Nakai Theatre is excited to announce Norah Paton as our new Managing Producer.
Norah is a theatre maker and producer from Ottawa, Canada.
She has worked professionally in many fields: as an actor, director, playwright, sound designer, lighting designer, stage manager and production manager.
Read MoreNakai Theatre is looking for a Managing Producer to join a collaborative team with Artistic Director Jacob Zimmer. This position is based in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Nakai is a Yukon theatre company dedicated to contributing to a thriving territory and supporting creation and creators of theatre that can only be made here.
Read MoreWe’re looking for a Production Assistant to join the collaborative team at Nakai for the summer. This position is based in Whitehorse, Yukon and funded through Canada Summer Jobs.
Read MoreHalf of all donations received by Nakai between Pivot and March 1 will be donated forward to the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, to help them provide their urgent and important services.
Read MoreNakai Theatre released a COVID-flexible lineup for Pivot 2021 today. The two-week festival will run from January 19 to 31 with events in Dawson City, Whitehorse, in your home and in your car, and featuring new work from Ivan Coyote, Local Boy, Christine Genier, Nicole Bauberger, the Folk Lordz and you.
Read More24 Hour Challenge for challenging times - November 7–8, 2020 LINK: nakaitheatre.com/24hours
Hiring! Pivot Producer — November-February contract. Flexible time with intensity in January. LINK: nakaitheatre.com/employment
Staff changes - Zach McCann-Armitage is Interim Managing Producer! LINK: nakaitheatre.com/news
When, starting in February, we kept our distance from loved ones to keep each other safe, we were also searching for some connection, and some way to keep our spirits up.
At a Distance was conceived to bring people together at a safe distance, and do something delightful with our time while in quarantine.
Nakai Theatre will be hosting its Annual General Meeting - as well as a Special Meeting to vote on changes to our by-laws - on Wednesday September 2 at 6pm at the White Pass Building (1109 Front Street).
Read MoreNakai launches At a Distance to inspire do-it-yourself creativity and outdoor theatre that delights Whitehorse and beyond.
Read MoreWHITEHORSE: TOMORROW, SATURDAY JUNE 6 12pm at the Healing Totem – Solidarity Vigil
We recognize this moment as one in a long history of systemic violent oppression, and thankfully, human resistance, close at home and around the world.
Read MoreThis was a year that started out one way, and, for all of us, has changed radically.
Read MoreWe've got ways to create and share (or enjoy the sharing of others)
1. Brave New Words April 7th!
2. Presenting with Presence and Create and Play Together – 2 Workshops with Artistic Director Jacob Zimmer.
For Nakai's 40th, we’re raising $4000 – and whether you can chip in $40 or $400 or even $4 – your support means the world to us… and some more practical things.
Read MoreNakai celebrates human connection with lots of laughter, moving stories, food, drink and dancing.
Join us for our 12th Pivot Festival (!) and 40th season (!!)
Nakai is 40! That’s 40 years of creating theatre in Whitehorse and across the Yukon!
We’re asking for donations of $40 this season (or more, if you prefer) to celebrate our past and support what’s to come. CLICK HERE to donate now!
Registration for this year’s 24 Hour Challenge is closed! We’ve got our dozen or so brave souls who will spend a creative weekend making new things.
BUT
Everyone can share in the results, and hear from other Whitehorse writers at this years first edition of
Tuesday November 5th
7pm – Doors and Reading sign up
7:30pm – Readings begin.
North of Ordinary Experience Centre.
Read MoreKicking off its 40th season, Nakai is taking it outside – onto a stage of unimaginable possibility.
In pursuit of “Theatre that can only be made here,” Yukon’s Nakai Theatre is launching an ambitious new program this summer that asks, “What is the theatre that matches the scale of our landscape?”
This first year of a multi-year project includes community build nights (July 24 and 31) at Yukonstruct’s Makespace, hosting Outdoor Theatre Workshops for Youth with Kwanlin Dün First Nation Youth Recreation (August 7-9) and the inaugural Landscape Theatre Residency (August 15-25) at the Yukon College - Cold Climate Innovation wing in NorthLight Innovation, the Yukon Arts Centre and a range of outdoor sites around Whitehorse and Carcross.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again - Annual General Meeting notices abound across the territory. Nakai Theatre will be hosting its AGM and a Special Meeting July 23 at 6pm, in the board room of the White Pass Building (second floor, 1109 Front Street).
Join us for a cozy evening of real life theatre in the style of a relaxed Robert’s Rules of Order! We will eat snacks, vote on changes to our by-laws, and elect our board of directors.
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