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Directors Lab West 2023
Dates:
May 20-27, 2023
Theme:
Theatre’s Healing Effect: Catharsis and Connection
Core Text:
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
“Theatre’s Healing Effect" LAB 2023- Directors Lab West 2023 was held from Saturday, May 20 through Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Pasadena Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, and the Boston Court Pasadena. The theme for 2023 was "Theatre’s Healing Effect". The text for this session was “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. This was the first Directors Lab offered rebounding from the covid-19 pandemic. This was also the year, during the Lab the Pasadena Playhouse was acknowledged as having won the regional Tony Award. Notable Actors, Directors, Designers and Choreographers participated in these sessions and shared their experiences. Guests Artists who presented at Directors Lab West 2023 Lab included: Vincent Paterson, Sabra Williams, Laura Penn, Steve Robman, Joyce Lu, Jaymes Poling, Julia Rodriguez- Elliott, Geoff Elliott, Ann Closs-Farley, Trefoni Rizzi, and Danny Feldman. The SDC Open Session was a conversation with Playwright Luis Alfaro.
Directors Lab West 2023 is produced by the Steering Committee, in association with Tony-Award-winning Pasadena Playhouse, and Boston Court Pasadena.
Special financial support for Directors Lab West has been received from the David Lee Foundation and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
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Producing Steering Committee
Che'Rae Adams (DLW’00)
Ernest A. Figueroa (Founder- LCT’98)
Martin Jago (DLW’14)
Debbie McMahon (DLW’14)
Janet Miller (DLW’03)
Associate Producers 2023
Susan Dalian (DLW’19)
Sheetal Gandhi (DLW’19)
Gary Lamb (DLW’16)
Carrie Klewin Lawrence (DLW’06)
Emmett Murphy (DLW’17)
Kristi Schultz (DLW’09)
Production Coordinators
Sean Cook
Caitlin Mayernik
Volunteer Production Assistants
Haley Juenker
Kimberly Locke
Quinn Muhleck
Lab Participants
Shanna Beauchamp
Shalee Mae Cole Mauleón
Aurora Culver
Kaitlin Davis
Brian Fretté
Estela Garcia
Janet Hayatshahi
Kari Hayter
Tyler Richards Hewes
Grit Lukas
Allison McDonell Page
Alexandra Meda
Frankie Orr
Vicki Pearlman
Deborah Rosen
Holly Rothschild
Collette Rutherford
Erin Schlabach
Dana Schwartz
Daphnie Sicre
Derek Spencer
Blayze Teicher
Katie Wampler
Tamiyka White
Guest Artists
Luis Alfaro
Randy Anderson
Angela Balogh-Calin
Carly DW Bones (DLW’16)
Jamie Carabetta
Martín Carrillo
Marissa Chibás
Erin Crites
Geoff Elliott
Danny Feldman
Dan Froot
Sheetal Ghandi (DLW’19)
Jorge Huerta
Laura Karlin (DLW’14)
Carrie Klewin Lawrence (DLW’06)
MJ Kaufman
Lily Knight
David Lee
Joyce Lu
Debbie McMahon (DLW’14)
Emmett Murphy (DLW’17)
Lindsey Nelson
Paul Rogan DLW’09)
Vincent Paterson (DLW’02)
Laura Penn
Jaymes Poling
Trefoni Rizzi
Heather Roberts
Steve Robman
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Pablo Santiago
Kristi Schultz (DLW’09)
Oz Scott
Faith Soloway
Joey Soloway
Tula Strong
Carolyn Surrick
Sabra Williams
Joann Yarrow (DLW’00)