Professional Youth Theatre of Michigan

EDUCATIONAL THEATRE

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS

Professional Youth Theatre of Michigan LLC is an educational youth theatre (theater) 501c3 company based in the Ypsilanti areaWebsite Photograpy by: Ken Thrall

AUDITIONS!!

Wizard of Oz

the Musical and the Play!

HAPPENING NOW!

More info and Audition sign up

HERE!

We are NOW OFFICIALLY a PROUD

501c3 Organization!!!
*GIVE TO US HERE*

*All Gifts are tax deductable. PYTMI's EIN is available! Just ask!

Train With Us!

Elevate Your Performance with Our Expert Teaching Artists! We offer vocal training, acting coaching, theatre tech classes, and more!

Take a Class!

Acting, Singing and Dancing is our BIZ-ness! Beginners, Pros and everyone in between are welcome!

COME PLAY WITH US!

Summer Camps!

Summer camp is an awesome way to introduce theatre to interested kids. Its also the perfect place to train and improve in all areas of the theatre world!

Join in the fun!

Tech Troupe

We are very excited to announce our new PYTMI Tech Troupe, under the leadership of Brice O'Neal!

Teen Company

PYTMI Teen Company meets 7pm, Wednesdays at 2500 Packard St. in Ann Arbor. Come play with us!

PYTMI featured in an article by writer Sarah Rigg, from Concentrate - Ann Arbor

How Ypsi theater companies adapted to – and arose from – COVID-19's challengesWe checked in with three Ypsilanti-based theater groups – including one that started during the pandemic – about how they've continued their work without in-person performances.

OUR MISSION

-to provide an anti-racist, inclusive, fun, safe atmosphere for *theatre kids, ages 5-19 to thrive socially

-to make high quality educational theatre accessible to all

-to provide young artists with real world skills through hands-on learning and production opportunities

-to produce quality theatre, utilizing both original and licensed productions

-to involve young artists in every aspect of theatre, from first read through to set strike

-to fill the void in educational theatre arts by providing every young artist opportunities to explore writing, composing, directing, performing, and theatre -technology, and a path to progressively building those skills

-to instruct young artists, if interested in pursuing theatre as a career, in the skills necessary to be a professional artist

PYTMI OFFERS

-Virtual musicals

-summer camps

-acting classes for youth ages 5-19 (through high school graduation)

-full length musical and nonmusical productions

-playwriting workshops

-improvisation workshops

-direction for productions both musical and non

-individual acting coaching

-consultations for productions in rehearsal to help enhance the acting and direction

-stagecraft rental and consultation

-audio engineering and consultation

*THEATRE KID: Any kid, especially high school-aged, who is involved with drama and or theatre at their school or community arts center. A true theatre kid will fit any of the following criteria:
-hangs out around the auditorium/chorus/band/theatre/tech booth in school -exclusively wears a shirt advertising their next production or celebrating the glorious memories of their former productions-wore costumes 24/7/365 until they started school and that school had a DUMB rule that they couldn’t wear costumes at school -has an abnormal number of inside jokes with other theatre kids -spells "theatre" with the e at the end of the word-obsessed with any of the following musicals; Spring Awakening, RENT, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton or anything else that most kids in the main stream would not know of. -hangs out at school at odd times AKA late after school, weekends, early mornings -often lacking a sense of personal boundaries with other theatre kids-close friends with their theatre, choir, band advisors-LOVES to perform to a fault

Phone: 734-660-2966