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Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights' Lab

Salt Lake Acting Company - Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights' Lab

In this developmental play laboratory, the work is writer-focused and writer-driven. Equipped with a generous and talented creative team, playwrights have the opportunity and support to go deep into the exploration of their new scripts. The Lab is truly developmental in that there is no final reading or showcase. The work is solely about process. It is a rare experience for a playwright to be given so many resources without also having the pressure of impending audiences, ticket sales, and reviews. The SLAC Lab’s use of what we call ‘resource artists’ – specialists in various artistic mediums (storytelling, musical composition, dance, visual art, etc.) who are available to the playwrights as they explore and experiment – is another unique component of this program. The SLAC Lab has lovingly been called “theatre camp for grown-ups” and we think that’s pretty apt.

The rigorous week-long SLAC Lab includes dedicated rehearsal time, daily community meals, and presentations and workshops from each of the resource artists, which gives the playwrights opportunities to consider various artistic avenues they might not normally explore. SLAC is very proud of this venture and its huge contributions to the exciting world of new plays.

SLAC gratefully acknowledges the Weinholtz Family Foundation for their support of the 2015 and 2016 SLAC Lab, and the National New Play Network for their support of the 2017 and 2018 SLAC Lab.