Houston's Premiere Off-Broadway Theater 

  Summer 2010 "mini" fundraiser campaign 
and we really need YOUR help....

Hey, TLH fans - HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT PLAYS TLH WILL OFFER NEXT SEASON---we're trying to ship Gerald LaBita, our Artistic Producing Director to Toronto, New York, London and Edinburgh in July and August, to find us new shows.  

YOU can make this happen.  Let's turn this guy loose again!  You know the last times he went - he found and brought to TLH Houston ... well, here are just a few productions he brought us from these Fringe Festivals.

From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival:
Stiff starring Spymonkey
Sakura, the Bandit Princess
Ladies and Gentlemen...Miss Ethel Waters
Chick with Flicks starring Jackie Clune
Harold Finley in   rhymes, reasons & bomb ass beatz

From the Toronto Fringe:
Gemma Wilcox in The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over
Top Gun, the Musical
Nursery School Musical
BoyGroove

From London:
True Love Lies
Cooking with Elvis
Hushabye Mountain
Shopping & F**king
Hysteric Studs

It is real easy to support Gerald...donate any amount by check or credit card...

DONATE

your gift/donation is 100% tax deductible
You will receive an IRS acknowledgement gift letter from us
and playbill acknowledgement in the 2010/2011 new season playbills.

AND, BEST OF ALL, YOU WILL BE SEEING SOME OF THE NEWEST THEATER ON THE STAGE AT TLH.

We are also accepting Continental Airline Travel miles (minimum gifts of 25,000 miles).

Does your company have matching gifts for Arts organizations, if so include this donation...and double your gift.

Mail your checks to : Theater LaB Houston    P O Box 70755  Houston, TX 77270-0755

For a credit card gift, Travel miles gifts and additional information please email your request and a phone number to Gerald at here

Thanks!

Your gift will go into the TLH Operating Account, with a designation for Theater Research & Travel.

TLH Season 2009-2010

The Story of My Life
Music & Lyrics by Neil Bartram 
Book by Brian Hill  

Regional Premiere

The Story of My Life tells the story of two childhood friends and how their friendship profoundly
defined their lives.  Thomas Weaver is a best-selling, award-winning author.  Alvin Kelby was his 
best friend for thirty years.  But time can test the bonds of friendship, and when it does, Thomas
calls on the only resource he has - his stories of Alvin - to learn where things went wrong.  A richly
melodic musical, The Story of My Life is a soaring tribute to the power of friendship and the people 
who change our lives forever.  The Story of My Life premiered on Broadway in late 2008.

Read Everett Evan's Houston Chronicle review -"...boasts joyous and touching moments..."  

click this link to read complete review http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/6693605.html

 Read Buzz Belmont blog from the Houston Chronicle - 

click this link to read blog http://www.chron.com

The Theater LaB Houston production is directed by Mark Adams with Musical Direction 
by Miriam Daly  and features Stephen Myers as Thomas and John Dunn as Alvin. 


John Dunn    –    Stephen Myers

Opened October 26, 2009
Closed December 6, 2009

Everett Evans of the Houston Chronicle writes:  "Wilcox does sterling work...the show is clever and comical, the writing rings true..."   read more at  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/6814161.html (click on link)

      The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over 
Written and Performed by Gemma Wilcox  

Houston Premiere

January 12 - 17   2010

From the 2009 Canadian Fringe Festivals – Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton and Vancouver – BEST
 OF FRINGE winner, Gemma Wilcox makes her Houston debut…talking chickens, a timid rodent, a 
funky sax and jumping flames - Gemma Wilcox, originally from London, portrays 20 characters in 
this award winning humorous, poignant, captivating tale of love and letting go.  Spanning 2 years of 
Sandra’s life, where we are carried along by the unavoidable truth in this young woman’s journey 
as she navigates the challenges of love and work, while remaining true to herself. We journey with 
her as she grapples with her dissolving marriage, and a visit from an old flame that awakens her 
suppressed creativity and calls into question what she truly wants.

