TYA / USA Virtual Conference

TYA/USA is the leading national organization for the professional field of theatre for children and families, representing nearly 900 member theatres, organizations, and individual artists across 42 states. Dedicated to ensuring that all young people have access to high-quality theatre experiences, TYA/USA offers a variety of programming and provides a network of exchange that connects professionals working across the industry.

This three-day event, presented in partnership with Broadway On Demand, features powerful keynotes, exclusive recordings of TYA performances, a song slam of new works, cross-community dialogue, and artistic creation exercises. The Virtual Festival & Conference offers artistic exchange, meaningful learning, and resources for navigating the current crisis for attendees from across the country. Join us May 14-16, 2020 from your own home.

Over the past few weeks, TYA/USA has brought our field together as we face the biggest challenges we’ve known. Unable to meet together in Washington DC as planned, we will present the 2020 TYA/USA Virtual Festival & Conference May 14-16, 2020. This event will engage the largest audience of TYA professionals we’ve ever served, reaching across the country and beyond to bring artists, educators, administrators, and theatres together. The Virtual Festival & Conference will provide powerful keynote speakers offering tools for managing the current moment and envisioning the future; dynamic discussions featuring voices from across our sector and offering a range of perspectives as we contemplate the present; inspiring and joyful artistry through community creation projects; and exclusive streaming of exciting TYA productions to fuel creativity and hope. Together, we will share our concerns, gain new insights, and forge a path forward.

This 3 day event is put on by Broadway on Demand. Broadway On Demand is the premiere streaming service offering an extensive and wide-ranging library of video on demand content, exclusive livestream events, interactive platforms, and educational resources.  It is designed as a virtual performing arts complex offering not only Broadway shows and movie musicals but also, individual artists, concert series, performance venues, and theatres around the world. Additionally, using a unique licensing interface, approved middle school, high school, and college productions will have the opportunity to be streamed to a global audience.  Broadway On Demand fulfills Broadway’s long-held promise of being the ‘longest street in the world’.