$12,000 to support the Pride Youth Theater Alliance Conference 2019, which provides opportunities for members in the Queer Youth Theater sector to gather and learn. Dreams of Hope will host this year’s conference in Pittsburgh.

The Pride Youth Theater Alliance  began as a cohort of directors, educators, and activists representing Queer Youth Theater (QYT) programs from across the U.S. and Canada. The alliance was officially founded in 2012 to collectively raise awareness and place institutional unity behind the work of individual QYT programs, the field at large, and the needs of communities where QYT groups exist. The PYTA Conference, an annual convening of leaders from the field, has become a defining component of PYTA’s programmatic activity.