THE VAULT CREATION LAB is an ambitious, new initiative helmed by Coalmine Theatre Artistic Director Bentley. It’s a space in which writers, creators and playwrights are afforded the opportunity to explore, experiment and invest in their ideas in the critical stages of development. Creative teams will have access to space, resources, technical elements, and public presentations centering audience feedback, to develop and uncover the complete potential of their work.  THE VAULT will also launch a writers’ membership program in the fall of this year.

See below for their inaugural stage presentations. 
 
THE VAULT Public Lab programming for 2025:

DISCOUNT DAVE AND THE FIX
Written by Rebecca Auerbach
Direction/ dramaturgy by Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Starring Rebecca Auerbach

May 29, 30, 31 at 7:30pm and June 1 at 2:00pm

When a rockstar crashes the backstage party at a Shakespeare festival, a thrill-seeking young actor is set on a path of self-reckoning. A provocative blend of truth and fiction, DISCOUNT DAVE AND THE FIX is a suspenseful, hilarious and harrowing examination of our obsession with celebrity, how addiction can bury our wounds, and what it takes to heal.

REPRODUKTION 
Written by Amy Rutherford
Direction/ dramaturgy by Marie Farsi
Live sound design by Maddie Bautista

August 19, 20, 21 at 7:30pm and August 22 at 2:00pm

An epic, moving and funny new play about infertility and creation, REPRODUKTION explores the ancient imperative to procreate and how to find meaning in our lives in the face of impossibility. When a woman undergoes an alternative form of fertility treatment that is “guaranteed to reproduce,” a surprising and dangerous transformation occurs in which she reproduces multiple versions of herself, for this lab experiment, composer Maddie Bautista will be recording and mixing live throughout the show, reproducing the play’s soundscore in real time, each night.

The Vault Creation Lab –  2076 Danforth Ave. Toronto. For more information about click here.

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