In the Fall of 2019, 16 theater artists auditioned and enrolled in Fiasco Theater's inaugural 6-Week Conservatory. Over the course of those six weeks, we grew as individuals and we grew together, ultimately forming our own theater collective: CHAOS. 

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United by our training with Fiasco and our collective curiosity, love of text, and joy, we continued to workshop and develop our own ideas about plays, creating our very own laboratory—The CHAOS Collective (adoringly known as CHAOS). CHAOS is a laboratory in which artists fully immerse themselves in process and allow the time necessary to fully and humanely engage with a play through intense exploration and fun. Process, time, and fun—sounds simple—but in practice, it's actually pretty radical.

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In this joy-led laboratory, we investigate all text: from Shakespeare to contemporary plays to new works written by CHAOS members. We lead democratically by rotating committee, sharing responsibility, decision-making, and taking turns co-directing projects. In our rehearsal room, we seek to reimagine the stories we tell, how we as actors and creators can bring our full humanity to the human experience on the page, and also how we make theater. Our mission is to create sustainable, joyful, and empowered work that centers and celebrates the humans in the room.