Inspired by London’s Spirit Young Performers Company, Main Stage Young Performers Company was created to elevate performance opportunities for youth in our rural Humboldt community, while also connecting young artists through the shared experience of live performance. The company performs in a variety of settings throughout the year from full scale musical productions to community events and performance based projects. 

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Based on Goodspeed Opera's Kids Company model, Young Performers Company members  train with many of the Main Stage guest artists they perform alongside as well as other arts professionals from all over the United States via online workshops. ​"The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence". 

"The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence". -Maria Montessori 

The Young Performers Company is a Montessori influenced  arts program and students are given as many hands on experiences as possible, both as performers as well as with the technical and business aspects of the arts. Students are supported in the study and facilitation of  as many facets of musical theatre production as they're interested in, from stage management to dramaturgy!

Young Performers Company is by invitation only. Students from the Young Performers Ensemble program are selected to join the company in August each year.  Typically students need to complete at least 1 year in the Ensemble program before they are considered for YPC.