RISING YOUTH THEATRE

Collaborative Participation

Youth participants. Professional artists. Your/Our stories and experiences. Live onstage.

RYT young artists performing during Some Are Beginning

Teaching Artist Korbi Adams works with a young actor during rehearsal for Finding Family

Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Sarah Sullivan and Xanthia Angel Walker at RYT’s August Fundraiser

RYT youth participate in a workshop with guest artist Rickerby Hinds

Cast members of Finding Family during a tech rehearsal

Rehearsal at the Phoenix Center for the Arts

The Middle School Ditchers vs. the Mean Girls Book Club in Some Are Beginning

We believe
+ In the radical potential of youth.

+ In creating art that is embedded in and reflective of the communities we work in.

+ In what is possible when people from different ethnicities, genders, ages, social locations, abilities, and cultural contexts come together.

+ That youth deserve to see themselves, their values and their experiences reflected onstage in the making of great art.

+ That everyone deserves access to quality, professional theatre experiences.

+ That professional artists collaborating with youth makes a vital contribution to the future of theatre.