People to Watch: Alan Muraoka
The longtime ‘Sesame Street’ cast member talks about his work as a director at U.S. regional theatres, including a new show at Rose Theater in Omaha.
All Stories About Theatre for Young Audiences
What’s Left Standing of Kennedy Center Education and TYA?
The Center’s roles as an incubator of new work for young audiences, and as a generous host for the American College Theater Festival, will be hard to fill.
Returning to Your Magic Tree House
In adapting beloved children’s and YA literature to the stage, the powerhouse national MTH On Stage and Chicago Children’s Theatre let presence and play guide their way.
TYA/USA Announces 2026 Festival and Conference at Alliance Theatre
The leading national service organization for Theatre for Young Audiences will host its next conference on May 27-29, 2026, with a wide array of performances and panels.
Play Well, Be Well: A Report on the Benefits of Youth Arts Engagement
‘Stitching the Threads Together,’ a new literature review from Rand and the Wallace Foundation, details some of the specific ways that arts engagement affects youth well-being.
Know a Theatre: Childsplay of Tempe, Arizona
The Southwest’s TYA mainstay has been stirring kids’ imaginations, and taking their shows on the road in their region and nationally, for nearly 5 decades.
Joy, Justice, and Ingenuity at TYA/USA
Last month’s D.C.-area gathering of makers and advocates of theatre for young people offered a radical yet knowing optimism about the industry and the art form at an especially urgent time.
New Fund to Support Midsize TYA Theatres
Theatre for Young Audiences USA and Theater League of Kansas City partner to grant unrestricted funds of $5000 to $10,000.
Early Adapters
A TYA radio play-turned-musical opens this weekend at the Kennedy Center, with accessibility and community at the forefront.
Metro Theater Artistic Director Julia Flood to Retire
She will step down after a more than a decade of service to young audiences.
