CINCINNATI LAB THEATRE MISSION STATEMENT
Cincinnati LAB Theatre is an organization for established and emerging artists in the Greater Cincinnati Area dedicated to a collaborative creative process that will present established works of drama and develop new plays through a traditional workshop model. Cincinnati LAB Theatre will provide a solid platform for artists to cultivate, strengthen and hone their artistic crafts and talents and offer quality theatre for Cincinnati audiences.
COMPANY MEMBERS
Elizabeth A. Harris
Executive Director
Co-Artistic Director
Co-Founder
Robert Allen
Co-Artistic Director
Co-Founder
Bob Allen was in the premiere Lab production; "Buckeye" and in the later production of the same; retitled "Daughter of War". He has acted and directed subsequent Lab productions including "Gay Divorce", "LED Thespian", "A Ghost of a Chance", "Four Horses", "The Hired Man" and others. He has been directly involved in all other LAB productions as Producer and Artistic Director. He has also been with Lab in Scotland for all its Edinburgh Fringe Festival productions. He is the co- creator and former Chair of the Certificate Acting Program in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Preparatory Department. Bob is currently teaching in the Northern Kentucky University 's School of the Arts (SOTA).
He has been working in theater, television and film for more than 50 years now. His credits would be too numerous to list. Some of his most recent work outside LAB includes: "A Man For All Seasons", "Julius Caesar", "Oedipus the King", "White Christmas" in and directing the First Year Show at NKU.
Elizabeth A. Harris is the executive director and co-founder of Cincinnati LAB Theatre. She has been a working theatre professional and educator for 33 years. Elizabeth holds a B.A. in Acting and a M.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing from Morehead State University. She also has a M.F.A. in Playwrighting from Spalding University. Elizabeth recently achieved her Doctor of Education in Leadership from Spalding University. Elizabeth has had her plays produced in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta. Her full-length play Daughter of War, previously Buckeye, opened with Cincinnati LAB Theatre October 28, 2021 and was LAB Theatre’s first New Works production in 2014. In the past Elizabeth has taught acting and directing at Northern Kentucky University and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Currently she is theatre faculty at St. Xavier High School and the Co-Director of Theatre Xavier. She lives in Cincinnati with her constant companion and best friend, Charlie the Dog.
Torie Pate is an actor, singer, director, and teaching artist. She became the Education Director for Cincinnati LAB Theatre in 2020 & took on the role of Co-Artistic Director in 2021. Torie has been with LAB since 2017, when she performed in Led Thespian (in Cincinnati and at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe). Other LAB credits include Zelda & Hadley: Together At Last (Hadley Richardson) in Cincinnati & 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; The Relationship Plays (director) Cincinnati & 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Married Life (director); The Philosophy of Cavemen (director) Cincinnati & 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Pirouette (Judith); Why Good Things Happen to Bad People (Yolanda); Dog (director); Four Horses (Pestilence) at the 2021 & 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Torie has a BA in Theatre from The University of Dayton, and has been a professional theatre artist for over 20 years having performed with such companies as The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Landmark Productions, The Carnegie, The Falcon Theatre, The Drama Workshop, and The Powel Crosley Theatre in Sarasota, FL. Torie is also a teaching artist (drama and visual art) with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington.
Torie Pate
Co-Artistic Director
Co-Education Director
Alexa Glaser
Marketing Director
Alexa Glaser holds a B.A. in Theatre from Butler University and has studied with The Sanford Meisner Center (LA) and with the Second City (Chicago). Some of her favorite LAB credits include: Bailey in Dog, Famine in Four Horses, and Matty in The Hired Man. Other favorite credits include: Betta in New Edgecliff Theatre's production of A Soldier's Christmas and Samantha in EFO Films Marauders.
Aaron has appeared onstage for Lab in The Color of the Leaves (Mark), Medusa and You (Various Roles), Four Horses, Dog, Synapse and went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with The Philosophy of Cave Men (Winston). He directed The Secret Life of Bros. He is very thankful for his Wife, Rachel and two children Eli and Zeke and you the audience for your participation in making our shows better.
