TYA/USA on Tour @ Seattle Children's Theatre
• Thursday, October 20 •
Kicking off TYA/USA on Tour in the Pacific Northwest, our event at Seattle Children’s Theatre opened the series considering how we create new TYA work, with a focus on themes of new work development as well as crafting partnerships and community-centered programming.
Attendees at TYA/USA on Tour at Seattle Children’s Theatre:
- Saw a live performance of The Boy Who Kissed the Sky in community with other TYA practitioners
- Heard a keynote conversation featuring Idris Goodwin & Shavonne Coleman with Tiffany Maltos
- Participated in breakout sessions with facilitators
- Connected with colleagues at a culminating reception
Programming took place at Seattle Children’s Theatre (201 Thomas Street, Seattle WA 98109)
COVID Safety Policies
As of June 2022, proof of “full vaccination” – as defined by the CDC – is required of all in-person participants at all three of the 2022 TYA/USA on Tour event locations (Seattle Children’s Theatre, First Stage, and Imagination Stage). All TYA/USA on Tour in-person participants, regardless of location, are also required to wear a mask at all times while indoors during TYA/USA on Tour programming. Exceptions to this requirement will be made during the reception and during break times while beverages and/or snacks are being actively consumed. We strongly encourage participants to bring KN95 or N95 masks over cloth masks options if possible.
Please note that these policies are subject to changes and/or additions as we continue to observe the evolution of COVID-19 at our host sites. Please reach out to info@tyausa.org with any questions or concerns regarding our TYA/USA on Tour COVID policies.
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Idris Goodwin
Keynote - Seattle Children's Theatre Artistic Director • Playwright • Breakbeat Poet
Idris Goodwin is an award-winning storyteller for multiple generations. An accomplished playwright, breakbeat poet, content creator and arts champion, Goodwin is recognized as a culture bearer who celebrates community values and cultivates histories with care. Idris is the author of over 60 original plays ranging from his Hip Hop inspired breakbeat series to historical dramas to works for young audiences. Titles such as And In This Corner Cassius Clay, How We Got On, Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, This is Modern Art and the ground breaking Free Play: open source scripts for an antiracist tomorrow, are widely produced across the country by a diverse mix of professional and academic venues. Driven by a passion for cultural impact and civic engagement, Idris currently serves as Artistic Director of Seattle Children’s Theater. Prior to this he was Executive Director of The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, where he also taught as a professor in The Department of Theater and Dance. Previous to this Idris led StageOne Family Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky as Producing Artistic Director. Idris is Board President of Theater For Young Audiences/USA and also serves on the board at Children’s Theater Foundation Association. In addition to Idris’s work in theater he’s created original content for and/or appeared on Nickelodeon, HBO Def Poetry, Sesame Street, NPR, BBC Radio, and the Discovery Channel. “Your House is Not Just A House,” his first picture book, will be published by Harper Collins in 2024. Find him at www.idrisgoodwin.com and on across all the socials.
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Shavonne Coleman
Keynote & Breakout Session Facilitator - Educator & "Your Name is a Song" Playwright
Shavonne Coleman (she/they) is a fabulist, facilitator, teaching/performing artist, writer, director, and cultivator of connection and community. Shavonne is from Detroit and is currently utilizing her passion and deep belief in the power of theatre as a catalyst for social change as the Assistant Director for Transformative Learning in the Center for Teaching and Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an MFA from Eastern Michigan University for Applied Drama/Theatre for the Young where she had the amazing opportunity to travel to S. Korea to direct a Youth Theatre performance at the Zoom Theatre in Seoul. In recent years Ms. Coleman was the Assistant Director of Acting at Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit developing their Mosaic Empowerment Experience Project in multiple Detroit middle schools. From 2017-2018 she returned to her alma mater Grand Valley State University (BA ’07) as a Visiting Professor in the Theatre Department where she also was the co-advisor for ReACT! an interpersonal violence peer-education theatre troupe and was awarded the 2018 TYA Emerging Leadership award to research the historical impact of people of color in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences. She later went on to publish multiple articles as a staff writer for TYA magazine. Arriving in Austin, TX in September of 2018 she became the Theatre for Dialogue Specialist and a Lecturer in Theatre and Dance here at the University of Texas at Austin where she was one of the 2019-2020 Faculty Innovation Center Undergraduate Teaching Award Grant recipients for her work on campus. Shavonne was one of the 2021-2022 Donald H. Wulff Diversity Fellowship (POD Network) recipients and is currently over the moon with the honor of being the 2022 Anne Flagg Multicultural Award (AATE) recipient as she continues to explore the use of drama and theatre methodologies as effective practices to cultivate educational justice, equitable pedagogical experiences, and accessible learning environments. Shavonne, through her many experiences like being part of the Artistic Advisory Circle at Seattle Children’s Theatre, hopes to continue to build community, get learn’d up, and grow up to one day be an ARTivist.
