2025/2026 Gwaandak Season
If you want to get involved in the Upcoming Season, check out our posted opportunities here:
Are you interested in guiding the future of Gwaandak Theatre’s artistic programming? We are seeking a new Artistic Director to lead us into the 2027/28 season & beyond!
We are hoping to have the incoming Artistic Director work alongside the current AD for the 2026/27 Season and be part of the Season’s Awaken Festival & Indigenous Summer Play Readings. Download the full job description by clicking here.
If you are interested in this position, please email your résumé as well as a cover letter to info@gwaandaktheatre.ca with the subject line: Job Application - Artistic Director - Gwaandak Theatre
Application Deadline: September 1st, 2026
Start Date: January 10th, 2027
Contract Term: January 10th 2027-June 30th 2027 (24 weeks) with option to renew on a permanent or multi-year contract starting July 1st, 2027.
Want to help support Gwaandak Theatre’s programming & be part of our shared story? We are seeking Sponsors for our 2025/26 Season & would love to meet with you - check out our benefits package today!
Annual Gwaandak Theatre Programming
7th Annual Awaken Festival April 12th-26th, 2026
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 the festival, including the three national Performance Showcases!
Indigenous Summer Play Readings - July 2026
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.
This year, we will be reading Ämbäya Shäw/Big Aunties written and directed by Christine Genier!
2025/26 Gwaandak Theatre Seasonal Programming & Partnerships
Northern Indigenous Play Readings - November 2025
Join Gwaandak Theatre as we present readings of The Spirit of the Valley by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse and Constellation by Tyra Ashauntie at Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto!
Find out more about the scripts being shared and Weesageechak Begins to Dance!
New Indigenous Theatre Readings - January 2026
Gwaandak Theatre is excited to present a collection of works-in-progress written and performed by local Indigenous artists! Join us as these writers share a selection of their work, followed by a short question and answer period with the audience.
Featuring Tyra Ashauntie, Roreigh Eftoda, and Christine Genier, this presentation is part of Pivot Festival 2026!
The Birds by Yvette Nolan February 11th-28th, 2026
The Guild Hall is thrilled to partner with Gwaandak Theatre to bring you Yvette Nolan's modern re-telling of Aristophanes’ classic comic fantasy The Birds. Performances will take place this February at the Guild Hall Main Stage, Whitehorse YT.
Follow The Guild Hall on Facebook and Instagram & check out their website for the most up-to-date details!
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.
