About Us
Performances & Workshops
Ontario Students Reached
Subsidized arts funding for students throughout Ontario
*within the 2022 / 2023 season
Prologue Performing Arts is a not-for-profit charitable arts education organization that presents accessible performing arts experiences in schools and communities all over Ontario. We work with a group of artists and artist companies that offer performances and workshops in music, theatre, dance, Indigenous arts, storytelling, spoken word poetry, and opera, with many programs offered in French or bilingual.
We strive to enrich the lives of every young person through diverse and impactful performances and workshops. At Prologue, we believe that all young people and families should have access to the performing arts.
Our Mission
To increase access to live performing arts experiences for young people
We achieve this through:
- Connecting young people and educators to the work of artists in schools and public/community venues;
- Advocating for equal access to the arts for all young people as a fundamental part of their education; and
- Collaborating with artists to present a wide range of engaging and accessible programming.
Our History
Prologue Performing Arts has been broadening the horizons of young people in by connecting them to the world of the performing arts since 1966. It all started around a kitchen table when five young mothers shared their dream about giving access to the best in the performing arts to ALL children in Ontario.
As volunteers with different arts organizations, including Young People’s Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company and The National Ballet of Canada, these dedicated women founded one of Ontario’s most important resources in arts and education. In that first year, Prologue placed 81 performances in Ontario schools, reaching over 24,000 students; in the second year, those numbers doubled. Prologue now supports over 1,000 performances and workshops that reach 300,000 + young people across Ontario each year!
Prologue Performing Arts Founders
Jane Bishop
Joan McCordic
Mary Mingie
Joan Osler
Susan Rubes
Board Of Directors
Charity Chan
(Chair)
(Treasurer)
(Secretary)
Aida Aydinyan
Britta Badour
Julie Hanson
Tim Walker
Team Members
Bremely Karthigesu
416-591-9092 ext. 224
Booking of programs outside of Central Ontario
Programming inquiries
Kate Pharoah
Shelley Cahill
416-591-9092 ext. 222
Billing & payment inquiries
Emma Pagacz
416-591-9092 ext. 227
Booking of programs in the GTA and Central Ontario.
Special project inquiries
Claire St-François
416-591-9092 ext. 229
Donation & sponsorship inquiries