Valley Youth Theatre

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) is a community theatre located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Established in 1989, VYT produces six mainstage shows each season, two of which are produced at the Herberger Theater Center.

The front of the Valley Youth Theater

Affiliations

Community service

Each season, more than 4,600 inner-city students attend VYT mainstage performances and are given free books through a "Literacy and The Arts" outreach program. Each year, more than six hundred children, representing numerous social service organizations throughout the Valley, attend a free performance and are given a complimentary lunch through an annual "Sponsor-A-Seat" program.

Facility

Valley Youth Theatre performs in its renovated facility in Copper Square in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

An old storefront was gutted in 1998 and rebuilt to include a 30-foot-wide (9.1 m) proscenium stage with orchestra pit, 202-seat continental-style audience seating, a lobby with box office, and "backstage" areas: a lighting and sound booth, small scene and costume shops, and rehearsal and dressing rooms.

History

It was established in 1989. Its first permanent home, in 1992, was in the basement of Tower Plaza. In 1999 it moved to its new permanent home at Copper Square in downtown Phoenix.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Valley Youth Theatre – Young Performers. Serious Theatre".
  2. "The Arizona Republic". Help Center. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  3. "Valley Youth Theatre Alumni".

https://www.queencreeksuntimes.com/local-news/valley-youth-theatre-announces-mark-stoddard-as-new-associate-artistic-director-7131839 https://www.dailyitem.com/applause/valley-youth-hit-the-stage-in-disneys-newsies-jr/article_3b3cca60-0a4a-11ee-96cc-fbb4894774fc.html https://www.citysuntimes.com/things_to_do/valley-youth-theatres-production-of-the-spongebob-musical-at-herberger-through-june-25/article_a2f3b25a-0710-11ee-9601-8704c3fc5c0d.html https://www.glendalestar.com/youth/article_02e6e22e-2583-11ed-a5ba-2b5ad1218ddd.html

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.