DIRECTOR’S HAVEN 7

The Director’s Haven gives directors in the earliest stages of their professional careers a rare opportunity to take risks, hone their crafts and talents and share their vision through a fully staged production of a short play. Giving directors support to produce during their formative years, which includes a full design team, budget, marketing support and more, allows these artists to create quality work as well as provides a platform to further their artistic visibility through the creation of said work. 

Applications for Director’s Haven 7 in 2024 have closed at this time.

The 2024 Directors:

The 2024 directors are: Leanna Oliveira, directing The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould by Benjamin Bettenbender, Gaby Labotka, directing Skyflint, by Cassandra Rose, and Faith Hart, directing Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett.

Eligibility Requirements:

• MUST BE A CURRENT RESIDENT OF CHICAGO

• MUST NOT BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DIRECTING PROGRAM

• MUST NOT BE AFFILIATED WITH AN EXISTING PRODUCTION COMPANY TO THE EXTENT WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO DIRECT A FULL-LENGTH PLAY FOR SAID COMPANY
  

  NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR DIRECTORS AT THE VERY EARLIEST STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS BEFORE THEY HAVE MANY PROFESSIONAL (UNION OR NON-UNION) FULL PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR FULL-LENGTH PLAYS. WHILE THERE IS NO AGE REQUIREMENT OR "MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PRODUCTIONS" TO QUALIFY, PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING YOUR APPLICATION.

Director’s Haven Alumni

Previous Directors include:

Joel Willison | Arti Ishak | Megan Philippi | Lauren Katz l AJ Schwartz l Aaron Mays l Ian Damont Martin l Charlotte Drover l Airos Sung-En Medill l Dani Wieder l Kristen Johnson l Lexi Saunders l Alyssa White l Zach Weinberg l Carol Ann Tan l Arianna Soloway l Monty Cole l JD Caudill