Happy birthday to us!

On March 15, 2010, New Britain Youth Theater incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with the Connecticut Secretary of State. Over the past two years, NBYT has served nearly one thousand children and teens in after-school programs, in-school programs, homeschool programs, drama classes, and productions! Participants have now come from thirty-four different towns in Greater New Britain, Greater Hartford, the Farmington Valley, and throughout Connecticut. Nearly three thousand people have attended performances and share day presentations. Participation in programs and attendance at performances has grown steadily and rapidly over the past two years-and we have each and every one of our participants and patrons to thank for that!

We've been inspired by all of the children and teens we work with too. We're inspired by a first grader who began an after-school program in November with separation anxiety, and who is now volunteering to help lead warm-up exercises and take roles in stage. We're motivated by a once quiet and solitary child on the autism spectrum who is now initiating conversations and collaborating with his classmates to create characters, stories, and performances. We're beaming from reports by teachers that children in theater programs are being less disruptive, participating more in class, and improving their reading levels and grades. And we're proud to offer programs in which a diverse group of children from cities and towns throughout Connecticut come together to have fun, to work hard, and to feel that amazing sense of accomplishment in a job well done when they take their final bows.

As we continue our second season and begin planning our third, we thank you again for being a part of such an incredible two years. Please join us in wishing for many, many more!

Register now for a special one-week
summer session of Stage Performance:
SHAKESPEARE AND SEUSS!

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Registration has begun to be part of
our summer production of SEUSSICAL!

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