Outspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament, and other various first-grade angst-ridden situations. Follow her adventures as she writes down the story of her life in her "Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal." Based on the books by Barbara Park, this musical is sure to delight.

Broward Center for Performing Arts Family Fun Series

Directed by Ted deChatelet

Choreographed by Nicole Perry

Featuring: Blaine deBarry, Dayna Morales, Pablo Pineda, TJ Pursley, Marlo Rodriguez, Kimmy Wilson

Whit Forsyth has just been elected the first Black chairman of the State Schoolboard Committee, about to vote on critical measures on public education. But as he readies for his vote, several groups go to extreme measures to influence his decisions. A zany exploration of ideology and the American education system.

Award-winning storyteller, playwright, poet, arts champion, and Artistic Director of Seattle Children’s Theatre, Idris Goodwin, brings his offbeat comedy for adults - featuring rap, audience interaction, and incisive exploration of the pressures educators face from all sides - to The Lab for its world premiere production! 

Directed by Matt Stabile

Featuring: Pamela Hankerson, Jason Peck, Elizabeth Price, Sarah Romeo, Isaac Simmons, and Seth Trucks.

Choreography by Nicole Perry

A Tony Award-winning play that pays homage to the commedia dell'arte tradition while infusing it with modern humor. Set in 1960s Brighton, the story follows the antics of Francis Henshall, an ever-hungry, bumbling servant, as he becomes entangled in a web of mistaken identities, secret affairs, and outrageous misunderstandings. Filled with slapstick humor, quick-fire dialogue, and brilliant physical comedy, this production promises to keep audiences in stitches from beginning to end.

Directed by Lee Soroko

Intimacy Choreography by Nicole Perry

Featuring graduate and undergraduate students

San Francisco dyke-about-town Chance gets to meet her favorite porn star, Tara Gold. Will Chance's fantasies come true, or will they find themselves on a collision course with Tara's own most personal unfulfilled erotic yearnings? This dark, sexy comedy is as complex as it is hot.

Contains nudity and sexual situations!
18 and over only!

Directed by Nicole Stodard

Intimacy Choreography by Nicole Perry

Starring: Erynn Dalton and Sandi Stock

Twelfth Night is a captivating tale of mistaken identities, unrequited love, and the transformative power of disguise. Set in the whimsical world of Illyria, the play follows the journey of Viola, a shipwrecked woman who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. As the story unfolds, the lines between reality and illusion blur, resulting in a delightful and often hilarious exploration of desire, confusion, and the complexities of human relationships.

Directed by Kathryn Johnson

Choreography by Nicole Perry

Featuring graduate and undergraduate students.

Directed by Alex Alvarez. Intimacy Direction by Nicole Perry.

Featuring theatre students of Nova Southeastern University.

More information coming soon!

In Tony®-winner Neil Simon's "avalanche of hilarity," Plaza Suite is a perfect mixture of love and laughter.  Check into suite 719 at New York's Plaza Hotel in the swinging 1960's and meet three comical couples: a long-married couple revisiting their honeymoon suite to rekindle the flame; a Hollywood producer on the prowl, reunited with his childhood sweetheart; and the parents of a nervous bride who has locked herself in the bathroom!

Directed by J. Barry Lewis. Intimacy Direction by Nicole Perry.

This Tony Award-winning musical, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin, brings the excitement and quirks of a spelling bee to life, blending humor, poignant moments, and catchy tunes into an unforgettable journey. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee revolves around a group of eccentrics and endearing young spellers as they compete in a cutthroat spelling competition. Filled with witty wordplay, unexpected twists, and touching moments of self-discovery, the show explores themes of identity, acceptance, and the power of community. Audiences will find themselves rooting for the underdogs and celebrating the triumphs of each unique character.

Directed by Lynn McNutt. Choreography by Nicole Perry.

Featuring BA, BFA, and MFA theatre students of Florida Atlantic University.

WORLD PREMIERE!

Lauren Fein and her wife, Paola Moreno, are professors at a prestigious American university. They live with Dylan Fein-Moreno, their 16-year-old African American foster son whom they've cared for since he was a baby. When Professor Fein's actions run afoul of the university's "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies, her groundbreaking research, her career, and her family are all put in danger.

Directed by Margaret Ledford. Intimacy Direction by Nicole Perry.

Featuring Niki Fridh and Diana Garle

Ana Nogueira’s playful yet profound comedy about friendship, ambition, and what happens when dreams fall just out of reach. Broadway superfans Jeff and Judy eagerly await their idol Idina Menzel after her performance in If/Then at the stage door every night. But when a sexy stranger enters the scene and upends their decades-long friendship, the musical theater aficionados have to go off book to rewrite their own finale.   

TICKETS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday Matinees — $40
Saturday & Sunday Performances — $45
Mimosa Sunday, January 28 — $55 | Sponsored by Jimmy Cunningham

2 HOUR 5 MINUTES WITH INTERMISSION

Directed by Michael Leeds. Intimacy Direction by Nicole Perry

Starring Matthew Buffalo, Clay Ccartland, Sophia Moreno, and Gaby Tortoledo

Carmen Rivera's La Gringa is a poignant comedy about a young woman’s search for identity. Maria Elena Garcia visits her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has an intense love for the island. She even majored in Puerto Rican studies in college. Once Maria is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of Puerto Ricans on the island consider her an American — a gringa — and Maria considers this a betrayal. If she’s a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico, Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle, Manolo, teaches her that identity isn’t based on superficial and external definitions, but is an essence she has had all along in her heart.

