 | TLH has staged more than 60 productions since its
opening in 1993. |
| All productions but one have been a Houston or
Southwest premiere. |
| Four productions have been American premieres. |
| One production was a World Premiere, commissioned by
TLH. |
| TLH won the 2001 "Best Traveling Show"
for Houston Press "Best of Houston"
click her to read their review |
| Twenty-two of our productions were chosen the "BEST
of Houston Theater" by area critics. |
| The Houston Press in its "Best of
Houston" award series honored TLH with:
 | Best Theatrical Company |
| Best Actor (Poor Superman) |
| Best Set Design (Avenue X) |
| Best Theater Season (Britannia Theater) |
| Best Villain (Shopping and F**king) |
| Best Comeback Actress (Blood Brothers) |
| Best Ensemble (cast of Hysteric Studs) |
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| Over 60,000 people have attended our productions. |
| TLH launched Houston's first & original Houston
Fringe Festival in 1997. |
| TLH established the Fiesta First Ward Children's
Theater project in 1997. This provides FREE children's theater
productions to our neighborhood kids in their elementary schools, Brock and
Crockett. |
| TLH has commissioned more than 30 Houston area
playwrights to write original plays. TLH produced these works in our
children's theater projects and our annual Day Without Art
events |
| In 1998 TLH launched Thespian Park, a 6500 square
foot parcel of land directly across from our 1706 Alamo Street
building. When complete it will include a landscaped green park and a mural
depicting the history of theater. It is a major revitalization project
within our neighborhood. |
| TLH has been reviewed and featured in numerous
national theater periodicals receiving outstanding critical praise for our
unique and professional programming. |
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June 1999
TLH commissions two new pieces for the annual Fringe Festival.
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Sing Sweet Gospel
traces the history of gospel music and is performed as a site-specific
production at St Paul's A.M.E. Church (one of Houston's oldest black
churches, located only seven blocks from Theater LaB). |
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Body Ratio 1:8 is an
expanded multimedia performance by Women's Works. |
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May 1999
TLH commissions the children's play Friends...or Else. |
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April 1999
TLH produces the southwest premiere of the current London-running musical Blood
Brothers. |
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February 1999
TLH brings to Houston the London-based director, Tessa Walker to
direct the US premiere of her play Hysteric Studs. |
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January 1999
TLH
produces the third US production of the controversial play Shopping and Fucking. |
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December 1998
TLH receives national review in the national theater periodical In
Theater Magazine for the regional premiere of Like Totally Weird. |
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December 1998
TLH commissions a new piece from the Houston-based group QuaC for its annual Day
Without Art production. |
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October 1998
TLH commissions children's theater play:
Josephina and the Toy Gash. |
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August 1998
The national theater periodical Back Stage runs a review of
Houston theater scene. Stages Theater and Actors Theater comment:
"LaBita (Theater LaB Houston) has energized Houston's whole theater
scene"; "his influence has been felt in their programming". |
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July 1998
TLH presents Ntozake Shange in a one-woman show:
Ellington is not a Street |
| 1997 FACTS (click
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| 1996 FACTS (click
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| 1995 FACTS
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| 1994 FACTS
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| 1993 FACTS
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