Heartfelt classics, new interpretations of beloved characters and returning favorites have been announced for Valley Youth Theatre’s 2023-2024 Season. Producing Artistic Director, Bobb Cooper said about the new season, “While looking to the future, we are celebrating classic stories that helped shape many of us and imagining new ways these stories can provide today’s viewers with the same warmth and guidance these characters provided us.”
Performed by a cast of the Valley’s top young performers, Valley Youth Theatre has set the standard for family entertainment since its beginning in 1989. Now in its 35th season, VYT has made an impact on hundreds of thousands of children and their families through stage productions, classes, camps and community outreach programs.
Valley Youth Theatre’s mission is to inspire young people to be the best they can be through a variety of performing arts opportunities. Along with their mainstage performances, VYT offers Eight-week Fall, Winter and Spring performing arts classes, as well as Spring Break and Summer Camps. VYT’s on-going community programs include Literacy and the Arts, Sponsor-a-Seat and The Nigel Ross Scholarship Fund as well as their annual fundraising event, the VYTal Affair, in August.
Season tickets for Valley Youth Theatre’s 2023-2024 season are on sale now on vyt.com.
Announcing Valley Youth Theatre’s 2023 – 2024 Season:
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
August 11-27, 2023
at Herberger Theater Center
Come have a ball with Valley Youth Theatre’s season opener, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella! This contemporary take on the timeless classic is a perfect marriage of music, lyrics, and magic. New characters, surprising twists and the classic songwriting duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein will put a spell on a whole new generation of theatre-goers who believe in magic, kindness and the power of possibilities. Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is made possible in part by Edward Jones
The Addams Family
October 13 – 29, 2023
at Valley Youth Theatre
Celebrate October with the family that’s altogether ooky, mysterious and spooky at Valley Youth Theatre! The Addams Family is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family when secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail
December 1 – 23, 2023
at Valley Youth Theatre
A Valley Holiday tradition for over 26 years is back as Valley Youth Theatre brings Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and all of our favorite Woodland Friends to life on the stage for this special musical performance about the importance of teamwork, friendship and family. A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail is made possible by support from Ann and Dan Nahom.
Peter and the Starcatcher
February 9 – 25, 2024
at Valley Youth Theatre
This imaginative and prequel to the classic Peter Pan tale, Peter and the Starcatcher follows an orphan boy as his ship is taken over by pirates. Filled with quick wit, unlikely heroism and true friendship, this story is sure to delight fans of the classic Boy Who Would Not Grow Up and inspire new fans to find their happy thoughts and rise to any occasion.
The World According to Snoopy
April 5 – 21, 2024
at Valley Youth Theatre
Based on the beloved Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, The World According to Snoopysparkles with wit and warmth as it illustrates life as seen through the eyes of Schulz's unforgettable characters. Introduce your young theatre fan to this lovable and iconic cast as Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Woodstock, and the other adorable Peanuts characters show you their world!
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
June 7 – 23, 2024
At Herberger Theater Center
Based on the Victor Hugo novel with songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s sweeping score and powerful story set in fifteenth-century Paris. A tale of love, acceptance and danger, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a feast for the senses and lesson in humanity.
Season tickets are on sale starting Friday, April 21, 2023 at vyt.com/tickets.
For audition information and for more info on Valley Youth Theatre, visit www.vyt.com.
