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Theater LaB Houston Productions

Catholic School Girls                                  April-May 1993
by Casey Kurti
opened April 23, 1993                                June-September 1993
                                                                           
(at Main Street Theater)

The Sum of Us                                            July-August 1993*
by David Stevens

Dangerous Theater

Unidentified Human Remains                  September-October 1993*
or the True Nature of Love
by Brad Fraser

Fefu and her Friends                                  November 1993*
by Maria Irene Fornes

New Visions/New Works                           December 1993
World AIDS Day                                            (at DiverseWorks)                    
1st Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

Bouncers                                                       January-February 1994
by John Godber

Beirut                                                              February-March 1994
by Alan Bowne

My Children! My Africa!                             April 1994*
by Athol Fugard

The Kathy & Mo Show  Parallel Lives    May-June 1994*
by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy

   Sin Theater

Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends
(A Final Evening with the Illuminati)           
Aug-September 1994*
by Larry Larson and Levi Lee

The Conduct of Life                                         October 1994*
by Maria Irene Fornes

Breaking the Code                                            November 1994
by Hugh Whitemore

New Visions / New Works                               December 1994
World AIDS Day
2nd Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

Search & Destroy                                              January 1995*
by Howard Korder

ASSASSINS                                                        March 1995*
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman

The Destiny of Me                                              May 1995*
by Larry Kramer

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You  Aug-September 1995
by Christopher Durang
(a TLH premiere, not Houston)               (in repertory with Catholic School Girls)

Rapture Theater

Dark Rapture                                                      October 1995*
by Eric Overmyer

New Visions / New Works                               December 1995
World AIDS Day
 3rd  Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

Box Office of the Damned                                January 1996
by Michael James Ogborn

subUrbia                                                               February-March 1996*
by Eric Bogosian

Avenue X the a cappella musical                           April-May 1996
Original concept, book & lyrics by John Jiler
Additional lyrics & music by Ray Leslie

Poor Super Man                                                  June-August 1996*
by Brad Fraser

PASSION                                                              Sept-October 1996*
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine

FASCINATING WOMEN

Simply Barbra                                                     October 1996
Conceived by & Starring Steven Brinberg

john & jen                                                             Nov-December 1996*
Music & book by Andrew Lippa
Lyrics & book by Tom Greenwald

New Visions / New Works                                December 1996
World AIDS Day
4th  Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS


The Tragic & Horrible Life                                January-February 1997
 
of the Singing Nun
by Blair Fell

First Lady Suite                                                    March-April 1997
by Michael John LaChuisa

1st Houston Fringe Festival                             April-May 1997

Liza Vann                        The Top of the Bottom Half
                                          An Evening With the Keeper of All
                                          Knowledge

Joe Chvala & The Flying Foot Forum
(presented at & by DiverseWorks)

Niobe Ngozi, Joni Lee Jones & Rise Collins
 3 black women performance artists
                                            Righteous Women Raging
                                            Righteous Women Rising

Steve Patterson            Beauty

Eve Ensler                      The Vagina Monologues

FASCINATING WOMEN II

The Rink                                                              June-August 1997*
Book by Terrance McNally
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb

LaB Chat                                                             August 1997
by Jim Phillips & Steven Jones

Silence Cunning Exile                                      September 1997
by Stuart Greenman

New Visions / New Works                               December 1997
World AIDS Day
 5th  Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

Cakewalk                                                                Nov-December 1997*
by Peter Feibleman

HOLLYWOOD THEATER

Four Dogs and a Bone                                        Jan-February 1998*
by John Patrick Shanley

Bang the Drum Slowly                                        February-March 1998
by Mark Harris
Adapted for the stage by Eric Simonson

Eating Raoul, the musical                                    April-May 1998*
Book by Paul Bartel
Music by Jed Feuer
Lyrics by Boyd Graham

2nd Houston Fringe Festival                               April-May 1998

Mark Dendy Dance       What Becomes a Legend Most?
(presented by & at DiverseWorks)

Tim Miller                         Shirts & Skins

Jill Morley                 True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl

