We explored a variety of plays to find their moments of transcendence and their roots in ritual.

Lab Directors

Andreadi, Ioli
Axelson, Amy
Barker, Leslie
Baro, Jean-Pierre
Bender, Russell
Berton, Paulo Ricardo
Bloom, Mark
Bourque, Daniel
Campbell, Suzanne Curtis
Caparrotti, Laura
Casey, Edwina
Chang, Jocelyn
Chang, Nai Wen
Chimonides, Jason
Coulter, Todd J.
Crisafulli, Nick
Cummings, Evan T.
Foster-McKelvia, Jeannine
Freeman, Neal J.
Gallais, Xavier
Gold, Joshua Chase
Goldberg, Tanya
Gregory, Matthew A.J.
Gutschick, Matthew
Handelsman, Heidi
Hoglund, Joshua
Hughes, Patrick G.
Isikozlu, Elif
Jones, Michele Hawkins
Jun, Esther
Kaul, Manav
Kemple, Susannah
Kerbel, Lucy
Kisner, Aaron
Lancaster, Andre
Levy, Annie G.
Lyons, Marti
Main, Buffie
Man, Jonathan
Mann, Dwayne
Markovitz, Bryan
Maturana, Sandra
Mitchell, Adam
Molina, Javier
Mortensen, Kamilla Bach
Murray, Victoria Joy
McDougall, Ellen
Neugebauer, Lila
Ondrejcak, Andrew
Pickering, Pip
Prom, Melinda
Rabinyan, Orly
Randle, Ben
Rau, Michael
Rosner, Tina
Rovegno, Mia
Sagovsky, Kate
Samer, Nicola
Singh, Vidhu
Stern, Jay
Stoller, Brian
Swan, Charles
Tesman, Laura
Troupakis, Aris
Tsitsias, Evan
Umann, Moema
Videt, Calla
Wigg, Veronica
Williams, LA
Yi, Yveyi

Lab Master Artists

Stephen Adly Guirgis
Michael Levine
Naoko Maeshiba
Peter Pitzele
Bartlett Sher
Don Shewey
George C. Wolfe

Lab Actors

Tina Benko
Alma Cuervo
Peter Jay Fernandez
Lynda Gravatt
David Patrick Kelly
Katie Kreisler
James Martinez
Greg Mullavey
Postell Pringle
David Sajadi
Tobias Segal
Nilaja Sun
Charise Smith

Lab Playwrights

James Baldwin
Jean-Pierre Baro
Paul Claudel
Ben Ellis
Timothy Findley
Neal Freeman
Manav Kaul
Romulus Linney
Arne Lygre
Maurice Maeterlinck
Deb Margolin
Julia Pascal
William Shakespeare
Sam Shepard
Octavio Solis
Jay Stern

Lab Designers and Other Collaborators

Ron Amato
Scott Bolman
Jonathan Collins
Alexis Distler
Eli Kaplan-Wildmann
Melissa Mizell
Craig Napoliello
Natalie Robin
Sara Walsh
Kristin Worrall
Derek Wright
Jeanette Yew

Lab Staff

Lab Director: Anne Cattaneo
Lab Coordinator: Diane DiVita
Lab Assistant: Kate Marvin

MAAFA
Sam Shepard as a Religious Writer
A Day and Night for Non-Believers
"Scripture Theater," with guest artist Peter Pitzele
Japanese Theater with Naoko Maeshiba
Screening of "The Gospel at Colonus"
International Night
Working Abroad: Problems and Solutions

Shared Sessions:
Sub Relative Theatre Practice
Meditation
Theatre of the Open Eye
Biomechanics
Katie Mitchell
Augusto Boal
Butoh
Laban
"The Other"
Artaud
Dario Fo
Latour
Character Analysis

THE AMEN CORNER by James Baldwin
THE BLIND by Maurice Maeterlinck
CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare
FALLING PETALS by Ben Ellis
FIVE GRAINS OF SUGAR by Manav Kaul
ST JOAN by Julia Pascal
THE LATVIA PROJECT by Jay Stern
A LETTER FROM BATAAN by Neal Freeman
LYDIA by Octavio Solis
UNTITLED MADOFF by Deb Margolin
NOT WANTED ON THE VOYAGE by Timothy Findley
WHY THE LORD CAME TO SAND MOUNTAIN by Romulus Linney
THEN SILENCE by Arne Lygre
THE TIDINGS BROUGHT TO MARY by Paul Claudel
WOYZECK (I CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO CRY) by Jean-Pierre Baro
FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard