YES Company
Youth Entertainment Stage (YES) Company is an audition based youth theater company that produces a full length Broadway musical each summer. Directed and designed by local theater professionals, the cast for all YES Company productions features only students in grades 7-12. Through a unique eight week preparation process that combines both practical training and curriculum based performing arts, students learn to develop their individual craft alongside an ensemble of peers. It’s through this work as an ensemble that students gain a sense of community through trust, acceptance, and celebration of their differences as they work toward a common goal.
The 2024 production of Oklahoma! featured a cast of 74 students representing a total of 37 schools from across Stanislaus County. 29 volunteers contributed over 600 volunteer hours both backstage and in the lobby. Each YES Company Student put in about 200 rehearsal hours.