Labyrinth Theater Company

Labyrinth has one of the best shows playing right now in the city with Empanada Loca. Daphne Rubin Vega is masterful and the Halloween showing was a brilliant idea. I’m still haunted by images from it and it’s been two days. The intimate venue that is the Bank Street Theater is what New York theater is all about and reminds you that this city is a place to experiment, explore, and entertain. Labyrinth reminded me just how much talent really is in this city, and how much you need to support it lest it all turn to canned music Disney mush. Thank god there is a place for evocative and impactful works. Labyrinth is New York theater and I’m excited to get back to Bank Street sooner rather than later.

I have been coming out to Labyrinth shows since around the summer of 1997 when they were at Circle in the Square doing Jesus Hopped the A Train.
I was really moved and impressed by that show and since then I have seen around a dozen of their shows following them from there to the public theater and now to bank street. I gotta warn you the plays are often uncomfortable. maybe provocative is a better word. They drive you to the crossroads of personal and political. if you can sit with that discomfort you can uncover a wellspring of humor and love beneath it.
What really makes it deeply satisfying to me is the community behind it. every player in the group is really devoted to developing a script and producing it. it is something more than a project, each play is nurtured by the community behind it.
I buy the lab pass and feel like I get an incredibly rich array of experiences through it. Its really the theatrical equivalent of subscribing to the New Yorker. I love it.