2025 Lab
June 9–15, 2025
Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from
June 9 – 15, 2025 at The University of Toronto.
2019 Lab
June 10–16, 2010
Directors Lab North’s 2019 Lab was held from June 10 – 16, 2019 at Tarragon Theatre.
Participants & Team Members
Every instalment of DLN is a joint effort between our faculty of mentors and unique cohort of participants, resulting in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn, share, and foster global and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Lab Participants
Amanda Goldberg
Jonathan Strayer
Ciarán Myers
Raluca Urea
Conrad Belau
Christine McBurney
Jay Northcott
Chelsea Dab Hilke
Alex Fallis
Sheena Robertson
Kaitlin Williams
Tony Tambasco
Ingrid Oslund
Catherine Blake Smith
Kayla Feldman
Anthony Kennedy
Julia Siedlanowska
Rouvan Silogix
Dayane Ntibarikure
Natasha MacLellan
Brandon Crone
Katia Café-Fébrissy
Shanti Ikwe Gonzales
Taylor Graham
Ryan Hinds
Genevieve Fleming
Susan A. Lock
Stage Managers
Daniel Bennett
Gloria Mok
(Assistant)
Actors (Lab Experiment)
Cynthia Jimenez–Hicks
Sochi Fried
Miquelon Rodriguez
Chanakya Mukherjee
Lab Topics & Sessions
The 2026 lab included featured sessions on dramaturgy, new play development, folk storytelling, classical text, testimonial theatre and a visit by composer, lyricist, and playwright Britta Johnson, who joined the lab for a day of sessions on her award-wining musical Life After.
Mentor-Led Sessions
Dramaturgy
Emma Tibaldo & Joanna Falk
Artistic Directing
Richard Rose
Musical Theatre & The Pitch
Stafford Arima
Diversity Talk
Joseph Recinos
Playwright’s Project
David Yee
Indigenous Storyweaving
Jill Carter
Director of Kiinalik
Erin Brubacher
Physicalizing
the Classics
Allyson McMackon
Creators of Full Light of Day
Kim Collier & Daniel Brooks
Intimacy Direction
Siobhan Richardson
Creator of
Forget Me Not
Ronnie Burkett
Creator & Director of Obeah Opera
Nicole Brooks & Lezlie Wade
DLN is grateful to its supporters:
A tremendous thank you once again to the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support of the Lab. Also a huge thank you to Playwrights Canada Press for donating Canadian plays for our Labbies and of course, a heartfelt thank you to the Luminato Festival for their continuing generosity and support over the years with the Lab and our partnership with them.
