News & Notes

A Theatre Dictionary for Newcomers

May 30th, 2017

Guest blogger Samantha Belding has been participating in Center Stage PYT shows since 2015 (Les Miserables). She has written a PYT theatre dictionary to help newcomers understand the “theatre lingo.” Theatre Dictionary You’ll never find a real theatre person who spells theatre, “theater” Casts: The two groups of actors that perform in the show. For […]

Auditioning – What It’s Like “In The Room Where It Happens”

May 9th, 2017

Spotlight welcomes guest blogger and current PYT actress Samantha Belding! Hi! My name is Samantha Belding and I have been participating in Peninsula Youth Theatre musicals since the production of Les Miserables in 2015. PYT is such a fun and welcoming place for new actors. Everyone has always been kind and helpful but there are […]

Spotlight On The Serial Stitchers!

December 12th, 2016

One of the best things about the Peninsula Youth Theatre is their dedicated group of volunteers, and there cannot be a more dedicated group than the Serial Stitchers. The Serial Stitchers (formally named after working on Sweeney Todd) spend hundreds of hours sewing costumes for each and every PYT Main Stage show. Their fearless leader, […]

Bravo to children’s theater that lets kids be kids

Bravo to children’s theater that lets kids be kids

May 12th, 2015
"Those Darn Squirrels" at Peninsula Youth Theatre features characters such as Old Man Fookwire (Aria Richmond) and the Whirley Bird (Jennifer Johns) -- plus, of course, those darn squirrels.

Major benefits for students who attend live theater, study finds

October 16th, 2014

Science Daily, Oct. 16, 2014 by University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Field trips to live theater enhance literary knowledge, tolerance, and empathy among students, according to a study. The research team found that reading and watching movies of Hamlet and A Christmas Carol could not account for the increase in knowledge experienced by students who attended live […]

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