Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for eatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France

Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France Mark Brokaw | Juliette Carillo | Anne Kauffman | Ralph B. Pe a | Leigh Silverman | Les Waters

One of 10 Summer Residency Programs the Institute Leads for Independent Artists in Theatre and Film

Posted Jul 22, 2014

New York, NY Sundance Institute and the LUMA Foundation today announced that the two organizations will again collaborate to host the second Sundance Institute | LUMA Foundation Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France, July 29 through August 11. The Retreat is one of 10 residential programs hosted by Sundance Institute this summer, collectively representing 15 weeks of support and mentorship for promising independent artists in theatre and film from the United States and around the world.

Under the supervision of Theatre Program Artistic Director Philip Himberg, Producing Director Christopher Hibma and Program Associate Anne Kauffman, the Retreat is the only theatre director-centered residency of its kind. The Retreat complements other initiatives of the Theatre Program by providing resources to mid-career theatre directors and grew out of a need expressed by directors for an immersive forum in which to exchange ideas and best practices with peers; review and discuss new work, and participate in intensive discussions led by experienced arts professionals.

Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, said, The Directors Retreat offers a truly rare opportunity for theatre directors to focus inward, to investigate, research and plan new projects, and to reinvigorate their creative spirits. This also comprises a unique experience for these stage artists to be in dialogue with their peers, and to engage in rigorous conversation about the contemporary field.

Directors selected for the 2014 Sundance Institute | LUMA Foundation Theatre Directors Retreat are:

Mark Brokaw recently directed the Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Other Broadway credits include The Lyons, After Miss Julie, Cry-Baby, The Constant Wife, and Reckless. New York premieres include works by David Auburn, Lynda Barry (The Good Times Are Killing Me), Douglas Carter Beane (As Bees in Honey Drown), Keith Bunin, Charles Busch (Olive and the Bitter Herbs), Julia Cho, Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride), Kenneth Lonergan (This Is Our Youth, Lobby Hero), Craig Lucas (The Dying Gaul), Eduardo Machado, Nicky Silver (Too Much Sun, The Lyons), Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, Long Christmas Ride Home) and Wendy Wasserstein (Old Money). Mark has collaborated with Noah Haidle and Laura Jacqmin at past Sundance Institute Theatre Labs. He has directed at London's Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin's Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Mark is the Artistic Director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Mark is also an Artistic associate at Roundabout Theatre.

Juliette Carillo most recently worked as director and choreographer on The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Regionally, Juliette has directed Lydia (Mark Taper Forum, Yale Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company); The Brothers Size, The Cook (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Plumas Negras (as writer), It's All Bueno, Touch The Water, Lethe, As Vishnu Dreams, Los Faustinos (Cornerstone Theater Company); References to Salvador Dal Make Me Hot, Anna in the Tropics, California Scenarios, Nostalgia, The Countess, Sidney Bechet Killed a Man, Jane of the Jungle (South Coast Repertory); Cloud Tectonics (Alliance Theatre); The Eviction, Eyes For Consuela (Magic Theatre); Sonia Flew (Laguna Playhouse); El Paso Blue (Summer Play Festival, New York); The Play That Knows What You Want (Women's Project. Juliette has received various awards, including: Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, Seattle Repertory Theatre (The Brothers Size); Examiner Awards, Arizona Theatre Company (The Glass Menagerie). GLAAD award, Mark Taper Forum (Lydia); Ovation Awards, Henry Awards, Denver Center Theatre Company (Lydia); finalist, Alan Schneider Award for Directing, Drama-Logue Awards, NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship, Princess Grace Award. Juliette received her MFA at the Yale School of Drama.

Anne Kauffman has directed at most major New York non-profit and regional theaters. Her recent credits include Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize finalist play Detroit, Smokefall by Noah Haidle at South Coast Rep and The Goodman Theater, 100 Days by The Bengsons at Z Space in San Francisco, Somewhere Fun by Jenny Schwartz at the Vineyard Theater, Amy Herzog's Belleville for Yale Rep, NY Theatre Workshop and Steppenwolf (Lortel Nomination for Best Director), Chloe Moss's This Wide Night starring Edie Falco for Naked Angels (Lortel Nomination for Best Director), and Greg Pierce's Slowgirl for LCT3. She is Program Associate at Sundance Institute, a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop, an alumna of the Soho Rep Writers and Directors Lab, a current member of Soho Rep's Artistic Council, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Drama League of New York, a founding member of The Civilians, an Associate Artist with Clubbed Thumb and member of New Georges Kitchen Cabinet. From 2000-2006, Anne was on the directing faculty at NYU. She received her MFA in directing from UCSD, and a BA in Slavic Languages and Literature and Theater from Stanford University. Anne's many awards include the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, several Barrymore Awards, Obie Award, and the Lilly Award in Direction.

Ralph B. Pe a is the artistic director of Ma-Yi Theatre Company. Recent directing credits include developing a new musical at ACT in San Francisco, Lloyd Suh's The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Ch

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