PYT's
2009-2010 Season
Celebrating the American Spirit. At a time when our country is persevering through another economic challenge, PYT forges ahead with a season celebrating the American Spirit. Led by the courage of the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s, PYT looks to produce “theater so vital to community life” that it creates a modern snapshot of our diverse communities set against the backdrop of our unique history. It’s Theatre about the People. Theatre for the People. Theatre by the People. A Celebration.
MAGGIE MAGALITA
by Wendy Kesselman 
Maggie Magalita kicks off the Mainstage season. It’s a heartfelt play about a 14 year old Hispanic immigrant, Maggie, who lives with her working mother in a New York City studio apartment. Maggie is trying hard to blend into the American lifestyle and she's succeeding. But she's also forgetting the beauty and pride of her heritage. Grandmother comes from the old country and upsets Magalita's plans: she just can't blend! When Maggie's American boyfriend comes over for what turns out to be a very non American dinner, Maggie begins to understand something very precious: herself.
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Maggie Magalita is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Maggie Magalita is also supported by the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission, whose goal is to bring quality arts to the community.
THE CHRISTMAS DOLL
by Joan Cushing
based on the book by Elvira Woodruff
In December, Pennsylvania Youth Theatre will produce the first local production of a new holiday musical The Christmas Doll by Joan Cushing, based on the book by Elvira Woodruff. Set in 1840's London, two sisters live at the mercy of the cruel matron at the Union Branch. When a deadly fever sweeps through the workhouse, the sisters escape to the mean streets of London, where they encounter many colorful characters. Finding an old, discarded doll by the river, the two sisters start a journey that will change their lives forever- for Morning Glory is no ordinary doll.
The Christmas Doll was produced with special support from The Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
PINOCCHIO 
by Yasha Frank
Yasha Frank’s Pinocchio is Pennsylvania Youth Theatre’s inspiration for the 2009-2010 season. This freely adapted classic by one of the central figures in the Federal Theatre Project during the Works Progress Administration years in the 1930s is packed full of amazement, circus arts, original music, and pure adventure. As Pinocchio is confronted with the challenge of becoming a real boy, the messages of giving and of hope are reinforced for audiences through the difficult decisions they help him make.