2025 Lab

Directors Lab North’s 2025 Lab was held from June 9 – 15, 2024 at The University of Toronto.

Lab Topics & Sessions

Rehearsal Techniques
with Wenyi Mengesha

Creation Workshop
with Ravi Jain

Panel Discussion
with Stafford Arima & Esther Jun

One-on-One: New Play Development
with Keith Barker

Playwrights Project
with Michael Healey

One-on-One: The Creation of “An Oak Tree”
with Tim Crouch

Additional Sessions

We also had shared sessions led by our Labbies on Viewpoint, Lecqoc, Butoh, Trash Theatre, Nothing Moment, Devising, Live Cinema, Intimacy Direction, Somatic Performance, Devising through a Historical Lens, Trickster Directing, Hagen Adler Techniques/Ensemble work with Michael Chekhov and more.

Lab Participants

Hannah Yohannes

John Michael DiResta

Keshia Palm

Kemi King

Leda Hoffmann

Makram Ayache

Matthew Romantini

Sina Heiß

Santana Berryman

Cameron Mackenzie

Peter Romano

Kathy Duborg

Alex Church-Gonzales (ACG)

Yuchen Ye

Darci Ramirez

Shanae Sodhi

Philip Jonah Logan Geller

Olivia Munk

Keith Fernandez

Jacob Sexton

Kate Willard

Lydia Parker

Aryo Khakpour

Kari Barclay

Sarah Culkin

Apostolos Zografos

Cristiana Zachau

Maria Colonescu

Zoe Tomaras

Robert Morrison

Francis Matheu

Stage Manager
Taylor Zalik-Young

Assistant Stage Manager
Nazerah Carlisle

Actor
HRH Anand Rajaram

DLN is grateful to its supporters:

A huge thank you to The Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, The University of Toronto (for so generously donating space to hold the Lab), The Stratford FestivalPlaywrights Canada Press (for donating plays) and to The Luminato Festival for their partnership.