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.
All Stories About TYA
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.
Imagination Stage Names Joanne Seelig Lamparter Chief Artistic Programming Officer
Seelig Lamparter will take over from retiring founding artistic director Janet Stanford.
Red Kite, Where Community Takes Flight
In serving constellations of disability, this growing program within Chicago Children’s Theatre builds confidence, celebrates joy, and fills a gap in support networks.
Peter Brosius Believes That Children Are Our Future
As he enters his last season leading Minneapolis’s Children’s Theatre Company, he reflects on the unique inspiration and value in making work for young people.
‘Mamma Mia!,’ ‘Clue’ Top List of Popular High School Shows
The Educational Theatre Association’s annual statistics also show an uptick in theatre participation among young people, as in-person performances return.
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.
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?
Queer Teens Find a Home Onstage
How queer youth theatre groups are shaping, and saving, the lives of new generations of artists and activists.
