Laura Beatrix Newmark, “Hannah and Her Sisters”

On Thursday, May 11th, LABAlive Three will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Elana Greenfield, Michael Leibenluft, and Laura Beatrix Newmark, who will present her work in progress, Hannah and Her Sisters: 5 stories on mOTHERhood. Here, Beatrix Newmark introduces her work and offers

LABA Alumni Respond to OTHER: Poems by Ben Gantcher

Ben Gantcher / Three Poems from Snow Farmer Say I wrote these poems out of feeling furious, frustrated, frightened. I wrote them for both of us, you and me; like me, you need defenses against the zombie infection: you need nuance, blurred borders, food for the miniscule organs that effect identity exchange. 2014-2015 LABA alumnus

Elana Greenfield discusses “WRENCH: Part IV”

On Thursday, May 11th, LABAlive Three will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Michael Leibenluft, Laura Beatrix Newmark, and Elana Greenfield, who will present her work in progress, WRENCH: Part IV. Here, Greenfield talks about her project with LABA Journal

“birds sing a pretty song” returned May 4th

LABA Alums Maxx Berkowitz and Rebecca Margolick returned to the Theater at the 14th Street Y for a second stage production of birds sing a pretty song May 4- 7 for a sold out show. The OPENING NIGHT party on Thursday, May 4th, was a success! Thoughts from the creators, Rebecca Margolick and Maxx Berkowitz: birds sing a

LABAlive OTHER: Three

MAY 11 // 7:30PM Explore OTHER for a final time this season at LABAlive OTHER: THREE.  Inspired by ancient Jewish text, our last presenting Fellows will present their new work in an evening of art, drinks, and celebration. Featuring Fellows Elana Greenfield, Michael Leibenluft, and Laura Beatrix Newmark. Elana Greenfield // Wrench // Theater  There

APPLY TO BE A 2017/2018 FELLOW

THEME The LABA theme for 2017 -2018 is WAR and PEACE. Conflict is part of who we are, it is not an external force that we can aspire to exorcise and be permanently free of. Conflict defines the individual, the social and the cultural self. It is not accidental that our civilization’s foundation myth, the

Abigail Katz, “Route One”

On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Gordon Haber, Hadar Ahuvia, and Abigail Katz, who will present her theater-work-in-progress, Route One. Here, Katz introduces her work and

Hadar Ahuvia, “Everything you have is yours?”

On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Abigail Katz, Gordon Haber, and Hadar Ahuvia, who will present her dance-work-in-progress, Everything you have is yours?. Here, Ahuvia

Gordon Haber, “Forgotten Tensions, Forgotten War”

On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Hadar Ahuvia, Abigail Katz, and Gordon Haber, who will present his work-in-progress, a story collection titled Uggs for Gaza. Here, Haber introduces his

LABAlive TWO: OTHERS

LABAlive TWO: OTHERS THURS March 16 // 7:30PM   At LABAlive OTHER: ONE you saw the work of Gil Sperling, Michael Gac Levin, and Keren Moscovitch, and now Fellows Gordon Haber, Abigail Katz and Hadar Ahuvia take the stage in LABAlive TWO: OTHERS for an evening of dance, literature and theater inspired by this year’s theme