Mireya Hepner

New Plays For Young Audiences to Present Three New Scripts For Young Audiences

Explore NYU's New Plays for Young Audiences' 26th season featuring free readings of new works from celebrated TYA playwrights. Learn more!

Imagination Stage Selected to Co-Host National Theatre for Young Audiences Event

TYA/USA announces TYA/USA on Tour, a series of one-day events at Seattle Children’s Theatre (October 20), First Stage (November 4), and Imagination Stage (November 18) to offer accessible opportunities for arts leaders, educators and artists in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences to participate in in-person professional and artistic exchange.

Theatre For Young Audiences/USA Announces Programming For TYA/USA ON TOUR 

TYA/USA announces TYA/USA on Tour, a series of one-day events at Seattle Children's Theatre (October 20), First Stage (November 4), and Imagination Stage (November 18) to offer accessible opportunities for arts leaders, educators and artists in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences to participate in in-person professional and artistic exchange.

Theater Development Program For Young People Launched by Camp Bob Waldorf And In Other People's Shoes Productions

In Other People's Shoes Productions and Camp Bob Waldorf today announced an innovative partnership to provide young people a rare opportunity to participate in theater dramaturgy sessions with professional actors and a master playwright.

In Other People's Shoes Productions to Develop José Cruz González's New Play as Part of ReImagine Grant

In Other People's Shoes Productions, a new Theatre for Young Audiences company based in Pasadena, CA, is one of the eight theatre companies from across the country chosen to partner with the inaugural cohort of grantees supported by ReImagine: New Plays in TYA.

MainStreet Theatre Company to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

The City of Rancho Cucamonga's MainStreet Theatre Company has been approved for a $15,000 Art Works grant to support the development and world premiere of Mariachi Tales, a new play with music by José Cruz Gonzáles. Mr. Gonzáles is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced at theatres across the country. A collection of his plays, Nine Plays by José Cruz González Magical Realism & Mature Themes in Theatre for Young Audiences was published by the University of Texas Press in 2009.

MainStreet Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season

MainStreet Theatre Company, the resident professional company at the Lewis Family Playhouse, has three unique offerings in store for the thousands of school groups and families who make up the bulk of their audiences.  "I'm so excited to announce our 14th season", says Mireya Hepner, MainStreet's Artistic Producer. "We always aim to tell a variety of stories for different ages, full of ideas that will resonate with young people and their families. Each of our shows next season is unique, but they share one common theme: that even under adverse circumstances, people have the capacity for hope. I'm thrilled to be sharing these wonderful pieces with our audiences".