The Off-Broadway troupe has announced the complete line-up for both of its annual free staged readings festivals: Barn Series (Oct. 23-Nov. 15) and Live Nude Plays (Nov. 16-19). The company also revealed its next workshop production will be Philip Roth in Khartoum.
Both festival line-ups were culled from the 37 new plays workshopped by LAB during its two-week Summer Intensive. The 16 works selected for development will now be seen as staged readings at The Public Theater.
The works scheduled to play follow:
BARN SERIES (all readings at 8 PM unless noted otherwise)
Directed by Carolyn Cantor (Oct. 23 & 24)
Dir. Scott Illingworth (Oct. 25 & 26)
Dir. Felix Solis (Oct. 27 & Nov. 3)
Dir. Michele Chivu (Oct. 28 & 29)
Dir. Damon Arrington (Oct. 30 & Nov. 6)
Dir. TBA (Oct. 31 & Nov. 5)
Dir. John Ortiz (Nov. 1 & 2)
Dir. Ortiz (Nov. 7 & 14)
Dir. John Gould Rubin (Nov. 8 & 11)
Dir. Mimi O’Donnell (Nov. 9 & 10)
Dir. O’Donnell (Nov. 12 & 13)
Dir. TBA (Nov. 15 at 7 & 9 PM)
LIVE NUDE PLAYS
Dir. TBA (Nov. 16 at 7 PM & Nov. 17 at 10 PM)
Directed and developed by Pedro Pascal (Nov. 16 at 10 PM & Nov. 19 at 7PM)
Dir. John Gould Rubin (Nov. 17 at 7 PM & Nov. 18 at 10 PM)
Dir. Lou Moreno with original music by Cristian Amigo (Nov. 18 at 7 PM & Nov. 19 at 10PM) Scheduled to perform these works are a roster of LAB vets and newcomers including Carlo Alban, Vanessa Aspillaga, Eric Bogosian, Elizabeth Canavan, Beth Cole, Kevin Geer, Florencia Lozano, Didi O'Connell, John Ortiz, Portia, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Felix Solis, Michael Stuhlbarg, Yul Vázquez, Sidney Williams and David Zayas.
Launching the second season of the bare-bones productions of Public LAB (presented with The Public Theater) will be David Bar Katz's Philip Roth in Khartoum, running Dec. 4-21. The work seen in last season's Barn Series was developed as part of the 2007 Summer Intensive. Casting will be announced shortly. Tickets go on sale in November.
For more information visit labtheater.org.