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Tiffany Maltos
Keynote - Seattle Children's Theatre Associate Director of Education and Engagement
Tiffany Maltos (she/her) is the Associate Director of Education and Engagement at Seattle Children’s Theatre, a former Staff Writer for TYA Today, and a founding member of the BIPOC in TYA Advisory Board. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2011 with a degree in Interdisciplinary English/Theatre and focus on Theatre for Young Audiences. She received her Teaching Certificate in 2012 and taught in a high school before beginning her career in theatre. Tiffany was an SCT Drama School Teaching Artist Intern in 2013 before returning to her hometown of San Antonio, TX, where she was the Education Department Manager at The Magik Theatre and a teaching artist for The Classic Theatre. Upon moving to the Pacific Northwest, Tiffany served as a board member for Theatre Puget Sound from 2017 – 2020 and is a current trustee of the TYA/USA Board.
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Ramón Esquivel
Breakout Session Facilitator - Artistic Advisors Circle at SCT
Ramón Esquivel is a playwright-educator born and raised in Kirkland, and is of Mexican and Yaqui Indian heritage. Recent premieres include The Hero Twins: Blood Race at the University of Texas at Austin and Appalachian State University, and Above Between Below, a collaboration between Seattle Children’s Theatre and the Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program. His plays Luna, Nasty, and Nocturnal are published through Dramatic Publishing, and are included in two recent anthologies, New Visions/New Voices: 25 Years/25 Plays, and Palabras del Cielo: An Exploration of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences. His play, The Shahrazad Society, won the Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award from New England Theatre Conference. Ramón has taught English, history, drama, and creative writing in Washington DC, Brooklyn, Vancouver BC, and Seattle, and theatre education at Central Washington University. He currently teaches playwriting at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo.
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Kevin Malgesini
Breakout Session Facilitator - Artistic Advisors Circle at SCT
Kevin Malgesini has served as Managing Director at Seattle Children’s Theatre since 2018, and served as Interim Artistic Director from June 2020 until June 2022. Since 2007 he has worked in the non-profit arts sector and has raised more than $50 million for arts organizations throughout his career. In addition to working within organizations, Kevin served on the board of Intiman Theatre 2013-2018 and as the Board President 2015-2017. Kevin holds a BA in Theatre from Western Washington University and an MA in Theology & Culture from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology.
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Mireya Hepner
Breakout Session Facilitator - Reimagining New Play Development
Mireya (Murry) Hepner is the founder of In Other People’s Shoes Productions, Her 35+ years working in the American Theatre include productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, in Regional Theatre and on tour. Before the pandemic, she led Rancho Cucamonga’s MainStreet Theatre Company for all of its 14 seasons, curating and collaborating on 40 innovative shows geared for children and family audiences.
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Robert Castro
Breakout Session Facilitator - Reimagining New Play Development
Robert Castro directs classics and new work across the U.S. and internationally. Credits include: The Public Theater/NYSF, New York Theatre Workshop, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group/LA, Santa Fe Opera, Wiener Festwochen (Austria), Bolshoi Opera (Russia), Teatro Real (Spain), among many others. He is dedicated to making work that is aesthetically challenging, culturally relevant and filled with deep moral energy. As a Citizen, Artist and Educator, Robert is committed to Art as Moral and Social Action.
