Welcome to the Thai Youth Theatre Project website!

The 2009 Theater Festival in Korat was a great success. If you are a teacher in Thailand and are interested in starting a TYT club, or if you are interested in supporting our next festival, please contact us.

Support TYT!

We organize a theatre festival every year, and we seek funding for it during the fourth quarter of every calendar year. Stay tuned for news about how to donate.

Mission Statement

The Thai Youth Theatre Project (TYT Project) is committed to furthering the art of theatre throughout Thailand in order to encourage confidence and creativity among Thai students. TYT Project promotes youth leadership and greater opportunities for youth to collaborate with peers and community members.
The TYT Project is inspired by the idea that using theatre as a learning tool has the potential to benefit students and their communities on a number of levels. It aims to provide students with opportunities for fostering or improving skills in the areas of creative and critical thinking, English language, business, artistic design, effective leadership, public speaking and presentation, community and peer cooperation, and intercultural understanding. The medium of theatre, supported by a balanced community effort, offers these opportunities in one collective effort, while allowing all to share and contribute in the process, performance, and sustainability of the club.

Recent News

From January 30th to February 1st, 2009, TYT clubs came together to attend workshops and perform their own plays in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province. Performances ranged from adapted children's stories to traditional Thai stories to an abridged A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over 300 youth were in attendance.

Sample Schedule

• July Begin getting your club organized, talking to teachers, etc.
• August Continue starting TYT clubs Choose a play for club to produce and adapt it
• September Clubs members finalized, auditions for play, begin rehearsals
• October School Break Begin planning traveling theatre clubs Students should work on memorization throughout 'bid-term'
• November Traveling theatre clubs visit interested sites Rehearse
• December Rehearse Clubs begin fundraising for festival expenses Give festival permission slip & information sheet to parents.
• January Local/Community Performances Continue fundraising and finalize details for travel to Chiang Mai Second Saturday in January each year is Kid's Day. This is a good day for a community performance
• Late January FESTIVAL TIME!! Date and location TBD.

TYT in the Press

• The Nation newspaper in Thailand
  • Take a look at what The Nation article said regarding the 2005 TYT Summit and the Bangkok TYT Festival.
• "It's Showtime" - an article about the excitement of the 2008 TYT Festival in Suphanburi.
• Go to the TYT in the Press main page
  

Resources

Go to the PC Thailand GIGs site to download the TYT Manual (with Thai translations).

Otherwise, the TYT information has all been moved on to the wiki. Just use the navigation area (on the left, near the top) to check out the pages. Particularly, we have a page on starting a TYT club and a page full of TYT resources (including scripts/skits, camp information, and a list of other potentially useful websites).

If you are interested in receiving any of the manuals or materials in print/bound form, contact the PC resource center (022430140).

Questions?
Please contact committee members for specific help in getting a club started


Photo Album of 2008 Festival