Drama Outreach Program
Theatre Workshops
At MTYP, the young person is at the centre of everything we do.
We empower young people to transform the world with imagination and creativity.
Nurture your students’ empathy, bravery, and sense of belonging as we act together!
Whether you’re interested in a one-time session to spark your students’ creativity, or looking for an engaging long-term program over the course of several weeks, we want to find a plan that works for you. We can meet you where you are, or welcome you to our beautiful home at The Forks.
Create, connect, and play together with MTYP Drama Outreach!
“Excellent facilitation. The instructor developed great relationships with the kids. We saw participants gain confidence and new communication skills, and develop better relationships with each other!”
– NorWest Co-op Community Health Centre
To book, email MTYP’s Drama Outreach Coordinator, Cora Matheson, at [email protected], or call at (204) 954-1712. Let’s imagine together!
DRAMA WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS
A fun and encouraging introduction to drama! This workshop nurtures your students’ creativity as they embody characters, explore emotions, and engage with storytelling. Expect a large variety of games and activities that focus on moving the body, imagination and pretend.
Available online or in person
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $105/hour + GST
This workshop inspires self-expression and collaboration as we explore three key acting tools: the body, the voice and the imagination. Since we’ll be focusing on the skills of being an actor, this workshop is a great fit for intermediate and senior grades. Topics such as the actor’s warm up, using our voice in different ways, using our bodies to become different characters, vocal projection, how to express different emotions, and gaining confidence speaking out loud will be included.
Available online or in person
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $105/hour + GST
Experience the thrill and total freedom of creating theatre without a script while developing skills in communication, listening, and teamwork.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 60 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $99/hour + GST
Discover the art and skill of puppetry! Spark your students’ creativity through the invention of stories and characters using sock, rod, or shadow puppets. We’ll spend the first part of the class engaging in drama activities to warm up the imagination, body and voice. We’ll then support the students in making their own puppet using art supplies brought by our instructor. After the puppets are made, students will have the chance to bring their puppet to life through various skit making and storytelling activities. Students get to bring home what they’ve made!
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $105/hour + GST plus $2.50 per student supply fee
Students transform themselves into a character by designing a mask all their own, while using their imaginations to invent a unique voice and movement style. We will spend the first part of the class engaging in drama activities to warm up the imagination, body and voice. We will then support the students in making their own masks using art supplies brought by our instructor. After the masks are made, students will have the chance to bring their newly created character to life through movement and character development activities.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $105/hour plus GST plus $2.50 per student supply fee
Give your students the Broadway experience. Learn to act, sing, and dance – all at the same time! Students can expect to learn a choreographed routine from a fun and energizing musical theatre production while growing their skills in acting, singing and dancing.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 75 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $130/hour + GST
Lights, camera, action! An excellent behind- the scenes introduction to the world of acting and filmmaking for film and television. Students can expect to learn the ins and outs of how to make a movie, as well as experience the thrill of acting in front of a camera.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 2 hours
Price: $120/hour + GST
Students learn simple, yet elegant, theatre techniques to build their own piece of theatre from the ground up! In addition to group script writing and physical movement practices, large props will help them create impressive displays to aid in the telling, and performing, of their very own stories.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1.5 – 2 hours min. Price: $105/hour + GSTOffer a drama class each week and watch your students grow! Our experienced instructors will encourage and engage, while developing your students’ theatrical skills and confidence week after week. From introductory acting courses to performance-based programs, this is a profoundly valuable opportunity for students to fully engage in the joy and art of theatre.
Available online or in person
Maximum Group Size: 12 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 2 hours a week, for 4 to 20 (or more!) weeks
Price: Contact our Drama Outreach co-ordinator for pricing
Welcome an artist to your school for an extraordinary week of creativity, connection and play. Whether you’re looking for the chance to delve deeper intro a theatrical style, explore empathy through theatre, or want to devise an imaginative, original performance, this is s sure to be on of the most magical weeks of the year!
Maximum Group Size: 12 students
Price: $130/hour plus GST
Can’t meet in person? No problem! No matter where you are, you can still receive all the benefits of a highly engaging drama class through the screen.
- Price: $105 / hour + GST
- Minimum 1 hour. Day long and weekly programs also available.
Rates for Educators and Corporate Teams: please contact our Drama Outreach Coordinator at [email protected]
PLAYWRIGHTING PROGRAM
PlayRoots is a playwrighting program for teens developed by playwright Ellen Peterson. Over the course of five sessions, students are empowered to discover their voice as they learn what it takes to grow a play from the ground up. In the final session, professional actors visit the class and perform a reading of the plays.
Maximum Group Size: 30 students
Length: 5 sessions of 60-75 minutes each
Price: $950.00 + GST
Currently taking bookings for fall 2023 and beyond.
WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS
MTYP instructors have a wealth of performing arts experience and knowledge. Add fresh ideas to your curriculum as you discover practical and playful approaches to teaching and learning through theatre.
Maximum Group Size: 25 participants
Price: $135/hour + GST
PLAY-RELATED WORKSHOPS
Are your students seeing an MTYP play? Enhance their comprehension and enjoyment of the production by adding a play-related workshop! Explore the key issues, themes or styles of the show in fun and imaginative ways. Students go from seeing, to doing and being! To book a play related workshop, contact our Drama Outreach Coordinator, Cora Matheson.
Contact
Cora Matheson
Drama Outreach Coordinator
[email protected]
204.954.1712
Every student deserves the opportunity to visit unique places of learning, but not all can afford it.
MTYP is proud to be a partner organization with Daytrippers Children’s Charity that enables experiential learning opportunities by providing funding to students in low-income and remote communities. Eligible schools serving grades K – 8 may apply directly to Daytrippers for funding in support of activities with MTYP. For more information on eligibility and how to easily apply, visit their website by clicking here: