The NYS Theatre Institute weaves education throughout all aspects of its theatre productions, and weaves the theatre production your students attend into all areas of its educational programs. NYSTI is highly respected for carefully selected, high-quality productions, and for a wide array of innovative educational activities that seamlessly enhance the NYS Education Department Learning Standards in all curricula.
NYSTI is one of the most highly respected professional theatres for family audiences in America. This is not marketing hyperbole. The definitive textbook, The Historical Guide to Children’s Theatre in America, cites NYSTI as, “…top quality theatrical productions for the widest possible family audiences…one of the best known and most highly respected children’s theatres in America.”
During the 2003-04 season alone, 400 school groups from 200 different schools from 20 counties of New York attended performances at NYSTI.
NYSTI has earned numerous national awards for excellence in theatre and in education, including the highest awards given by the American Theatre Association and the American Association of Theatre and Education – both for sustained excellence. Please click on Accolades for more awards.
Our performances and educational programs are specifically designed with school groups in mind. During our 29 years we have developed and refined our procedures to make your attending NYSTI as easy and convenient as possible: from arranging for tickets, to arriving at and departing from the theatre, and providing teachers with useful preparatory materials. Please click on: ABOUT UTILIZING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS for more information.
NYSTI has performed in every major city of New York State including New York City on several occasions, many of the smaller cities, and we have served every one of New York State’s 62 counties.
NYSTI is internationally acclaimed, and has performed in Israel, Jordan, France, Italy, Moscow, London, Toronto, Honolulu, Washington D.C., New York City, and all across New York State.
Regionally, NYSTI’s productions are almost always cited among the best productions of the year.