ABOUT THE OP GREENHOUSE

The Orchard Project Greenhouse Lab is a year-long New York City-based accelerator for directors, writers, composers, choreographers, designers, and other generative artists to seed ambitious and unexpected work, form relationships, and develop a new generation and network of working artists. This lab aims to provide ongoing support to participants hoping to generate new material and build a network of curious, engaged up-and-coming artists. Unlike other Orchard Project labs, this program’s focus is not on the projects themselves, but on the diversity and generative skills that each artist brings to the table.

The Greenhouse lab is a hybrid virtual/in-person lab that meets bi-monthly with occasional in-person get-togethers in New York City. Please note that unlike our normal performance residency program, the Greenhouse is intended for artists looking to instigate work with the Orchard Project rather than receive its support on existing work. That is not to say that work in early stages of development cannot find a home within the program, but rather to suggest that the focus is on the discovery and support of a group of collaborations within the program.

Each year, members of the Greenhouse Lab meet with their program director at the beginning to map out a structure for the year, so expectations may change year to year. In recent years, however, this has included bi-weekly meetings in which members have brought various projects in development to the group for feedback, and full working workshop weekends in NYC for members to share work and working methods.

No matter the exact structure, as a member of a Greenhouse cohort, you will be expected to present excerpts from your work or responses to prompts at as many meetings as possible and read your cohort’s scripts and provide feedback in a group setting. You will also be pushed to generate new ideas and content on a regular basis for group meetings.