2025 Lab
June 9–15, 2025
Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from
June 9 – 15, 2025 at The University of Toronto.
2022 Lab
June 13–10, 2022
Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from June 13 – 19, 2022 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
Jacquie Loewen
Geoffrey Arndt
Thomas Duret
Ethan Persyko
Ilse G. Castro Corona
Ariel Martz-Oberlander
Madeleine Barry
Irene Alby
Alice Venessa Bever
Cody Haefner
Danica Jensen
Bridget Grace Sheaff
Jake Lipman
Arthi Chandra
Dan Graham
Valmai Goggin
Lila Rachel Becker
Pat Henman
Miguel Valentin
Martina Novakova
Ming Hudson
Molly Rose Heller
Charlotte Sofia Garraway
Whitaker Gannon
Stage Manager
Brianna Unger
Assistant Stage Manager
Wei Qing Tan
Lab Topics & Sessions
The 2022 lab included featured multiple artist panels and sessions on movement, neurodiversity in theatre, a focused strategies for creating safe spaces.
This cohort took a field trip to the Stratford Festival to see their production of Hamlet and enjoy exclusive artist sessions.
Mentor-Led Sessions
Panel: Casting in the 21st Century
(Stories from the Front Lines)
Mike Payette & Kimberley Rampersad
Workshop
Ben Wheelright (Frantic Theatre Assembly)
Interview
Ronnie Burkett
Interview
Jackie Maxwell
Session
Lindsay Lachance & Reneltta Arluk
Interview
Herbie Barnes
Interview
Keith Barker
Story Weaving & Land-Based Dramaturgy
Jill Carter
Stratford Stories
Esther Jun & E.B. Smith
Directing Actors
Peter Pasyk
Movement & Text
Allyson McMackon
Playwrights Project
Jeff Ho
Labbie-Led Sessions
Theatre of the Oppressed
Neurodiversity in Theatre
Verbatim Theatre
Devising Within limitations
Neopolitan Theatre
Creating Safe & Brave Spaces
Dramaturgical Traps
Rehearsal Techniques Roundtable
DLN is grateful to its supporters:
A huge thank you to the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for supporting the Lab again this year.
