Since 1957, FYT's nationally-acclaimed, award-winning inter-generational programming has provided Flint area residents with opportunities to experience the unique joys of discovery and self-expression through the performing arts. A member organization of the Flint Cultural Center Corporation, FYT is the resident theatre company at the Flint Cultural Center.
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To change lives through extraordinary live theatre arts experiences.
Based on the novel by Michael Ende Adapted for the stage by David S. Craig Directed by Walter Hill Choreographed by Margaret A. Mead-Finizio As the 2009-10 aptly themed season “Out of Many, One: Stories of Conscience, Responsibility, and Hope” comes to a close with The Neverending Story, there remains a question; Are you willing to face your fear of the unknown on a journey to help others? When a young boy, Bastian, is called upon to save the world of Fantastica, he discovers his...
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Two different worlds, one common boy. Escaping his everyday troubles by reading an amazing book, a boy ventures into a world of fantasy. There he discovers his imagination is the best hope for saving that world and its inhabitants and for facing his fears in his own world. WHO: Open to all students in grades 7-12 WHEN: Tuesday, June 8, 6:30pm-9:00pm (check-in begins at 6:00pm) WHERE: Flint Youth Theatre 1220 E. Kearsely St. (in Flint's Cultural Center) *Use FYT's Main Entrance If you are...
Based on the short story by Jean Giono Adapted for the stage and directed by William P. Ward and Walter Hill Are you willing to do the right thing when there is no benefit to you? A shepherd heals the blight of his land by planting one tree at a time. As the trees grow and people return, his simple action restores life to a barren place while instilling hope in the people.
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. A dead man with a lot of loose ends. A wildly imaginative new comedy about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
Friday, February 12 through Saturday, February 27 7:30 and 2:30 matinees A man is prosecuted for Civil War crimes. His trial challenges every citizen, whether Union or confederate, to leave a tragic past and move toward a hopeful future. *A conversation with the creative team will follow each performance. For more in-depth information visit http://thefim.org/performances-and-events/signature-series Advance tickets $14 adults, $12 children Day of performance tickets $16 adults, $14 children...
Sunday, January 17, 6:00pm Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. As improbably funny as it is heartbreaking, this story of a family in crisis won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for five Tony Awards. *Readings in the OFF THE PRESS SERIES are recommended for adults and older teens. Admission includes the staged reading, a talk-back with the...
Bedford Falls, Christmas Eve, 1945. George Bailey realizes he is worth more dead than alive. When Clarence, his guardian angel, appears to convince him otherwise, George is given a revealing look at how different things would have been had he never lived. This perennial story takes on renewed relevance during our current economic challenges by examining what we value most. Friday, December 4-Saturday, December 19 Advance tickets: $14 adults, $12 children Day of Performance tickets: $16...
Sunday, November 15 6:00pm After their mother's death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. Three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own. $5 admission includes talk-back with the actors and light refreshments provided by FANDANGLES!
Tuesday, October 20, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Check in begins at 6:00pm For the good of his neighbors in his hometown, George Bailey spends his entire life selflessly giving up his dreams of going places and doing great things. His story is the heartfelt illustration of the difference one person can make in rekindling community pride and hope. You must attend the entire audition, wear a loose shirt, sweat pants and tennis shoes, no head covering, and have your hair pulled back from your face. It is...
ANGEL IN THE NIGHT Friday, October 9, 16 and 23 at 7:30pm Saturday, October 10, 17 and 24 at 7:30pm Saturday, October 17 and 24 at 2:30pm Advance tickets: $14 adults, $12 children Day of performance tickets: $16 adults, $14 children Ages 10 and up Would you risk your life to protect a stranger? Marysia's commitment to protect four strangers is a daily decision to act courageously in the midst of fear. This real-life hero gave food, clothing and shelter to four people in need and gives hope...
Flint Youth Theatre's 3rd Annual Open House Monday, August 24, 2009 6:00pm-8:00pm Flint Youth Theatre's doors will be open from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for the community to participate in or observe auditions, improvisation performances, drama classes and backstage tours. Join us in this free event highlighting FYT's broad range of performance and education opportunities. All guests will be eligible for prize drawings and special offers. Refreshments will be provided. For more information on this...
FYT Drama School Summer classes begin June 15 Go on a summer adventure in your own neighborhood. Have fun, build confidence and Be An Original as you explore imagination and create improvisation at FYT. "We come every summer, he enjoys theater and FYT. Thanks! Keep up the good work!" Drama School Parent. For students age 3 through grade 12. Application deadline for financial need scholarships: May 26. Look for us on YouTube!
