Directors Lab West 2024 |
June 8 — June 15The Directors Lab West Steering Committee is pleased to announce Directors Lab West 2024, once again in partnership with Tony Award-winning Pasadena Playhouse, Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman, and Boston Court Pasadena, Artistic Director Jessica Kubzansky, both contributing to host this eight-day theater intensive conference.
Since 2000 Directors Lab West has brought dedicated emerging and mid-career theatre directors and choreographers together with master artists, enabling them to inspire each other to dream and create the future of the American Theatre. After a three-year hiatus, due to the pandemic, Directors Lab West relaunched in 2023. This year’s lab will take place Sat, Jun 8 through Sat, Jun 15, 2024.
Approximately 50 artists are selected from a large pool of interested applicants. Those selected participate in workshops, lectures, panel discussions, roundtables, and collaborative artistic explorations with one another and with a slate of esteemed theater- makers. There is no cost to participate, and attendance is by application only. Applicants must have professional experience as a theater director and/or choreographer. The Lab is not open to students or those returning to school, but current students are encouraged to apply for annual apprenticeships.
Application deadline is Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 5 PM PST.
Only the first 100 applications will be considered.
For more information visit directorslabwest.com
Hosted at Pasadena Playhouse and Boston Court Pasadena
Application Deadline: Apr 19 at 5 PM PST
About
In April 2000, Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab Alumni Nick D’Abruzzo, Ernest Figueroa, Olivia Honegger, Kappy Kilburn and Andrew Sachs, came together with a single goal: create a place for emerging and mid career Stage Directors and Choreographers to be in the same room and learn; not only from each other, but from masters of the craft. The five had met during a session of the Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab in New York, and with the support and encouragement of the New York lab’s Founding Director, Anne Cattaneo, the founders of Directors Lab West launched a program at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles.
Eventually landing at Pasadena Playhouse, and with additional support from Boston Court Pasadena, Directors Lab West has grown to boast over 600 alumni across the world. Each year, between 40-50 directors and choreographers are selected for the intensive, which features workshops, panel discussions, rehearsals, investigations, performances with talkbacks, and much more. Directors Lab West is funded through the generous support of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.