Past Confidence Lab

  Taylor Graham served as Poet Laureate from 2016 to 2018 in El Dorado County and although her tenure ended over a year ago she has not stopped serving the written word and her community. Windows of Time and Place, Graham’s eighteenth book, is an homage to all things El Dorado County and includes many…

These sessions are intensive improvisation workshops for the initiated and beginner alike. They will cover basic introductions to Improv techniques and tools then move through Team-Based Competition, Long-Form Narrative Improv, Prop and Object Work, Characterizations, and Improvisational Monologue Work. The three-hour sessions will be mostly hands-on improvisational exercise working at the pace of the participants.…

Start 2019 with a movement practice that expands your creativity. Ongoing dance/movement classes for teens & adults with Tiffany Van Camp. Starting January 19th, Confidence Lab will be hosting classes every Saturday. Sign up for Intro to Modern Dance (9-10:15am) or Contemporary Dance & Improvisation (10:30-11:45am). Class sizes are limited to 10 students so pre-register…

See The Elephant is thrilled to present visiting artist Gennarose Nethercott on her United States tour. Join us for an enchanting evening of live poetry reading from her recently published “The Lumberjack’s Dove” accompanied by a shadow play. Gennarose’s performance will be followed by a Q&A. And special guest performance from Gavin Sellers. Tickets ($15…

Join us for a public reading of a new play written by students of El Dorado High School’s Collaborative Playwriting class, made possible by El Dorado Arts Council & California Arts Council. Listen to students present their play, “Cloront: A Dream Play” publicly for the first time and stay for a Q&A with the playwrights…

Black Ice Theatre Presents Hangtown, A Ghost Play by Rae Mathews and Richard S. Sargent On a stormy night in Placerville, a woman accused of murder squares off with a detective who might just be guilty of a few crimes himself. As the night progresses and the tension between the two builds, strange occurrences begin…

Save the Graves Presents Historical Hyperbole of Placerville as told by Immigrant Jane, aka Jane Stuart, aka Jane Johnson, aka Mary Jane Shroyer. With William Cary setting the record straight.   Save the Graves Coalition is a new volunteer organization working to preserve and protect El Dorado County’s 200 plus neglected pioneer cemeteries, graves and…

Second Annual Applecore Fringe Festival September 7, 8, and 9, 2018 Check Facebook for details! Confidence Lab, Volution Gallery, Studio 81, and the Courtyard   The return of Placerville’s very first Fringe Festival. With shows from all over the world, and from our own backyard. Experience innovative theatre.