Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is delighted extend an invitation to the community to attend our 50th Birthday Bash on Friday, May 13th.
Join the party as YPT throws open its doors to welcome members of the theatre and the education communities, along with donors, volunteers, Drama School alumni, audience members past and present, and friends from the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, for an all-ages once-a-century celebration!
A multitude of spaces in YPT’s historic building at 165 Front Street East will come alive with music and memorabilia from each of its five decades as you roam through transformed lobbies, classrooms and performance spaces.
Doors open at 6pm and the fun will begin when guests are welcomed on the Mainstage at 7pm by YPT Artistic Director Allen MacInnis and Executive Director Nancy Webster. Surprise featured artists will join YPT staff and friends to help celebrate this milestone. Activities for our younger guests will take place from 6pm to 9pm. Post-show, the good times will continue around the building and well into the evening. There will even be a DJ in the 80s room spinning all your favourite tunes from the decade that everyone loves to hate.
Delicious food and drinks will be served all evening long. Visit the cash bar and schmooze with celebrity bartenders from the Toronto theatre community, including Patricia Wilson from Buddies in Bad Times and Dawn Petticrew from Comedy Bar.
YPT’s 50th Birthday Bash
Friday, May 13, 2016
Doors open at 6 pm; Activities for kids from 6pm to 9pm;
Mainstage presentation begins at 7pm; party continues well into the evening
Young People’s Theatre | 165 Front Street East, Toronto
Admission is FREE; Cash Bar
For more information visit youngpeoplestheatre.ca/50
ABOUT YPT: YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE (YPT) is the oldest professional theatre company in Toronto and is a national producer and presenter of theatre for young audiences – the first and largest of its kind in Canada. Over the past 50 years, YPT has staged many of the most important plays that form the canon of work for youth in our country. The enriched learning experiences of YPT’s Education & Participation Department also provide young people with opportunities to develop their whole being. At Young People’s Theatre, we strive for a positive and lasting impact on the emotional, social, and intellectual development of young people – giving them the chance to grow into the unique and wonderful people they were born to be.
