Trans Theater Lab Accepting Applications For 2019 Cohort

Trans Lab is looking for six trans or GNC theater artists who crave creative and professional support to join the 2019 lab! Trans Lab Fellowship is a year-long program devoted to supporting the development of early career trans and gender nonconforming theater artists. Supported by WP Theater and the Public Theater, the Lab provides up to 6 artists with community, professional development, connections to a professional network, support developing a new work and a showcase for the work they develop. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY:

• Must be a trans or gnc artist who creates theater work as a writer, director, deviser, or solo performer. Must be prepared to create and develop a new work in the lab. 
• Must be early career or emerging. 
• Must be able to attend evening meetings at the Public Theater or WP Theater once a month for 2019. 
• Regular attendance is mandatory and therefore applicants should view the program as a year-long commitment. 
• Must not be a student enrolled in a degree-granting program.
• Must be over 21. 
• Must be available for an in-person interview.

THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL:

• Receive a stipend.
• Develop a new work over the course of the year.
• Participate in a monthly lab meeting for sharing work and meeting industry professionals. 
• Receive artistic support and professional development guidance from the other lab members, alumni and facilitators. 
• Participate in a showcase in December to showcase the work they have created. 

EVERY APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE:

• A work sample either written, video, or photography. If written please submit a ten page sample of a longer work as well as the longer work. If video please do not exceed 2.5 minutes. If photography please send 5-15 images with accompanying descriptions. 
• An artistic statement of no more than 500 words responding to the question: Why do you want to be part of Trans Lab this year? Please elaborate on why this program is a good match for you as an artist and why it is right for where you are in your career now. Responses can also be a recorded video statement of no more than 2.5 minutes.
• A resume of past work. 

For full information and to apply, visit https://www.transtheaterlab.org