Imaginative production delivers excellent encore performances From the Winnipeg Free Press By Ben Waldman Posted Saturday, February 28th, 2026 When Brush Theatre first brought its flagship production, Doodle POP, to Winnipeg in 2022, the South Korean company was an unknown entity locally. Not anymore: with its third visit to the Manitoba Theatre for Young People in five years underway, the highly imaginative ...

Six-year-old’s question answered with optimistic script From the Winnipeg Free Press By Ben Waldman Posted Friday, January 30th, 2026 A few days before the opening day of Tad & Birdy, the first of Anika Dowsett’s plays to be professionally produced, the playwright gave some dramaturgical credit to both the Barenaked Ladies and a six-year-old girl. “OK, so the first line ...

Writing for the Child You Used to Be Playwright Anika Dowsett creates stories for young people that are thoughtful, fun, and full of heart. The world premiere of their new play Tad and Birdy hits the MTYP Mainstage from January 30 to February 7 before touring schools across Manitoba. In this Q&A, Lana Meir from the Express Weekly asks Dowsett about their ...

Playwriting for Teens with Ellen Peterson Ellen Peterson has been a Winnipeg playwright, dramaturg, actor, producer and visual artist for over 40 years. Ellen’s plays have been produced by Theatre Projects Manitoba, Prairie Theatre Exchange, the Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba, and in the Fringe. This January, Ellen will be sharing her expertise with MTYP's students teaching Teen Playwriting! We ...

‘Embodied Storytelling’ Conveys Life of Residential School Residents in Young-Adult Play From the Winnipeg Free Press By Ben Waldman Posted Saturday, November 1st, 2025 Before it was shut down in June 1970, more than 15,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford, Ont. Santee Smith’s great-grandmother was one of them. “We didn’t know ...

Local Artist Creates Image to Promote First Ever Show in New Richardson Studio Theatre Winnipeg artist Miriam Rudolph has created an original image to promote Gather, the first show that will be shared with audiences in MTYP’s newly created Richardson Studio Theatre.  We are so honoured that she said yes! Miriam's work is known for her beautiful, aerial linocuts of ...

Manitoba Theatre For Young People Raises $9 Million For Capital Campaign On Wednesday, September 10th,  Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP) announced the successful completion of the largest fundraising campaign in its forty-three year history. Outcomes of this historic campaign include modernization and renewal of MTYP’s purpose-built facility to build capacity, improve climate performance, and expand accessibility for future generations ...