A web series of 10 sessions that will focus on critical issues pertinent to advancing the ecology of theatre on the Prairies. The goal of this prairie theatre initiative is to engage independent professional artists and sector leaders in identifying thematic directions and questions that will move the theatre sector on the prairies forward.

The world continues to face many uncertainties. The global pandemic, the murder of US citizen George Floyd and the unmarked graves uncovered in recent months in different parts of Canada have catalyzed one of the most significant, immense, drastic, and unprecedented turns in human history. Many sectors including theatre are asking critical and ethical questions about race, identity, representation, and systemic change.

This particular stream of the Future Prairie Theatre research work utilizes Strategic Foresight to gather, understand and leverage learnings about our sector in this highly volatile period of time in order to make better decisions about our shared future. It is a structured and systematic way of using ideas about the future to anticipate and better prepare for change. It is about exploring different plausible futures that could arise, and the opportunities and challenges they could present.