Native Earth

The Indigenous Producer Training Program is a new initiative carefully crafted by Native Earth Performing Arts to offer personalized and fully supported training for two early career producers. More info here: nativeearth.ca/iptp/

Announcing the INDIGENOUS PRODUCER TRAINING PROGRAM 2024.2025 ⭐️ Producers: Janis Mayers, Brefny Caribou ⭐️Program Co-Designers/ Directors: Samantha MacDonald, Lucy Coren

We are also grateful for our volunteers, donors, and support from the city for their help in making the fire a success! We hope to see you all again next year. 💛

Thank you to everyone that came out to our 2nd Community Gathering Fire last Sunday. It was a beautiful afternoon in the Big Park with cedar tea and bannock by Tea N Bannock! Chi miigwetch to our firekeeper Omar for his fire tending and teachings.

⭐️ Announcing the Animikiig Creators Unit 2024-2025 ⭐️ Going into its 13th season, the Animikiig Creators Unit is a two-year development program for emerging Indigenous creators. Learn more here: nativeearth.ca/animikiig/anim…

📢 Applications are open for Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators! ⁣ Submission Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2025 More Details: nativeearth.ca/rgtc⁣ RGTC is supported by the @ONArtsCouncil

Tree art by: Hannah Sage LaForme 🌲

Please join Native Earth Performing Arts for our 2nd: COMMUNITY GATHERING FIRE! 🔥 WHEN: Sunday, September 22nd, 1-5pm WHERE: Big Park in Regent Park, Intersection of Sackville and Oak St.

Visual Art by Hannah Sage LaForme

Introducing our 2024-2025 Season 💛 nativeearth.ca/season/2024-20…

2-Spirit Cabaret June 2025 | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Presented in partnership with @buddiesTO nativeearth.ca/shows/2-spirit…

Black Ballerina (Pt. 2 of the Niimi’iwe Dance Series) May 22-25, 2025 | Aki Studio nativeearth.ca/shows/black-ba…

Paprika Festival 2025 May 2025 | Aki Studio Produced by the @PaprikaFestival in partnership with Native Earth nativeearth.ca/shows/paprika2…

There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or, The Born-Again Crow March 9-29, 2025 | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Presented in partnership with @buddiesTO nativeearth.ca/shows/there-is…

What We Carry (Pt. 1 of the Niimi’iwe Dance Series) February 6-9, 2025 | Aki Studio nativeearth.ca/shows/what-we-…

Weesageechak Begins to Dance 37 November 21- December 1, 2024 | Aki Studio Annual Development Festival of New Indigenous Work #W37 nativeearth.ca/shows/w37/

Thank you so much to “the wâhkôhtowin project” (Yvette Nolan and Joel Bernbaum) and Dean Stockdale for facilitating this workshop at Native Earth Performing Arts, and including us in this nationwide project. Stay tuned for phase two of this work! 🤭

Photos from our CLIMATE PLAY workshop last Saturday, where the participants explored using verbatim theatre to discuss the climate breakdown 🌎

Application Deadline: Monday, July 29, 2024 Dates: 1-day workshop on Saturday, August 17, potential for a 1-week workshop in November

Call for Applications: Climate Play Full details available on our website (nativeearth.ca/call-for-appli…)

Climate Play is a one-day workshop for writers, artists, and environmentalists who want to explore creating verbatim theatre pieces on the climate crisis. Facilitated by Yvette Nolan and Joel Bernbaum, under the name of their new larger project: “the wâhkôhtowin project”.