Summer Residency Lab
Jun 16–Jul 13, 2025
Our Summer Residency Lab brings artists to Berkeley Repertory Theatre to work on projects for a duration of one- to two-week residencies. Artists are selected based on a combination of existing relationships with Berkeley Rep’s artistic staff and an application process. Interaction with other artists, staff, board and, when appropriate, the public are highly encouraged. There is no final presentation required at the end of the Summer Residency Lab. If a project is at a stage where a reading or an audience would be useful, then that will be arranged. But there is no expectation of any kind of public sharing or showing. The purpose is to identify where the project is in its development path, and to move it to the next stage, whatever that stage may be.
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Special thanks
Lead support for The Ground Floor has been provided by Bank of America, Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau, The John Logan Foundation, The Maurer Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.
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