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, Heather Russell-Smith, at hrussell@mtyp.ca, or call her at (204) 954-1712. Let’s imagine together!
DRAMA WORKSHOPS
A fun and encouraging introduction to drama! This workshop nurtures your students’ creativity as they embody characters, explore emotions, and engage with storytelling.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $99/hour + GST
Are your students quite the characters? This workshop inspires self-expression and collaboration as we explore three key acting tools: the body, the voice and the imagination.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $99/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 of puppetry! Stimulate your students’ creativity through the invention of stories and characters using rod, sock, or shadow puppets.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $99/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.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $99/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!
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 75 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $125/hour + GST
Lights, camera, action! An excellent behind-the-scenes introduction to the world of acting for film and television.
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 2 hours
Price: $115/hour + GST
Students shift their perspectives and use simple, yet elegant, theatre techniques to transport themselves through time and space.
Maximum Group Size: 25 studentsMinimum Workshop Length: 1.5 hoursPrice: $125/hour + GST
*NEW* PRESENTATIONS
Adam Schwartz is an autistic comedian, playwright, and author. He hasn’t always embraced his differences, but he has learned they are what makes him great and an important part of the community.
Adam’s engaging and informative presentation inspires conversations about empathy and embracing our differences. Adam shares his children’s book Jonathan and the Big Barbeque about a young person on the autism spectrum, followed by a group activity that encourages kindness, and a question and answer period with the audience.
Maximum Group Size: 50 students
Length: approx. 30 mins
Price: $150 + GST
Adam Schwartz is a stand-up comedian on the autism spectrum. In “What’s Funny About Autism?” Adam presents his hilarious half-hour set, followed by a question and answer period to start conversations about creating inclusive spaces where all students feel welcome.
Maximum Group Size: 75 students
Length: approx. 45 mins
Price: $225 + GST
*NEW* PLAYWRITING PROGRAM
Writes of Passage is a playwriting program developed by Governor General Award-winning playwright and MTYP Theatre School Director, Vern Thiessen. Over the course of five sessions, MTYP theatre instructors empower students to discover their creative voice as they develop and workshop original plays. 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.
Thank you to MTYP’s Education Partner, Access Credit Union, for sponsoring Writes of Passage
WEEKLY DRAMA COURSES
Offer a weekly drama class, and see your students shine! Our experienced instructors will encourage and engage, while developing your students’ theatrical skills and confidence. From introductory acting courses to performance-based programs, it’s a profoundly valuable opportunity for students to collaborate and find joy as they encounter the art of theatre.
Maximum Group Size: 12 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 2 hours a week, for 4 to 20 (or more!) weeks
Price: $125/hour plus GST
RESIDENCIES
Welcome an artist to your school for an extraordinary week of creativity, connection and play. Whether you’re looking for the chance to delve deeply into a theatrical style, or want to devise an imaginative original performance, it’s sure to be one of the most magical weeks of the year!
Maximum Group Size: 12 students
Price: $125/hour plus GST
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!
How can one actor transform into so many different people? Students learn the art of character creation, and engage the actor’s three main tools: the voice, the body and the imagination.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $99/hour + GST
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Sing, move, and act, in the magical world of Narnia! Students learn a song from the show in this fun musical theatre workshop.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $125/hour + GST
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Students use props, lights, cardboard and music as they bring images to life in this playfully imaginative workshop.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $99/hour + GST, plus $2.50 per student supply fee
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Students celebrate the diversity of gender expression and create a short movement piece inspired by the play.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $99/hour + GST
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Students move, play and collaborate as they build bridges between themselves and their classmates in this physical theatre workshop.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $99/hour + GST
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Stories are woven into the fabric of life, and the act of storytelling preserves important traditions, values and gifts. In this workshop, students share and engage with family stories, carried from one generation to the next.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $99/hour + GST
Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Contact
Heather Russell-Smith
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:
