Being a theatre company during COVID means announcements and postponements on the same day!
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This Great Yukon Summer,
Nakai Theatre and the Yukon Transportation Museum invite families and the young at heart for
DROP IN PUPPET MAKING
Come create and walk THE PUPPET PATH
Tuesday - Friday June 15-18 & 22-25 / 10am to 12pm
with Susie Anne Bartsch and Claire Ness
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.
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Nakai 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.
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Half 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.
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Nakai 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.
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24 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).
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Nakai launches At a Distance to inspire do-it-yourself creativity and outdoor theatre that delights Whitehorse and beyond.
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WHITEHORSE: 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.
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This was a year that started out one way, and, for all of us, has changed radically.
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We'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.
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Nakai 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
Brave New Words
Tuesday November 5th
7pm – Doors and Reading sign up
7:30pm – Readings begin.
North of Ordinary Experience Centre.
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