Short Works for PACT Nights

Pivot is proud to present some Whitehorse voices and musics

Special for those attending PACTCon 2026! Same show (more or less) each night!

Registration required

Performances and Readings from

Christine Genier

Patti Flather

Leonard Linklater

Ivan Coyote.

Music from

The BandShe 

The Phantasy and Splendor Crew

Combining the two!

A closing number from Lady Pisces and the Salty Sailors


Artist Info:

Christine Genier is a Wolf Clan citizen of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. She is a broadcaster, journalist, writer, poet, performer, and language and culture worker. Since 1995 Christine has been navigating a career spanning northern theatre, journalism, broadcasting, writing and poetry, spoken word and public speaking. She does this with honesty, humor, language and culture. Christine works to pass on her ancestral languages, Tageesh Koshé and Dawkwanjé, Kwächèl Ch’än Kwinjé (Southern Tutchone.) Christine has a passion for culture, whether ancient and ancestral or pop and futurism. Dear Star Trek arrives in Whitehorse following its 2023 development at the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) and subsequent national presentations with Rumble Theatre and Lodge Pole Arts. 

Ivan Coyote is a writer, storyteller and performer. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, seven stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, the B.C. Book Prize for Writing That Provokes, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction, and the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction twice.

In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University, and an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Yukon University in 2023. Coyote is currently serving as a Specialist in Inclusion and Creative Expression at Yukon University. Ivan’s 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart, and their new show Playlist will premiere in February of 2024. 

Patti Flather is an award-winning playwright, theatre artist, dramaturg and author. Paradise toured nationally (MT Space/Gwaandak Theatre); it was published with Playwrights Canada Press. Her plays including Sixty Below (with Leonard Linklater), the solo show West Edmonton Mall and Where the River Meets the Sea, winner of the Canadian National Playwriting Competition, are available at the Canadian Play Outlet. Patti’s acclaimed first fiction collection is Such A Lovely Afternoon.

Patti is a co-founder and past Artistic Director for two decades of Gwaandak Theatre, dedicated to developing, producing and touring Indigenous and northern works. With Yukon Digital Theatre Collective, Patti adapted Paradise into the audio play Pieces of Paradise and co-produced other original digital stories. A winner of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes' Borealis Prize for Yukon literary contribution, Patti has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. She is a third-generation settler raised on the unceded territories of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in North Vancouver, B.C. Patti lives with gratitude on Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än territory in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is a proud member of Playwrights Guild of Canada and The Writers Union of Canada. 

Leonard Linklater is a playwright, co-founder and past co-artistic director of Gwaandak Theatre. Born and raised in Inuvik, N.W.T., Leonard is a citizen of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon. He was a co-creator of Ndoo Treedyaa Gogwaandak Vuntut Gwitchin Stories in Gwich’in and English(2019); find these radio plays at https://vuntutstories.ca/. Leonard’s first play Sixty Below (co-written with Patti Flather) received seven Dora nominations in Toronto (Native Earth, 1997). Justice was featured at the National Arts Centre’s Northern Scene (Ottawa, 2013). Both are available at the Canadian Play Outlet. In 2019 he participated in the Caravan Farm Theatre National Playwrights Retreat, and in 2025 adapted Sixty Below into an audio play with Yukon Digital Theatre Collective https://sixtybelow.ca/. Leonard is a winner of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ Borealis Prize for Yukon literary contributions, and a member of Playwrights Guild of Canada. He is a father and grandfather, and an avid soccer player.

Lady Pisces and the Salty Sailors Lady Pisces and the Salty Sailors (LPSS) is a new original musical created by Yukon based production company Doridea Creations Collective. Lady Pisces & The Salty Sailors bring a story of love and redemption through song. Follow along as Captain Crusty Willy and Skipper Juicy Joe find themselves dragged to the bottom of the ocean by a saucy siren. Together, they embark on a musical journey of love, overt sexuality, transformation, and bare chested resilience.

Presented for the first time by Pivot Theatre for their festival in 2026, it garnered glowing reviews, and three consecutive sold out shows.

The BandShe is a Yukon-born all-female trio. From chilling takes on timeless classics to spellbinding originals, The BandShe’s music weaves haunting melodies with dark strings and eerie three-part harmonies. Taking inspiration from many genres, this trio has been described as witchy-cowboy, gothic-folk, and emo-country, creating a unique style for an indelible musical journey. 


The Phantasy & Splendor Crew promotes a wide range of sound system and sound system adjacent music. They operate out of The Warehouse in Whitehorse, YT.Please listen to our music. phantasyandsplendor.bandcamp.com