Klondike: The Musical unearths the astonishing true stories of the Yukon Gold Rush — from its fevered discovery to its inevitable downfall.

Through a gritty fusion of folk and ragtime, the show follows the real dreamers, drifters, profiteers, and poets who flooded north in search of fortune.

Familiar names like Jack London, Robert W. Service, and Fred Trump collide with the untold stories of figures such as Kate Carmack, Diamond Tooth Gertie, and Belinda Mulrooney.

But beyond the legends and larger-than-life personalities lies a harsher truth: for the Yukon’s First Peoples and many others, the rush for gold brought profound loss and sacrifice.

​Darkly comic, deeply human, and almost impossible to believe, Klondike tells the story of a frontier where ambition burned hot — and the consequences cut cold.

Klondike: The Musical will be presented at:
The Guild Hall in Whitehorse, Yukon December 1st - 13th 2026.

Above image design by Kirsty Wells - @kirstylouisewells

Development History

2020 - Jenni House Residency at the Frostbite Studio in Whitehorse, Yukon

2021 - Zoom Reading and workshop of 1st Draft in Whitehorse, Yukon

2022 - 2nd Draft Developed

2023 - Yukon Microgrant Awarded for Transcription of Sheet Music

2024 - Guthrie award from the Stratford Festival awarded for Development and 1st Workshop

2025 - 1st Public Weekend Workshop at the Guild Hall in Whitehorse, Yukon

2025 - Draft 3 Complete January 2025

​2026 - Draft 4 January 2026

2026 - World Premiere at The Guild Hall in Whitehorse, Yukon December 1st to 13th 2026