City Theatre's production is presented in English with Spanish supertitles.

La Gringa is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Inc.

Starring Stephanie Vazquez. Directed by Gladys Ramirez. Intimacy Direction by Nicole Perry.

The great-grandfather of Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz kept a journal for his descendants after escaping to New York City in 1939 as a German Jew. Following the complicated lure of genealogy, Stolowitz goes back to Berlin to bring the story of her unknown ancestors out of the archives into the light. The record keeps as many secrets as it shares; how do people become verschollen, lost, like library books? 

After joining us with this play for the 2018 Playwright’s Forum, award-winning playwright, Andrea Stolowitz returns to The Lab for a full production! In this complex, contemporary drama about the search for home, fragmented heritage and Jewish diaspora, two performers scintillate between characters and locations at the border of reality and memory and the intersection of national history and private lives. 

Starring Niki Fridh and Avi Hoffman. Directed by Matt Stabile. Movement Direction by Nicole Perry

The musical version of the movie, made famous by Dolly Parton.

Featuring BFA and MFA students of FAU

Director: Ted deChatelet

Choreographer and Intimacy Choreographer: Nicole Perry

Music Director: Caryl Fantel

The iconic Tony and Drama Desk award-winning play, encapsulating the lives of 8 gay men in ‘90s.

Director: Michael Leeds

Choreographer and Intimacy Choreographer: Nicole Perry

Details coming soon!

Directed by Ali Tallman

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry

Chicago, 1924. Richard Loeb is obsessed with crime. Nathan Leopold is obsessed with Richard. High on adrenaline, they leave a trail of arson, theft, and vandalism in their wake. But Richard wants to take a step further – a step that will test Nathan’s loyalty to the limit. Can they commit the ultimate crime: a perfect murder? 

A dark and thrilling musical of masochism and murder, Thrill Me has become a modern classic. 

Directed by Christopher Michaels.

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry

Original music, artistic puppetry, and magical realism allow this bilingual tale to tackle the immigration crisis through a beautiful, unique lens. Chronicling the harrowing journey of one young Honduran girl as she crosses the US border into the inhospitable, barren land of Texas, Refuge is an exploration of empathy and of America – who we are and who we say we are.

After joining us for the 2020 New Play Festival, this incredible play with music finally returns to The Lab. Working in conjunction with our partner companies across the country (Curious Theatre in Denver, CO & Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, MO), we are thrilled to complete our season of world premieres with the final installment of this National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere!

Co-Creators: Satya Jnani Chávez & Andrew Rosendorf

Director: Satya Jnani Chávez

Intimacy Director and Movement Director: Nicole Perry

When the angels to go war with God, anything could happen, and does, to Marisol Perez.

New World School of the Arts, Theatre Dept. College Division

Director: Jennifer de Castroverde

Intimacy and Intimate Violence Director: Nicole Perry

I am excited to be a Movement Consultant for TheatreLab’s New Play Festival!

See the full lineup of great new works and get your tickets here.

In Miami New Drama’s 4th World Premiere from Aurin Squire, it’s 1984 and we are in Miami Dade County’s Opa-Locka and life is about to get a whole lot more confusing for a group of kids who want to be the ‘gloved one.’ Defacing Michael Jackson is about growing up, hero worship, and how we see ourselves.

Director: Shaun Patrick Tubbs

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry

From musical theatre's most renowned composer, Company is largely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre, and the winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Lyrics and Best Book. On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state.

General Admission $15 / Students & Seniors $10.

Featuring NWSA College Theatre Division

Director: Jim Randolph

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry

Margie Walsh, a lifelong resident of Southside Boston, is out of a job with bills piling up.  When her old high-school flame, now a successful doctor, throws a party for his affluent friends, Margie decides to crash it hoping to find work.  What unfolds is a confrontation about choices and their consequences in this Tony Award®-nominated dramatic comedy about working class American struggles and hopes with a keen sense of dialogue, truly dynamic characters, and the right balance of hard truths with warm laughs.

Invited Dress: Feb 12

Previews Feb 14 & 15

Director: Jerry Dixon

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry

A major disaster in Manhattan has everyone on the island looking for high ground. For Danny’s family and friends, that higher ground happens to be her one-bedroom apartment in Inwood. As the world outside goes to pieces, Danny tries to keep the peace among the assorted characters gathered in her space. They might make it through this crisis, if they can manage to survive each other.

The playwright of The Glass Piano returns to The Lab with a comedy about the end of the world - one of the hits of our 2021 New Plays for the New Year virtual reading series.

Previews: Jan 26 and 27

Featuring: *Aubrey Elson, *Avi Hoffman, *Patti Gardner, Lynette Adames, Paolo Pineda, and *Jovon Jacobs,

Director: Matt Stabile

Intimacy Director: Nicole Perry