2026/2027 Gwaandak Season
If you want to get involved in the Upcoming Season, check out our posted opportunities here:
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Annual General Meeting on Monday October 26th, 2026!
Want to help support Gwaandak Theatre’s programming & be part of our shared story?
Annual Gwaandak Theatre Programming
8th Annual Awaken Festival April 11th-25th, 2027
Featuring in-person and digital workshops, cultural presentations, performance showcases, and more, all in an effort to celebrate the different ways we can gather and connect. Join us in Whitehorse YT & Online each spring.
Find out more about past festivals!
Indigenous Summer Play Readings - July 2027
This annual tour creates opportunities for emerging theatre artists, promotes stronger community connections, and showcases Indigenous scripts throughout the Yukon (and sometimes beyond!) every summer.
Find out more about past ISPR tours!
2026/27 Gwaandak Theatre Seasonal Programming & Partnerships
More events to be announced!
Northern Indigenous Play Readings - November 2026
Join Gwaandak Theatre as we present Northern Indigenous Play Readings at Weesageechak Begins to Dance 39!
This Season, we are excited to be sharing readings of two new scripts in development - Ämbäya Shäw/Big Aunties written by Yukon First Nation playwright Christine Genier (Ta’an Kwäch’än Council) and Dègok'eek'ǫ̀ǫ: the Land, it is burnt written by Tłı̨chǫ Dene playwright Keira Ash. We invite you to experience these stories with us in Toronto, ON!
Find out more about the readings at Weesageechak 39!
Vuntut Gwitchin Stories
In 2018 Gwaandak Theatre, led by Patti Flather and Leonard Linklater, partnered with the Vuntut Gwitchin Government to find new ways to share traditional stories and celebrate the Gwich’in language.
The result was a series of radio plays recorded in 2019 with both Gwich’in and English casts: Ch’iitsii Khał Datl’oo (The Blue Cruiser), Tl’oo Thał (Grass Pants), and Vah Srigwehdli’ (The One Who Survived), as well as an English language version of Shanaghàn Neekaii Nanaa’in Hah (Two Old Women and the Bushman).
Enjoy these stories anytime throughout the Season!
- Save The Date -
You are invited to the Eighth Annual Awaken Festival, taking place April 11th-25th, 2027 in Whitehorse YT and Online!
Banner Image: Savage is a Word in the English Dictionary, Brefny Caribou. Awaken Festival 2025. Photo by Colbourne Creative.
