Kyra Sedgwick, Bobby Cannavale and Stephen Adly Guirgis Join Waterwell's Summer Theater Lab

Waterwell announces the addition of Kyra Sedgwick, Bobby Cannavale and Stephen Adly Guirgis to its roster of Master Class Artist's for the company's inaugural Summer Theater Lab. They join the previously announced Megan Hilty (Smash), Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) and Beau Willimon (House of Cards). Faculty and commissioned artists will be announced shortly.

The Waterwell Summer Theater Lab offers dedicated middle and high school students from across the country the opportunity to engage in a focused three-week training program with world-class practitioners in the heart of New York City's fabled Theater District. Over the course of an NYC summer, the artistic community at the Summer Theater Lab will showcase brave new works by some of the American theater's rising voices. They will premiere just steps from Times Square and, through publication, build upon the catalogue of quality age-appropriate material for theaters and schools world-wide.

Emmy Award-winning and Tony-nominated actor, Bobby Cannavale, of TV's Boardwalk Empire, Third Watch, Will and Grace, and Broadway's Glengarry Glen Ross opposite Oscar-winner Al Pacino; playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis whose works include The Motherf-ker With the Hat on Broadway starring Chris Rock and numerous collaborations with Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman; and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress, Kyra Sedgwick from TNT's crime drama, The Closer will serve as the Master Class Artists in the program's inaugural year.

"Students here are trained to break their own ceilings and find the joy in being 'idea people'. It's a skill-set that no one can ever take away from them. The Master Class and faculty artists we have for our inaugural year have crossed disciplines, mediums, and are some of the benchmarks for success in our industry," said Victor Maog, Director of Summer Theater Lab.

"Kyra, Bobby and Stephen are not only world-class artists, they're three of the hardest-working, most generous people in the business. And that's why we want out students to get the chance to meet them. The Summer Theater Lab is about chops, yes, but it's also about building relationships and joining a community, and how that all goes hand in hand," said Waterwell artistic director Tom Ridgely.

Waterwell is one of the Village Voice's Best Arguments for Devised Theater and creators of GOODBAR and #9, launches its Summer Theater Lab at the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) in Manhattan, under the leadership of Victor Maog, with world-class guest artists from the worlds of

theater, television, and film. The program has two sessions: Monday-Friday, July 15-August 3, and August 5-24, 2013. For more information about classes and enrollment, visit www.waterwell.org/summer. The application deadline is May 10th.