Three looks of the Frog in A Year With Frog and Toad

A Year With Frog and Toad designer inspired by nature

Some of Jackie Chau's inventive costumes from A Year With Frog and Toad A Year With Frog and Toad designer inspired by nature Set and costume designer Jackie Chau wants to inspire kids to have a relationship with nature. She imagines the audiences lying on their stomachs surrounded by tall grass on a hot summer day, when watching A Year ...

THEATRE SCHOOL TO PERFORM WITH WSO

THEATRE SCHOOL TO PERFORM WITH WSO On Sunday, December 8 at 2 pm, students from MTYP’s theatre school will be performing as part of the WSO concert called The Snowman. The students will participate in Brother Heinrich’s Christmas. The show also features the Winnipeg Boys Choir and, of course, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. We asked theatre school director Kent Suss ...
Dryden Dilts and Melissa Langdon get to know each other in Spelling 2-5-5 Playwright: Jennifer Overton Director: Erin McGrath Set and Lighting Designer: Adam Parboosingh Costume Designer: Joseph Abetria Sound Designer: Charlotte Friesen

Spelling 2-5-5

Spelling 2-5-5 October 30-November 8 By Jennifer Overton An MTYP Production and Tour Two brothers share a room, a love of comic books and a rather strict routine. Jake is on the autism spectrum; his older brother Simon has to adhere to a routine to help Jake get through the day. When a televised spelling bee contest is announced, Simon ...

A TEENAGER’S REVIEW OF WHAT IF ROMEO AND JULIET…

A TEENAGER’S REVIEW OF WHAT IF ROMEO AND JULIET… I recently got the chance to see “What if Romeo and Juliet” by DynamO Théâtre. This intricate piece involved four actors that represented “love”. They played various characters from William Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet”, and explored the endless possibilities of what could have happened had Romeo and Juliet’s fate been ...
Ann Hodges, Torn Through Time Director

DIRECTOR ANN HODGES ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A HEROINE

Ann Hodges, Torn Through Time Director DIRECTOR ANN HODGES ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A HEROINE The world premiere of Torn Through Time opens on January 25th at MTYP. The play features three young girls who went on to being trailblazers, including Thanadelthur (a Dene peacemaker from the 1700's), Helen Harrison (one of the first Canadian female pilots in the ...
Anyetta and Tracy

THE GIRL WHO CAN’T SIT STILL

THE GIRL WHO CAN’T SIT STILL Anyetta MacDonald Christensen can’t sit still. In the time it takes to say her name, she could be halfway across the room. I only speak to her and her mother for ten minutes, and during that time, Anya has cartwheeled, done the splits, back flipped and done multiple handstands. This freckled, spunky eleven year ...