MAY 2012
LA Stage Times coverage by Doug Oliphant and Danielle Oliver
Days 1-2 | Days 3-4 | Days 5-6 | Days 7-8
2012 Labbie Amy Clare Tasker blogged every day about her experience. Read all about it!
JUNE 2011
LA Stage Times again requested full coverage of the Lab, and Production Coordinator Doug Oliphant took the helm!
SEPTEMBER 2010
LA Stage Times presented coverage of Directors Lab West 2010 with reports from DLW Steering Committee Associate Producer Cindy Marie Jenkins, Production Coordinator Rachel Jenkins and DLW intern Doug Oliphant. Each year the Lab chooses a theme around which all their sessions are based and a play around which many group workshops are organized. For 2010 the theme is “Balance” and the play Measure for Measure. Click here to view all DLW 2010 updates, or click by day: DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4| DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8
MAY 29, 2003
Backstage West | Written by Leigh Kennicot
“They saw a need, in a city as spread out and diverse as Los Angeles, tonstrengthen the community of theatre artists.”
“Artists are now serving the institution instead of the other way around.” -Anne Cattaneo
“For Cattaneo, the Lab is a response to that lack of wide-spread apprenticeship programs.”
“The whole world is filled with ‘I’ve got to get someplace’…But there’s no place to get. There are only stories to tell.” -Larry Moss
“Throughout the week, each presenter added to the one before, piling on innovative techniques, advice, reassurances and alternatives to the ‘way things are done’.”
“But perhaps the best quote from an attendee was this: ‘This week has been like falling in love again.’ They can’t help it.”
SEPTEMBER 2002
“A Pioneering Lab Head West” | American Theatre Magazine | Written by Mead Hunter
“Observing that there were few peer-driven venues for directors, Lincoln Center Theater established the New York Lab as a series of hands-on sessions that would enable directors to grow as artists and as working professionals.”
“The point for us in creating the lab is to put directors with disparate points of view in a room, light a match, step back and watch the fire burn. Every year it burns more brilliantly.” -Andrew Sachs
“The more you talk to one another, the more you gather together, the stronger everyone will be.” – Anne Cattaneo
“Theatre is not merely a diversion; it’s community, a forum, a shared space where people come together.”
SPRING/SUMMER 2002
“The Future Is Now” | Journal for Stage Directors and Choreographers | Written by Ernest Figueroa & Nick D’abruzzo
“The (LCTLab) West Coast Alumni directors saw an opportunity to change (the LA actor) focus by inspiring directors to become a seminal force behind creating theatre in the city. What better way to inspire directors than to “clone” the (Lincoln Center Theatre) Lab?”
“From its humble beginnings…, Lab West has grown to become a significant force in the development of theatrical directors.”
MAY 2000
“A Direct Approach” | Backstage West | Written by Rob Kendt