Whether he's sneaking out of Aunt Polly's house at night to visit the graveyard, duping his friends into white-washing a fence, stealing a kiss from Becky Thatcher or taking a stand against the murderous Injun Joe, Tom Sawyer is one of the most beloved characters of American literature. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER will be directed by Walter Hill, choreographed by Peggy Mead-Finizio, and designed by Bill Ward. The company will include a large cast and crew of students. WHO: Open to all...
Friday, May 29 at 5:30 an 7:30pm Advance tickets: $12 adults, $10 children Day of performance tickets: $14 adults, $12 children All ages 3 and up Learn the real story of Chicken Licken (or is that Chicken Little?). And then there is Cinderumplestiltskin. The Really Ugly Duckling will make you laugh and cry. And not to be outdone, the Little Red Hen will send you on your merry way with a somewhat revised version of her story. Join Jack the Storyteller as he takes you through the wacky twists...
A nation of birds is in crisis: Unhappy with the state of their world, they hold a conference to consider their options. Urged by one of their flock, the Hoopoe, the birds chart a path to find their god. Moments of discovery, reflection, farce and pain suffuse their quest toward self revelation. Based on an allegorical 12th Century Persian poem and told largely through movement, puppetry and music, the lessons resonate down through the centuries for our troubled world. Filled with mystery,...
Spring classes begin the week of Tuesday, March 24 Register today 810-237-1530 Class descriptions and registration forms are available at flintyouththeatre.com
THE CLEAN HOUSE by Sarah Ruhl Mathilda, a woman from Brazil, is unhappy cleaning Lane's house. She would prefer to be a professional comedian. As Lane's life slowly unravels, Mathilda struggles to find humor in a house in dire need of it. A finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize by one of the most original new voices in American theatre, this quirky and unexpectedly moving comedy takes a look at love, loss, and the power of a good joke. THE CLEAN HOUSE will be read Sunday, March 22 at 6:00pm...
Based on a 12th century Persian poem, an ensemble of actors not only uses words to tell the story but also uses dance and puppetry to create moments of discovery, reflection, farce and beauty. Filled with mystery and splendor, this production promises to be a unique theatrical experience for actors, crew and audience. THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS will be directed by Bill Ward, choreographed by Peggy Mead-Finizio, and stage managed by Walter Hill. The company will include a large cast and crew...
When a poppycock mayor orders a cherry-colored coat for his Christmas wedding, the poor tailor of Gloucester works his fingers to the bone. All goes well until the tailor realizes he lacks the piece of twisted silk needed to sew on the final button. He gives his last coin to Simpkin, his faithful pet cat, confident he will set out into the snow to make the purchase. But it is Christmas Eve, that one blessed night when animals are granted the gift of speech. And so . . . well . . to tell any...
A timeless and deeply human story set in Dublin on Christmas Eve by one of Ireland's most gifted playwrights. As the effect of the lives of the people around him force honesty to come to the surface, undertaker John Plunkett takes a retrospective look at his own life, revealing lost opportunities, a misused past and one last chance to make it right.
Anna remembers life before cell phones . . . before color televisions . . . even before cars . . . and she's here to tell you all about it. Taken from a series of interviews conducted by her grandson in her home in Richmond, Michigan, REMINISCING WITH ANNA is an intimate and nostalgic look through the scrapbook of her life. Spanning most of the 20th century, her anecdotes of living through nearly ten decades in a "walla-lolly world," leap to life right off the pages of a family...
OFF THE PRESS SERIES THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Written by Douglas Carter Beane Sunday, November 9, 6:00pm Tickets: $5 Flint Youth Theatre, Main Entrance 1220 E. Kearsley St., Flint Cultural Center Part of the OUT 'N ABOUT Collaborative This Tony-nominated play is a zinger-filled comedy about deception and double-dealings in Hollywood. It follows the exploits of that loveable monster, a Hollywood agent as she maneuvers through the complications caused by a play-to-movie deal in trouble, a...
This Tony-nominated play is a zinger-filled comedy about deception and double-dealings in Hollywood. It follows the exploits of that loveable monster, a Hollywood agent as she maneuvers through the complications caused by a play-to-movie deal in trouble, a stubborn playwright and an actor who may be about to win the role of the century, if it weren't for one teensy-weensy problem. Will there be a happy ending as the final credits roll? "Theatregoers have cause to rejoice. Devastatingly...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2005, DOUBT: A PARABLE takes place in the Bronx in 1964. This sensitive yet provocative play centers around the conflict between Sister Aloysius, a traditional, by-the-book nun who presides over the school, and the more laid-back parish priest, Father Flynn, over what Sister Aloysius considers to be inappropriate behavior toward one of the school's new students. Stay for refreshments afterwards provided by FANDANGLES'...
