Lab 2019: In the Room Sunday, August 18th ​ Victory Gardens Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue 10:00-10:30am REGISTRATION AND ORIENTATION 10:30-1:00pm INTRODUCTIONS, ICE BREAKERS, AND SETTING GOOD INTENTIONS LUNCH BREAK 2:00-2:45pm THROUGHLINE PROJECT INTRODUCTION BREAK 3:00-3:30pm YOUR ROOM Lavina Jadhwani, Freelance Director 3:30-5:30pm FINDING THE NEXUS OF BEST WORK/BEST ROOM Laura Fisher, Not in Our House/Chicago Theatre Standards TRAVEL BREAK 7:00-8:00pm The Infinite Wrench Created by the Neo-Futurists The Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Avenue 8:30-10:00pm DINNER Reza’s, 5255 N. Clark Street Lab 2019: In the Room Monday, August 19th ​ The Design Museum of Chicago, 72 E. Randolph Street 10:00-10:30am CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:30-11:45am SETTING THE STAGE Hallie Rosen, Chicago Architecture Center BREAK 12:00-1:00pm DOWNTOWN THEATRE HISTORY Melanie Wang, Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Mitchell J. Ward, Free Tours by Foot LUNCH AND TRAVEL BREAK/OPTIONAL CONTINUED TOUR The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue 2:00-5:00pm SATIRE AND THE SECOND CITY Rachael Mason, The Second City BREAK 5:00-6:00pm COMEDY TODAY & THE MAINSTAGE PROCESS Anthony LeBlanc, Jesse Swanson, Mick Napier, and others TBD, The Second City FREE NIGHT Lab 2019: In the Room Tuesday, August 20th ​ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street 10:00-10:15am CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:15-11:15am THE BEND IN THE ROAD Lydia Milman-Schmidt, Parent-Artist Advocacy League Cassie Calderone, Love, Your Doula BREAK 11:30-12:30pm DIRECTING VIRTUALLY Alice Bever, Chang Nai Wen, Monty Cole, and Evan Tsitias, Freelance Directors and International Lab Affiliates LUNCH BREAK 1:30-2:30pm ROOM FOR ART IN ACADEMIA Tiffany Trent, Logan Center for the Arts BREAK 3:00-5:00pm CREATING A TRANS AFFIRMING WORKPLACE Carolyn Leach, Chicago House TransWorks 5:00-6:00pm PEER-LED SESSION TRAVEL AND DINNER BREAK 8:00pm THE BEST OF SECOND CITY Directed by Jonald Reyes UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Avenue Lab 2019: In the Room Wednesday, August 21st ​ Collaboraction Theatre Company, 1579 N. Milwaukee Avenue 10:00-10:30am CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:30-11:00am YOUR ROOM Chay Yew, Victory Gardens Theatre 11:00-12:30pm INTRODUCTION TO THE UNION Barbara Wolkoff, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society ​ LUNCH BREAK - EARLY RETURN, FOOD MAY BE BROUGHT TO THE NEXT SESSION ​ 1:00-1:30pm YOUR ROOM Denise Yvette Serna, Global Hive Laboratories 1:30-3:30pm PEER-LED AND THROUGHLINE WORK SESSIONS 3:30-5:00pm MUSIC AND THEATRE: THE REMIX Coco Elysses, Musician and Producer TRAVEL BREAK 5:30-7:00pm DINNER AND FLY HONEY REHEARSAL The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Avenue TRAVEL BREAK 7:30pm Medusa Pop Magic Productions and Global Hive Laboratories Directed by Denise Yvette Serna Pilsen Outpost, 1637 W. 18th Street Lab 2019: In the Room Thursday, August 22nd ​ The Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Avenue 10:00-10:30am CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:30-12:30pm INTIMACY DIRECTION IN THE ROOM Sarah Scanlon and Gaby Labotka, Intimacy Directors International LUNCH BREAK 1:00-4:00pm APPROACHING NEO-FUTURISM THROUGH PHYSICALITY Leah Urzendowski, Chicago Neo-Futurists BREAK 4:15-5:15pm SUSTAINABILITY IN THEATRE Maggie Fullilove-Nugent, Chicago Green Theatre Alliance FREE NIGHT Suggested: 6:30-10:30pm Bloody Bathory (Open rehearsal, RSVP required) ​ The Barrens Theatre Company Directed by Molly H. Donahue Epworth United Methodist Church, 5253 N. Kenmore Avenue Lab 2019: In the Room Friday, August 23rd ​ Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted Avenue 10:00-10:30pm CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:30-12:00pm CASTING THE ROOM JC Clementz, Steppenwolf Theatre Catherine Miller, First Floor Theatre Karissa J. Murrell Myers, Strawdog Theatre Company Nik Whitcomb, Haven Chicago & Paskal Rudnicke Casting LUNCH BREAK 1:00-3:00pm PEER-LED AND THROUGHLINE WORK SESSIONS 3:30-4:30pm MANAGING THE ROOM Angela M. Adams, Hannah Beehler, Devonte E. Washington, and Ellen Willett, Freelance Stage Managers BREAK 5:00-7:00pm GETTING IN THE ROOM: INCLUSION AND ACCESS HAPPY HOUR ​ Emjoy Gavino, The Chicago Inclusion Project Evan Hatfield, Chicago Cultural Access Consortium Jesse Swanson, The Second City DINNER AND TRAVEL BREAK 9:30pm The Fly Honey Show Created and directed by Erin Kilmurray The Den Theatre, 1579 N. Milwaukee Avenue Lab 2019: In the Room Saturday, August 24th ​ Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue 10:00-10:30pm CHECK-IN AND QUESTIONS 10:30-11:30pm INTERNATIONAL SHARE SESSION 11:30-12:00pm GROUP PHOTO LUNCH BREAK 1:00-2:00pm THROUGHLINE WRAP UP 2:00-3:30pm THROUGHLINE PRESENTATION 3:30-5:00pm CLOSING A list of Chicago theatre and other performance opportunities is available on the Lab Portal! .