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Media Contact: Courtney Anne Buchan
720 384-3755 / info@directorslabwest.com

Applications Open for Directors Lab West 2015

Los Angeles / January 26, 2015—The Directors Lab West Steering Committee is pleased to announce the opening of applications for its sixteenth annual Directors Lab West, Saturday, May 23 through Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Now entering its 16th year, the annual Lab brings together dedicated emerging and mid-career theatre directors and choreographers with master artists for an eight-day long intensive, enabling them inspire each other to dream and create the future of American Theatre.

There is no cost to participate, however attendance is by application only. Applicants should have experience as a professional director and/or choreographer; students are encouraged to apply for internships.

The deadline to submit the application is Friday, March 6, 2015 at 5 pm PST.

For more details on the application process, including the full eligibility criteria, and for more details on Directors Lab West, please visit: directorslabwest.com

Directors Lab West is produced by the Directors Lab West Steering Committee, in association with the The Pasadena Playhouse and with the generous support of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.

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About Directors Lab West
Directors Lab West fosters an intensive laboratory environment where a community of directors and choreographers inspire each other to dream and create the future of American Theatre. The Lab, which was spun off of Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab in 2000, brings together theatre directors and choreographers to participate in a week long series of workshops, panels, roundtables, and symposia with some of the nation’s leading theatre artists. In the last 14 years, over 100 acclaimed artists have given their time to the Lab including Jason Alexander, Julie Arenal, Luis Alfaro, Paris Barclay, Cirque Berzerk, Kay Cole, Gordon Davidson, George Furth, Moises Kaufman, Ming Cho Lee, Marc Masterson, Randy Newman, Vincent Paterson, Carey Perloff, Stephen Wadsworth and Charlayne Woodard. For more information visit: directorslabwest.com

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Media Contact: Courtney Anne Buchan
720 384-3755 / info@directorslabwest.com