Following the amalgamation between Youth Entertaining Sudbury and the Sudbury Theatre Centre, with a budget of just over $2.2M, YES Theatre is one of Northern Ontario’s largest arts organizations, and is on track to becoming a primary driver for arts tourism in our region. As a non-profit arts organization, we believe the theatre is an instrument of civilization that has the power to connect, inspire and generate community. We work in a specific form coined “Citizen Artistry”; utilizing artists from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. Those who live, work and play in our community and who believe in the value of artistic connection. We fundamentally recognize that artistic excellence is inseparable from community involvement and therefore our entire ecosystem - artists, volunteers and patrons - is rooted in meaning making and most importantly, relationship.

With plans to continue expanding our season to year-round programming offering 7 to 10 productions per year (a mix of musicals, plays, and concerts) we are investing heavily in attracting a tourism audience to enhance our already robust local patron group. Our goal is to reach 10,000 tourism patrons per year within the next 3 to 5 years - representing $4.7M in annual visitor spending and $2.2M in Sudbury’s GDP growth.

PURPOSE & MANDATE

A) Create an all encompassing theatre organization in which theatre arts in all its forms can develop, grow and flourish to best serve the needs of the artists and theatre goers.

B) To create a theatrical environment (both in process and in infrastructure) in which arts organizations and individual artists can receive help and coordination of their efforts towards their craft and work.

C). To forward the language of the theatre by creating robust education opportunities for youth and emerging artists in all styles of creation and practice and to expose audiences to a wide breadth of work within the local, regional and international canon. 

D). To create and support Citizen Artists, individuals who live, work and play here in our community and who believe in artistic connection.

We believe the theatre is an instrument of civilization that has the power to connect, inspire and generate community. We work in a specific form coined “Citizen Artistry”; utilizing artists from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. Those who live, work and play in our community and who believe in the value of artistic connection. We fundamentally recognize that artistic excellence is inseparable from community involvement and therefore our entire ecosystem -artists, volunteers and patrons - is rooted in meaning making and most importantly, relationship. 

Relationship to the material. Relationship to the artists. Relationship to the spaces.By contextualizing our work to its relationship to the community, we aim to re-establish theatre as a pillar of society.