As fog swirls around and ominous music fills the air, get ready for CREEPES-Tales of Shadows, Shivers and Shrieks. These eerie tales adapted from folklore and legends are sure to make your teeth chatter and your spine tingle (but not too much). CREEPERS retells strange ghost stories, ranging from haunting to silly and back again. Besides recognizable traditional stories, there are chilling new surprises, too, whether old or new, familiar or first time, they are designed to goosebump...
SIGNATURE SERIES A dynamic mix of inter-generational productions rendered in unique styles by FYT's award-winning professional resident company. Drawn from literature, history, folklore, fantasy and social issues, usually several are original works created and developed by FYT. These productions have come to be known as "the heart and soul of FYT. CREEPERS Tales of Shadows, Shivers and Shrieks October 10 through 31 A ghost story revue featuring eerie tales adapted from folklore and...
Attention fun seekers: You are entering ZAKLAND, the wacky world of children's musician, Zak Morgan. Advisor warning: Once you enter ZAKLAND, you will never want to leave. In a high-energy and interactive performance, Zak uses music, theatre and comedy to ignite imaginations and delight family audiences.
ARTHUR, KING OF BRITAIN
From the novel THE PENDRAGON
Written by Catherine Christian
Adapted and Directed by William P. Ward
Choreographed by Margaret A. Mead-Finizio
All ages 10 and up
Upon the departure of the Roman Legions, Britain inherits an era of chaos and the land is plunged into a time that will come to be called The Dark Ages. In this morass a single beacon of hope flickers— a young Celtic War Duke named Arthur the Pendragon. As he sets out to fulfill his destiny, to heal the...
Summer classes begin June 16! "Be An Original" and kick off your summer with an exciting and challenging FYT Drama School class. Be part of a creative ensemble and develop acting techniques through improvisation. "I thank you with al my heart for letting me be a part of this irreplaceable experience." - Drama School Student. Classes are tailored for students age 4 through grade 12. FYT Drama School Video embed code:
FYT welcomes... ROGER DAY in DREAM BIG! A completely interactive kids' concert filled with silly songs and high energy, action-packed dance and sing-alongs. All ages 3 and up.
FYT presents a staged reading of
DOG SEES DOG: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
Written by Bert V. Royal
Adults and older teens
"Good Grief!" A darkly comic, irreverent and poignant take on the future of the Peanuts gang
ADVISORY . . . Readings in the OFF THE PRESS SERIES are recommended for adults and older teens. These readings often include explicit language and graphic descriptions of a sexual or violent nature and could be offensive to some viewers.
All ages 10 and up
Join Flint Youth Theatre in welcoming Newbery Award-winner, Lois Lowry, for an afternoon of insight into her experiences and work as an author of novels for young people.
For reservations, please call 810.237.1530 by Friday, April 4.
Sorry, tickets for this event are not available at the door and are not eligible for discounts.
Learn more about Lois by visitng www.loislowry.com
THE GIVER
Written by Lois Lowry
Adapted by Eric Coble
Directed by Walter Hill
All ages 10 and up
Imagine a world in the far distant future where everyone is the same. There is no fear, no pain and no memory. And no one questions that it could be otherwise—ever. This is the only world young Jonas has ever known, but when he turns twelve, he learns he has the power to “see beyond” it. With the help of a wise man called The Giver, Jonas discovers he has the ability to challenge everything...
FYT welcomes. . .
AL SIMMONS, Inventive Musical Comedy
All ages 3 and up
Lightning-bolt lunacy, profound wackiness and off-the-wall inventions will keep kids laughing until their sides ache.
FYT presents a staged reading of
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN
Written by Martin McDonagh
Adults and older teens
The inhabitants of Inishmaan learn a Hollywood director is making a movie on the next island
ADVISORY . . . Readings in the OFF THE PRESS SERIES are recommended for adults and older teens. These readings often include explicit language and graphic descriptions of a sexual or violent nature and could be offensive to some viewers.
An Off the Press Special Event How do you document a life? Brooklyn, Sandusky, and Auschwitz collide on one woman's hilarious and poignant journey on the roller coaster that is family. With wit and compassion, Lisa Kron creates a complex, startling and searingly funny meditation on how human beings make sense of...
