Producer Lab at the RISER New Works Festival

Producer Lab is back at the RISER New Works Festival, May 29 – 31, 2026! With two exciting opportunities, Producer Lab is here to help you develop your indie theatre producing skills and make connections.

Skill Shares: bite-sized offerings to add to your producing toolbox. Each Skill Share is a one-hour session including a 20 – 30 minute presentation and discussion on a particular topic in indie producing. Join us May 30 for Surviving Tech Week with Kat Evans or May 31 for Tech & Design with T. Erin Gruber!

Producer Lab Café: we invite indie artists to book one-on-one meetings with artistic leaders to chat about the fun (and challenge) of theatre producing. Registration is open now to book free one-on-one meetings May 29^th — 31^st with one of nine guests from Common Ground, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Major Matt Mason Collective, MADE in Highlands, Thou Art Here, and the Varscona Theatre!

Find more info or sign up for all Producer Lab activities HERE!

And of course, don’t miss our lineup of exciting work-in-progress showings from the latest cohort of RISER artists, running in the Backstage Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns May 29^th — 31^st, 2026. All tickets are Pay-What-You Can, get yours now!