2025 Lab
June 9–15, 2025
Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from
June 9 – 15, 2025 at The University of Toronto.
2023 Lab
June 12–18, 2023
Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from June 12 – 18, 2023 both virtually and 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. This year, multiple sessions were held online, allowing us to welcome international participants who were not able to attend in person.
Lab Participants
Mariló Núñez
Alec Toller
Taylor Graham
Mandy Roveda
Alan Kinsella
Andrea Donaldson
Jill Carter
Alex Fallis
Janet Kish
Jay Northcott
Ciarán Myers
Milton Lim
Katia Café-Fébrissy
Jessie Fraser
Logan Gabrielle Schulman
Zoe Erwin Longstaff
Zita Nyarady
Brendan McMurtry-Howlett
Tyler Seguin
Erin Brandenburg
Rosa Laborde
Emily Rollie
Kristen van Ginhoven
Mandy Roveda
Gabrielle Metcalf
Valerie Planche
Chang Nai Wen
Madeleine Regina
Larisse Campbell
Bo Powell
DS Magid
Michele Hawkins-Jones
Heather Davies
Jill Carter
Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Rios (MAFER)
Brenda McLean
Robert A. K. Gonyo
Annie Levy
Nicola Murphy
Christopher Jackman
Fiely Matias
Barbara Tomasic
Dawn Naser
Evan Cummings
Akia Squitieri
Stage Manager
Senjuti Sarker
Lab Topics & Sessions
The 2023 lab included featured sessions on story recreation, tablework, physical work, and more.
Mentor-Led Sessions
Masterclasses
Philip Aiken and ted witzel
Labbie-Led Sessions
Moving Forward
A Consent-Based Approach to Directing
Story Recreation
Tablework
Personal Cosmography
Weaving the Mythopoeic Self into the Fabric of Creation
Physical Work
Conceptual Containers
Playwright/Actor Sessions
Leo
by Rosa Laborde
DLN is grateful to its supporters:
Thanks to the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for generously funding the lab. Thanks to the Tarragon Theatre for providing us space and support and to the Luminato Festival for supporting us and providing tickets for the labbies to Treemonisha.
