Guthrie Actors Lab
Supporting local artists
The Guthrie Actors Lab is a free, four-week intensive designed to support early to mid-career artists based in the Twin Cities. Under the direction of local artists and the Guthrie Artistic Team, this inspiring professional training program seeks to develop and hone the actor’s artistic practice.
About the program
Each year, the Guthrie Actors Lab cohort engages in a rigorous exploration of the acting craft through workshops with expert theater practitioners in these key areas:
- Movement and physicality
- Voice and speech
- Heightened text
- Stage combat
- Character work
- Scene study — and more
Things to know
Eligibility
Any artist based in the Twin Cities is welcome to apply for the Guthrie Actors Lab.
Union and non-union actors are welcome. The Guthrie is dedicated to building an equitable environment that is mixed across lines of difference and strongly encourages applications from Black artists, Indigenous artists, artists of color, women, transgender artists and nonbinary artists.
Program details
Guthrie Actors Lab will rigorously hone actors’ skills through active workshops in scene study, performing Shakespeare, voice and dialect work, on-camera technique and voiceovers, movement and stage combat, and auditioning for the stage. Artists will be given multiple opportunities to polish auditions and showcase their work, guided by world-class teaching artists.
Location
Guthrie Actors Lab will take place in rehearsal rooms, classrooms and the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater.
Key dates
- Application deadline: January 2, 2026 (Selected applicants will be invited to an in-person audition January 12–13, 2026)
- In-person auditions: January 12–13, 2026
- Guthrie Actors Lab: May 4–29, 2026 (Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., excluding May 25 for Memorial Day)
Actors who are invited to participate in Guthrie Actors Lab must confirm full-time availability for the entire program duration.
Snapshots
Photo: Jiccarra N. Hollman and Alessandria Rhines (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Elizabeth Efteland and Steve Mallers (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Jiccarra N. Hollman and Guthrie Actors Lab 2025 cohort (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Steve Mallers and Guthrie Actors Lab 2025 cohort (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Elizabeth Efteland (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Ebony Ramquist (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Ebony Ramquist and Lisa Vogel (Tom Wallace)
Photo: Alessandria Rhines (Tom Wallace)
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