Join FYT in welcoming renowned author and Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissmann Klein for an unparalleled afternoon of words, feelings, discoveries and connections.
All ages 10 and up
For reservations, please call 810.237.1530 by Friday, February 22. Sorry, tickets for this event are not available at the door and are not eligible for discounts.
FYT presents a staged reading of FABULATION or THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE. Undine is living an African-American dream. She's smart, successful and the head of her own PR firm. When her husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money, she spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to the Brooklyn projects she turned her back on years before. This darkly comic riches-to-rags tale won a 2005 OBIE Award for Best New Play. Written by Lynn Nottage.
Adults and older teens
Written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by William P. Ward
Choreographed by Margaret A. Mead-Finizio
All ages 10 and up
The ever-relevant and ultimately uplifting story of a young girl's hidden life in Nazi-occupied Holland
FYT presents a staged reading of WELL. A touching comedy about mothers and daughters, social activism and, well, theatre itself. Written by Lisa Kron. Adults and older teens.
ADVISORY... Readings in the OFF THE PRESS SERIES are recommended for adults and older teens. These readings often include explicit language and graphic descriptions of a sexual or violent nature and could be offensive to some viewers.
A musical kaleidoscope of imagery, puppets and exotic locales in FYT's popular blacklight holiday fantasy. VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS offers visual treats to delight audiences of all ages! All ages 5 and up.
Written by William P. Ward
Directed and Choreographed by Margaret A. Mead-Finizio
Flint Youth Theatre presents a staged reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT
by Moises Kaufman and The Tectonic Theatre Project.
In November 1998, four weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard, the Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to investigate the crime as well as the town where it occurred and as a result, created this stunningly effective work.
Flint Youth Theatre presents a staged reading of GROSS INDECENCY
by Moises Kaufman and The Tectonic Theatre Project.
With his artistic genius having long been overshadowed by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment, this taut and gripping work uses personal correspondence, interviews and transcripts from his three trials to examine the downfall of Oscar Wilde.
Poor Tam! Lingering too long at the town inn, he walks home at the witching hour. But that’s just the beginning of his bizarre night. Things really get weird inside the haunted ruins of a church. An eerie Scottish folk tale filled with laughs and things going bump in the night, FYT’s bewitching blacklight Halloween fantasy with its kaleidoscope of colors, imagery and creepy music is back again to delight audiences young and old, alike. All ages 5 and up.
"It's the FANTASIA of...
FYT presents a staged reading of
MISS WITHERSPOON
Written by Christopher Durang
Things are a little stressful in Veronica's afterlife. Depressed about the state of the world and her place in it, she kills herself, only to find death is not much more relaxing. Sent back to earth to be reborn and try again, she tries resisting, but her afterlife guides aren't having any of it - the universe has a job for her, she has a lesson to learn and she's going to do it, like it or not. In a funny, silly...
An FYT Original Production...
YOURS TRULY, JACK THE RIPPER
Written by William P. Ward
Directed by Walter Hill
All ages 12 and up
In the summer and autumn of 1888, at least five women were brutally murdered and their bodies mutilated in an area in the East End of London known as Whitechapel. A dark labyrinth of twisting brick streets and alleyways shrouded in mist and only randomly pierced by sputtering gaslights served as the hunting ground of a fiendish killer whom the world would come to...
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Event Name: ARTHUR, KING OF BRITAIN "FYT's ARTHUR Gets a Rave Review!" Review
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from Flint, MI,
Jul 23, 2008
The final production of FYT's 50th Anniversary Season opened to a full house on Friday. Find out for yourself why The Flint Journal called ARTHUR a "beautiful, educational and action-packed tale."...
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The final production of FYT's 50th Anniversary Season opened to a full house on Friday. Find out for yourself why The Flint Journal called ARTHUR a "beautiful, educational and action-packed tale." Read the full Flint Journal review http://www.flintyouththeatre.com/review.html
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Geneseefun is brought to you by the Greater Flint Arts Council (GFAC), a nonprofit organization connecting residents and visitors to arts and culture to enrich the Flint region of Michigan. 
Plan your next golf outing in Greater Flint and put a "HIT" into your summer. Whether you're a leisure or serious golfer, Flint has it all from prestigious local courses to challenging signature courses. Take advantage of what Michigan summers are really all about - warm temperatures, sunny skies, picture perfect scenery and GREAT GOLF.
