Sundance Institute Now Accepting 2014 Theatre Lab Submissions

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program is accepting submissions through November 15 for its 2014 Theatre Lab, July 7-27 at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. Under the supervision of Artistic Director Philip Himberg and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the Lab is the centerpiece of the Theatre Program's year-round work and in previous years has supported projects including Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' The Light in the Piazza, Stew's Passing Strange, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening, Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife and Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's Fun Home, which opens at The Public Theatre October 22, 2013.

The Theatre Lab is designed to develop emerging and established artists and to create a place where their original work can be effectively mentored and challenged. The Lab provides rehearsal space, dramaturgical support, an Acting Company, stage management and accommodations/meals for playwrights, directors, choreographers, composers, solo performers and ensembles. The Lab's unique day-on, day-off rehearsal structure provides Fellows the time to explore revising their work, without the pressure of daily rehearsals, as well as freedom from commercial attention. Fellows are supported by a team of creative advisors, dramaturgs and other colleagues who provide feedback on the material and process. The three-week residency culminates in a closed presentation of each project for Lab participants, followed by a collaborative feedback session.

Submissions guidelines and the online application are available at www.sundance.org/theatreapp. Applicants will be notified on or after April 15, 2014.

The Theatre Program hosts additional Labs throughout the year and around the world, including the Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA for musicals and ensemble-generated/devised projects (by invitation only), the Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation (by invitation only) and The Sundance Institute | LUMA Foundation Theatre Directors Retreat at Domaine de l'Armellière outside of Arles, France (by invitation only).

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program is made possible by generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Time Warner Foundation, LUMA Foundation, the John and Marcia Price Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Joan and George Hornig, Regina Kulik Scully and John Scully, and Karen Lauder.