Ntozake Shange            Ellington is Not a Street
& Kahil El-Zabar

HOLLYWOOD THEATER, the sequel

Vivien Leigh, The Last Press Conference         August 1998
Written & performed by Marcy Lafferty

No Way to Treat a Lady                                          Sept-October 1998*
Book, Music & Lyrics by Douglas J Cohen

Like Totally Weird                                                    Nov-December 1998
by William Mastrosimone

New Visions / New Works                                      December 1998
World AIDS Day
6th  Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

BRITTANIA THEATER

Shopping & Fucking                                     January-February 1999*
by Mark Ravenhill

Hysteric Studs                                                 February-March 1999*
by Charlotte Mann                                                (American Premiere)

Barbra - The Wedding Tour                          March 1999
conceived & starring Steven Brinberg

Blood Brothers                                                April-May 1999*
by Willy Russell

3rd Houston Fringe Festival                               June 1999

        Deborah Boily                      Out on a Limb

        Sing Sweet Gospel             celebration of the history of
                                                        gospel music
                                                        at St Paul's A.M.E. Church

        Tim Miller                              My Queer Body

        Body Ratio 1:8                   Women's Works
                                                       project on breast cancer

        Jackie Clune                        Chicks with Flicks    
                                                            (American Premiere)

BRITTANIA THEATER II

Eat the Enemy                                                        August 1999
by Chris Lee                                                                (American Premiere)

Tell Me on a Sunday                                                          Oct-November 1999*
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Don Black

Hushabye Mountain                                            Nov-December 1999*
by Jonathan Harvey                                                   
(American Premiere)

New Visions / New Works                                   December 1999
World AIDS Day
 7th  Houston Playwrights Respond to AIDS

                                                   

CAMP ALAMO

Die! Mommy! Die!                                               Jan-February 2000
by Charles Busch                                                      (Regional Premiere)

Lana Verner, Lana Verner                                February-March 2000
by Blair Fell                                                                (World Premiere)

Zombies from the Beyond                                April-May 2000
by James Valcq

 4th Houston Fringe Festival                            June 2000

    Diane Tobola            Spice! Sizzle! and Sheen!
                                            an Eclectic Cabaret Act

    Food Sex and Longing         a Women's Works project
                The 3 things women think and talk about the most
                    ...Musings and Intimate Conversations

Fall 2000 Season

Ladies and Gentlemen ... Miss Ethel Waters            Oct 2000
     Devised and performed by Charmaine Mancil

KIKI & HERB      Where are We Now?                     Nov 2000
     Starring Justin Bond & Kenny Mellman at the piano

The Kathy & Mo Show    Parallel Lives                      Nov-Dec 2000
     by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy

 

Spring  2001

the Blue Room                                                                Jan - Feb 2001
by David Hare

Stiff                                                                                     March 2001
featuring the international theater troupe Spymonkey

Chesapeake                                                                     Mar-Apr 2001
by Lee Blessing

Three Days of Rain                                                         May 2001
by Richard Greenberg

 5th Houston Fringe Festival                            June 2001

Tim Miller                    Glory Box                           

The Kathy & Mo Show    Parallel Lives                      July - Aug 2001
     by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy

Fall 2001 Season

Killer Joe                                                                                    October 2001
by Tracy Letts

rhymes, reasons & bomb ass beatz
written and performed by Harold Finley                                      October 2001

SHUT UP and LOVE ME
written and performed by Karen Finley                                        November 2001          

St. Nicholas                                                                                Nov - Dec 2001
by Conor McPherson

Spring 2002 Season

A Necessary End                                                                        Feb 13-Mar 2, 2002
by Douglas Mitchell

Sakura, the Bandit Princess                                                     April, 2002
by Kikue Tashiro

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love
by Brad Fraser                                                                                    May 15-Jun 15, '02

Fall 2002 Season

Kingdom of Earth                                                        October 9 - 27, 2002
by Tennessee Williams

Top Gun! The Musical                                                                   Nov 13 - Dec14, 2002
Book & Lyrics by Denis McGrath
Music by Scott White

The Book of Liz                                                                                Jan 8 - Feb 8, 2003
by David Sederis & Amy Sederis (The Talent Family)

An Evening of One Acts                                                                Feb 26 - Mar 15, 2003
by Douglas Mitchell

Spring 2003

The Big Bang                                                                     Apr  30 - June 21, 2003
Music by Jed Feuer
Book & Lyrics by Boyd Graham                Southwest Premiere

*cited as one of the BEST plays of the season by area theater critics in the annual BEST OF ...

