LAB: STRIPPED 2026

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LAByrinth Theater Company presents LAB: STRIPPED, staged works in progress. More than a reading, but not quite a production, STRIPPED keeps the focus on the script with minimal technical elements and actors holding scripts.

Blanca & Ines
By Cusi Cram
Directed by Estefanía Fadul
February 10 - 15

With Paola Lazaro and Ani Mesa-Perez

Two young Latinas lock eyes at a Greenwich Village party in 1954—and the world tilts. Blanca is a razor-sharp bartender who’s weary of struggling to be a painter and is looking for a ring and a powerful man. Ines is a Cuban seamstress with an open heart and big artistic dreams. What begins as flirtation becomes a doomed duet—mentorship, rivalry, and seduction ensue—all played out in Greenwich Village in the cold water flats and ateliers where post war American art is being invented. 

Blanca & Ines is an unsentimental love story about women who want everything—and the cost of ambition in a world that fears women’s talents and desires. It asks how art gets made, who is allowed to make it, and what women sacrifice to be seen.

The Locus
By Lucy Thurber
Directed by Jenna Worsham
February 24 - March 1

Two old friends meet once a year. Always the same motel, in the same quaint town. Always the same sweet memories and joyful traditions. Tina and Sarah are closer than sisters, and it's always good to catch up. Or so it seems.

What happens when the language you have no longer keeps the truth at bay and the ghosts away? A play about the stories we tell in order to bear the ones we can't.