executive Staff bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experience to Camp Camp. Many of them have been part of our Staff for years. Most importantly, they share a love for Camp Camp and the collective ability to know just how to make sure you have the best time ever! Kerry Riffle (Owner/Director; Los Angeles, CA) was severely tra... umatized by five days at Camp Storer during his sixth grade spring break. However, the memory of his hunky Camp Storer counselor and his inexplicable desire to see the state of Maine prevailed when he saw an ad for the very first year of Camp Camp in The Advocate back in 1997. Kerry has held various positions on the Camp staff since then, including Theatre Instructor (1997-1998), Rainbow Group Leader (1997-2000), Staff Training Supervisor & Programming Coordinator (2000-2004), and Assistant Director for Operations (2005). A member of Camps Steering Committee from 1999-2005, he was asked by Camp Camps founder Bill Cole to assume ownership of Camp in 2006. So though his dream was always to have his own theatre company, Kerry nonetheless now happily finds himself the proud owner of a fabulous LGBTQ summer camp instead! Originally from Ohio, Kerry lived in Chicago from 1988-1999, where he waited tables, toiled as an administrative assistant, and worked as a stage manager and director with such theatres as City Lit Theatre, Talisman Theatre, and Bailiwick Repertory where he curated the Pride Performance Series in 1995. Curious about life beyond the Midwest and partially inspired by his Camp Camp experience Kerry moved to Boston in 1999, then to New York City in 2001 where he worked as Office Manager/Controller for Rottenberg Lipman Rich, P.C., a boutique Manhattan law firm. In June of 2016, he finally left New York City behind so that he could devote more of his energy to Camp Camp. After a full summer in Maine and an extended fall/winter visit with his family in Ohio, Kerry headed to Hollywood, California in March of 2017 where he currently lives with Brody, his ...Read More