Connect with Prologue today to book your family series or education outreach program!

Prologue is your first resource for high quality professional music, theatre, musical theatre, dance, opera, and puppet theatre from across Canada. Let us help you create a dynamic, engaging and entertaining program for your community theatre, performance series or outreach program.

For 42 years, Prologue has been recognized as a progressive not-for-profit organization. Last year, we arranged over 2,400 performances in schools and communities across Ontario and British Columbia. With this history of success, we are confident that our unique and extensive selection of performances will suit your programming needs.

Your audiences will laugh at a new spin on Shakespearian tales, explore the mystery of masks and mime, celebrate diverse cultures through music, puppetry and dance and experience the magic of the stage. Transport your audience to a truly remarkable place filled with imagination, fun and entertainment!

Enjoy the show!

Susan Habkirk
Executive director

In the past 42 years, over 12 million people have seen a Prologue performance!

Please refer to the ‘Helpful Hints’ which have been taken from Raising the Curtain – A Guide to the Art of Presenting for Young Audiences, written by Cheryl Ewing of Cheryl A. Ewing & Associates for Prologue to the Performing Arts and published with the financial assistance of The Ontario Trillium Foundation. A free copy can be ordered from the Prologue office or you can access the full document on our web site.

Call the Prologue office and let our professional sales team help you find the perfect performance to match your audience, venue and budget.

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Prologue is an Arts Education Leader

Prologue is proud to act as a leading resource for artists, schools and community presenters. The following are a few examples of our commitment to strengthening arts education and supporting our valued partnerships:

Arts Education Forums

Think Creatively! A Forum on Integrating the Arts into our Children’s Lives” is organized by CCI-Ontario Presenting Network, eyeGo to the Arts and Prologue and is dedicated to coordinating the efforts of educators, artists and community presenters in order to increase performing arts experiences for children in Ontario. Read the Summary Reports for each Forum.

Arts Education Partnership Project

Prologue partnered with the Foundation for Education in south-western Ontario to deliver an exciting new project to bring together Perth-Huron and Prologue artists in a unique and collaborative touring project to explore the theme of Understanding Human Diversity.

Distillery Arts Outreach Project

The Distillery Arts Outreach Project delivered ten unique interdisciplinary arts projects in schools in priority neighbourhoods over the past four years. The DAO was a joint venture between Inner City Angels, Mariposa in the Schools and Prologue.

Education Consultant

A part-time Education Consultant is available to provide advice on Teacher Resource Materials and to ensure that educational issues, policies and standards are applied to all Prologue projects.

ArtsSmarts/GénieArts Projects

Prologue is proud to be a member in the ArtsSmarts/GénieArts National Network, a group of like-minded organizations committed to improving the lives and learning capacity of young people in Canada.

The Paula Awards

The Paula Awards are named in recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by Paula and David Butterfield to Prologue’s Arts’ Endowment Fund. The interest received from the Fund has been used fully, or in part, to enable a work for young audiences by one or more Prologue artists and companies to be brought to completion. In the past eight years, twenty-four awards have been made to Prologue artists and companies.

Showcases

Prologue invites teachers, principals, parents and volunteers from all district school boards to attend special events that showcase performances from Prologue artists and companies.

For more information on these initiatives contact: Susan Habkirk, Executive Director (firstname@prologue.org)