Nov. 1 (6:30 PM): 'Handball' by Seth Svi Rosenfeld / directed by Terry Kinney
"A handball court on a hot summer day sets a handful of characters off into explosive drama. Old time neighborhood beefs, young love and real estate are the combustible elements at hand as nine characters find their way through the changing labyrinthine landscape of a neighborhood in NYC."
Nov. 1 (9 PM): 'girl in window' by Florencia Lozano / directed by Pedro Pascal
"love doesn't just stink, it sucks a**, and the people who help you get out from under the wreckage when your heart is busted open."
Nov. 2 (6:30 PM): 'The Halal Brothers' by Alladin Ullah
"When Two Bengali brothers - one unable to tell his sibling about his black girlfriend at city college and the other desperate to succeed in order to provide for family back home, try to keep afloat during the turbulent day of Malcolm X's assasination."
Nov. 2 (9 PM): 'The Talk by Frank Pugliese'/ directed by Fisher Stevens
"Four brothers come home for their mother's funeral, to find a past they never knew of, and the words to comprehend it."
Nov. 3 (6:30 PM): 'Neurotica' by David Deblinger / directed by Lillis
"Neurotica is about how someone we find so f*cking sexy and hot can also bring up sh*t about loneliness and rage and fear that can tempt fate with death ... or just the opposite. A dark comedy on love, with song and rap."
Nov. 3 (9 PM): 'Frequently Unasked Questions' by Daphne Rubin-Vega / directed by John Gould Rubin.
"Its a play! And a concert! The life and music of DRV are completely intertwined. In FUQ, she explores the life of her mother who immigrated from Panama and the resulting consequences of her choices."
LAByrinth Theater Company was founded in 1992. Now in its seventeenth season, LAByrinth has developed over 300 new plays and staged 51 productions, including The Little Flower of East Orange and UNCONDITIONAL (2008), A View from 151st Street and Jack Goes Boating (2007), A Small, Melodramatic Story and School of The Americas (2006), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), Sailor’s Song and Guinea Pig Solo (2004), Dutch Heart of Man and Dirty Story (2003), Our Lady of 121st Street (2002), Where’s My Money? (2001), Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (2000), and In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings (1999).
Tickets for both the 'Barn Series' and 'Live Nude Plays' are free and will be distributed one hour before curtain time on a first come, first served basis. No reservations are necessary. The Public Theatre is located at 425 Lafayette Street.
For more information, please visit www.labtheatre.org
