11/01/2023
Laark Productions is the combined artistic and business concept of Lane and Karla Burkitt. With multiple performance, artistic and leadership credentials and extensive experience in local educational, community and professional theater they incorporated as Laark Productions in 2013. In June 2014, under the direction of Karla Burkitt, the new company produced Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in partnership with the Highlands Center for Natural History as a fundraiser for the center's educational programming. Since that initial production Shakespeare in the Pines has grown to be an annual event taking place in the heart of Prescott National Forest each June. In 2015 Laark Productions partnered with the Highlands Center, Camp Verde Library and Arcosanti Urban Laboratory to develop new audiences and share a love of theater with neighboring Northern Arizona communities. The 2016 season launched a new relationship with Yavapai Community College in Clarkdale, AZ as the company brought Shakespeare's great tragedy, Hamlet, to their outdoor stage.
