‘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.
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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.
Let’s Stick Together: TYA/USA Unites Youth-Focused Theatres
The organization supports more than 100 TYA companies and aims to make their work more relevant to the field at large.
Offscript: Young at Art With Linda Hartzell and David Saar
This week’s guests are Childsplay’s David Saar and Seattle Children’s Theatre’s Linda Hartzell, TYA giants soon to retire. Plus, the editors recall their first theatre experiences.
How Did the Rose Theater’s ‘Garden of Verses’ Grow?
Play’s the thing in creating theatre for toddlers, as this Omaha company learned in staging a gentle, rangy poetry anthology.
How Does a Nerd Feel About the Spotlight? Go Ask ‘Alice Chan’
B.D. Wong and cowriter Robert Lee bring an awkward youngster to life for La Jolla Playhouse’s POP Tour.
Transformations
Theatre and its impact are not wasted on the young.
