YES STORY

YES Theatre was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization with charitable status in 2010. It was created out of a need for a place where emerging artists could come together and work in a professional setting. Our inaugural production of Hair was a huge success. Since then, we have become a staple in the Northern Ontario arts community. Our productions have been seen by over 50 thousand patrons. YES has been a leader in innovative storytelling; creating a clear and inventive æsthetic that is signature to our work. In 2012 former Artistic Director of Sudbury Theatre Centre, David Savoy said this about the company: “Your passion, vision, and drive, give me hope for the theatre’s survival.”

We are a group of immensely passionate, dedicated, professional artists who love our home and wish to continue to see our arts community flourish for many years. We have utilized many different spaces in our community for site-specific theatre, including our 2015 production of American Idiot which took place in the Grand Theatre. We have been invested in the community through various events with many local charities and organizations. The company was built off a number of ideas. The first of which is that if you create an environment of love and support, the work will prosper. Secondly, giving young people an opportunity to strive to achieve professional quality work will lead to that very thing. Finally, YES Theatre is a place for us to train together and learn from one another. The company consists of not just young artists but their families and local Sudburians. Since our inception, we have had over 200 artists on our stage and over 250 volunteers, all of whom respect the company and our community and are dedicated to bringing high-quality work, service and entertainment to Greater Sudbury.

MANDATE

To create a legacy of artists training for a radically inclusive future. To merge the values and practices of professional and community theatre. We create Citizen Artists; those who live, work and play in our community and believe in artistic connection. Our work provides a context to reinvent and heighten the impact and intention of the theatre as a central pillar of society; a place to edify, inspire and bring people together.

YES THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MARETT McCULLOCH, Chair
LAUREN MORRISON, Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
CARSON PILEGGI, Secretary
NICOLE BUSCEMA, Director
BEV DEETH, Director
LYNNE DUPUIS, Director
ASHTON GOBBO, Director
YONANIKO GRENON, Director
TONY JURGILAS, Director
CHRISTINE KUIK HOULE, Director
PATRICIA MEEHAN, Director