We at Yonge Street Players are commited to having a good laugh and an excellent , collaborative class EVEN if it is FREEAING COLD outside our 4 walls! I APPLAUD THE PARENTS WHO RISE EACH SATURDAY TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN , TO PROD THEM OUT OF DEEP SLEEP …TO BRUSH OFF THE SNOW ON TOP [...]

We need laughter now more than ever. Simple statement-not so simple to find. Many of Toronto and in fact, Canada’s funniest young people don’t have a clue how to market their skills. They can jump up on stage and have a great show,but they often don’t know how to build their brand. For example, if [...]

It’s 3 days into the New Year and already I’m thinking Improv, hot chocolate, Improv, snow, Improv, snow shovels, Improv, snow storms…more hot chocolate…and ..well you get my drift! Hopefully there will be no major snow on SATURDAYS! (Always check the website for weather updates before a class) CLASSES START UP ON SATURDAY JANUARY 8TH, [...]

What a great Fall so far….1/2 way through our Fall season and the Players are all having a ball …and creating Improv and scenes that leave me laughing and content at the end each Saturday.tHEY HAVE BEEN SO GOOD …THAT THEY HAVE MADE ME FORGET ABOUT MY FRACTURED ELBOW RECEIVED IN EARLY OCTOBER FROM A [...]

Everyone who came to try our class joined! WHY? Because their child or their teenager had a blast! Because their child had a great class and left feeling energized! Because if we don’t know how to teach a great class-we shouldn’t be running a theatre school… Plain and simple. Because we love teaching young children [...]

Yup. We won it when nobody thought kids and teens could be funny and entertaining. The sketch comedy that the young PLAYERS performed on stage at Second City back in the start of YSP’s first years as a theatre school gave rise to a great number of young people using their sense of humour and [...]

The Yonge Street Players welcomes children and teens ages 6-17 years to our first trial class on Sat Sept 25th, 2010. Try one of our workshops and see if the pace and the chemistry…and the teaching is a good fit for your child or teen. Call Lisa to reserve a spot for this week or [...]

in their new T-shirts! Every Player will be able to feel great in their new YSP  T-shirt on the first day of classes. This year we decided that we’d hand out T-shirts and ask only one thing of our Players: To wear them with a smile! A smile will serve them well at school, at [...]

The Yonge Street Players Theatre School is not just a theatre school for young children. It caters to the teen student in many ways. The classes are made to avoid boredom and to sidestep anything that may seem “too artsy” or “too typical”. The average teen player returns for 3-4 yrs and that is something [...]

Our 23rd season starts on Sept 25th and Oct 2nd this Fall! Kids and teens LOVE coming to YSP every week . We know this because : They tell us. They laugh alot. They think up really great scene ideas. They act out some dramatically spectacular ,cliff-hanger scenes dripping with intensity and brilliance…(Ok -I’m getting [...]