DirectorsLabChicago

DirectorsLabChicago offers environments in which emerging and established directors from all over the world are able to consider, challenge, and engage.

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“The circle is closed but our minds are more open than ever” - @Ceyx54

A final thought from one of our directors on the last day of the lab!

#AllArtIsPolitical

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“By working in the theater you breathe and live advocacy whether you know it or not” - Jonathan VanderBrug on today’s panel Artist As Advocate

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“It’s about meeting someone where they are and moving forward together” - Sarah Schol on Radical Curiosity this morning The Art of Empathy: Tools to Build Better Communication panel. #AllArtIsPolitical

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"People who feel safer will go farther. If they know the safety net is strong, they'll jump higher." Laura T. Fisher of Not In Our House and intimacy designer @sasha_smith on how the container of intimacy choreography leads to more creativity, not less. #allartispolitical

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Day 2: Today in our Access & Accommodation for Artists panel, “How are we using our power, our position and our status to make things right?” - Molly Brennan #allartispolitical

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It’s all about creating a safe space. Below is our contract for the week. #allartispolitical

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Day 1: We are very excited to welcome our amazing directors to the @VictoryGardens. Can’t wait to start discussing this year’s theme #allartispolitical

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"It seems like the emerging generation of female identifying actors are valuing intersectionality, inclusion and respect. I feel so honored to be able to evolve myself while this school of thought is spreading like wild fire." @kiahstern our #WCW
#IndecentVG

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Video archive now available for the #NotInOurHouse presentation on preventing & responding to sexual harassment: https://t.co/AQ70ZDKypb @TCG #TCG18 #howlround

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Directors, we've told you about the @NewPlayNetwork New Play Exchange (NPX) before. DLC is sitting in a #tcg18 workshop with NPX right now and we want to reiterate: if you're not using this valuable (and highly affordable) resource, you are missing out! https://t.co/HUmWsdoBu1

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"Publications say they want hyper-local; well, it doesn't get more local than theatre. But then they say, 'Yeah, but that doesn't get the clicks,' and eventually you wanna say 'Well, pick a lane.'" @kerryreid on the state of arts journalism at #tcg18

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"The words 'emotion' and 'motivation' come from the same root. Emotions are what allow us to move." - Sarah El Raheb speaking on Public Narrative at #tcg18

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Data Artist Jer Thorp (@blprnt) explored with us the question "What is it like to live in data?" and challenged us to find new ways of communicating data through art. We highly recommend looking into his work!

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"...this is the world I want to live in. The shared world... This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost." Naomi Shihab Nye shared these words from her poem Gate A-4 in her uplifting opening keynote about the power of shared human stories last night at #tcg18.

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Huge thanks to @ArthouseStl for sharing your food and your hearts with #TCG18 attendees today! "People say the system is broken, but we see that the system is working exactly as it was designed to work; and that's what we're pushing back against." - Lisa, Art House artivist

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#tcg18 has begun! Anna dives in to the generous offerings from the art activists at Art House, who are hosting a group of conference attendees this morning to share the stories of the work they're doing here in the community.

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Hello friends! Committee meeting in session. Thanks to everyone that applied to our lab! #DLCLab2018

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SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Thanks for the share @Adventure_Stage https://t.co/aSzT0ZSC1S

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Are you a Director looking to gain new skills? Our friends at @DirectorsLabCHI are holding a week-long Directors Intensive. Applications are open but act fast! The deadline to submit is this Sunday Night. https://t.co/jFo2nNuIQJ

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DEADLINE IS APPROACHING! Apply to be part of our week long #Theater #Director intensive in #Chicago. Application deadline THIS SUN MAY6th 10pm. Lab dates are Aug 19-24. Don't miss out!
https://t.co/20AeLBt82P

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Suggested reading by Laura T. Fisher of #NotInOurHouse - "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg https://t.co/VrnvZ8pE3o via @amazon