ALL productions are Houston or Southwest Premieres

Fall 2003

Box Office of the Damned                        Sept - Oct 2003
Book, Music & Lyrics by Michael Ogborn

New York Values                                                        October, 2003
written & performed by Penny Arcade

Santaland Diaries & Season's Greetings             Nov - Dec 2003
By David Sedaris

The Last Five Years                                                    Jan - Feb 2004
by Jason Robert Brown               

Spring 2004

simply Barbra                                                                Feb 21,2004
Steven Brinberg     @ Zilkha Hall in the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Cooking with Elvis                                                        Mar - April 2004
by Lee Hall

Boy Groove                                                                       May - July 2004
by Chris Craddock
Music & lyrics by Aaron Macri

 

Fall 2004

Mrs. Farnsworth                                                        Sept - Oct 2004
by A. R. Gurney

The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife                          Nov 17 - Dec 12, 2004
by Charles Busch

Spring 2005

I SING!                                                                         Feb 3 - Mar6
Book & Lyrics by Sam Forman and Benjamin Salka; music by Eli Bolin

Dealer's Choice                                                         Mar 30 - April 17
by Patrick Marber

A Class Act                                                                May 17 - June 26
Music and Lyrics by Edward Kleban; book by Linda Kline & Lonnie Price

Summer 2005

The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife                          July 8 - July 31, 2005   (return engagement)
by Charles Busch

Fall 2005

Matt & Ben                                                                    Nov 16 - Dec 17, 2005
by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers

Barrymore                                                                    Jan 25 - Feb 18, 2006
by William Luce

What About Luv?                                                        Mar 8 - April 8, 2006
Book by JEFFREY SWEET, Lyrics by HOWARD MARREN and Music by SUSAN BIRKENHEAD
Based on the play “LUV” by Murray Schisgal

Johnny Guitar, the musical                                        May 3 - June 10, 2006
Book by NICHOLAS van HOOGSTRATEN, Lyrics by JOEL HIGGINS and Music by MARTIN SILVESTRI and JOEL HIGGINS
Based on the 1954 film produced by Republic Pictures Entertainment, Inc. a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, a Viacom Company and the novel by Roy Chanslor.

Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Barbra’s Wedding                                                        Nov 8 - Dec 9
by Daniel Stern 

Fat Pig                                                                            Jan 31 - Feb 24
by Neil LaBute

Tick, Tick...BOOM!                                                        Mar 14 - Apr 14
Book, lyrics and music by Jonathan Larson

The Musical of Musicals                                              May 3 - June 16
Music by Eric Rockwell   Lyrics by Joanne Bogart
Book by Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart

Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

Diva                                                                                Nov 7 - Dec 8
by Howard Michael Gould 

Frozen                                                                           Jan 9 - Feb 9
by Bryony Lavery 

Gutenberg! The Musical !                                         March 12  - Apr 19   
Books, Music & Lyrics by Anthony Brown & Scott King

Bright Lights, Big City                                                May 7 - June 14
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
based on the novel "Bright Lights, Big City" by Jay McInerney

Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

A Conversation with EDITH HEAD                       Oct 22 - Oct 26
starring Susam Claassen
based on the book Edith Head's Hollywood
by Edith Head & Paddy Calistro
 

The Receptionist                                                        Nov 12 - Dec 13
by Adam Bock 

NURSERY SCHOOL MUSICAL                             Feb 18  - Mar 21   
Books & Lyrics by Racheal & Brett McCaig

CHINA: the Whole Enchilada                                 Apr 8 - May 9
by Mark Brown
Music by Paul Mirkovitz

 

 

 

This project is funded in part by Grants from 
The Houston Endowment, Inc. and
the City of Houston through the  Houston Arts Alliance

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