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Simon Hansen
Breakout Session Facilitator - Reimagining New Play Development
Simon Hansen is the Camp Director at Camp Bob Waldorf in Glendale CA. Camp Bob Waldorf is owned and operated by Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. Camp focuses on providing quality, overnight camp experiences for kids from predominantly lower-income families throughout LA County. Simon has been working in the Overnight Camp field for 20+ years and is a believer in the positive change that can come about through an intentional overnight camp experience – for children and adults! Most recently Simon is excited to have partnered with In Other People’s Shoes to provide campers with a unique theater experience while they were at camp.
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José Cruz González
Breakout Session Facilitator - Reimagining New Play Development
José Cruz González’s plays include Pia’s Wondrous Adventures in Tlaxlandia (In Other People’s Shoes), If by Chance, (South Coast Repertory commission), The Extraordinary ZLuna Captures the World (Denver Center Theatre Company commission), Under a Baseball Sky (The Old Globe commission), American Mariachi (Arizona Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, The Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe), Sunsets & Margaritas (Denver Center Theatre Company, Theatre Works), September Shoes (Geva Theatre), The San Patricios (PCPA), Among the Darkest Shadows (Wharton Center for Performing Arts), The Sun Serpent (Childsplay).
Mr. González was selected as one of the inaugural 2022 Kennedy Center’s Next 50, a new initiative celebrating cultural leadership with 50 trailblazing leaders and organizations. Mr. González was also a grantee of the 2021 ReImagine: New Plays in TYA, a joint effort of the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, The Kennedy Center, TYA/USA and Write Now to support in part the development of Pia’s Wondrous Adventures in Tlaxlandia.
He has written for PAZ, the Emmy Award nominated television series produced by Discovery Kids for The Learning Channel. The Astronaut Farmworker (La Jolla Playhouse) was a 2016 PEN Center USA Literary Award Finalist. A collection of his plays, Nine Plays by José Cruz González Magical Realism & Mature Themes in Theatre for Young Audiences was published by the University of Texas Press.
He is a Professor Emeritus at California State University Los Angeles, a member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Dramatists Guild of America, TYA/USA, and a board member of the New Harmony Project, dedicated to a desire to support stories of hope, optimism, and the resiliency of the human spirit.
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Janet Greaves
Breakout Session Facilitator - Reimagining New Play Development
Janet is a British actor living in California. She has worked extensively in the field of TYA for thirty years, as both a performer and director. A passionate champion of young people, Janet currently volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), advocating for youth in the over burdened welfare system. She is also on the board of In Other People’s Shoes Productions.
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Elizabeth Coen
Breakout Session Facilitator - Creative Drama for Mental Wellness
Elizabeth Coen worked with Seattle Children’s Theatre from 2019 – January 22 overseeing the development and implementation of arts-based programming focused on the health and wellness of students in grades 6-12. Relevant projects include productions of Ramón Esquivel’s Above Between Below and Trista Baldwin’s Ghosted as well as the applied theatre school residency program Creative Drama for Mental Wellness. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Houston and a dramaturg for the Alley Theatre. Her articles can be found in Theatre History Studies, the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, and the anthology Teaching Performance Practices in Remote and Hybrid Spaces edited by Jeanmarie Higgins and Elisha Clark Halpin. Elizabeth worked as an AmeriCorps tutor for Northwest Education Access in 2018-2019 and continues to champion organizations that help students from low-income and nontraditional backgrounds thrive in higher education. She received her PhD in Theatre History and Theory from the University of Washington and MFA in Dramaturgy from Brooklyn College.
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Jonathan M. Rizzardi
Breakout Session Facilitator - Creative Drama for Mental Wellness
Jonathan M. Rizzardi (they/him) is a Seattle area performing artist and theatre historian. They partner with Seattle Children’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, and other educational theatre organizations to bring community outreach projects addressing mental health & wellness advocacy, transformative justice, and community-centered social change activism to school systems, juvenile detention centers, and drug rehabilitation clinics around the country. Jonathan is also a PhD candidate at the University of Washington, and facilitates teacher training with Pacific Lutheran University—their research addresses how acts of education, maturation, and coming-of-age intersect with theatre and public performance in the early twentieth century United States. They’re thrilled to be joining in community with folks in TYA/USA, and to continue the conversation about how theatre can foster growth for children’s daily mental wellness practices.
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Samora Covington, PsyD.
