Prologue to the Performing Arts believes that the performing arts play a vital role in the development of healthy, creative and responsible members of society. This belief results in a commitment to ensuring young people equal access to the arts.
For over 42 years, Prologue to the Performing Arts (Prologue) has been bringing diverse performing arts experiences into communities across Ontario.
We offer:
- Canadian artists of recognized excellence;
- Artistic quality and innovation in Music, Theatre, Dance, Storytelling, Musical Theatre, Opera and Puppetry;
- Affordable fees;
- Year-round availability;
- Workshops by specific artists and companies;
- Promotional materials to accompany every performance.
Special Outreach Programs … For Bright Young Minds!
Thought provoking, challenging, engaging and curriculum relevant are ways to describe our Outreach Programs.
Prologue’s artists/companies offer presenters a great opportunity to form partnerships with local schools and school boards. Invite students from neighbouring schools into your theatre and they will be spellbound by performances that celebrate Canadian history, contemporary East Indian dance and music, issues of accessibility and equality and much, much more.
A study guide for teachers’use that addresses the new Ontario Arts Curriculum accompanies each show and a follow-up question and answer session with the audience is part of each presentation. To further augment the performance experience, select artists and companies offer workshops and residency programs. There are also many performances suitable for FSL (French as a Second Language) student enrichment programs.
Call Prologue now to build an Outreach Educational Program for your community!
Check each artists’ listing for more information.
Board of Directors
IAN ARMSTRONG, Educator, Mississauga
BARB BRYDEN, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Toronto
DOUG DEWELL, Businessman, Port Hope
TEODORO DRAGONIERI, Educator/Artist, Toronto
NAOMI HORROX, Lawyer, Toronto
MEL HURST, Musician/Conductor, Toronto
PATRICIA MCCARTHY, Arts Education Consultant, Toronto
BRAM MORRISON, Performer/Musician, Toronto
KEVIN ORMSBY, Prologue Artist Representative, Toronto
RUTH PRESTON, Director, Global Middle Office, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Toronto
NATHALIE PRÉZEAU, Publisher of Toronto Fun Places, Journalist, Toronto
GLENN SERNYK, Arts Consultant & Producer, Toronto
JOSEPH TOTARO, Educator, Sebringville
JANET JOY WILSON, Sales Director, Mississauga
Honourary Board Members
FRANK AUGUSTYN, Producer, Former Principal Dancer, National Ballet of Canada
JANE BISHOP, Founder, Prologue to the Performing Arts
MARTHA BURNS, Actor, Founding Member, Soulpepper Theatre Company
JOAN MCCORDIC, Founder, Prologue to the Performing Arts
MARY MINGIE, Founder, Prologue to the Performing Arts
ERIC NAGLER, Performer/Musician
JOAN OSLER, Founder, Prologue to the Performing Arts
WALTER PITMAN, Writer/Educator
JAN RUBES, Actor/Singer
SUSAN RUBES, Founder, Prologue to the Performing Arts
Life Members
PAULA BUTTERFIELD, Parent, Toronto
SUE DANIEL, Arts Education Consultant, Educator, Toronto
A special thanks go to David & Paula Butterfield for their extraordinary contribution to our Endowment Fund.