WildWind Performance Lab (WWPL) is a premier summer theatre intensive at Texas Tech University. Students are immersed in a non-traditional and process-oriented developmental laboratory, experimenting with all facets of the theatrical process, while concentrating on networking, play development, and contemporary design and performance methodologies.

Most academic theatre productions are based on a four-to-six-week process, ultimately resulting in a final product: the play itself. WildWind, however, teaches exploration: myriad reactions to material, form, idea, and technique. In a unique environment, students learn the process and language of play development, using texts both from TTU students and professional playwrights.

Under the artistic direction of Jim Wren and Lexy Leuszler, WildWind invites guest artists to campus who not only share their professional journeys, but also serve as mentors and, in some cases, future employers. TTU has also invited students from the Hong Kong Performing Arts Academy, as well as those who have earned national distinction from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

This summer, students will work alongside THE PACK, New York City’s award-winning new play collective that explores alternative models for creating live theatre. Engaging in a wide variety of topics including clowning, looping, acting for the camera, and playwriting, the program will focus on developing new works, allowing the students to create, rehearse, and perform.

WWPL 2025 is open to Texas Tech students and area high school interested in learning new performance methodologies. For more information about WWPL 2025, click on the link below.

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