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About TYA/USA |
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The
United States chapter of ASSITEJ, the International
Association of Theatre for Children and Young People,
Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (TYA/USA) is the
national service organization promoting the power of
professional theatre for young audiences through excellence,
collaboration and innovation across cultural and
international boundaries. Founded in 1965, TYA/USA (as
ASSITEJ/USA) is
the only theater organization in the U.S. which has the
development of professional theater for young audiences and
international exchange as its primary mandates. |
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This
site is a resource for our member theaters and individual
artists, as well as for anyone needing information about
theater for young audiences. Here you will find a directory
of member organizations, the latest national and
international TYA news, information about upcoming events
and links to theater publications and members' Web sites. |
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What does TYA/USA do?
TYA/USA promotes theater for children and young adults
by:
| Advancing the
prestige and visibility of theater for young
audiences; |
| Linking
professional theaters, artists, managing and
artistic directors and arts agencies in "common
cause" to promote quality theater for young
people; |
| Sponsoring
national and international festivals and forums
and facilitating interchange among theaters and
theater artists; |
| Providing
publications and information on professional
theater for young audiences throughout the
world to the entire American theater community;
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| Representing
the United States in the international community
of theater for young audiences as the U.S.
Center of ASSITEJ, one of 81 centers
worldwide. |
About our name change
At the yearly membership meeting in May 2007 at
the One Theatre World Festival in St. Paul, MN, the
membership voted to change the name of the organization from
ASSITEJ/USA to Theatre for Young Audiences/USA: The US
chapter of ASSITEJ, the International Association of Theatre
for Children and Young People.
Why?
The new title more clearly communicates our mission while
maintaining our important connection with the international
organization.
In becoming Theatre for Young
Audiences/USA, we hope to make the organization more
accessible to new members and to colleagues nationally and
internationally.
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