CRANKED..really got through to a lot of people in my high school. My school has had a terrible problem with drugs for many years and that performance really did make a difference. You gave some of those kids the needed push and motivation to do something about their problem. – Emily Nadeau, student in Fort St. John
They respect young people. They also respect the theatre artists’ need to make good art. They don’t talk down to either children or artists. Green Thumb brings together the right bodies and the right atmosphere to create good compelling theatre – theatre that features young people and young people’s concerns.- Joan Mcleod, playwright
I see Green Thumb less as a theatre for young people and more as a theatre for formative minds. -Morris Panych
"The students' writing was evocative, humorous and true to their life experiences. It was also wonderful to see such a diversity of students from Greater Vancouver working together. It was clear that some special friendships had developed over the course of working on the play, ones that would never have developed if not for students having met while working on the Edge Project." -Jennifer Braun, Department Head of English, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary
Out in the Open is thought provoking, engaging and highly relevant. It raises questions about homophobia, friendship, and social pressure…and therefore made an enormous impact on the students. It was clear to me that Green Thumb Theatre treats this play..as a tool to foster communication and understanding – Jonathan Friedrichs, Drama Teacher, Killarney Secondary
CRANKED..really got through to a lot of people in my high school. My school has had a terrible problem with drugs for many years and that performance really did make a difference. You gave some of those kids the needed push and motivation to do something about their problem. – Emily Nadeau, student in Fort St. John
They respect young people. They also respect the theatre artists’ need to make good art. They don’t talk down to either children or artists. Green Thumb brings together the right bodies and the right atmosphere to create good compelling theatre – theatre that features young people and young people’s concerns.- Joan Mcleod, playwright
I see Green Thumb less as a theatre for young people and more as a theatre for formative minds. -Morris Panych
"The students' writing was evocative, humorous and true to their life experiences. It was also wonderful to see such a diversity of students from Greater Vancouver working together. It was clear that some special friendships had developed over the course of working on the play, ones that would never have developed if not for students having met while working on the Edge Project." -Jennifer Braun, Department Head of English, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary
Out in the Open is thought provoking, engaging and highly relevant. It raises questions about homophobia, friendship, and social pressure…and therefore made an enormous impact on the students. It was clear to me that Green Thumb Theatre treats this play..as a tool to foster communication and understanding – Jonathan Friedrichs, Drama Teacher, Killarney Secondary