Breakout Session Facilitator - Creative Drama for Mental Wellness
Samora Covington, PsyD. is a clinical psychologist, community college educator, and mental health and wellness consultant. Her work centers BIPOC individuals and communities and focuses on identity and relational challenges, racial trauma, and empowerment work. Dr. Covington is a recognized speaker on topics focused on culturally responsive and trauma-informed practices in educational and mental health sectors. Her work targets systemic inequities with a particular concentration on eradicating mental health disparities for marginalized and underserved racial/ethnic communities. Dr. Covington’s approach to transformation and healing is rooted in liberation psychology, Womanism, and social justice theories in clinical and community psychology. She recognizes embodied practices, theater and expressive arts as essential pathways to healing. Currently, Dr. Covington is a tenured professor of psychology at Highline College where she teaches courses in general psychology, abnormal psychology, research methods, community psychology, and the psychology of human relations. She is a curriculum developer and co-lead for an antiracist teaching community of praxis program that is being offered to faculty campuswide. Additionally, Dr. Covington is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Her main ambition is to help the BIPOC community access opportunities for education and mental health that allow them to thrive and flourish in life.
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Brodrick Ryans
Breakout Session Facilitator - Creative Drama for Mental Wellness
Brodrick Ryans (he/him) is a Seattle based musical theatre artist, director, teaching artists and the founder/host of Timeout w/Brodrick. Most recently Brodrick just finished his 20-21 Emerging Leaders in Theatre for Young Audiences Fellowship with TYA/USA. He also worked on the education materials for A Kids Play About Racism, Voices of Change and Creative Drama for Mental Wellness for Middle and High Schools, while serving as a teaching artists and the Education Coordinator for Seattle Children’s Theatre. “I am really excited about being back in space and working with students at SCT. I feel that it is my job as an educator to help students unlock the gifts and abilities that are already there, and teach them to move in space completely as themselves.” Follow Brodrick on Instagram @brodrickryans and @timeoutbrodrick.
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Olivia Aston Bosworth
Breakout Session Facilitator - Which Came First, the Book or the Play?
Olivia Aston Bosworth is an artist, educator, and producer who believes deeply in the power of TYA, and the profound impact stories can have on people of all ages. As the Head of Youth and Family Programs at the Alliance Theatre, Olivia manages educational programming for children birth through 5th grade and their families, with a special focus on creating Theatre for the Very Young. Olivia is also a proud Board Member of TYA/USA.
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Maya Lawrence
Breakout Session Facilitator - Which Came First, the Book or the Play?
Maya Lawrence is a proud Spelman College alumna on a mission to liberate the world through Love. She’s followed a breadcrumb trail from home in NYC at Lincoln Center and The Public Theater, to her current artistic home in ATL at the Tony Award winning Alliance Theater as a Resident Artist and Allyship Program Director. Maya’s first children’s book “Do You Love the Dark” has been adapted into a Theater for the Very Young play running at Alliance (Spring and Fall 2022)!
Featured Performance
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The Boy Who Kissed the Sky
Seattle Children's Theatre Commission and World Premiere
The Boy Who Kissed the Sky – SCT Commission and World Premiere
By Idris Goodwin
Directed by Tim Bond
Music by Divinity Roxx and Eugene H. Russell IV
10/11/22–11/6/22Set in the heart of Seattle’s Central District to the rhythms that shaped a generation, The Boy Who Kissed the Sky, is inspired by the early life and influences of Seattle native and musical icon Jimi Hendrix. The early era of rock ‘n roll music sets the stage as a young Black boy conjures his creativity as a budding guitarist. Guided by the spirit of music itself, the boy learns to find harmony inside the challenging noises of his life. Told with vibrant music and daring imagination, this play inspires us to dream big when it matters most.
*Commissioned by SCT in partnership with Alliance Theatre Company, this highly theatrical play by Idris Goodwin and directed by Tim Bond is funded in part by The Kennedy Center’s New Visions, New Voices to support the creation of new plays and musicals for young audiences and families.
Run time: Approx. 60 minutes
Age: Recommended for patrons 8+
Schedule
Note: Times listed below are in local time (Pacific).
