Stand Back — We’re About to Try Something Funny

9 brand new shorts + 10 brilliant playwrights + 10 actors (at the Ybor theatre with 10 years of world premieres) = 1 explosive evening of comedy. Under the brilliant direction of Jeffrey M. Lukas.

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A Reservation by John Kelly

All Puffed Up by Romney Humphrey

Daydream by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Eye of the Beholder by Rich Rubin

Plinth by Bob Kehew

The Brady Girls by Debra Cole

The Extraordinary Ordinary Ones by Maury Zeff

We’ve Still Got It by Raven Petretti-Stamper

Inconvenient Store Robbery by Bob & Lynn Dixon

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Featuring:

Perry Bruns, Avry Eden, Mike Fasso, Rick Fernandez, Sophia Fischer, Lisa Negron, Roseanne Olszewski, Will Rickard, Taylor Skolnick, & Kari Velguth

Bringing New Works To Life

LAB Theater Project is a non-profit 501(c)3 production company focused on producing new works in the Tampa Bay Community. Our belief in a “playwright first” focus is resolute and a core value of the company. Along with a focus on developing new works, we also focus on training new theater artists to join our growing community.

We only produce works from emerging playwrights and develop, through education, new artists (Actors, Directors, Stage Managers, and Designers) for the continued growth of live theater artistry.

We currently produce four new plays per year, often utilizing students in aspects of the production; thereby, giving students the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned while working side by side with established professionals in the community as well as enriching the collaborative creative process of the playwright.

Our Mandate:

1. Bring the Playwright’s vision to life.
2. Grow as artists.
3. Develop new theater artist: Actors, Directors, Designers, & Stage Managers.
4. Build a core of artists who desire a life-long practice of theatrical artistry.