ART LAB
THE COMPANY
Art Lab is a commercial producer of Broadway theater, regional theater and a developer of new works in New York City and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A powerhouse female duo; Meg Fofonoff, Producing Artistic Director, and Megan Chacalos, Associate Producer, strive to create stories of the past that resonate today. Art Lab has been a producer on shows such as; Head Over Heels, Come From Away (West End), and The Cher Show. Art Lab was groundbreaking in producing several seasons (2020-2023) of "virtually produced" musicals, such as: Disenchanted, First Date, Amour, and three theater-based online series, “The Show Must Go On Show,” “Art Lab Presents,” and “Broadway Interludes." Most recently Art Lab has produced a concert series in New York City, The Muse Sessions, and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Rachel York's For The Love of It, and Mum's the Word on Cape Cod. Art Lab is currently a producer on Wild About You, Little Dancer, and is proud to be a co-producer on "A Country Wife," in collaboration with Red Bull Theatre. In upcoming projects, Art Lab is excited to produce its own new work, "Silk", with a stellar creative team that includes Chilina Kennedy, Eric Holmes and Daniel Edmonds.
MEG FOFONOFF
PRODUCER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Meg Fofonoff founded and served as Founder & Artistic Producer of Fiddlehead Theatre Company (FTC), from 1993–2016. FTC, a professional, award-winning entity, produced plays and musicals in Boston and beyond. Since then, she has moved on to a new chapter, establishing Art Lab LLC, a producer of commercial theater on Broadway as well as regional productions in Massachusetts and beyond. Art Lab has been a producer on the Tony Award-winning The Cher Show; Head Over Heels; Come From Away (London); and the Broadway-bound Little Dancer (directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty). Over the past years, in the newly derived virtual arena for theater, Meg Fofonoff has been the producer/director of virtual musicals such as Disenchanted (December 2020), Amour (April 2021), First Date (July 2021) as well as three theatre-based online series, The Show Must Go On Show, Art Lab Presents, & Broadway Interludes. In addition, Fofonoff has recently directed The Muse Sessions (NYC) and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline and Mum’s The Word (Cape Cod). Art Lab is a member of the Broadway League and The National Alliance of Musical Theatre. Ms Fofonoff is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women. She is a Board Member of The American Theatre Wing, The Boch Center (Boston), The College Light Opera Company (Cape Cod) and The Marine Biological Laboratories (Cape Cod).
megan jo chacalOs
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Megan is a New York City-based performer and producer originally from Wheeling, West Virginia. Chacalos attended West Virginia University where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. It was within the school’s lab theatre program where she developed a knack for theatrical producing and directing. The summer before her senior year, she completed conservatory training at Stella Adler Studio NYC as one of the twelve members of the school’s first ever Enhanced Curriculum program. Chacalos began working alongside Art Lab in August of 2022 and helped sculpt projects such as the social media sensation, Broadway Interludes and most recently, Mum’s the Word.