Third Street Theatre @ YADA

Specialties

Currently playing at Third Street Theatre is the hit show Falsettos. Critic’s Pick and Ovation Recommended this is a production is being described as «Deliciously inventive, compelling, hysterical and poignant». Tickets can be purchased in advance at www​.show​clix​.com or by calling 323−655−9232.

Director Richard Israel has produced a near-​flawless production, with a wonderfully gifted ensemble cast. — Backstage

What do Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Red Skelton, Gene Kelley, Madonna, Michael Jackson and the celebrities of «Dancing with the Stars» all have in common? They have all danced on the floors of the Third Street Theatre! This historical building served as a rehearsal studio & supper club in the 1940’s for CBS, Raleigh, and Paramount Studios. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the building became the famed «Dupree Dance Academy» — where every dancer who dreamed of stardom trained. The current home to YADA (The Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts), for the past 12 years.

History

Established in 2011.

In the Fall of 2009, YADA business owners Lani Shipman and Kimberly Harrigan took the first baby steps towards the birth of Third Street Theatre. With the support from their community of families and friends Third Street Theatre took shape and grew into it’s new form of a 99-​seat equity waiver house.