Lab Series

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Through the Lab Series, I programmed, mentored, and presented more than 100 productions, the vast majority of which were brand new plays, devisings, solo performances, and art installations.

Happy Panda Shoots Himself by Preston Witt | Poster Design: Francesca Spedalieri

Life: No Cues Attached by Natalie Woods | Poster Design: Natalie Woods

!ke e: /xarra //ke by Melonie and Sifiso Mazibuko | Poster Design: Max Glenn

SYNOPSIS

I founded the Lab Series in 2011 and produced it until 2019. The Lab Series was a student-driven, department-nurtured performance research laboratory in the Department of Theatre at Ohio State. Emphasis was on experiment over outcome, process over product.

Revolver: plays by Josh Patterson and Max Glenn | Poster Design: Max Glenn

Wave Over Wave by Leela Singh | Photo Credit: Elizabeth Harelik

Performances were always free, and each experiment had a two night run in a versatile black box space devoted to the Series. Each semester, I also mentored two undergraduate Production Managers and one undergraduate Technical Coordinator in their work facilitating the day to day operation and maintenance of the Series.

Maps by Genevieve Simon and Marni Balint

Elysium Interrupted by Jill Summerville | Poster Design: Francesca Spedalieri

Owe'd to Thomas Kennedy by Nakia Deon | Poster Design: Francesca Spedalieri

Fall 2014 Lab Series Season | Poster Designed: Max Glenn

I am immensely proud of the 100+ works I mentored through the Lab Series from 2011-2019. Through that time, I witnessed students building their own work, taking creative risks, and finding their own approaches and aesthetics. Because I (and my Production Managers) ran rigorous post-show conversations grounded in Liz Lerman‘s critical response process after most of the performances, I was also delighted to see an articulate, curious, and critical audience built for new work at Ohio State.

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Lab Series

︎ Through the Lab Series, I programmed, mentored, and presented more than 100 productions, the vast majority of which were brand new plays, devisings, solo performances, and art installations.

SYNOPSIS

︎
Through the Lab Series, I programmed, mentored, and presented more than 100 productions, the vast majority of which were brand new plays, devisings, solo performances, and art installations.