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We are thrilled to share that The Theatre Lab has been selected to be a part of Spur Local’s Class of 2025! Spur Local, formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy, rigorously reviews and admits a class of nonprofit organizations each year for their critical local impact on the Greater Washington region.

The 143 organizations in the Spur Local 2025 class were chosen for their critical local impact by 200+ volunteers who live and work in the region, many of whom know these nonprofits as their neighbors.

Congratulations to our fellow Spur Local organizations — it is an honor to sit alongside other dedicated advocates for community work and collective impact. We also thank all of our supporters who help make our work possible!

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We're in the process of revamping our Where Are They Now listserv—our dedicated source for alumni news. While we make these improvements, we encourage you to continue sharing your upcoming performances and projects through this Jotform link so we can feature your work. In the meantime, check out some of the exciting recent updates from our incredible alumni below!

Honors alumni: Mary Rodrigues will play Sandra Wilkinson (Florence Colleymoore) in The Arlington Players' The Play That Goes Wrong, February 1-16. Elgin Martin will play The Founding Father in Perisphere Theater's The America Play, until February 15.

Teen alumni: Sophia Manicone made her Broadway debut as Iola Stover in the 2023 Tony Award-winning revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s Parade. Sophia has now joined the 2025 National Tour of Parade and will reprise the role of Iola Stover and understudy the role of Mary Phagan, and Ben Cherington will play Officer Ivey and understudy Leo Frank and Hugh Dorsey.

Faculty: Madeleine Regina joins the inaugural cohort of 1st Stage's newly launched program, The Directors’ Residency and Commission. Rachel Lipetz wrote an episode for Feminist Fairytales, a podcast created by Madeleine Regina, available to stream this summer.

Photo credit: paradebroadway.com

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NEA logo

DATE: January 31, 2025
CONTACT: Cassie Houy

The Theatre Lab's Life Stories® Program and the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement to receive Grant awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Washington, D.C.—The Theatre Lab is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000 to support The Theatre Lab's Life Stories Program. The Grant also includes $55,000 towards the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement.

In total, the NEA will award 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million that were announced as part of its first round of fiscal year 2024 grants.

“The NEA is delighted to announce this grant to The Theatre Lab and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, which is helping contribute to the strength and well-being of the arts sector and local community,” said former National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “We are pleased to be able to support this community and help create an environment where all people have the opportunity to live artful lives.”

In January, the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement welcomed a new cohort of students for our third year of paid technical theatre training and apprenticeships—an exciting step in building the next generation of theatre professionals. We are deeply grateful to the NEA for their continued support in making this work possible!

For more information on other projects included in the NEA’s grant announcement, visit
arts.gov/news.

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The Theatre Lab and the team behind the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement (AICA)--our workforce development program in technical theatre--are thrilled to announce a partnership with The Kennedy Center's Office of Accessibility/VSA to support training young adults with disabilities to become theatre tech professionals. The Kennedy Center received a 10M five-year grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) program, $600,000 of which will go to AICA to support our work promoting competitive, integrated employment (CIE) so that young adults with disabilities are paid real wages for real jobs, while creating pathways to some of today’s most in-demand fields.

In its first two years, AICA has a proven track record for helping young adults with and without disabilities attain livable wage employment in the field, with average starting wages of $22-$25/hr. 87% of AICA graduates were working in professional theatres within one month of graduation.

Special thanks and congratulations to our partners in the AICA: The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Life Pieces To Masterpieces, and the DC Arts Education Alliance.

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You are cordially invited to the Graduation Ceremony of the AICA Class of 2024.

Please join us on August 20th to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates of the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement (AICA), an intensive training and apprenticeship program in technical theatre. The commencement ceremony will be followed by a reception with the graduates.

What: AICA Graduation Ceremony and Reception
When: Tuesday, August 20th, 7pm-9:30pm
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center,
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002
Doors open at 6:30pm. There will be a reception following the ceremony.

Featured Speakers:
Deidra Starnes, Associate Artistic Director, 1st Stage Theatre
Ben Harvey, Master Electrician and Lighting Professional

Click here to reserve your free tickets today.

Advance registration is required. Please RSVP by end of day Friday, August 16th. We cannot guarantee access to the ceremony without reserving tickets in advance.

