Local LAB
Local Theater Company discovers and develops new plays, small-cast musicals, hybrid and devised theater pieces through Local Lab. Selected project creators are provided the resources to conduct a workshop of their material, offering them a forum to explore, develop and strengthen their work in collaboration with other theater artists. At the conclusion of the workshop, the material is presented publicly followed by a curated post-show conversation with artistic staff and audience members that moves new work toward full production.
Workshops are typically conducted in Boulder, CO during the Local Lab festival. Local Lab 13 will take place March 11-17, 2024. Additionally, Local conducts workshops across the United States based on the needs of the material and collaborators. Workshops have been held in Boulder, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
Click on the images below to learn more about Local Labs from season’s past.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
New plays first produced during Local Theater Company's Local Lab have gone onto critically-acclaimed productions all over the country.
How does that happen? By people like you, who attend the annual festival, give our playwrights feedback, and help the nurture their work.
Flame Broiled. or the ugly play by Rodney Hicks
Presented at Local Lab 2019
Acclaimed world premiere at Local Theater Company in 2019. Nominated for Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Awards - CeCe Smith (Best Sound Design) and Jacob Welch (Best Lighting Design).
Paper Cut by Andrew Rosendorf
Presented at Local Lab 2018
Critically-acclaimed world premiere at Local Theater Company in 2018. Awarded Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Award for BEST NEW PLAY, 2019.
Wisdom From Everything by Mia McCullough
Presented at Local Lab 2017
Acclaimed world premiere at Local Theater Company in 2018
The Rape of the Sabine Women, By Grace B. Matthias by Michael Yates Crowley
Presented at Local Lab 2016
Critically-acclaimed world premiere Off-Broadway at Playwright's Realm in 2017
Critically-acclaimed regional premiere at Local Theater Company in 2017
Informed Consent by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Presented at Local Lab 2014
Critically-acclaimed New York premiere at Off-Broadway at Primary Stages in 2015
Productions have included Geva Theater Center, Cleveland Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, Horizon Theatre, GableStage, and American Stage
Hannah and the Dread Gazebo by Jiehae Park
Presented at Local Lab 2015
Received a reading at Williamstown Theater Festival in 2016
Won the 2015 Weissberger Award
Upcoming production at the 2017 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The History Room by Charlie Thurston
Presented at Local Lab 2016
World premiere at Creede Repertory Theatre in 2016
The Firestorm by Meridith Friedman
Presented at Local Lab 2015
World premiere at Local Theater Company in 2016
Faith by James McLindon
Presented at Local Lab 2014
World premiere at Local Theater Company in 2015
Concealed Carry by Joshua Rollins
Presented at Local Lab 2013
Selected for the 2013 Seven Devil’s Playwriting Conference with ID Theatre, based in Brooklyn
An Almanac for Farmers and Lovers in Mexico by Kate Tarker
Presented at Local Lab 2013
Additional workshop at the Playwright’s Center in Minneapolis
Selected to the 2015 Kilroy's List
Thoreau, and Other Assholes by Kyle Warren
Presented at Local Lab 2014
Presented as part of Broadway's Roundabout Theatre Company's Underground Reading Series in 2014
Lottie in the Late Afternoon by Amelia Roper
Presented at Local Lab 2016
Presented at Yale’s 8th Annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays in 2016
