Production History of Dancing Sky Theatre

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Since 1994, Dancing Sky Theatre has been dedicated to creating, developing, and producing professional rural theatre rooted in Saskatchewan stories, voices, and communities. Through world premieres, collective creations, touring productions, and new play development, DST has built a rich legacy of prairie storytelling.

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• PLAGUE OF INNOCENCE by Noel Greig (1994, with AIDS Saskatoon)

• CHAUTAUQUA (1995, World Premiere, Collective Creation, touring production created with a Fine Arts Elementary School)

• HEAD À TÊTE by David Craig and Robert Morgan (1996, toured to schools)

• GIFT OF DREAMS (1996, World Premiere, Collective Creation, toured to rural Saskatchewan communities)

• BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR by John Gray (1997, marked the opening of DST’s own theatre space)

• SALT-WATER MOON by David French (1998)

• LIFE AFTER HOCKEY by Ken Brown (1998, toured to Globe Theatre as part of its Mainstage Season)

• SPITTING SLAG by Mansel Robinson (1998, World Premiere, toured to Globe Theatre and 25th Street Theatre, published)

• EDDIE GUSTAFSON; NO LUTEFISK FOR CHRISTMAS by Dwayne Brenna (1998, World Premiere)

• THE SHIPBUILDER by Ken Mitchell (1999)

• DAYS BY THE RADIO (1999, World Premiere, Collective Creation)

• THE BLACK BONSPIEL OF WULLIE MCKRIMMON by W.O. Mitchell (2000, toured as an official production of the Nokia Brier)

• LE SIX by David Baudemont (2000, World Premiere, co-production with La Troupe du Jour, published)

• BESIDE MYSELF by Jennifer Webber (2000, World Premiere)

• EDDIE GUSTAFSON AND THE WATER SPIRIT OF MISTANASAYO FALLS by Dwayne Brenna (2000, World Premiere)

• STREET WHEAT by Mansel Robinson (2001, World Premiere, published)

• A CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted by Blake Heathcote (2001)

• DOGBARKED by James O’Shea (2002, World Premiere, published)

• STREET WHEAT by Mansel Robinson (2002 remount touring rural Saskatchewan communities)

• GIFT OF THE MAGI adapted by Blake Heathcote (2002)

• GOLD ON ICE by Geoff Ursell (2003, World Premiere, published, first play invited to the Festival of Words in Moose Jaw)

• THE FOURTH WISE MAN (2003, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• MARY’S WEDDING by Stephen Massicotte (2004)

• TORNADO MAGNET by Darrin Hagen (2004, groundbreaking production featuring a female lead in a drag performance)

• FARMER JOE AND THE MONEY TREES (2005, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• HORSE HIGH, BULL STRONG, PIG TIGHT by Kent Stetson (2005)

• ALL MY RELATIONS; WAHKOTOWIN (2005, Collective Creation, World Premiere, official Saskatchewan Centennial Theatre Tour that toured to 59 Saskatchewan communities and later performed in Ottawa at the Museum of Civilization)

• TIZ THE SEASON (2005, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• RANDOM ACTS by Sean Hoy (2006, World Premiere)

• THE CITY MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE (2006, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• THE RED TRUCK by James O’Shea (2007, World Premiere)

• THE ALCHEMIST (2007, Collective Creation based on the novel by Paulo Coelho, World Premiere)

• THE SELKIE WIFE by Kelley Jo Burke (2008, World Premiere, published)

• WEST OF THE 3RD MERIDIAN by Trina Davies (2008, World Premiere)

• THE SONG SPINNER (2008, Collective Creation based on the book by Pauline LeBel, World Premiere)

• THE LAST WINDWALKER by Catherine Harrison (2009, World Premiere)

• KITCHEN TABLES / THE FOOD SHOW (2009, Collective Creation, World Premiere, created in partnership with Organic Connections)

• REFLECTIONS – THE LITTLE PRINCE (2010, Collective Creation based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, World Premiere)

• ENCORE by Marc Prescotte (2010)

• REFLECTIONS – THE LITTLE PRINCE (2010 remount presented at Persephone Theatre Second Stage)

• IN THE AIR by Rod MacIntyre and Gareth Cook (2011, World Premiere, toured throughout Saskatchewan)

• FIRELIGHT by Catherine Harrison (2012, World Premiere)

• THE 99% AND THE DRAGON (2012, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• SOMEWHERE, SK by Kelley Jo Burke and Carrie Catherine (2013, World Premiere)

• BAH HUMBUG (2013, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• OPERATION BIG ROCK by Joel Bernbaum (2014, World Premiere, toured to the University of Saskatchewan)

• THE HAUNTED MAN (2014, Collective Creation based on the story by Charles Dickens, World Premiere)

• THE LUCKY ONES by Kelley Jo Burke (2015, World Premiere)

• THE PERFECT GIFT (2015, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• POPCORN ELDER by Curtis Peeteetuce (2016, World Premiere)

• MONTY STEALS CHRISTMAS (2016, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• DOGBARKED by James O’Shea (2017, a new interpretation of the DST classic)

• FARMER JOE AND THE MONEY TREES (2017 remount of the original 2005 production)

• LIFE AFTER HOCKEY by Ken Brown (2018 remount of the 1998 production)

• BLOW WIND by Daniel McDonald (2018, World Premiere, developed and commissioned by DST, published)

• JACK AND THE SNOW QUEEN (2018, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• WITH GLOWING HEARTS by Jennifer Wynne Webber (2019)

• THE FOURTH WISEMAN (2019, Collective Creation)

• FIRESIDE STORIES (2020, storytelling amphitheatre production, also performed at Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

• FIRESIDE STORIES 2 (2021, storytelling amphitheatre production)

• PANDEMICS, PRATFALLS AND PRAYERS (2021, Collective Creation, World Premiere, Amphitheatre)

• JONAS AND BARRY IN THE HOME by Norm Foster (2022)

• JACK AND THE END OF THE WORLD (2022, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• THE CURST by Kelley Jo Burke (2023, World Premiere)

• BABA’S MAGIC MITTEN (2023, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• GREENSLEEP by Kelley Jo Burke (2024, World Premiere)

• BABA AND THE GIFT OF THE KOHKUM SCARF (2024, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• PAPER WHEAT by 25th Street Theatre (2025)

• FIRESIDE STORIES III – TELL THE BEES (2025, storytelling amphitheatre production)

• FRANKEN-PANTO (2025, Collective Creation, World Premiere)

• THE RED TRUCK by James O’Shea (2007 WP, 2026 DST Adaptation)

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In addition to the productions presented on our stage, Dancing Sky Theatre has also been actively involved in the development of many new Canadian scripts, supporting playwrights and fostering the creation of original prairie theatre works.

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