TYA/USA Announces 2019 National Award Recipients
The honors, for excellence in theatre for young audiences, will go to Stan Foote, Rosemary Newcott, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and Courtney J. Boddie.
All Stories About Theatre for Young Audiences
‘La Pastorela’: Hope for the Holidays
A 500-year-old Mexican American tradition is going strong, honoring tradition while picking up topical inflections along the way.
You Know, for Kids: Transcending the TYA Stigma
Some of today’s best theatre is being made for young audiences. What it will it take for critics, audiences, and funders to recognize it?
Think of the Children: Making the Funding Case for TYA
Youth theatres often receive less funding than adult theatres, but some have become adept at making a multi-pronged case for support.
Jonathan Shmidt Chapman’s Vision for Young Audiences
Kids’ theatre is a big tent, not a sideshow, but TYA/USA’s new leader craves more specificity and clarity about its mission and impact.
Teens Devise Plays on Issues That Matter to Them
Theatre companies who help youth make work out of their own concerns are empowering them for life as well.
6 New Year’s Resolutions for Theatre for Young Audiences
Many of TYA’s longtime aims—dramatizing thorny subjects, modeling diversity and tolerance—are more relevant than ever.
16 Holiday Shows for Children and Families
If you can look beyond ‘A Christmas Carol,’ these festive family shows prove there are plenty of ways to deck the halls.
Cooking Up a Kentucky-Fried ‘Hansel & Gretel’
In his version of the grim fairy tale for 24th Street Theatre, Bryan Davidson adds music and human dimension.
TYA for All: The Benefits of Programming for Young Audiences
These theatres prove that you don’t have to be a TYA-specific theatre to commission and produce shows for kids and teens.