QDF Workshop:

Collaborating with care

With Imago Theatre

This 5 hour workshop offers a guided, conversational exploration of care-centered artistic practice across the full lifecycle of a theatrical process. Imago Theatre has experimented and modeled how this kind of consideration can be built into productions and Artistic Director Krista Jackson and Managing Producer Danielle Laurin will share with participants their experience and exploration in: 

• The creation and application of collective values

• How to care for ourselves and each other when content is heavy or intimate, from the audition process through to closing night 

• How to work in ways that encourage open communication and compassionate listening in order to keep focus and productivity on the work 

• How we can work through and with conflict, learning to communicate in way that aims to discomfort and prevent harm

We encourage anyone working as a part of the creative or technical teams on a production to join us, including but not limited to directors, producers, production managers, stage managers and designers. If you’re a theatre maker and/or an administrator who is interested in this work, we encourage you to sign up! The more diversity of roles in the room, the richer the conversation amongst facilitators and participants. 

details

• Date: February 28, 2026

• Time: 12PM to 5PM

• Location: Studio 303 (372 Ste-Catherine St. W)

• Registration: $18

• Number of Participants: 15

• Registration Opens: February 6

• Registration Closes: February 26

• Online participation for those with access needs