Our Post-Secondary Programming
For many years, Mixed Company Theatre has been bringing our Forum Theatre programming to post-secondary schools throughout Ontario. Often booked for Orientation week events, our participatory style of theatre is an effective and engaging way to promote safety, wellness, and inclusion in post-secondary environments.
Our programming offers students the opportunity to directly engage in social justice, mental health, and equity related topics through role playing and critical dialogue. Experienced facilitators lead each session so students feel comfortable and safe participating. See below for the program options we are offering in the 2026-27 school year.
2026-27 Program Options
“Courageous Conversations” – fostering respectful dialogue on post-secondary campuses
Forum Theatre presentation | 90 mins | Designed for larger audiences
Description: “Courageous Conversations” is an interactive Forum Theatre production written by Catherine Frid. This presentation has been created for post-secondary communities navigating disagreement, conflict, misinformation, inclusion, and communication challenges. It aims to help campus communities learn how to have difficult conversations while being respectful of different points of view, identities, cultures, and experiences.
Through three campus-based scenes, the play invites students, staff, and faculty to examine what happens when difficult conversations are avoided, mishandled, or pushed into online spaces. Rather than offering simple answers, “Courageous Conversations” creates a live, facilitated space where audiences can pause, reflect, intervene, and explore different ways of responding.
The performance explores realistic post-secondary scenarios, including:
- Group work, academic pressure, peer conflict, and AI use
- Online research, misinformation, algorithm bias, social media escalation, and student activism
- Competing rights, shared spaces, inclusion, and institutional responsibility
Customized Lightning Forum Theatre Presentations (LFTs)
75- 90 mins | Designed for larger audiences
Description: In this programming option, we create and present a short play that depicts a worst case scenario of the chosen topic(s). This story will be presented by actors as the “first act” of the presentation. Then, students will be invited onto the stage by a trained facilitator to enact an “intervention” where they can either replace a character or suggest a change to the story for the better. A trained Forum Theatre facilitator (the Joker) prepares and encourages participants to replace the actors on the stage and to change the story in a constructive way.
Some of our most requested topics for post-secondary communities include Sexual Violence and Consent, and Student Mental Health and Wellbeing but we can create presentations on many different topics that affect post-secondary communities. We have also presented our Lightning Forum Theatre presentations for Theatre classes to give them an experiential understanding of Forum Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed.
Customized Forum Theatre Workshops
Variable Duration | Designed for smaller groups (approx. 25 participants)
Description: Our Forum Theatre workshops differ from the LFT presentations in that students will not be viewing a pre-built play, but will instead be exploring the chosen topic(s) through theatre exercises. These sessions are full of improvisational games and activities that prompt students to identify, engage with, and find actionable solutions to address those challenges.
Sample topics we can address include: sexual violence and consent, racism, substance abuse, mental health, homophobia and transphobia, cultural biases and assumptions, conflict resolution, and harassment.
We can also bring Forum Theatre workshops to theatre classes to teach students about the principles, exercises, and techniques involved in Forum Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed.
Booking Information
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