LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY (co-producer), originally founded in 1992 by a small group of actors as The Latino Actors Base, was created to deliberately interrupt the racial status quo by giving voice to artists of color and reflecting a world where color is the norm and not the exception. Over twenty-seven years, that small group of actors has grown to a company of more than one hundred multicultural artists. LAByrinth is a diverse, tightly knit ensemble-driven company comprised of actors, designers, directors, musicians, and writers committed to developing and producing incendiary new works for the stage, giving voice to new perspectives that are powerful and groundbreaking. From LAB’s first two productions in the early 90’s, David Deblinger’s one man show, Nobody’s Home, and Lillian Slugocki’s family drama RoughHouse at INTAR, to multiple Stephen Adly Guirgis world premieres including In Arabia, We’d All be Kings (1999), Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (2000), and Our Lady of 121st Street (2002), all three directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman at Center Stage NY, to Brett C. Leonard’s Guinea Pig Solo (2004) and Bob Glaudini’s Jack Goes Boating (2007) at the Public Theater, to Melissa Ross’s Thinner Than Water (2011) at the Bank St Theater, to Maggie Bofill’s Devil of Choice (2018) at the Cherry Lane Theatre, LAByrinth Theater Company has produced over fifty world premieres, developed over 250 new plays, and has changed the face of America’s theatrical landscape.
