Christian Youth Theater

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Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is an American after-school theater arts education program for children ages 4–18. It offers classes in drama, dance, and singing and performs 3-9 productions a year, in each region of the country. Many regions have summer touring groups, including improvisational theatre teams. CYT is an arts educational balls and not affiliated with any church, nor are participants required to be members of any particular church, denomination, or religion, although participants are expected to adhere to several basic behavioral requirements while participating, such as refraining from use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products. The related group Christian Community Theater (CCT) is a program of CYT for both adults and children.

CYT/CCT groups have performed musicals such as Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Annie, The Music Man, and Les Miserables: School Edition. The group also performs original musicals, some of them musical versions of drama, including a musical versions of A Little Princess. The group has also adapted stories such as "Pocahontas," "Alice in Wonderland," and "The Jungle Book" into original musicals.[1]

Classes are offered each session at each branch, as well as summer camps throughout the summer. Classes are typically 10 weeks long. More unusual topics are often covered such as improvisational theatre, theatrical makeup, set construction, accents and dialects, stunts, special effects and theatre criticism.[2][3]

In CYT, at least one parent is typically expected to serve on a committee. These committees perform tasks such as building sets and props, supervising the backstage crew, and supervising the lights/sound technical team in the booth (which is composed of both adult committee members and non-adults, typically with a minimum age of 10 and ranging in age up to 18).[4] Children from 8-18 participate in character/acting roles on stage in each production.

History

CCT was founded by Paul and Sheryl Russell and Marjorie Blyth in San Diego, California. CYT was later founded in 1981 as an after-school performing arts program. [5]

Today there are over 20 CYT Affiliates across the United States, including: Spokane, WA, Anderson, SC, Denver, CO, Kansas City, MO, Atlanta, GA, Vancouver, WA, Nashville, TN, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Chicago, Tucson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ, North Idaho and New York, NY.[6] CYT also hopes to start a location in Japan.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Show Resources". CYT Global.
  2. ↑ "CYT Classes". CYT Inc.
  3. ↑ "CYT Camps". CYT Inc.
  4. ↑ "Production Team". CYT Global.
  5. ↑ "About CYT". CYT Inc.
  6. ↑ "CYT Affiliates". CYT Inc.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Krista. "An update from CYT Japan". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "KONY 2012: CYT Alum Jason Russell Interviewed by The New York Times, CNN, and More…". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Michelle Williams Makes Her Broadway Debut". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ Morgan, Krista. "Spotlight on CYT Alumni Ryan Hansen". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ashley Tesoro Biography". www.ashleytesoro.tv. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  12. ↑ "Cami Bradley Giving It Her All on America's Got Talent". CYT Blog. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  13. ↑ "Alumni Update: SD's Denyse Tontz Appears in Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush"". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  14. ↑ "CYT Alum Melissa Disney, The Official Voice Of The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards". CYT Blog. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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