Dan Augusta Scholarship Fund 2025 Recipient

Dan Augusta Scholarship Fund 2025 Recipient The Daniel Augusta Scholarship is intended to recognize and support current outstanding MTYP Theatre School students who have demonstrated enjoyment of and dedication to the theatre arts. This scholarship seeks to encourage students to continue pursuing their passion for theatre by supporting their enrolment in an MTYP audition-based performance company. We're proud to announce ...

Gathering Together

Gathering Together We asked Gather playwrights Julia Lederer and Julie Ritchey about the genesis of their play, which will be the first performances in MTYP’s brand new Richardson Studio Theatre. That space, which seats approximately 100 people, is designed to facilitate intimate and interactive experiences with young audiences. MTYP Artistic Director Pablo Felices-Luna read the play several years ago and ...

Acting on Camera

Acting on Camera with Cora We have exciting new courses coming to MTYP's School this season, including Acting on Camera! In this course, Hallmark regular and MTYP teacher Cora Matheson will help you focus on acting for the camera, including learning to audition, to self-tape and transferring acting skills to the camera. We asked Cora about what actors can expect ...

Crafting at MTYP

CTV's Ainsley McPhail makes a mask at Manitoba Theatre for Young People!   CTV News. (2025, June 11). Crafting at MTYP. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFP9jhturh4  

Manitoba Teens Bring “Deadites” to Life in Musical

It's a groovy time until your friends turn into demons and want you to join them. Young performers at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People are embracing the campiness of a cult classic with their production of Evil Dead the Musical. MTYP's Musical Theatre Company in Evil Dead the Musical: High School Version. CBC/Radio Canada. (2025, April 11). Manitoba Teens ...

A Friend in the Moon

A Friend in the Moon The last show of our 2024/25 season is the world premiere of Billie and the Moon by Wren Brian! We asked Wren about her inspiration for Billie's character, working with MTYP's Creators' Unit, and her own memories from summer camp! Q: Your latest play comes out of MTYP’s Creators’ Units. Can you talk a bit about ...

A Fairy Tale Woven with Métis History

A Fairy Tale Woven with Métis History Next up on MTYP's Mainstage is Blue Beads and Blueberries by Erin Macklem, a Métis re-imagining of an old English folk tale. When a father asks his daughters how much they love him, he feels slighted by the response of his eldest and sends her away. This sets her off on an adventure ...

A Pedal Powered Performance

Life-Cycle The next show on the MTYP Mainstage is a wordless acrobatic performance about identity. Life-Cycle rolls onto the Mainstage from January 17th to 26th. A man, returning home from a long time away, is on a journey to discover who he really is. An old yellow bicycle inspires him to keep moving. Life-Cycle combines acrobatics, puppetry, and digital effects to create ...

Ambitious Amphibians – Musical Brings Humanistic Truths to Lily Pad

Ambitious Amphibians – Musical Brings Humanistic Truths to Lily Pad From the Winnipeg Free Press By Ben Waldman Posted Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 In 1973, during a filmed interview for Temple University’s Profiles in Literature series, writer-illustrator Arnold Lobel was asked whether books should be primarily entertaining or realistic for children. The author didn’t hesitate: “I think they can do ...

Frog and Toad Embrace the Simple Joys of Friendship

FROG AND TOAD EMBRACE THE SIMPLE JOYS OF FRIENDSHIP A Year With Frog and Toad is coming back to MTYP's Mainstage for the holiday season! Jennifer Lyon, who plays Toad, chatted with us about the show and why these two characters have remained so comforting and dear to us through the years. What was your first introduction to Arnold Lobel’s ...