Veteran thespians Shelley Rugg and her father, Ken Rugg, will host a monthly variety show in the Dance Palace Church Space open to anyone interested in performing on stage, starting Monday, Feb. 23. The program’s title, 10×10 Performance Lab, describes its format: each month, 10 groups or individual performers (of any age) will have 10 minutes to do an act of their choosing. “It’s like an open mic on steroids,” said Ms. Rugg, who late last year relocated with her father from Long Beach to Inverness. “You never know what you’re going to see at a show.” The idea is not only to give a space for novice performers to conquer their butterflies by letting loose onstage, but also for the audience to give feedback and play a more direct part in the artistic process.” The father-daughter duo put on the same 10×10 variety show a decade ago in Long Beach, where both have spent the majority of their lives. Ms. Rugg had a long career in performance art, both as a solo performer and as an artistic director of a fine arts program for adults with intellectual disabilities at a Christian university. Her father has also made a life of performance: Ken—who turns 81 this month—is an award-winning stage actor and taught theater for 30 years at California State University, Long Beach, where he specialized in teaching kids how to put on shows for other kids. “Dad was always really good at sneaking adult material into children’s things,” said Ms. Rugg, who graduated from the same school with an M.F.A. in visual arts. For Ms. Rugg, the new program will be the first project of many to come; her move to West Marin, a permanent one, was motivated by hopes to revitalize her career as an artist. “A big part of moving here is to regain my artist self,” she said. “I’m in my early 50s, I still can change my life, so I decided to take the leap and really change things up.” The program will be free for participants, and $10 for audience members. Interested performers can sign up and request more information by emailing [email protected].