The Lab
An imaginative rehearsal room for real life. Everyone participates as themselves. Practice presence, listening, choice, and connection.
Ask about joining ↗Play Labs
A place to practice
being human.
Collaboration Play Labs brings together people from all walks of life—artists, educators, professionals, and practitioners—to practice being present in real life while using imagination to explore and create possibilities that might otherwise remain out of reach.
Come as you are. Bring what you've got. Play your part.
Inside the production
Choose a door. Join the practice.
Wooden Nickels
Fictional characters meet real experts in theatrical encounters about the situations people navigate every day.
Ask about Wooden Nickels ↗Edutainment
Mixed Reality Theatre and participatory experiences for professional education, discussion, and practice.
Inquire about training ↗Caregrounds
Community, care, and ways to connect with people and resources in real life.
Find out more ↗Collaborators
Meet the artists, clinicians, educators, practitioners, and contributors whose work brings the Lab to life.
Explore collaboration ↗Bring the Lab
Portable experiences that can travel to an institution, a community gathering, a venue, or an existing event.
Invite the Lab ↗Bigger Picture
Where theatre, imagination, care, expertise, and existing resources meet—and what becomes possible when they do.
Continue the conversation ↗Story So Far
From theatrical productions and Mixed Reality Theatre to portable practices, collaborations, and the evolving Lab.
Ask for the story ↗