Employment Opportunities
And other ways to get involved with Gwaandak Theatre
This page is updated throughout the season. Check back often for new opportunities including auditions and artist residencies!
Gwaandak Theatre Society welcomes artists of all ages, ability levels, faiths, and identities. Our funding mandates that we prioritize the hiring of Indigenous artists and other marginalized artists. We will not ask about your identity at any time during the interview, hiring, or working process, but we do encourage you to disclose that information if you feel comfortable doing so.
Gwaandak Theatre Society is seeking…
Term Positions
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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.
A full posting will go out over the coming weeks, but if you are interested now and would like to meet, please send us an email at info@gwaandaktheatre.ca
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Additional term positions may be announced throughout the year. Continue to check this page for updates or email info@gwaandaktheatre.ca to request notifications for when new positions are posted.
Seasonal Positions
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Additional seasonal positions may be announced throughout the year. Continue to check this page for updates or email info@gwaandaktheatre.ca to request notifications for when new positions are posted.
Production Roles
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Additional production-specific roles may be announced throughout the year. Continue to check this page for updates or email info@gwaandaktheatre.ca to request notifications for when new positions are posted.
Paid Internships
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Additional internship positions may be announced throughout the year. Continue to check this page for updates or email info@gwaandaktheatre.ca to request notifications for when new positions are posted.
We are currently seeking Board Members for the 2025/26 Season!
If you would like to know more about becoming a Board Director, please email info@gwaandaktheatre.ca.
Apply now to the National Indigenous Artist Development and Showcase Program!
Gwaandak Theatre in partnership with Kiyanaan Indigenous Theatre Festival and Native Earth Performing Arts invites First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists to apply to the National Indigenous Artist Development and Showcase Program. This initiative supports the development of new, unproduced work across performance disciplines - including theatre, dance, music, puppetry, clown, cabaret, drag, and more!
In this second year of the program, the selected artist(s) will work to develop a new performance piece, supported by all three festivals and organizations at varying degrees throughout the season, with the goal of creating a ~45-90 minute work that can be presented at all three festivals throughout 2027. Developing from an unproduced work to a nationally touring performance, the selected artist(s) will have access to mentorship and support provided by Gwaandak Theatre as well as three performance opportunities (in Winnipeg MB, Whitehorse YT, and Toronto ON) to showcase this new work.
For the 2026/27 Season of this program, we welcome submissions from both emerging and established Indigenous artists residing in the Yukon or with deep community and/or familial ties to the Yukon.
Applications Open: April 12th, 2026
Applications Close: June 30th, 2026
Recipient(s) Selected By: September 1st, 2026
Awaken Festival 2026 - Save The Date
Join us in Whitehorse YT and Online for the Seventh Annual Awaken Festival (April 12th-26th, 2026) - find out more on our Festival Webpage!
Call for Partner Organizations/Programming
Do you or your organization offer a free-to-participants workshop based on sharing skills, knowledge, or experience occurring in April 20256? Please feel free to reach out to us here as we would love to include as many community capacity building workshops at Awaken Festival 2026 as possible.
Call for Sponsors
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!
Call for Scripts
Gwaandak Theatre is always looking for script submissions from Indigenous playwrights to be considered for our Indigenous Summer Play Readings and Awaken Festival showcases. If you have a new script that may not be on our radar, or if you have a colleague with a great script, please get in touch!
Contact Colin Wolf, Executive and Artistic Director
Interested in getting involved and not sure how?
You can contact any of our staff to schedule general auditions, one-on-one meetings, or inquire regarding upcoming programming & opportunities.
Top Banner Image: The Art of War, Colin Wolf & Joshua Beaudry. Awaken Festival 2024. Photo by Colbourne Creative.
Middle Banner Image: Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2022. Photo by Simone Kitchen.
