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Speaking in Draft: Rachel Forbes

Rachel Forbes’ wide-ranging career has set this artist in a league of her own. The award-winning set and costume designer’s work has appeared across the country in productions by the ​​Shaw Festival, Buddies in Bad Times, Obsidian Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Centaur Theatre, and more.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 14, 2024
iPhoto caption: Space Girl production shot by Joey Senft.

For lighting designer Hailey Verbonac, Indigenous design is in the details

Hailey Verbonac is a trailblazing designer — and budding rap lyricist. At least that’s the case with regard to his work on Space Girl, a new play by Frances Koncan that Prairie Theatre Exchange is presenting digitally following a live run in 2023.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Jan 19, 2024

An open letter to lighting designers

At a time when theatres are struggling to get their pre-pandemic audiences back, it’s shocking that strobe lights are still featured in many productions. They might seem like a splashy yet innocuous design choice, but they are at best a barrier for potential audience members — and, at worst, they have painful consequences.

By Hannah Foulger / Dec 27, 2023

Based On and Inspired By: How Artists Work from Real Material

A playwright, an actor, a designer, and two theatre creators/performers talk about what it’s like working on a piece of theatre based, in some way, in reality.

By May Antaki, , Maija Kappler / Apr 27, 2018