LAByrinth Theater Company - About Labyrinth

LAByrinth is dedicated to developing new

plays through a unique creative process.

Summer Intensive

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.

Summer Intensive 2005, Bennington College,Vermont

photo by Monique Carboni

After the Intensive, selected works move to the next stage in the creative process and are presented in one of two public forums in New York City. These public readings give the playwright and his/her creative team further opportunity to rehearse and explore the text in front of an audience.

Barn Series Festival

The Barn Series is a more formal reading series of plays in progress which are more fully staged and rehearsed. The Barn Series is open free of charge to the general public and considered part of LAByrinth’s annual season.

Live Nude Plays

Live Nude Plays is an annual, informal reading series where plays in progress are performed in a casual setting with minimal staging in front of an invited audience.

Works presented at The Barn Series and Live Nude Plays are considered each year to become a part of future LAByrinth seasons as fully-staged productions.

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