In addition to the Summer Play Festival, The Living Room For Artists' programs include:

SPF Internship Program

The SPF Internship Program is a six week intensive program that attracts over 30 students from across the country to work on the Festival, and receive mentoring from seasoned professionals. The program includes three weeks in which the students are assigned to a single Festival production, and numerous networking and educational opportunities.

Applications for the program are accepted from early January each year.

Careers in the Theatre

The Living Room for Artists also produces a series of "Careers in Theatre" panels, hosted in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, that convenes Broadway and off-Broadway professionals to share their experience with a new wave of artists and creative entrepreneurs.

Past topics have included "Careers Backstage", "Actors and the Casting Process", "Careers in Theatre Management", and "Producing 101".

Donmar Residence Program

One writer showcased at the Summer Play Festival is selected and sent to work with the prestigious Donmar Warehouse in London as part of a writer's residency program. The one month program allows the writer to work intimately with the artistic staff of the theatre to nurture their craft while engulfing themselves in the culture of the London theatre scene.

For more information, visit [ http://www.donmarwarehouse.com ]

SPF Salon Series

The SPF Salon Series is designed to provide a forum for discussion that examines ideas and concerns of relevance to the theatre today. Moderated by Time Out New York theatre critics David Cote and Adam Feldman, guests have the opportunity to hear and talk with some of the industry's most interesting figures.

Past speakers and panelists have included:

• Adam Rapp (Playwright, Red Light Winter)
• Alexis Soloski (Theatre Critic, The Village Voice)
• Amy Jacobs (General Manager, Nina Lannan & Associates)
• Bartlett Sher (Director, Awake and Sing!; The Light In The Piazza)
• Bob Boyett (Producer, The History Boys, Journey’s End)
• Carole Rothman (Artistic Director, Second Stage)
• Dave Auster (Associate General Manager, 101 Productions)
• David Binder (Producer, A Raisin In The Sun; Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
• Eric Grode (Theatre Critic, The New York Sun)
• Gordon Edelstein (Artistic Director, Long Wharf Theater)
• Harold Wolpert (Managing Director, Roundabout Theatre Company)
• James Houghton (Artistic Director, Signature Theatre Company)
• Jason Zinoman (Theatre Critic, The New York Times)
• Jeanine Tesori (Composer, Shrek; Caroline, or Change; Thoroughly Modern Mille)
• Jenny Gersten (Artistic Director, Naked Angels)
• Jeremy McCarter (Theatre Critic, New York Magazine)
• Jim Nicola (Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop)
• John Ortiz (Co-Artistic Director, LAByrinth Theatre)
• Keith Bunin (Playwright, The Busy World Is Hushed)
• Kenny Leon (Director, Radio Golf; Gem of the Ocean; A Raisin in the Sun)
• Kevin McCollum (Producer, Avenue Q; Rent)
• Kevin Spacey (Artistic Director, The Old Vic Theatre)
• Kristin Caskey (Associate Producer, Fox Theatricals)
• Kurt Beattie (Artistic Director, ACT Seattle)
• Lisa Kron (Playwright / Actor, Well)
• Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club)
• Michael Grandage (Artistic Director, Donmar Warehouse)
• Michael Hurst (Managing Director, The Public Theater)
• Michael Mayer (Director, Spring Awakening)
• Morgan Jenness (Agent, Abrams Artists Agency)
• Neil Pepe (Artistic Director, Atlantic Theatre Company)
• Nick Frankfort (Executive Producer, Donmar Warehouse)
• Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director, The Public Theater)
• Randall Wreghitt (Producer, Grey Gardens)
• Richard Nelson (Playwright and Chair of the Department of Playwriting at the Yale University School of Drama)
• Robyn Goodman (Producer, Avenue Q, Barefoot in the Park, Altar Boyz)
• Steve Cosson (Artistic Director, The Civilians)
• Steve Winton, (CEO, Theatrical, Live Nation)
• Tara Rubin (Tara Rubin Casting)
• Theresa Rebeck (Playwright, Mauritius; The Scene; Omnium Gatherum; The Water's Edge)
• Tim Sanford (Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons)
• Todd London (Artistic Director, New Dramatists)
• Vallejo Gantner (Artistic Director, PS122)
• Will Frears (Director, Omnium Gatherum; The Water's Edge)

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