YAPs (2025)
It's a do or die situation.
Widespread closures threaten the very existence of live theater in America. A traditional career as an opera singer seems less and less viable. And yet: In spite of a system stacked against them, young singers continue to follow their calling, risking everything to gain entry into fiercely competitive apprenticeship programs. In VHO’s searing, intimate new documentary film, 5 young opera singers across America share a year of their lives with unprecedented access. What is driving their ambition? Who will “make it”? And what does success even mean to the next generation?
- Date of release
- 2025-05-31
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Casting
- Ria Ipa — Self
- Matteo Adams — Self
- Marissa Howard — Self
- Chuanyuan Liu — Self
- Amandalynne Perzyk — Self
- Marc Scorca — Self
- Brian Zeger — Self
- Ariana Wehr — Self
- Kathleen Kelly — Self
- Kerriann Otaño — Self
- Jason Ferrante — Self
- Alex Fletcher — Self
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