Registration & Check-In
"The Boy Who Kissed the Sky" Performance
SCT Commission and World Premiere
By Idris Goodwin
Directed by Tim Bond
Music by Divinity Roxx and Eugene H. Russell IV
10/11/22–11/6/22
Set in the heart of Seattle’s Central District to the rhythms that shaped a generation, The Boy Who Kissed the Sky, is inspired by the early life and influences of Seattle native and musical icon Jimi Hendrix. The early era of rock ‘n roll music sets the stage as a young Black boy conjures his creativity as a budding guitarist. Guided by the spirit of music itself, the boy learns to find harmony inside the challenging noises of his life. Told with vibrant music and daring imagination, this play inspires us to dream big when it matters most.
*Commissioned by SCT in partnership with Alliance Theatre Company, this highly theatrical play by Idris Goodwin and directed by Tim Bond is funded in part by The Kennedy Center’s New Visions, New Voices to support the creation of new plays and musicals for young audiences and families.
Run time: Approx. 60 minutes
Age: Recommended for patrons 8+
Opening Keynote Conversation: Idris Goodwin & Shavonne Coleman with Tiffany Maltos in Dialogue on New Play Development & Centering Communities of Color on Stage
Tiffany Maltos, Associate Director of Education and Engagement, moderates a conversation on new play development with Artistic Director Idris Goodwin and Shavonne Coleman, educator and playwright of the upcoming stage adaptation critically acclaimed book Your Name Is A Song.
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Idris Goodwin
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Shavonne Coleman
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Tiffany Maltos
Lunch on Your Own
Breakout Session #1
Attendees will select from one of two Breakout Sessions offered during the block.
Artistic Advisors Circle at SCT: An Exploration of Alternative Leadership Models (SCT Host Breakout Session)
with Shavonne Coleman, Ramón Esquivel, & Kevin Malgesini
During the interim period when Seattle Children’s Theatre was conducting its search for a new artistic director, five theatre artists from around the country served as the “Artistic Advisors Circle” (AAC) to support SCT’s leadership team. Established during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAC consulted on season planning, marketing, new work commissions, community outreach, and other initiatives. Representatives of the AAC will present on lessons learned from their experience, then lead a conversation with session participants on the opportunities and challenges of alternate and/or shared leadership models in TYA theatres. How can alternate/shared leadership models promote DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and transformational work in our theatres and other institutions?
Reimagining New Play Development: Centering Young People & Community Partners
with Mireya Hepner, Robert Castro, Simon Hansen, José Cruz González, & Janet Greaves
This session will showcase In Other People’s Shoes Productions (Los Angeles, CA) in discovering a new model of play development, by sharing the ongoing development journey of Pia’s Wondrous Adventures in Tlaxlandia (A Music, Toy Theatre, Puppetry, Graphic Novel Mash-Up). This interactive session will touch on key components, such as centering the playwright, working with community partners in unexpected ways, and making sure that young people’s feedback is an integral part of the process. We’ll include an overview of where we are to date and lessons learned from starting a new company during the pandemic, with an emphasis on our unique “kid dramaturgy” partnership with Camp Bob Waldorf. The sharing of our specific experience will be a springboard for questions, input and thoughts from the field about creating new spaces for new work.
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Shavonne Coleman
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Ramón Esquivel
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Kevin Malgesini
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Mireya Hepner
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Robert Castro
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Simon Hansen
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José Cruz González
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Janet Greaves
Breakout Session #2
Attendees will select from one of the two Breakout Sessions offered during the block.
Creative Drama for Mental Wellness (SCT Host Breakout Session)
with Elizabeth Coen, Jonathan M. Rizzardi, Samora Covington, PsyD., & Brodrick Ryans
Creative Drama for Mental Wellness is Seattle Children’s Theatre’s school residency program designed to uplift and empower young people to make positive choices about their mental health. This workshop, led by the curriculum designers, will give participants a taste of how Washington-area students experience the program in their school classrooms. It will also offer participants strategies for integrating positive psychology and social-emotional learning (SEL) into their own practice as theatre educators.
