About the Lab Theater
The mission of the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company is to provide the community, through theater and discussion, with a place of exploration and experimentation of what it means be a human being.
The Lab produces or, reproduces, the spirit, voice and theatrical sensibilities of The Stella Adler Studio on a professional level. The Lab Theater produces theater committed to the standards and ideals set out by Stella Adler, Harold Clurman and the Group Theater. The Lab serves as a launching pad for students and an artistic home for faculty to grow and evolve. It also includes actors, directors, and designers from outside the immediate Adler community, who share our humanitarian impulse and vision.
Questions regarding the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company in Los Angeles can be directed to Johnny Yoder, Producer for West Coast Productions at 323-601-5310.
Upcoming:
Keely and Du
by Jane Martin
Directed by Bryan Keith
at the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles
Performances: July 31 – August 17; Wednesday – Saturday performances at 7:30pm each night.
Experience the 30th anniversary production of this riveting and volatile drama. Keely and Du, a mind-probing issue play with a gripping human face by renowned playwright Jane Martin.
Set in a tense and controversial world, this compelling story follows the incredible journey of two women whose lives collide under extraordinary circumstances. Keely, a pregnant woman, finds herself held captive by Du, a zealous pro-life activist. As their clash of ideologies unfolds, secrets are revealed, alliances are tested, and the profound complexities of choice, autonomy, and compassion are brought to the forefront in this emotionally charged story.
Cast:
Du – Nike Doukas
Walter – Sean Spann
Keely – Sara Eklund
Cole – Niek Versteeg
Prison Guard – Grace Ruble
Orderlies – Grace Ruble, Teodora Avramovic, Maurizio Russildi
Production Crew:
Director – Bryan Keith
Assistant Director – Michelle Bonebright-Carter
Production Stage Manager – Mary Leveridge
Managing Artistic Director/Scenic Designer – Johnny Patrick Yoder
Producers – Michelle Bonebright-Carter, Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin
Production Manager and Properties Designer – Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin
House Manager – Lola Darzens
Lighting Designer – Ray Jones
Sound Designer – Carter Dean
Costume Designer – Aja Morris-Smiley
Fight Choreographer – Jen Albert
Graphic Designer – Casey Morris
Scenic Assistant – Oscar Garcia
House Manager Assistant – Denisse Wohlstein
Production Manager Assistant – Laura Domínguez
Production History
February-April 2024
In Los Angeles: 4th Annual Old Play Reading Series
– Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat, directed by Giovanni Ortega
– Masterclass by Terrence McNally, directed by Art Manke
– The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, directed by Myah Daniels
February 2024
In New York: Rayne by David Deblinger and Ben Snyder, directed by Tom Oppenheim *
September 2023
In New York: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim
August 2023
In Los Angeles: Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Bryan Keith (Los Angeles Premiere)
April-June 2023
In Los Angeles: 3rd Annual Old Play Reading Series
– The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by Bryan Keith
– Somewhere In Between by Craig Pospisil, directed by Jenn O’Brien
– As Is by William M. Hoffman, directed by Mikey Mulhearn
February 2023
In New York: All That Fall by Samuel Beckett, directed by Tom Oppenheim
February 2020
In New York: Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets, directed by Tom Oppenheim
July 2019
In Los Angeles: King Lear by William Shakespeare, directed by Nike Doukas
January 2019
In New York: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim
November 2018
In New York: The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Luis-Daniel Morales
September 2018
In New York: What’s Wrong With You by Jan Rosenberg, directed by Shira-Lee Shalit
In Los Angeles: Turn of the Screw
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James. Directed by Don K. Williams. Ovation Recommended.
September 2017
In Los Angeles: World Premiere of Democracy(sic) by Don K. Williams, directed by Johnny Patrick Yoder.
In New York: The Hot L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson, directed by Tom Oppenheim.
June 2017
In New York: Loving & Loving by Beto O’Byrne, directed by Tamilla Woodard.
January 2017
In Los Angeles: Rocket to the Moon by Clifford Odets, directed by Don K. Williams.
In New York: Actor Warrior Festival, a series of four solo plays:
Lucky Penny, written and performed by David Deblinger, Seven Devils and a French Nun, written and performed by Carine Montbertrand, Side Effects, written and performed by Michael Milligan, The Peculiar Patriot: A Remix Mashup, written and performed by Liza Peterson.
September 2016
In Los Angeles: Road to Nirvana by Arthur Kopit, directed by Don K. Williams.
June 2016
In New York: First Breath New Play Reading Series:
Fruiting Bodies by Samantha Chanse.
Joker by Yilong Liu, directed by Aaron McKinney.
Nadleehi and the Coyote by Patricia Reynoso, directed by J. Steven White.
The Book of Leonidas by Augusto Amador, directed by Daniel Louis Morales.
