Plays for Young Audiences is the combined collection of scripts commissioned or produced by Seattle Children's Theatre and the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
 The children's theater movement developed in the United States in the 1960s, and at that time the canon of work for family audiences began to build.
 Plays for Young Audiences began in July 2004 to provide scripts developed by Seattle Children's Theatre and the Children's Theatre Company to professional theaters, amateur/community theatres, churches, libraries and schools.
 The mission of Plays for Young Audiences is to drive the field of theater for young people to higher levels of success
Green Thumb Theatre (also known as the Green Thumb Theatre for Young People and simply as Green Thumb) is a Canadian children's theatre company based in Vancouver, British Columbia that was founded in 1975.
 Playwright Dennis Foon was one of the co-founders.
 The theatre building out of which Green Thumb operates is located in East Vancouver near the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.
 English Canadian Ken Peirson was the manager of Green Thumb from 1982 to 1985.
 In 1982, Green Thumb produced "Feeling Yes, Feeling No", a sexual abuse prevention program.
 Green Thumb performed the premiere of Colin Thomas' play "One Thousand Cranes" in 1983.
 Morris Panych has written several plays for the company that have toured internationally.
 Green Thumb's "Celestial Being" received the 2015 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding production for young audiences.
 Also that year, Green Thumb performed George F. Walker's "Moss Park".
 As of 2014, Patrick McDonald is Green Thumb's artistic director.
Stephen Laughton is an award winning British playwright.
 He was raised in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
 He attended the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, before completing a master's degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
 Based in London, he started his career as an associate producer and worked with Rupert Murray and Beadi Finzi on the Academy Award shortlisted "Unknown White Male".
 He was part of the 2011/2012 Royal Court Theatre Invitational Writer's Group.
 His first play "Marina Abramović is Staring at Me" opened Terra Firma Theatre Company’s 2011-12 Boxcar Reading Series in New York at the Railroad Playhouse in Newburgh, NY.
 Before moving on to the Cell Theatre in Manhattan.
 In 2013 he was invited to take part in a series of developmental workshops with the Young Vic Theatre and SoundBites, and his short drama for young audiences, MERRY NEW YEAR was broadcast as part of collaboration between the Hampstead and the Roundhouse Theatre.
 Stephen is currently developing a feature film with Blacklisted Films.
 His play 9 (Lives) was part of the PlayWROUGHT#3 Festival at the Arcola Theatre in January 2015, and his play Run opened at the Vaults Festival in February 2016 to critical acclaim.
 Run then went on to tour the UK, ending its run at The Bunker Theatre in April 2017.
 The play has received widespread critical acclaim and has been nominated for two Off-West End Theatre awards.
 His 2016 short film RWD/FWD, has been nominated for a Drum Content Award and won the 2017 Long Form Charity Film Award.
 His 2016 play, SCREENS opened at Theatre503 to widespread critical acclaim.
Carousel Theatre (also known as Carousel Theatre For Young People) is a professional theatre company for young audiences located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 The company stages plays for young people, families and educators at the Waterfront Theatre and Performance Works on Granville Island and tours to elementary schools across British Columbia and Canada.
 It was also the first Canadian theatre company to offer signing during its performances for the hearing impaired.
 Carousel Theatre is a member of PACT, the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres.
Plan-B Theatre Company is one of five professional theatre companies in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 It is the smallest in terms of budget and staff.
 Plan-B develops and produces unique and socially conscious theatre, it is the only theatre company in Utah devoted to developing new plays by Utah playwrights, and is the resident theatre company at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.
 In fact, The Dramatists Guild of America has noted that Plan-B is the only professional theatre company in the United States producing full seasons of new work by local playwrights.
The Children's Theatre Company (formerly known as The Moppet Players from 1961 to 1965) is a regional theatre established in 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in plays for families, young audiences and the very young.
 The theatre is the largest theatre for multigenerational audiences in the United States and is the recipient of 2003 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.
 The founding is credited to John Clark Donahue and Beth Linnerson.
 Many productions are adaptations from children's literature including Pippi Longstocking, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, "Cinderella", How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Year with Frog and Toad and "Alice in Wonderland" that have been in the company's repertoire for many seasons.
 Among their early premiere productions was Richard Dworsky's musical version of "The Marvelous Land of Oz", which was one of several productions to be issued on video in the early 1980s.
 The casts themselves are a mix of adult and young adult performers.
Black Swan State Theatre Company (formerly The Black Swan Theatre Company) is Western Australia's state theatre company.
 It runs an annual subscription season in Perth at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, tours its productions regionally and interstate, and screens live broadcasts around the state.
 Black Swan's Artistic Director is Kate Cherry; past artistic directors include Andrew Ross and Tom Gutteridge.
The Arts Club Theatre Company is a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded in 1958.
 It is the largest urban not-for-profit theatre company in the country and the largest in Western Canada, with productions taking place at the 650-seat Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, the 440-seat Granville Island Stage, the 250-seat Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, and on tour around the province.
 The company celebrated its 50th season in 2014 and produced its 600th production in 2017.
Theatre Centre is a UK-based theatre company touring new plays for young audiences aged 4 to 18.
 Founded in 1953 by Brian Way, the company has developed plays by writers including Lisa Evans, Noël Greig, Mike Kenny, Bryony Lavery, Leo Butler, Brendan Murray, Philip Osment, Manjinder Virk, Roy Williams and Benjamin Zephaniah.
 Theatre Centre is a member of Theatre for Young Audiences UK (TYA-UK), a network for makers and promoters of professional theatre for young audiences.
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958) is a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian.
 He was included in "The Times" list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

Question: Theatre Centre is a UK-based theatre company touring new plays for young audiences aged 4 to 18, founded in 1953 by Brian Way, the company has developed plays by writers including which British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian?
Answer: Benjamin Zephaniah