New home, bright future
March 4, 2023
At its new, more versatile home in Landmark Building D at Fort Mason, YPT is reinventing itself while retaining the identity and ethos essential to founder Matilda Kunin’s legacy. As much as everyone came to cherish YPT in its old space, what mattered most, as Executive Director Stephanie Holmes points out, was the people and art that filled it and the special atmosphere that lifted spirits, created community and provided a haven for “fish out of water.” At the Southside Theater, YPT can take advantage of more modern facilities and offer expanded educational programming and repertory infused with the spirit of the old space.
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Julian C. Santos Q&A, part II
Nov. 9, 2020
Bringing table reads and other theatre techniques he was first exposed to at YPT to developing film projects has given Julian a valuable perspective on the creative process. His advice for students considering a career in the arts: Don’t give up on your passion projects.
Julian C. Santos Q&A, part I
Sept. 20, 2020
Julian discusses how coming up in a supportive ensemble environment at YPT launched him on a path that led to writing and directing in high school, studying film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and eventually forming his own production company, whose first feature, The Last Christmas Party, is set for release on Amazon and other video-on-demand platforms in November.
Artwork for an original YPT Zoom production by Phillip Laurent
Zooming off script and into the future
May 1, 2020
Staying apart physically during the coronavirus pandemic has not dampened YPT students’ creativity nor their enthusiasm for collective improvisation. The show, after all, must go on…online, via Zoom.
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