Want to spend a summer with big puppets and stories not about gold?
Nakai Theatre is looking for two Production Assistants to work with us in Whitehorse from June 6 through September 2nd, 2022.
The Production Assistants will work with Associate Producers, Managing Producer, Artistic Director and other contract staff to support and deliver Nakai’s summer programming
Read MoreIt’s been a year.
A year when it was sometimes hard
to believe.
Nakai Theatre released its lineup for Pivot Festival 2022 today. The two-week festival runs from January 11–22, 2022 and brings theatre, storytelling and comedy to the Yukon.
Read MoreStorytellers, writers, musicians, puppeteers, performers, comedians, improvisers and dreamers alike!
Pivot 2022 is seeking for you—specifically you!— to perform short works of 5 to 10 minutes (actually just 10 minutes!) for our Short Works for Long Nights, and lunch time fun time performances.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT: https://forms.gle/9px3juhKqM8acgTu6
Read MoreNakai Theatre is thrilled to welcome Lyndsay, Martin, Melaina and Kaila to the Nakai team for our winter and spring programming.
Read MoreNakai Theatre is looking for Board Members to join our team!
This is a great opportunity for folks into helping out at events, developing relationships, gaining accessible experience with policy, financial, and organization administration skills - and more of the fun stuff, of course.
Read MoreBeing a theatre company during COVID means announcements and postponements on the same day!
Read MoreThis 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.
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.
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