Since its founding in 1974 by New Brunswick playwright Paul Hanna, the TNB Young Company has been introducing school-age audiences to the magic of live theatre. Each year, the Company travels from one end of the province to the other, from Grand Manan to Campbellton, performing in public schools for students grades 1-12.

For many students, TNB Young Company is their first introduction to live, professionally produced theatre. In many of the smaller communities in which TNB Young Company performs, it is also students’ only access to theatre.

All shows are carefully selected for their relevancy, high educational content and themes. They also serve to showcase a host of talented actors, designers and production staff, many of whom are from New Brunswick. This year’s production for elementary school students, Dinostories! Three Prehistoric Fairy Tales, a musical that mixes traditional fairy tales with dinosaurs. Nominated for Children’s Entertainer of the Year by the East Coast Music Awards, and co-written by award-winning playwright Dan Bray and Noella Murphy, Dinostories will have you tapping your feet and humming along to this musical, comic, prehistoric extravaganza!

For middle & high school students, we are excited to present Story Lab, Directed  by Alexander Rioux, a new initiative, that will be traveling across New Brunswick to offer drama club support and specialized theatre workshops for schools across New Brunswick.  Professional theatre artists and instructors will make themselves available to schools as they prepare for a production, develop an original piece, or simply want assistance building confidence, creativity, and connectivity. No matter the goal, Theatre New Brunswick can will with you to create an experience that fits your classroom. Workshops can focus on areas such as, acting and character development, ensemble building and collaboration, improvisation, voice, physical theatre, & devising and creating original material

After more than 40 years’ experience touring and performing, it is estimated that TNB Young Company have shared the theatre experience with close to 1,000,000 New Brunswick students.