iphigenia@tauris | Paper Gods | Ancestors | No Time For Champions | TBA
Beautiful Day | The Good Muslim | BOOM | Emotionally Disturbed: A Tale of People Losing It
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Readings Begin At 7:00PM
At The Phil Bosakowski Theatre
354 West 45th Street, New York, NY (between 8th Ave & 9th Ave)
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP at 212-971-4862 or at labfest@gmail.com

iphigenia@tauris by Michi Barall -Monday, June 19
iphigenia@tauris is a contemporary, freewheeling adaptation of Euripides' play, Iphigenia Among the Taureans with influences by Goethe's version and the Gluck opera. Like the Greek original, the play is a romance about how individuals go on after the wreckage of war (domestic or global) and how they begin to return home. Like the original, the play is dance theatre (although the notion of dances and songs are used as springboard and are in no way faithful to Euripides' designations.).

Paper Gods by Michael Lew -Thursday, June 22
On a lonely platform, two gods make paper gifts for each other, creating a violent and unpredictable play world for their paper dolls. On a lonely pair of islands, a man and a woman enact the machinations of the paper gods. Inspired by Greek, Roman, and Biblical creation stories, Paper Gods tests the connection between the human and the divine.

Ancestors by Suzanne Kim Lee -Friday, June 23
Change, loss, the unravelling of secrets and the transformation that occurs when love breathes freely, Ancestors follows the rise and fall of an aristocratic Korean family one generation after the end of the Korean War.

No Time For Champions by J.P. Chan -Saturday, June 24
No Time For Champions is a comedic telling of fraternal twins who have simultaneous mid-life crises at age 35. The show examines the notion that modern life requires direction.

TBA by Carla Ching -Sunday, June 25
A shut-in since his girlfriend left him, Silas decides to write his first short story to chronicle their relationship and woo her back. When the story becomes acclaimed, a young agent coerces Silas into writing a volume of autobiographical short stories. When these stories are published and Silas begins to blow up, his estranged brother Finn knocks on his door, claiming that Silas has stolen his life.

Beautiful Day by A. Rey Pamatmat -Monday, June 26
Four friends come together in their small, middle-American hometown for a wedding. Beautiful Day inspires us to recognize that real people with real lives are affected by the marriage equality debate.

The Good Muslim by Rehana Mirza -Wednesday, June 28
An unlikely friendship burgeons in a diverse, ethnic enclave between Farzana, a 19 year old sheltered Muslim girl, and Nora, a club-hopping 25 year old atheist. The result is a humorous new take on cultural domination in the modern world.

BOOM by Mrinalini Kamath -Thursday, June 29
Boom is an intense examination of change on a global and personal level. Questions are raised and audiences must answer, "Is change a necessity and is it necessarily bad?"

Emotionally Disturbed: A Tale of People Losing It by Nora Chau -Friday, June 30
     -featuring Trial By Writer, a 10-minute curtain raiser in which the Writers' Lab Will Eat Itself!
Four mental patients kidnap their therapist and take her on a wild roadtrip. Join us for this crazy ride.

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