Metro Theater Artistic Director Julia Flood to Retire
She will step down after a more than a decade of service to young audiences.
All Stories About Theatre for Young Audiences
First Stage Managing Director Betsy Corry to Retire
She has worked with the influential TYA theatre for 18 years.
Wake Up, Theatres: Do You Think They’ll Stop With Book Bans?
The forces attacking the human rights and free expression of the most marginalized among us know exactly what they’re doing, but we have a way to fight back: the stage.
For Stan Foote, Theatre Was About Humanity and Growth
The longtime artistic director of Oregon Children’s Theatre lived out his passion for supporting the development of others, both onstage and off.
TYA Partnership Will Give L.A. Youth Chance to Help Develop New Works
A joint program of In Other People’s Shoes Productions and Camp Bob Waldorf, the pilot will center on a new play by José Cruz González.
Hope Is a Trail of Breadcrumbs
A leading maker of plays for young people thinks of good storytelling as an alert, wakeful, but necessarily uncertain journey through the unknown.
Stages Theatre Company Announces 2021-22 Season
The theatre for young audiences will return to in-person programming in November.
In Call for National Arts Support, Don’t Overlook Young Audiences
The soul-healing and community-building qualities of children’s theatre, a key part of the Federal Theatre Project, should be central to any new deal for the arts.
Have Plays, Must Travel
Finding ways to off-set the impact of international touring was a hot topic at recent TYA gatherings.
Remembering Jane Campbell and Her Hawaiʻi-Sized Heart
Honolulu Theatre for Youth’s longtime managing director forever changed TYA, in the islands and beyond.
