Discipline: Theatre
Homebase: Vancouver
Regions Available: Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley &, Howe Sound, Vancouver Island Lower, Vancouver Island Mid, Vancouver Island North, Interior, North, Remote, Kootenays
Languages: English
Themes: Mental Health, LGBTQ2SIA+, Anti-Bullying
Grant Eligibility: Eligible for 70% AIE
For over 45 years, Green Thumb Theatre has been creating and producing plays that explore social issues relevant to the lives of children, youth, and young adults. They provide theatre that celebrates the language and stories of today's generation, stimulating empathy, debate, and critical thinking. Green Thumb is one of Canada's foremost creators of theatre for young audiences. They have performed throughout Canada, the US, and 11 countries overseas.
Green Thumb's offices are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. As a touring company, Green Thumb Theatre’s work often takes place throughout the traditional homelands of most of the Indigenous Nations and cultures across British Columbia and beyond.
School Year: 23-24
Discipline: Theatre
Offered Languages: English
Grade Suitability: 7 - 12
Duration: 50 minutes + 10-minute Q&A
Capacity: 600
Tech Requirements: Performing space approximately 25 feet wide, 25 feet deep and 12 feet high, adequate light in the performance area, two electrical outlets, set up 1 hour prior to performance.
Available Formats: In Person
Touring Spring 2024! From the outside, best pals Jacob and Bex may seem like an odd pairing: Jacob is queer and comes from a wealthy family, while Bex is straight and working class – yet they’ve navigated the minefield of high school together, venting about annoying boys and being passionate advocates for LGBTQ+ causes around their school. On the first day of Grade 12, Bex shares their journey with their gender identity with Jacob – and the world. Will this change Bex and Jacob's friendship forever? Or maybe just for now? FOR NOW is a touching and funny play for youth that explores issues of gender, sexuality, and privilege among two best friends. Curriculum Connections: Social Awareness and Responsibility, Personal Awareness and Responsibility, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating Themes: LGBTQ+, Healthy Relationships, Discrimination Audience: Grade 7+ Post-show classroom workshops! For the first time ever, Green Thumb Theatre is offering elementary and secondary workshops to expand on the learning of our Green Thumb touring productions. In the 2023-24 season, Metro Vancouver educators who book a Green Thumb performance for their school, will have the opportunity to book single block workshops for individual classes led by a skilled theatre-based facilitator. Using Green Thumb productions as a springboard for discussions, and with a toolkit of games and activities to get participants thinking and expressing themselves in new ways, our workshops encourage students to explore their own stories and the things that matter to them through the language of theatre. Workshops are an additional $300.00 for a single workshop, or $625.00 for 3 workshops.
School Year: 23-24
Discipline: Theatre
Offered Languages: English
Grade Suitability: 7 - 12
Duration: 50 minutes + 10 minute Q&A
Capacity: 600
Tech Requirements: Performing space approximately 25 feet wide, 25 feet deep and 12 feet high, adequate light in the performance area, two electrical outlets,1 table, 2 chairs, set up 1 hour prior to start time.
Available Formats: In Person
Touring Fall 2023! Nick has a great life. He loves his family, he does well in school, and his friends are awesome. But suddenly Nick starts feeling… off, and he finds himself slipping into a dark reality he cannot understand, let alone articulate to the people around him. STILL•FALLING follows Nick as he tries to come to terms with what it means to struggle with anxiety and depression, and to rise above it with as much strength, and as few scars, as possible. Back by popular demand, this Green Thumb favourite is a realistic, honest and bitingly funny look at the difference between ‘teen angst’ and mental illness and the ways vulnerable kids can start to find their way out of the dark. Curriculum Connections: Communicating, Creative Thinking, Positive Personal Identity Themes: Mental Health, Creative Expression, Asking for Help Audience: Grade 8+ Post-show classroom workshops! For the first time ever, Green Thumb Theatre is offering elementary and secondary workshops to expand on the learning of our Green Thumb touring productions. In the 2023-24 season, Metro Vancouver educators who book a Green Thumb performance for their school, will have the opportunity to book single block workshops for individual classes led by a skilled theatre-based facilitator. Using Green Thumb productions as a springboard for discussions, and with a toolkit of games and activities to get participants thinking and expressing themselves in new ways, our workshops encourage students to explore their own stories and the things that matter to them through the language of theatre. Workshops are an additional $300.00 for a single workshop, or $625.00 for 3 workshops.
School Year: 23-24
Discipline: Theatre
Offered Languages: English
Grade Suitability: K - 7
Duration: 50 minutes + 10 minute Q&A
Capacity: 600
Tech Requirements: Performing space approximately 25 feet wide, 25 feet deep and 12 feet high, adequate light in the performance area, two electrical outlets,1 table, 2 chairs, set up 1 hour prior to start time.
Available Formats: In Person
World Premiere - Touring Fall 2023! Bellevue, an 11-year-old Anishinaabe/Metis girl, is on a journey through the woods. Reconnecting with her culture and language, Bellevue is accompanied by her “imaginary friend”, a shapeshifter named Thomas. Having recently lost her grandfather (Shoom), Bellevue feels out of touch with the stories and words her Shoom used to share. Luckily, with some help from ancestor Nokomis, Bellevue learns that Shoom’s knowledge lives on in her, and there is more to her friend Thomas than meets the eye. Grade Recommendation: K – 7 Curriculum Connections: Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Creative Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility Themes: Indigenous Culture, Tradition, and Identity Post-show classroom workshops! For the first time ever, Green Thumb Theatre is offering elementary and secondary workshops to expand on the learning of our Green Thumb touring productions. In the 2023-24 season, Metro Vancouver educators who book a Green Thumb performance for their school, will have the opportunity to book single block workshops for individual classes led by a skilled theatre-based facilitator. Using Green Thumb productions as a springboard for discussions, and with a toolkit of games and activities to get participants thinking and expressing themselves in new ways, our workshops encourage students to explore their own stories and the things that matter to them through the language of theatre. Workshops are an additional $300.00 for a single workshop, or $625.00 for 3 workshops.
I have always found Green Thumb Theatre to be excellent and thought-provoking. The theatre isn't always easy, and it allows for moments of discomfort- it provides authentic, timely, relevant fuel for the discussions and activities that teachers follow-up with. Mika Livingston, Vice-Principal, Manoah Steves Elementary
It was both educational and entertaining. The children enjoyed the performance and the messages embedded in the story were real and appropriate for the children. Very much in keeping with the current atmosphere in our culture. A quality production. Thank you for your hard work and the joy you bring to the children. Grade 4 Teacher, Vancouver
Fantastic performance, students appreciated the honesty and lack of sugar coating, it was engaging and informative, the range of the actor was impressive, the content very relevant. Heidi Rogers, Drama Teacher, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary (speaking about CRANKED: THE REMIX)