A Midsummer Night's Dream

Alice in Wonderland

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Sign up today for these Open Enrollment productions.  

Only $195.00 for either production.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND for ages 5 -11

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES for ages 7 - 15

call 253-677-0531 

for Credit  Card Registration

Click here for a registration form

More Fall Auditions

Join Tacoma Youth Theatre for our next round of after-school. Pay-What-You-Can productions.  There is nothing to prepare, simply show up at auditions.  Tuition is $300.00 (pay what you can) Tuition is due on the first day of rehearsal. Click here for for information about tuition.

Beginning Actor's Studio

Costume EXTRAVAGANZA!

Tacoma Youth Theatre has racks of surplus costumes and costume items that need a new home.  Join us Sunday, October 2nd from 1pm until 6pm.  We'll be giving tours of the theatre, and will have racks of costumes available for free. 

Fall 2016 Programming

No Macbeth This Weekend

Friends -

We have been getting a few inquiries about our previously scheduled production of Macbeth.  While we have had a wonderfully successful summer, we did not have enough actors audition for MACBETH and had to cancel the production last month.

We apologize for any confusion.

Instead, we added another another one week camp for young actors ages 7-15 -- TREASURE ISLAND.

TREASURE ISLAND will be showing this weekend, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00.  Please join us in support of these young artists.

Just added - TREASURE ISLAND

Just Added: JUNGLE BOOK

Enroll today for Summer Theatre Camps

A Message from Artistic Director, Maggie Knott

This summer marks the beginning of Tacoma Youth Theatre's 5th year of programming! Thank YOU for enthusiastically supporting our mission, and for trusting us with your growing young actors. Together, we are proving that a theatre with the sole purpose of nurturing young artists can and will succeed!

 

I am so proud of all the tremendous learning and beautiful theatre your young artists have experienced, and think we're on the right track. Entering into our 5th year of programming, I find Tacoma Youth Theatre well poised to begin the next step in fully realizing its mission -- to grow beyond serving as a theatre FOR young artists, into a theatre RUN BY young artists. 

  

I strongly believe that producing theatre with a wide age-range of young artists, as well as all other uniquenesses and diversities, is of tremendous educational and artistic value. Teen actors, often playing the adult characters within a play often follow the lead of confident, energetic younger artists who so readily and naturally jump into the world of the story. Younger actors follow the lead of the older actors' focus, self-discipline, and patience. I think it's pretty magical, and we'll continue this structure - but with a few slight variations.

 

New Suggested Ages

From now on, pay-what-you-can, after-school productions and production-based, one-week theatre camps will carry suggested ages beginning at age 7.

New Opportunities for Young Artists Ages 5-8

Ongoing, equally affordable (and/or pay-what-you-can,) opportunities will be available for ages 5-8. 

Check it out this summer with

My First Theatre Camp: 

Cuttings and Connections to 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I am particularly excited to instruct programming for beginning, younger actors that will best support their high-energy and creativity. 

Ask about a just-added 

Saturday Class for 5-8 Year-Old Artists 

Beginning May 7th

Special Teen Productions

Look for special productions specifically designed for teenagers and more experienced younger actors. This summer, Managing Director and acclaimed theatre artist, Scott Campbell, will direct William Shakespeare's MACBETH.  This story of murder, power, and madness is for actors ages 12-18 and will rehearse in the evenings. 

 

"By the pricking of my thumbs,

something wicked this way comes"

MACBETH

Auditions July 23 or 24

Technical, Artistic, and Front-of-House Positions

Beginning this spring session, as part of an added value (no additional charge) the young actors in Tacoma Youth Theatre's after-school productions will have more formal opportunities to explore the technical, artistic, design and front-of-house workings of THEIR Theatre. Producing two shows each session provides ample opportunities to fill off-stage positions for the alternate casts' production. Look for young artists to begin staffing the box office, serving as ushers, running and designing lights and sound, assisting with costuming and props, and scenic painting for each session.

 

Youth Advisory Council

Beginning in September, look for Tacoma Youth Theatre to establish a youth advisory council of young artists. This council will learn basic Robert's Rules of Order, convene monthly as a collaborative body, establish a charter, and provide advice and insight on the workings of Tacoma Youth Theatre.

My continuing goal is to ensure that ALL young artists, ages 5-18, have a learning environment that best supports their theatrical growth.  Tacoma Youth Theatre will always be a theatre FOR young artists.  Thank you for your continued support as we move to truly become a theatre BY young artists.  

I look forward to seeing many of you this summer.

Spring Break Camp

When is your spring break?
Sign-up today for a PETER PAN Spring Break Camp!
All-day, one-week camps starting March 28 and again on April 4.

Click Here for a Mail-In Registration Form

or call Artistic Director, Maggie Knott at 253-677-0531

and register over the phone with a credit card.

Spring Break Camp at Tacoma Youth Theatre offers a fun and exciting way to take part in a show! Enrollment is open to all age-appropriate young artists, with no experience required - in fact, PETER PAN camp is a great option for first-time actors!

Camp One:

March 28 - April 1
Monday - Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
3:00 PM Performances: 

Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3

Camp Two:
April 4 - April 8
Monday - Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
3:00 PM Performances: 

Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10

After School Program Auditions

For information about After School Programs click here.

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