Partnerships
The Lark is committed to creating partnerships with regional theaters, universities, and commercial producers domestically & internationally.
Regional Theatres
Not-for-profit producers operate more than 1,200
theatres nationwide according to
Theatre Communications Group. Lark supports advocacy for productions of Lark-developed work in a
growing network of
partnerships. Some regional theaters we have partnered with
include the Public
Theater with our Studio Retreats of David Henry Hwang's
YELLOW FACE and
Tracey Scott Wilson's THE GOOD NEGRO, the Culture Project
with our Studio Retreat
of Jessica Litwak's TERRIBLE VIRTUE by Jessica Litwak, Queens Theatre
in the Park for Rajiv Joseph's
BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO,
Hip Hop
Theatre Festival
with our Barebones Production of
Kristoffer Diaz's WELCOME
TO ARROYO'S,
Madison Rep
with a studio retreat of Willie Holtzman & Darrah Cloud's musical
SABINA, Hudson Stage
with
our Barebones Production of Eric Henry Sanders' WHERE'S ANNIE,
and Magic Theatre with a
new play by Betty Shemiah.
Consortiums and Networks
We have created play development consortiums,
funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. México Fund for
Culture, Etant Donnes,
the French American Fund, and others, to draw
national and international
focus to the support of writers and their work.
We regularly attend new play
festivals around the world and work closely on
play advancement strategies
with Theatre Communications Group, the Alliance
of Resident Theatres/
New York, the National New Play Network, Sister Cities
Playwrights, the
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs Association, Playwrights' Foundation
and others.
Educational Institutions
Schools provide safe and well-supported venues
for “trial runs” and
the continued development of new works of all kinds. In
particular,
colleges and universities provide excellent opportunities for
complex and
ambitious works, including musicals and translations, which
may feel risky for nonprofit and commercial theatre producers. In addition,
playwrights and
their creative teams are often embraced as teachers and
mentors during
play development residencies. Finally, students from
educational institutions
serve as interns or mentees with the Lark. We currently have programs with University of Connecticut and Stanford University.
Commercial Producers
The commercial arena is constantly striving to
reinvent itself through the
discovery and development of highly original
work. The Lark communicates
with an expanding network of commercial
producers in order to acquaint
them with our plays and playwrights and to
invite them to partner in particular
play development projects.