$ 8,364,111
CAMPAIGN PROGRESS
Every dollar will create a brighter future for our children and youth, and for our community. Your donation will help us reach our fundraising goal of $9 million.
Help to Build a Sustainable, Creative, and Inspiring Future for Children, Youth, Families & Communities
Join us in creating the MTYP of 2025 and beyond! Your support will help to ensure MTYP is a welcoming, accessible, and life-changing theatre experience for the young people of Winnipeg, Manitoba and across the country – for generations to come.
Ready to Play it Forward?
To request a custom payment plan or to make a recurring donation — monthly, quarterly, or annually please contact us directly at 204.947.0394.
Donate now and your contribution will be doubled. Our amazing friends at Payworks are generously matching donations dollar for dollar up to a total of $500,000!
Play it Forward Campaign: Three Key Priorities
The original MTYP building, which was the first of its kind in Canada when it opened in 1999, has served young people in our community well for 24 wonderful years.
With your support, MTYP will modernize every part of our iconic facility to improve accessibility, increase capacity, and also invest in an endowed fund that will build upon MTYP’s history of offering a welcoming space where young people and their families can experience the wonder and joy of theatre.
Retire the Legacy Debt - $1.5 million - Achieved
With the generosity of community leaders MTYP’s this legacy debt was retired in 2022, creating space for us to focus on the future of expanded programming for audiences and young artists.
Renew the Facility - $6.5 million
MTYP opened its doors at The Forks in 1999 and has welcomed millions of young people through its doors over the past 25 years. It is now time to modernize the facility to engage young people with the joy of theatre for the next 25 years.
Renewal Priorities:
• Reinvest in and modernize the facility, with improvements that will result in greater accessibility, sustainability and capacity.
• Reduce barriers that limit accessibility, improving access for audiences, students, artists, volunteers, and staff.
• Create an improved quiet room where young children and families can continue to see and hear the show in an environment that accommodates a range of different needs an abilities.
• Convert Richardson Hall into the Richardson Studio Theatre, a fully outfitted black-box theatre to serve as a second, more intimate performance space, increasing the facility’s capacity of use.
Establish a New Production Endowment Fund - $1 million
The establishment of this endowed fund will provide sustainable support to continue MTYP’s award-winning history of creating theatre works for young audiences, supporting development and production of made-in-Manitoba plays, increasing opportunities for emerging, modern, and diverse voices to engage with the province’s professional theatre community.
“Theatre has the ability to create a safe space for a group of people. For many young people, this is their safe space.”
Pablo Felices-Luna, Artistic Director
Thank you for your interest in the MTYP Play it Forward Campaign. If you have a question or would like to connect with a member of the Campaign team please fill out the following form. An MTYP staff member will respond to your request in a timely manner. If you’d prefer to speak with a member of the Campaign team please call 204.954.1708.
Play it Forward Campaign Cabinet
Jane Johnston, Co-Chair
Matt Johnston, Co-Chair
Jaclyn Christie
Adam Hanson
Nicole Hanson
Louise Pujo
Adam Speirs
Jeff Stevens
Jordan Stevens
Suzanne Munroe, Ex-Officio
Play it Forward Campaign Advisory Committee
Ruth Asper
Ashleigh Everett
Louise Pujo
Mavis Reimer
Laurel Repski