GAN-e-meed Theatre Project's second season of Career Labs for Women in Theatre begins on September 12 with Balancing Act: The Work/Life Continuum, a panel discussion.

Co-produced by StageSource, the panel features an impressive group of successful professional women: Veronique Le Melle, Executive Director of The Boston Center for the Arts; Jennie Israel, Actress, Educator and Founding Member of Actors' Shakespeare Project; and Ilana Brownstein, Playwright, Professor, and Founder of the recently established Playwrights' Commons. This lively, insightful, articulate, educated, and experienced panel will be moderated by Julie A. Hennrikus, Executive Director of StageSource.

"This is an issue that kept arising at StageSource's Boston Theatre Conference, so I know I'm not the only one frustrated with juggling!" laughs Jen Lewis, Director of Career Labs. "Theatre people often chose to stay in Boston because we want to have family, hobbies, relationships- a life! And don't forget the need to pay the bills, eat healthy and sleep 8 hours per night. Combining all that with the time-consuming, poorly-paid, variably-scheduled theatre world is incredibly tough. Everyone finds their own way to make it work, and in this Career Lab we'll explore the issue with successful women in different places in their lives and careers. There are no "one-size" solutions, but maybe they have found some tricks I haven't yet!"

Launched mid-way through last season, The Career Labs, a successful quarterly event fills an essential slot in GAN-e-meed's mission to advance the role of women in theatre. The Career Labs provide an opportunity for women in theatre to address challenges, celebrate successes, create community, develop skill sets, and build an on-going dialogue.

The Career Labs is generously hosted by The Boston Center for the Arts.

The successful Career Labs, a series of workshops and panel discussions continues in 2011-12 with Balancing Act: the Work-Life Continuum on September 12; Perfecting Your Pitch on November 8; Negotiation for Women in Theatre in April 2012; and Building Your Community and Network on June 3, 2012. Co-sponsored by StageSource, all Career Labs are generously hosted by the Boston Center for the Arts. Further networking opportunities will be available during the oft-demanded Women in Theatre Networking Nights, beginning October 6.

GAN-e-meed Theatre Project is a mission-driven non-profit theatre company that advances the role of women in theatre. GAN-e-meed supports their mission through a production season of relevant plays, networking nights for women in theatre, and The Career Labs, a series of workshops supporting the unique challenges, skill-sets, and successes of women in theatre. For more information please visit www.GANemeed.org.