For Youth By Youth Theatre Company

For Youth By Youth (or FYBY, rhymes with sky!) is a theatre company of diverse artists of all ages that creates accessible theatre through collaborative community partnerships. Our work is by young people, for young people. We consider young people to be ages birth — 24 years.

Vision

Accessible theatre that evokes empathy, education, and entertainment among diverse artists and audiences of all ages through community partnerships.

Mission

To empower local, diverse artists of all ages with tools to forge mutually beneficial community partnerships and create radically accessible theatre that evokes empathy, education, and entertainment.

History

Zoe A. Tyler founded For Youth By Youth (FYBY) Theatre Company in 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. Zoe was a youth at the time (under 25 years old). The first show, Boy Meets Girl by Sam Wolfson, was a collaboration among queer and trans youth ages 14 – 24 years old. In 2024, FYBY Theatre collaborated with 15 artists ages 14 – 55+ years old from four different continents: North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. They toured Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, a show about community gardens, to community gardens in Phoenix, Arizona. Recently, in 2025, FYBY Theatre moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Chicago, Illinois to welcome Britt Nicholson as an artistic collaborator.

Interested?

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Shows