Which Came First, the Book or the Play?: A Community-driven Model for New Work
with Olivia Aston Bosworth & Maya Lawrence
TYA artists are skilled at adapting picture books into plays. What happens when a theatre’s name is associated with our classroom’s new favorite story? And what magic awaits when we see a story of our community brought to life on stage? In partnership with the Atlanta Mayor’s Office and Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, Alliance Theatre commissions picture books annually by Atlanta authors and illustrated by some of the finest visual artists to be distributed to thousands of children and families, completely free of charge. Each year, the city rallies behind these new stories throughout the summer, falling in love with the characters and celebrating what makes our city unique. Community organizations activate the books with programming in their neighborhoods, connecting with new audiences and making the Alliance Theatre a household name. Then, each book goes through a new work development project to transform the story into a Theatre for the Very Young experience. This exciting model of partnering with community to publish an original book, then adapting it into a story has expanded the Alliance Theatre’s reach to thousands of children who wouldn’t otherwise have access to live theater.
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Elizabeth Coen
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Jonathan M. Rizzardi
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Samora Covington, PsyD.
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Brodrick Ryans
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Olivia Aston Bosworth
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Maya Lawrence
Closing Remarks with Executive Director Sara Morgulis
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Sara Morgulis
Reception / After Party
Light refreshments included!
Planning Your Trip
Traveling in and/or hoping to make a weekend out of your TYA/USA on Tour attendance? See our suggestions for hotels, dining, and activities below!
Hotels
All listed hotels are within walking distance from Seattle Children’s Theatre (201 Thomas Street, Seattle WA 98109).
Hyatt Place Seattle/Downtown $173/night
201 Fifth Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
The Maxwell Hotel $221/night
300 Roy St, Seattle, WA 98109
Mediterranean Inn $199/night
425 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Dining
These delicious dining options are within walking distance from Seattle Children’s Theatre (201 Thomas Street, Seattle WA 98109).
Seattle Center Armory – Food & Event Hall
305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109
Located on Seattle Center’s campus across from SCT is the Armory, featuring a variety of fast-casual, food court style dining options including Starbucks, pizza, Mediterranean, tacos, and more!
Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge
601 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Toulouse Petit brings the Big Easy to Seattle. Located in Lower Queen Anne, it’s known for having Seattle’s favorite happy hour, New Orleans and cajun creole cuisine, and an amazing cocktail list.
McMenamins Queen Anne
200 Roy St Seattle, WA 98109
McMenamins is a family-owned company in the Pacific Northwest serving our own handcrafted beer, wine, cider, spirits and coffee alongside good, honest pub fare since 1983.
Pho Viet Anh
2621 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Pho Viet Anh has been serving flavorful, Vietnamese, dishes made with fresh ingredients in Seattle since 2005
Sal Y Limón
10 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Offering a wide array of services and menu items that sets us apart from other Mexican restaurants, Sal Y Limón features hand-made tortillas and slow-cooked adobada (pork). “Menudo”, a specialty dish that is so time consuming it is hardly found north of the border, is available on weekends along with other similar plates.
Things to Do
Experience Seattle with these activities, both near and farther afield from Seattle Children’s Theatre.
See more TYA at Seattle Children’s Theatre from SCT’s Artistic Residents, Broken Box Mime. TYA/USA on Tour @ SCT attendees can use promo code “TYAUSA25” for $25 tickets to either production – BKBXKids! Asks Why and BKBXKids! Destination: Everywhere – in any zone!
Explore programming at the many cultural institutions that call Seattle Center home alongside SCT! To name a few: KEXP, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Children’s Museum, Museum of Pop Culture, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle Rep, and Seattle Opera.
Get outdoors and enjoy some of the best views of the Seattle skyline and Elliot Bay with a visit to Olympic Sculpture Park and Kerry Park.
Hop on the Seattle Center Monorail from Seattle Center to Westlake Center for the fastest (and most fun!) way to get to the iconic Pike Place Market as well as Seattle’s Waterfront!
Some other fantastic cultural institutions within driving and/or transit distance from SCT:
Northwest African American Museum
Our 2022 TYA/USA on Tour Sponsors
We thank our generous sponsors for their support of the 2022 TYA/USA on Tour series.
• Vivienne M. St. John • Cathy Archer • Catherine von Storch • Ana Romes • Shavonne Coleman • Ellen Conn •
• Khalia Davis • Suzan Zeder • Paige Hernandez • Allison Mui Mitchell • Gayle Sergel Brown •
• Sean-Joseph Choo • Craig Holland • José Casas • Monica Cortes Vharo •
