LAByrinth Theater Company is a non-profit,

Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

theater company based in New York City. Led by

Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character actor, character roles—eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical productio ...

and

John Ortiz John Augustin Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in '' Fast & Furious'' (2009) and ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013), and Clyde in '' Jack Goes Boating'' (2010), which earned him a nom ...

for many years, its current artistic director is Aaron Weiner. ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' described it in 2014 as "an ethnically diverse downtown troupe that has mounted several critically acclaimed new works".

History

LAByrinth Theater Company was founded in 1992 and was originally begun as Latino Actors Base (LAB) by Gary Perez,

, David Deblinger, and Paul Calderón. LAB used the INTAR Theatre, on West 52nd Street. In those early days, the company attracted mainly Latino actors who would perform theatrical exercises together "for three hours each week… given the opportunity and support not only to act, but to write, direct, produce, sweep, paint, hang lights, etcetera."LAByrinth Theater Company – About Labyrinth
With time, the group adopted the LAByrinth name as it attracted a multi-cultural troupe of performers, builders and trades. In 2017, Dane Laffrey, Scott Zielinski, and Michael Urie won

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

s presented by the

American Theatre Wing The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short) is a New York City–based non-profit organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre", according to its mission statement. Originally known as the Stage Women's War Relief ...

.LAByrinth Theater Company
"Michael Urie Wins the Obie"

Notable members

References

External links

* *{{iobdb name, 197 Theatre companies in New York City Off-Broadway theaters Performing groups established in 1992