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About the Program

The Langham Directors’ Workshop Michael Langham – Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, 1956–1967

The Langham Directors’ Workshop wants to nurture exciting directorial talent and provide you with the resources to explore, play and hone your craft. We want to help you create inspired and boundary-pushing work — not only for our stages, but for your career and beyond. We offer emerging and mid-career professional directors the opportunity to explore innovative Shakespeare and classical works, support large-scale productions on some of the most unique stages in the country, and birth new plays with Canada’s finest playwrights. Throughout these explorations, we hope to provide mentorship opportunities, help grow your networks, and provide a space for authentic creative exploration. We aim to give you practical knowledge of the workings of this Festival and hope to see your work on our stages in the near future.

• Participants will work as Assistant Directors on Festival productions. (Responsibilities may include attending design and production meetings before the official residency in Stratford and leading/assisting on understudy rehearsals.)

• Participants will attend regular group meetings during the season with guest artists and talk with fellow Langham participants and program alumni.

• Participants will take part in two intensives — the first during the season, and the second near the end of October — consisting of panel discussions and other creative workshops to help prepare them for working at theatres like the Stratford Festival.

• Participants will create a 20-minute final presentation where they will choose and direct a scene/project that best represents their aesthetic. The Directors’ Workshop Presentations are usually held in the Studio Theatre in November (three weeks).

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It is understood that many communities find traditional application processes to be stressful and inaccessible. The Festival is committed to addressing any access barriers throughout the application process as best as they can. If you require support with the application or have any access needs (ASL-interpretation, deadline extension, etc.), please reach out so they can assist. Email Natasha Sinclair, Assistant Producer, at langham@stratfordfestival.ca or call at 1.800.561.1233 x2505.