Manitoba Theatre for Young People

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Manitoba Theatre for Young People is a theatre for children and young adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was originally founded in 1965 as Actors' Showcase and incorporated in 1977. In 1982, it became a professional theatre devoted to young people. For many years, the theatre operated out of the Gas Station Theatre in the Osborne Village area of the city but in 1999 the theatre moved to The Forks to its new location in the CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre, a 28,000 square feet facility for MTYP and its school. MTYP presents a full season of theatre for young audiences via both public and school shows, as well as 2 touring productions per year.

MTYP theatre school provides training for absolute beginners through to pre-professionals, including an annual production performed by teen students in its Young Company, and various extra-cirricular performances. The theatre's Drama Resource program presents performance workshops at the theatre and in schools provence wide.

MTYP's Aboriginal Arts Program provides theatrical training to young Aboriginal students and is the largest program of it's kind in North America.

The Company celebrated it's 25th Anniversary in October of 2006, and has been run by artistic director Leslee Silverman since its inception.

Famous former students of MTYP's theatre school include Adam Beach and Nia Vardalos.