What is this place?

This is the Arizona Young Actors' Alliance. Here, we support all theatres in the Arizona -- particularly the Phoenix area -- geared towards youth and young actors in Arizona no matter what their endeavor is! The goal for this is to be a supportive conglomerate that will improve the relations between young actors and help us all achieve our greater goals.

The idea is to knock these barriers down between youth theatres and young actors! This will make everyone feel at home in the community as a whole in addition to giving young actors a voice.

"Okay, yay, that all sounds nice and warm and hot-chocolate-chip-cookies-on-a-brisk-winter-day, but how?"

Well, here are some of basic ideas that we have fleshed out:

  • Interviews with young actors, actresses, directors, writers, etc. in Arizona
  • "Bedroom Sessions" -- like "Broadway Sessions" (if you've never seen any, YouTube. Now.), but with young actors and actresses submitting videos of them singing or acting in a casual environment -- like a bedroom.
  • Reviews of shows -- Users can submit reviews of youth productions around AZ! Obviously, these will be screened before being published.
  • Upcoming audition and show listings
  • And then the more "pipe dream"-y ideas: 1) An end-of-the-year cabaret style show featuring actors and actresses under the age of 21 from across Arizona 2) An online "Arizona Young Actors' Alliance" Awards (we'll think of a snappier title!) where WE submit the nominations and WE decide the winners. Youth rewarding other youth.
If you're new to the website, I would recommend checking out the following links:

To end with some primary goals:

  1. To create a comfortable, supportive environment for all young actors in Arizona.
  2. To give the youth a voice in the theatre community
  3. To connect young actors to new friends and opportunities
  4. And most importantly, to give everyone their best chance.


If you have any questions, comments, submissions, etc., please e-mail me at mackenna.azyoungactors@gmail.com.

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