For additional information please visit - www.gemmawilcox.com



***** 4½  Stars   Edmonton Journal - 2009 Fringe Production

“Wilcox earns her standing ovation…there is simply no solo show like it anywhere else” 
Victoria Plank Magazine

“this woman can do anything, it seems, and she does….she shows you what theater can be” 
 Orlando Sentinel

Listen to Gemma Wilcox chat with Bob Stephenson of KUHF 88.7 FM 
about her Houston  appearance in January 2010:
http://kuhf.convio.net/programaudio/thefrontrow/2010/01/100114Wilcox.mp3

Read Everett Evans review "Theater LaB Houston scores a knockout...get to TLH for this one."  in the Houston Chronicle:  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/6863145.html

Opened: February 10, 2010

Closed March 13, 2010

Directed by Jimmy Phillips

         
Chelsea McCurdy          Jonathan McVay                         Mark Ivy

    
Mary Hooper                                       Steve Bulitt

“Sometimes I think the longer people are together the less they know each other…” From the 
author of our previously acclaimed productions of Unidentified Human Remains and the True 
Nature of Love and Poor Super Man TLH is pleased to present Brad Fraser’s new stunning, dark 
and dangerous comedy – True Love Lies. From the opening moments of TLL to its closing lines, 
this witty, fast-paced explicit comedy about a nuclear family is funny, entertaining and a touching 
expose' of their lives and long held secrets. A typical family – with all the trials and tribulations of 
living with teenage children – find that a male lover from the father’s past makes them all realize that life 
is not what it seems. Their fashionable lifestyle starts to fall around their ears, as we look on, 
wondering what can possibly go wrong next!  The play continues  with the character of David 
who was first introduced in Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love and later in 
Poor Super Man.  
 The show was first produced in January 2009 at The Royal Exchange in Manchester , England to 
critical and audience acclaim. Theater LaB Houston will be the second company in the US to 
produce True Love Lies.

Our final production of the Season...

Read what The Houston Chronicle has to say 
"a high energy, out of control Houston premiere..."
click here

Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music by Dan Studney
Lyrics by Kevin Murphy

Opened April 14, 2010
Closed April 23, 2010

Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-
in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a 
hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.  You won't be able to resist
the spoofy fun of Reefer Madness.  The addictive and clever musical numbers range from big 
Broadway-style showstoppers to swing tunes like "Down at the Ol' Five and Dime" and the Vegas-
style "Listen to Jesus, Jimmy", featuring J.C. Himself leading a chorus of showgirl angels.  This 
dynamic show will go straight to your head!  Reefer Madness is a highly stylized and satirical 
political commentary.

"The funniest thing to come down the pike -- or the pipe -- in a while."   

"The musical stage version of REEFER MADNESS! Really deserves to be a phenomenon unto itself.  You don't even have to inhale to enjoy it."     After Dark

This production is directed and choreographed by Jimmy Phillips with Musical Direction by Steven Jones with a cast that includes Kregg Dailey, Krysti Wilson Dailey, John Dunn, Joshua Estrada, Jacqui Grady, Corey Hartzog, Jessica Janes, Lendsey Kersey, Beth Lazarou, Scott Lupton and Christopher Wright.

       
Corey Hartzog as Jimmy Harper     Krysti Wilson Dailey as Mary Lane     Kregg Dailey as The Lecturer

  
John Dunn as Jack Stone           Jessica Janes as Mae

       
Beth Lazarou as Sally                    Joshua Estrada as Ralph            Jacqui Grady as The Placard Girl

       
Lendsey Kersey (Ensemble)        Scott Lupton (Ensemble)              Christopher Wright (Ensemble)  

Jimmy Harper & Mary Lane

   
Jimmy gets introduced to the reefer.....                                  Jimmy gets taken for a ride by bad girl Sally.....

    
Dance time at the Ol' Five and Dime....

To receive information about next season (usually in late September) please email your name, address, city and zip to TLH (click on TLH to email)

TLH thanks our many individual supporters and
The Houston Endowment and the City of Houston
through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Location
         1706 Alamo Street (off the 2100 block of Houston Avenue)
          Houston, Texas 77007     go to Directions to TLH
Theater LaB Houston is handicap accessible with a secured parking area.

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Postal address

P O Box 70755

          Houston, TX 77270-0755

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WISH LIST

During the year TLH receives a variety of tax-deductible gifts from individuals and corporations.  
All help to insure that we continue in our mission to produce the very Best in contemporary theater here in Houston.
Occasionally we are asked what do we really need, so for the first time in 16 years we have put this list together
 of the things we’d really like to have:

Corporate Matching Gifts
Lap Top Computer with a PowerPoint Projector -- many thanks, we received this gift!
Gift Cards are great:  (ie:) Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Lowe’s, 
Ikea, Restaurants, etc…
Continental Air Miles
Free Printing Services -- many thanks, we received this gift!

and of course, any spare cash you may have lying around….

 All gift donors receive a tax-donation letter and acknowledgment in the playbill.

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