The mission of Neighborhood Theatre Group is to make theatre an accessible home for the collaboration of people, artistic challenges, and new ideas.
Co-founders Kristin Anne Danko & Aaron Dean. Photo credit Nick Azzaro.
Welcome to Neighborhood Theatre Group!
Meet Kristin and Aaron, co-founders of NTG.
Neighborhood Theatre Group (NTG) was founded in 2015 by Kristin Anne Danko and Aaron “A.M.” Dean. Kristin and Aaron met in 2008 while they were nose deep in Chicago’s experimental theatre scene. In Chicago, they did everything from Shakespeare, to musicals, to sketch comedy, to improv, to original works. After eight years in Chicago, they were ready to take their passion and knowledge of theatre elsewhere and form their own theatre company.
In 2013 the two moved to Ypsilanti where Kristin began her Master’s degree in arts administration at EMU and in 2015 NTG did their first original musical! Ten years later NTG is still creating “Theatre from Scratch” in Ypsi. Specializing in original works, NTG is a non-profit theatre company that is home to an ensemble of over fifty local theatre artists.
Thank you for supporting live theatre in Ypsi!