January 2016
In Los Angeles: Talking to Terrorists by Robin Soans, directed by Don K. Williams.
In New York: Mother Courage and Her Children by By Bertolt Brecht, Translated by Tony Kushner, Directed by John Gould Rubin
September 2015
In New York: Butcher by Sam Byron, directed by Stephanie Cunningham.
In New York: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim.
July 2015:
In New York: Bombed by Colin Greer, directed by J. Steven White
June 2015:
In Los Angeles: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Directed by Michael Keith Allen.
February 2015:
In New York: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, Directed by Tom Oppenheim.
September 2014
In New York: Just About Cured by Dennis Staroselsky, directed by Ian Morgan
June 2014
In New York: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim.
May 2014
In Los Angeles: Muckrakers by Zayd Dohrn, Directed by Don K. Williams. Stage Raw “Top 10.”
January 2014
In Los Angeles: Lebensraum by Israel Horovitz, Directed by Don K. Williams. OVATION RECOMMENDED. LA WEEKLY GO! ***Nominated for a 2014 Ovation Award for Best Ensemble.
In New York: A co-presentation with The Working Theater: Mercy Killers by Michael Milligan, directed by Tom Oppenheim
September 2013
In New York: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
by Halley Feiffer. Developed in Los Angeles at the Art of Acting Studio as part of the Harold Clurman Playwrights Division Residency.
May 2013
In Los Angeles: West Coast Premiere of Long Way Go Down by Zayd Dohrn, Directed by Don K. Williams. **LA Weekly “Go!” ***Nominated for a 2013 Ovation Award for Best Scenic Design, Intimate Theater.
January 2013
In New York: The Seagul by Anton Chekhov, directed by John Gould Rubin
November 2012
In New York: Mercy Killers written and performed by Michael Milligan.
July 2012
In New York: The Empty Ocean by Anton Dudley, directed by Stephen Brackett.
June 2012
In Los Angeles: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Don K. Williams.
March 2012
In New York: Clifford Odet’s Waiting for Lefty, directed by Don K. Williams.
-Special performance at Occupy Town Square, Brooklyn, NY
In New York: HIKOBAE by Itaru Era, directed by Ryosei Kajiwara
-Presented with the Actors’ Clinic of Tokyo
-at the Alvin Ailey Theater, the UN, and Tokyo and Soma City, Japan.
February 2012
In Los Angeles: Los Angeles Premiere of Marisol by Jose Rivera, directed by Don K. Williams. ***Backstage Critic’s Pick.
January 2012
In New York: Imagining Heschel by Colin Greer, directed by Tom Oppenheim
October – November 2011
Lebensraum by Israel Horowitz directed by Don K. Williams***
Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater’s first Off-Broadway production
***Backstage Critics Pick, NY Magazine said this production, “Moves us Mightily”
September 2011
In Los Angeles: Clifford Odet’s Waiting for Lefty, directed by Don K. Williams***
***Backstage Critic’s Pick, LA Weekly’s GO!
June 2011
In New York, World Premiere of Sacred Ground by Christina Gorman, directed by Shelley Butler.
February 2011
As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Tom Oppenheim with Steve Cook.
September 2010
Lebensraum by Israel Horovitz, directed by Don K. Williams.
June 2010
East Coast Premiere of Long Way Go Down by Zayd Dohrn, directed by Jaime Castaneda
October 2009
A reading of Antigone by Sophocles, translated by Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff
June 2009
World Premiere of Songs and Statues, by Peter Nickowitz, Directed by Tom Oppenheim
January 2009
Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Tom Oppenheim
October 2008
World Premiere of What Shall I Give My Children? By Don K. Williams, directed by Tom Oppenheim
September 2007
Two Rooms, by Lee Blessing, directed by Tom Oppenheim
July 2007
A reading of Los Muertos, by Tim McNeil
January 2007
World Premiere of It Takes a Life, written and performed by Elizabeth Parrish
May 2006
World Premiere of From Elizabeth to Betsy, written and performed by Elizabeth Parrish
A reading of Dorothy Parker Gets the Last Word by Ellen M. Violett
World Premiere of Calacas, written and performed by Robert Collier Sublett
January 2006
Betrayal, by Harold Pinter, directed by Don K. Williams, presented in conjunction with Theater 1050
May 2004
World Premiere of Visions and Voices, a series of three new plays
World Premiere of Rode Hard and Put Away Wet, written and performed by June Raphael and Casey Wilson
World Premiere of Downloaded and in Denial, written and performed by Cynthia Adler
World Premiere of Moments of Being with Betsy, written and performed by Elizabeth Parrish
September 2003
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
January 2002
World Premiere of Sister Calling My Name, a new play by Buzz McLaughlin
