Name: Newcomer Youth Theatre Program Spring Showcase 2026
Start: 2026-06-02T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-02T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Forest Heights Collegiate Institute

Newcomer Youth Theatre Program Spring Showcase 2026

A theatre company devoted to developing inter-cultural forms and practices in performance, producing & presenting that reflects our diversity.

MT Space

The Spring 2026 Newcomer Youth Theatre Program community showcase, featuring students from Forest Heights Collegiate Institute!

Forest Heights Collegiate Institute

Welcome to the Newcomer Youth Theatre Program community showcase! Join us on Tuesday June 2nd for a night of performance by newcomer youth from Forest Heights Collegiate Institute in the school's auditorium, followed by a joint talkback Q&amp;A with the audience.Come support these young artists as they take the stage and share their experiences in their own words through the power of theatre, with the chance to engage in conversation with the students after the performance!

<blockquote>Photos by Phi Doan</blockquote>

YMCA of Three RiversFor more than 150 years, we've demonstrated our commitment to our communities by showing up and delivering the programs, outreach, and services to our people need. This is the good stuff that we’re all about. And, in unifying, equipped with a re-commitment and a bold, new shared vision and purpose.For Immigrant Services and to explore more programming for adults and youth, please <a href="https://www.ymcacambridgekw.ca/en/immigrant-services/Immigrant-Services.asp" title="https://www.ymcacambridgekw.ca/en/immigrant-services/Immigrant-Services.asp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">visit our website</a>

MT SpaceSince 2004, MT Space has maintained a commitment to working with artists from Indigenous, immigrant, refugee, and other marginalized and racialized communities. We have challenged the preconceptions of theatre to create, produce, and present work that is accessible and affordable to low income families, while creating a space for marginalized voices to be heard.For more about MT Space, please <a href="https://mtspace.ca/" title="https://mtspace.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">visit our website</a>

YMCA Newcomer Youth Theatre Program is generously funded byImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

<h3>About the Newcomer Youth Theatre Program</h3>The Newcomer Youth Theatre Project is an after-school program facilitated by MT Space in partnership with YMCA of Three Rivers for high school aged newcomers in Waterloo Region.This free program offers introductions to multi-disciplinary arts education in a welcoming environment, guided by local arts professionals and leaders, and caps off with performances showcasing the youth’s creative work.By developing skills in performing arts, leadership, language, and collaboration, the youth work together to explore their own artistic voices while developing the skills and confidence to tell their own stories, and build community.

Poster design by Muqadas Amani.

<h3>Accessibility information</h3>Forest Heights Collegiate Institute is wheelchair accessible. You can also email us with any other accommodation requests at info@mtspace.ca.This event will be photographed and recordedBe advised that photographs and video may be taken for use on MT Space web/print materials and shared on social media accounts. By attending this event, you consent to being photographed and/or filmed. If you would like to attend, but not have your image captured, please connect with us (email info@mtspace.ca) or speak with our onsite staff.

Agenda

House doors open (audience can take their seats)

Show begins

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Newcomer Youth Theatre Program Spring Showcase 2026

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Forest Heights Collegiate Institute

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House doors open (audience can take their seats)

Show begins

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Newcomer Youth Theatre Program Spring Showcase 2026

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Forest Heights Collegiate Institute

How do you want to get there?

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House doors open (audience can take their seats)

Show begins

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