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It's a new spin on a classic Molière play.

Actor and playwright Herbie Barnes is the first Indigenous person to lead the famed Young People’s Theatre in Toronto.

Herbie Barnes knows how difficult it can be to follow a performing arts dream as a marginalized youth, and is determined to do something about it as the new artistic director of Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre. “I grew up in Jane and Finch. I'm First Nations. I'd love to be able to explore how we can get it into communities that can't afford (it) or are hard to reach because of that,” Barnes said in an interview after being named to the role last week. “I was that marginalized kid growing up in that neighbourhood who couldn't afford to come down to Young People's Theatre,” said B...

Article content Herbie Barnes began his association with the Young People’s Theatre in Toronto as a child, sitting in the audience. He later became an actor, a playwright and a director at the theatre. Now, the Manitoulin Island native will become its next artistic director. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Manitoulin Island native to lead Young People’s Theatre Back to video Jenine Krause and David Scandiffio, co-chairs of the Young People’s Theatre (YPT) board of directors, announced his appointment this week. “Over the past...