Young Performers Theatre

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YPT's Theatre Arts academy teaches children as young as three years old the fundamentals of dramatization and instructs older children in acting, performance and musical theatre. Advanced students from the age of nine are invited to audition for mainstage plays, where they have the opportunity to work alongside adult actors in a professional production. The Academy also sends teachers into schools to conduct acting and creative play workshops.

20 January 2012 0 Comments

Shakespeare at Stinson

Shakespeare at Stinson (a separate entity from YPT) is putting on Cabaret at YPT, for information please visit their website www.cabaretsf.wordpress.com or call them at  (415) 381-1638.

20 April 2011 0 Comments

An open letter to supporters

“I think it’s about our spirit and our health. It’s about how much we expose young people to arts education, to music and to poetry, to theatre and ballet. And this isn’t about people who want to go into the Arts, this is about what it does to people’s sense of confidence, to people’s sense [...]

4 February 2011 2 Comments

The Real Mother Goose-Touring Show

Come and meet the “real” Mother Goose, talking to all her well-known friends.  Old King Cole, The Cat and the Fiddle, Old Mother Hu bbard, Little Bo Peep, Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Little Jack Horner and other surprise guests. Audience participation encouraged. Ideal for preschool through second grade. We come to you or you [...]

4 February 2011 0 Comments

The Storyteller’s Art- Touring Show

Come meet a mysterious old storyteller and hear tales from the continents!  Through interactive storytelling, pantomime, masks and costumes, you’ll hear The Emperor’s Nightingale from China, Blanca’s Feather from Mexico and Africa’s Wiley, His Mama and the Hairy Man. Watch your children’s eyes grow wide as they hear those magical words, “Once upon a time…” Ideal for grades [...]