Labyrinth Theater Company announced on Friday that as part of its 2013-14 season the Obie Award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian would perform roughly 100 monologues during October from his legendary one-man shows in the 1980s and ‘90s. The monologues, culled from plays like “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll†and “Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead,†will differ for each performance, which will run Oct. 1-20 at Labyrinth’s Bank Street Theater.
The fall season will also include “Sunset Baby†by Dominique Morisseau (“Detroit ‘67â€); the new play is described in press materials as “the story of a former black revolutionary and political prisoner who decides to connect with his estranged daughter.†Performances are scheduled to begin Nov. 6 at Bank Street Theater. Also there this fall Labyrinth will hold a new series of “artist salons†featuring performances and conversations with company members like the poet Craig “Mums†Grant (Arnold Jackson on HBO’s “Ozâ€) and the Tony Award nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (“Rentâ€). A Labyrinth spring production will be announced later.
This 2013-14 season of Labyrinth, a downtown troupe known for its ethnically diverse casts, is the first to be planned by the company’s new artistic director, Mimi O’Donnell. She was appointed in the spring after a few rocky years when Labyrinth productions drew poor reviews after years of acclaim; Ms. O’Donnell had been part of a triumvirate of artistic directors who led Labyrinth during that period.
