LAByrinth Theater Company
ANNOUNCES ITS 2007-2008 SEASON
WORLD PREMIERE
OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
“A VIEW FROM 151st STREET”
By BOB GLAUDINI
Directed by PETER DUBOIS
Fall 2007
“UNCONDITIONAL”
By BRETT C. LEONARD
Directed by MARK WING-DAVEY
Winter 2008
DEVELOPMENTAL PRODUCTIONS
“PENALTIES & INTEREST”
By REBECCA COHEN
Directed by JOHN GOULD RUBIN
Spring 2008
“SWEET STORM”
By SCOTT HUDSON
Directed by PADRAIC LILLIS
Spring 2008
LAByrinth Theater Company, led by Artistic Directors
Philip Seymour Hoffman and
John Ortiz and Executive Director
Steve Asher, has announced its 2007-08 season. The 16
th
season, once again in residence at The Public Theater, will feature two
Off-Broadway productions and two developmental productions. The season
will also include LAByrinth's free play reading festival, The Barn
Series.
In a joint statement, Co-Artistic Directors Hoffman and Ortiz said “After the success of our 15
th
Anniversary season, we are excited to continue doing what LAByrinth
does best—presenting new and challenging works from a wide array of
artists.”
LABPASS® season memberships are available June 1 for $85 per person. To purchase a LABPASS membership, please visit
www.labtheater.org or call 212.260.2400.
WORLD PREMIERE OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Cops, rappers, dealers, teachers, hustlers, husbands and wives dwell in
the rhythms of rap, raw humor, aphasic staccato and live jazz in
Bob Glaudini's new play
A View from 151st Street. After the success of
Jack Goes Boating, LAByrinth reunites Glaudini and director
Peter DuBois for another world premiere. LAByrinth previously produced Glaudini's
Dutch Heart of Man during its 03/04 season.
FALL 2007
Nine New York stories converge in
Brett C. Leonard's incendiary new play
UNCONDITIONAL, a racially and sexually charged tale of rage, love, justice and betrayal.
Mark Wing-Davey will direct. LAByrinth previously produced Leonard's
Guinea Pig Solo during its 03/04 season.
WINTER 2008
DEVELOPMENTAL PRODUCTIONS
In
Rebecca Cohen's dark comedy,
Penalties & Interest,
the insular existence of office life is a Petri dish for contemporary
society where Lollie, Lyle and Amy try to keep their heads above water,
while their boss Dick bobs up when they least expect it.
John Gould Rubin will direct.
SPRING 2008
Some clouds, heavy rain and strong wind sweep in on young lovers up a tree in
Scott Hudson's
Sweet Storm.
Padraic Lillis will direct.
SPRING 2008
THE BARN SERIES
See the plays of tomorrow today. LAByrinth Theater Company will
host its annual collection of staged readings from exciting
up-and-coming playwrights as well as established writers.
All readings are free and open to the public.
DECEMBER 2007
COMPANY HISTORY
LAByrinth Theater Company has developed hundreds of new plays and staged 47 productions including:
Jack Goes Boating (2007),
A Small, Melodramatic Story (2006),
Sailor’s Song (2004),
Dutch Heart of Man (2003),
Dirty Story (2003),
Our Lady of 121st Street (2002),
Where’s My Money? (2001),
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (1999), and
In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings
(1998). The 2007/08 season will be LAByrinth's fifth in residency at
The Public Theater. LAByrinth has also collaborated with The
Public to develop new work, with productions such as
School of The Americas (2006),
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005) and
Guinea Pig Solo (2004).
LAByrinth was founded in 1992 when thirteen actors joined forces to
form a place to work. The idea was to create a home where the
group, for three hours each week, could engage in a variety of
theatrical exercises designed to push each others’ limits and bind
together into a tightly knit, uninhibited and impassioned ensemble –
one in which each member is given the opportunity and support not only
to act, but to write, direct, produce, sweep, paint, hang lights,
etcetera.
The fact that the company now consists of ninety-eight members from a
wide array of cultural perspectives did not occur through some
political design. It grew out of a shared artistic sensibility
and a desire to create personal work that reflects the community in
which the company lives: New York City.
LAByrinth is dedicated to developing new plays through a unique
creative process. Each play LAByrinth produces is first presented
at the Company’s annual Summer Intensive – a concentrated two-week
retreat where Company Members and invited guest artists create brand
new material and develop current works in progress. By surrounding the
playwright with talented and passionate artists, this supportive
environment allows freedom of expression and nurtures creativity.