ABOUT THE AICA:
AICA graduates have completed a program offering 700 hours of paid training and apprenticeships. They have earned nationally-recognized certifications and have worked extensively this year at a variety of professional theatres and concert venues as audio and lighting technicians, Assistant Stage Managers, run crew, wardrobe assistants, deck hands and carpenters.

The AICA was launched at the beginning of 2023 to help alleviate the labor shortage in backstage workers as well as to diversify the field by opening up opportunities for young adults who have encountered obstacles to a livable wage career path. The groundbreaking career-readiness program was formed by the founding members of the DC Arts Education Alliance and is led by The Theatre Lab, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and Life Pieces To Masterpieces.

The AICA is supported by The Share Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Community Project Fund, the Revada Foundation, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the Harman Family Foundation, Congressional Sports for Charity, Clark Winchcole Foundation, Venable Foundation, the Morgan Fund, VC Mars Foundation, the DC Department of Employment Services, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

AICA Graduating Class of 2024: Howard Bolden, Dennis Bowe, Aniya DeVaughn, Diaya Fuller, Rose Hull, James Hundley, Daniel Interiano, Bionca Johnson, Troy Johnson, Natasha Morales, Alexis Poirier, Ainsley Priest, Kavon Riley, Taariq Saadiq, Demetrius Sadler, Makayla Smith, Taylor Stewart, and Muttaqi “Taqi” Daniels (posthumous)

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July 31 to August 11
Union Market District’s Dock5
1309 5th St NE, Washington, D.C. 20002

Use code: THEATRELAB for 20% off tickets

Sam Landa, a Theatre Lab alum, and his interdisciplinary theatre and circus company, New York Circus Project, transforms Shakespeare's classic Hamlet into a contemporary acrobatic performance.

Sam describes his company and this show in this way: “Both circus and Shakespeare are perceived as aged forms. By matching the heightened sense of risk that circus delivers to a high-stakes narrative like Hamlet, the show exceeds the original intentions of each of the forms, delighting the audience in the process.” Sam, who is both the creator and director for this groundbreaking show, also works as a consultant of acrobatic and aerial elements on Broadway productions.

Growing up in Alexandria, Sam danced at The Washington School of Ballet; studied musical theater at The Theatre Lab; and was introduced to the aerial arts at Capitol City Circus School (formerly, TSNY DC). He attended high school at The National Circus School (Ecole Nationale de Cirque) in Montreal where he studied the aerial arts under world-renowned coaches. He graduated from Columbia University, where he founded the Columbia Circus Collective. It was at Columbia that this show was conceived.

New York Circus Project is a 501(c)(3) organization. In addition to transforming classics for the stage, the company offers free outdoor performances. These performances allow local communities the opportunity to experience live theatre coupled with aerial acrobatics and physical theater. Click here for tickets and information or email Sam at hello@newyorkcircusproject.org.

Use code: THEATRELAB for a special 20% discount.

CLICK HERE TO GET TICKETS

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Our partners at Washington Stage Guild are looking for their next part-time Social Media Coordinator!

Start Date: August 1st, 2024

Salary: $20/Hr. (Max. 10 hrs/wk)

Washington Stage Guild is seeking a part-time enthusiastic social media coordinator local to the greater Washington DC area to support the WSG marketing director.

Job Responsibilities:

-Manage the social media accounts of Washington Stage Guild, which are currently Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and YouTube.

-Assist with the execution of promotional campaigns for shows and events across key marketing channels.

-Create/adapt market material to create THREE (3) posts per week on each platform (excluding YouTube)

-Oversee artist Instagram takeovers and provide resources to help them succeed in show promotion.

-Be available to attend pre-scheduled rehearsals/performances/events and (when scheduled accordingly and adhering to all AEA Media rules) take photo/video footage to be used in marketing/promotional materials.

Qualifications:

- Must be proficient in Canva (or similar graphic design program) and LinkTree

- Creativity, Flexibility, and understanding of current social media trends

- Organizational and Time Management Skills

Interested applicants should send their resume and contact information to info@stageguild.org.

