2010 – Miranda Wright founded Los Angeles Performance Practice to provide a producing infrastructure for two international collaborations in Cuba and Uganda, centered on reciprocal exchange with foundational partners in L.A.
2013 – We launched our Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival as a platform for new voices in contemporary performance in L.A..
2015 – LAPP received 501(c)3 non-profit status and expanded our programming with two new initiatives for artists and audiences: FREE ADVICE and WORKSHOPS. FREE ADVICE offers open consultations with staff and guest advisors from arts organizations, to encourage a generous exchange of ideas, practices, knowledge, and resources. Our WORKSHOPS are a series of low cost professional development sessions that cover practical skill-sets such as grant writing and budgeting, as well as creative topics like devising performance and dance practices.
2016 – LAPP partnered with Automata to launch RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT (R+D) residencies for artists. This program has since evolved beyond the container of residencies to provide early project support for artists developing new work in L.A., including childcare stipends for artists who are parents and guardians.
2019 – LAPP spearheaded CASUAL– a low-tech, work-in-process performance series– and The Research in the Arts initiative– a comparative study of contemporary performance-making in L.A., New York, and San Francisco, to look at geographic funding disparities and retain L.A.’s creative class.
2021 – The LAX Festival returned for 10 days of contemporary performance at FRANKIE, after a pandemic hiatus.
2022 – LAPP added ACCELERATOR, a program which convened a cohort of independent artists who met monthly to resource new work and deepen self-producing skills. Another new initiative, LA GATHERS brought together arts leaders and culture bearers affected by historic and systemic oppression to explore building a restorative economy. LAPP also became an intermediary for the California Arts Council to administer Individual Artist Fellowships.
2023 – During this banner year, LAPP administered California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, which provided unrestricted funding to a broad range of L.A. County Artists. LAPP awarded $760,000 to 90 fellows. 2023 also marked the tenth installment of our LAX Festival, which focused on partnerships with larger cultural institutions in DTLA and spanned six weeks. Three of our Creative Producing projects premiered this year, including All Time Stop Now, a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by On the Boards (Seattle), and the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT). Following Miranda Wright’s decision to step down from her leadership role, LAPP embarked on a leadership transition process to usher in new perspectives and fresh points of view and to ensure LAPP’s sustainability moving forward.
2024 – Currently, LAPP is transitioning to a Co-Director leadership model, making space for new visionaries to carry us into the future. We look forward to seeing what the future holds.