Youth Theatre Training Program

Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program (YTTP) provides training dollars to fund unique theatre programs involving youth aged 14 to 21.  YTTP assists professional theatre artists or organizations who wish to undertake projects that are a special combination of training and practical experience for young people in Ontario.

There are two annual application deadlines for this program: March 15 and October 15.

The purpose of the YTTP is to expose young people to the many and diverse skills involved in creating theatre and to provide access to professional theatre training which might not otherwise be available in the host community.  To that end, Theatre Ontario has identified the following goals:

1)  Providing opportunties for youth at risk and/or youth in underserviced communities;
2)  Extending the provincial reach of the program by encouraging theatre training programs in communities beyond downtown Toronto;
3)  Encouraging ethnic diversity in both trainers and youth;
4)  Expanding the range of training activity by encouraging training in theatre skills in non-performance areas.

YTTP grants are for the express purpose of providing fees (or partial fees) to professional theatre artists working in the capacity of trainers with the youth.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be group members of Theatre Ontario;
• Projects must emphasize practical training in theatrical skills;
• The applicant, participants, and professional artists proposed for the project must be Canadian citizens or have landed immigrant status and reside in Ontario (must have resided here for at least one year.)

An annual grant for this program is received from the Ontario Arts Council. The maximum grant available is $7,500.

Click here to download a printable complete guidelines in PDF format.
Click here to download a printable application form in PDF format.

Click here to see the most recent YTTP recipients.