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 [email protected], 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* NATIVE YOUTH THEATRE OUTREACH:
INDIGENOUS-LED DRAMA PROGRAMS FOR K-12

Are you an educator looking for an Indigenous-led drama program that will engage your students? Native Youth Theatre (NYT) specializes in exciting and supportive theatre courses that invite youth to activate their creative nature. Our drama programs encourage young people to develop storytelling skills, and to grow in imagination, creativity, self-esteem, and self-confidence. You can expect lots of laughter and fun in a Native Youth Theatre Outreach workshop! These workshops are offered in collaboration with MTYP’s Drama Outreach Program.

Students express themselves through puppetry and play, and learn how different Indigenous communities in Manitoba plan their year around the thirteen moons and seasonal changes.

Capacity: up to 25 students per workshop
Length: minimum of 2 hours
Cost: $150/hour + GST
Location: at your school or Manitoba Theatre for Young People

Many Indigenous communities across Turtle Island honour the Seven Sacred Teachings: Humility, Respect, Courage, Wisdom, Love, Honesty, and Truth. Students will explore these Teachings using the actors’ tools of voice, body and imagination.

Capacity: up to 25 students per workshop
Length: minimum of 2 hours
Cost: $150/hour + GST
Location: at your school or Manitoba Theatre for Young People

Indigenous communities across Turtle Island tell stories of the Trickster. Students will learn about traditional storytelling through legends, teachings and personal stories, and use mask or puppetry to explore the stories of Tricksters and the animal forms they may take.

Capacity: up to 25 students per workshop
Length: minimum of 2 hours
Cost: $150/hour + GST
Location: at your school or Manitoba Theatre for Young People

Partner with Native Youth Theatre, and see your students shine! In this Indigenous-led program, our experienced instructor will encourage and engage, while developing your students’ theatrical skills and confidence. Students will explore the tools of voice, movement and improvisation, learn why the art of storytelling is important, and get behind-the-scenes knowledge about pursuing a career in the arts, as we incorporate Indigenous languages and ways of knowing into drama warm ups and exercises. The program will culminate in an end-of-week showcase to celebrate the relationships created and knowledge shared.

Capacity: up to 12 students per group
Length: 25-30 hours
Cost: $125/hour + GST, plus planning, travel, and accommodation fees
Location: at your school

*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* 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.

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

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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: