Young Performers Theatre

Young Performers Theatre offers after-school classes that teach the fundamentals of story structure, character development, dramatization, and improvisation. The program also runs week-long summer camp sessions where students create their own characters and adventures, which instructors weave into short, original plays staged for friends and families. In addition, Young Performers Theatre offers fully staged repertory productions and camps that combine music, art, and drama.

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Week-long summer camp sessions

Since 1983, children from elementary to high school age have performed plays for audiences at Young Performers Theatre. The program uses a workshop model in which students invent their own characters and collaborate as their creations are woven into an original play, and it offers kids the opportunity to participate in fully staged repertory productions free of charge. Young Performers Theatre offers after-school classes for children from pre-K to high-school age and uses drama as a teaching tool to motivate children to engage with stories and interact with each other in ways that helps them achieve success in school and beyond. The organization’s mission is to provide every child in the Bay Area with the opportunity to tell their stories and participate in theatre, with the aim of instilling a lifelong appreciation of the arts, providing a welcoming, supportive space for social bonding, and fostering skills including self-confidence, empathy, focus, teamwork, and creative thinking to solve problems. Young Performers Theatre is led by YPT Executive Director Stephanie Holmes and YPT veteran John Michael Mulcahy. The organization is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, or military status.

Young Performers Theatre provides programming and outreach to schools and communities that lack access to theatre arts-based enrichment curricula. It also collaborates with Blue Bear School of Music and San Francisco Children's Art Center to offer camps that combine music, art, and drama.

Last updated August 10, 2026.