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Check out where our students, faculty, and alums are performing this month:

Student alumni: Haliya Roberts is Lady Capulet in Boomerang Theatre Company's Romeo and Juliet, June 22-July 14. Allison Farrall will play Fatimah / US Pritti in Iron Crow Theatre's Everybody's Talking About Jamie, July 14-July 30. Heather Fetrow will play Soprano Chorus in Wolftrap Opera's La Boheme, July 19.

Youth Alumni: Nico Cabrera will play Young Will in Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's Big Fish, August 8-September 1. You can also catch Nico performing in Capital Fringe's Medea, July 11-July 20.

Faculty members: James J. Johnson is Chuck Hall in Constellation Theatre Company's IS GOD IS, June 14-July 14. Madeleine Regina and Bryce Sulecki are Co-directing The Theatre Lab's Queer Stories Performance, July 24.

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Check out where our students, faculty, and alums are performing this month:

Student alumni: Amanda D. Jones will play Edwardian in The British Players' The 60th Anniversary Old-Time Music Hall: In With The Old & IN With The New, June 7 - June 22. David Jones is the Director of Titusville Summer Theater's The Music Man, June 27-June 30. Ariel Casey is the Assistant Director of Howard County Center for the Arts' "Ah, Wilderness!" by Eugene O'Neill, June 22nd - 23rd. Philip Krzywicki will play the Butler in Workhouse Art Center’s The Drowsy Chaperone, May 18 – June 23. Nessa Amherst was Monty/Avery (u/s) in Greenbelt Arts Center's Fiveplay, May 31 - June 15.

Teen alumni: Nia Alsop will perform at "Come to My Garden" a one woman show on June 22 at Busboys and Poets. Miles Hanna was just signed by NYC talent agency, Carson Kolker Organization Ltd and will be moving to New York later this year to pursue his dreams! Miles recently graduated from the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. He performed his Senior Showcase in NYC where he was scouted by the talent agency.

Faculty members: Madeleine Regina directed The Theatre Lab's Creating a Role Class of 2024 for their production of Radium Girls, June 6-8 at The Undercroft Theatre. Kara Turner worked on staff for the Mid-Atlantic Melee Stage Combat Workshop in Columbia, MD June 8-9. Kristina Friedgen will play Drowsy Chaperone in Workhouse Arts Center's The Drowsy Chaperone, May 18-June 23.

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Debkanya Mitra, a 21-year-old graduate of last year's Arts Institute for Creative Advancement (AICA), has secured funding to launch a program called "Mixing the Future," aimed at teaching young women of color how to produce their own music. Following graduation from AICA, a paid workforce development program in technical theatre led by The Theatre Lab and the DC Arts Education Alliance, Debkanya worked as the lead audio engineer (A1) at Atlas' Intersections Festival and participated in numerous union and non-union gigs in sound and stage crew across the area. Now, she is giving back to the community.

"Part of what led me to create this program," says Debkanya, "was when I realized how male dominated the stagehand field is. I wanted to create a group for women who are interested in learning how to engineer and release their music from start to finish. 'Mixing the Future' will guide young artists, from beginning to end, on how to finalize and produce a beat to a song. I have always been interested in music production but my experience in the AICA inspired me to take the next step and apply to the Omega Recording Studio in Maryland. I am so thankful to Deb Gottesman and Angelo Merenda (from AICA) for writing me an amazing recommendation. With their help, I was awarded the $5,000 Director Scholarship to attend the school."

A busy single mom, Debkanya just graduated from UDC with her Associates Degree and is on track to complete her Bachelor's Degree in the near future. Clearly, not even the sky is the limit for this amazing young woman!

Debkanya has already received a number of applications for "Mixing the Future" and is seeking 6-8 participants to make up the program. If you are interested, read more about this or apply by Monday June 10th at mixedbymitra.org.

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We are thrilled to share that The Theatre Lab has been selected to be a part of Spur Local’s Class of 2025! Spur Local, formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy, rigorously reviews and admits a class of nonprofit organizations each year for their critical local impact on the Greater Washington region.

The 143 organizations in the Spur Local 2025 class were chosen for their critical local impact by 200+ volunteers who live and work in the region, many of whom know these nonprofits as their neighbors.

Congratulations to our fellow Spur Local organizations — it is an honor to sit alongside other dedicated advocates for community work and collective impact. We also thank all of our supporters who help make our work possible!

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