News and Notes

Yes Virginia, Auditions Set for October 2

The Penn Yan Theatre Company (PYTCo) will hold auditions for Yes Virginia the Musical (directed by Becky Prine) on Saturday, October 2nd...

Founded in 1978, PYTCo has been around for over 4 decades. Over the course of those 40+ years, the role and importance of the...

What if we all gave together? We can! Beginning back on July 19 at noon, our community began to come together to support the amazing work...

Nasty will be nice and Penn Yan will be ogre-the-moon when PYTCo Youth present their production of Shrek The Musical JR. beginning July...

The Penn Yan Theatre Company has received $12,512 in grants from the Yates Community Endowment and Rochester Area Community Foundation to...

PYTCo has received a $5,000 grant from the Yates Community Endowment’s Yates Emergency Relief Fund for programming and administrative...

The past 7 months have proved to be a very trying time for many people. Events have been canceled and lives uprooted by the on-going...

We all know that 2020 has been a bumpy, crazy, uncertain ride with the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. Everyone has had to adjust...

Since 2004, PYTCo has hosted a three-week summer youth theatre camp. The camp began relatively small with only about 20 kids involved...

An update from Lily Schwartz: Hello friends! Firstly, I hope you’re having a restful and peaceful time of “social distancing,”...

Did you know that back in 2013 The Sampson was amongst The Landmark Society of Western New York's first group of "Five to Revive"? It was...

PYTCo actress Lily Schwartz is known for her role as Dorothy Gale in PYTCo's 2018 production of "The Wizard of Oz". These days, she's...

2019 was another amazing year for PYTCo. From installing new doors at the Sampson Theatre to being awarded a one million dollar grant,...

Not many Christmas plays are funny. This one is—rather, these are. Christmas Attitudes is made up of seven skits, from two to twenty...

What is quickly becoming a holiday tradition is back for its third year. The Sampson Theatre Lights Display will be in full force on...

If you haven't heard yet, PYTCo and the Sampson Theatre were awarded $1 million through New York States Downtown Revitalization...

In Urinetown (the musical, not the place), water has become so scarce that private restrooms have disappeared and everyday people need to...

We are about to kick off our 41st season and are currently seeking season sponsorships. We've created new tiers of sponsorships this...

Last year, we built a rather impressive float for the Branchport/Keuka Park Fire Department's annual Fourth of July parade. It involved a...