Aaron Epstein Development Coordinator
Jazz McMullen
Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator
Jazz is a Cincinnati native and 2006 graduate of The School for Creative and Performing Arts. He majored is Drama, Vocal Music and Musical Theater. He first joined Cincy Lab on stage for Medusa in You and was later asked to join the company. Since then he has performed in numerous productions including The Philosophy of Cavemen which was part of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Just last year he made his stage management debut in Cincy Lab's 2024 contribution to Edinburgh Fringe, Zelda and Hadley Together at Last.
Eric Kilpatrick
Graphic Design Coordinator
Eric Kilpatrick is a Cincinnati native who has been involved in the local theatre scene since he was 10 years old. Eric joined Cincinnati LAB Theatre in 2018 when he debuted in their production of the original musical "LED Thespian" and has since performed in "A Funny Play for Troubled Times", "Four Horses", and "Shirt. Brown. Honesty." He also participated in the public readings of "Dog", "Parallel Walls", "Of Dudes and Nudes" and "Eden 2.0". Other recent credits include; "The Odd Couple" (Felix) at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts as well as "Outside Mullingar" (Anthony), and "Port Authority" (Kevin) with The Irish Heritage Theater Company of Cincinnati. When Eric's not in the LAB, you can usually find him drawing, playing music, and hanging out with his fiancée Erin and their 3 cats.
Linda Callahan
Community Outreach Coordinator
Linda received her B.F.A in Acting from Syracuse University. She performed in several Off-Off, Off Broadway and Summer Stock productions before changing course and getting her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She returned to theatre in 2014 and has been consistently performing with many local theatre communities. She is honored to be a part of Cincinnati LAB Theatre having participated in several zoom and staged readings as well as plays with them.
Eileen Earnest
Social Media Team Member
Eileen’s work with LAB Theatre began in 2021 with workshopped readings of plays in development. In 2023, she was a part of both the New Works Festival and The Edinburgh Scotland Fringe productions of Charlie Schulman’s The Relationship Plays. In 2024, Eileen’s own play, Zelda and Hadley: Together At Last, was chosen for the New Works Festival and presented through LAB Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Eileen is a founding member of ComedySportz Cincinnati, a Red Nose Doc for Healthy Humor Inc at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and one half of the comedy team, Two Sketchy Dames. In 2019, she became the Associate Artistic Director of Powel Crosley Theatre in Sarasota, FL. and in 2024 joined LAB Theatre as a Company Member. When not performing, Eileen is coaching improv troupes and facilitating workshops on acting technique, improvisation, applied improvisation for the corporate world, and using improv for meditation and mindfulness. Eileen received her Musical Theatre Degree from Ohio Northern University, her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Interpreter Training/Sign Language Technology from Cincinnati State, and is a graduate of the Second City Training Conservatory in Chicago. Website: eileen-earnest.com
Rachel Mock
Social Media Team
Rachel Mock is an actor and director. Around Cincinnati, you may have seen her onstage at Mariemont Players (Cry It Out) or Falcon Theatre (Home, I'm Darling!, Two Point Oh, Breaking the Code, Mindgame). With the Cincinnati LAB Theatre, she has served as a director for the Summer New Works Festival (Slay, Love's Labours Lost and Found) as well as their mainstage production of Daughter of War. Most recently, Rachel was onstage in The Stands for the 2024 New Works Festival.
Elliot Handkins
Company Member
Elliot is a graduate of NKU with a B.F.A. in Acting and is typically seen in local productions around the tri-state area. He has been performing since the second grade, when he sang "I Won't Grow Up" with his triplet siblings in a talent show. He most recently performed in The Stands at last year's festival, and has also worked on various other LAB productions including Of Dudes and Nudes, Shirt. Brown. Honesty., and Four Horses. Some favorite credits outside of LAB include The Last Five Years (Jaime), The Graduate (Benjamin), Bob Gaudio (Jersey Boys), and Love, Sex, and the IRS (Leslie). A lover of discovetries, working with LAB fulfills a part of him that most of his theatre exploits are unable to fill.
Greg Procaccino
Company Member
Greg’s Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park credits include A Christmas Carol (1991-2018), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1996) and Romeo and Juliet (1978). Off-Broadway, he appeared in Second Chance. His regional credits include theatres such as Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and theatres in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, California and Ohio. On television and in film, he has appeared in The Greater Good (2006 FAIF Film Festival award winner), Heartburn, Best Friends, A Mom for Christmas, This Train, Little Man Tate, Crossing Fields, Milk Money, Murphy Brown, Hawk, Tanner ’88 (as a regular) and 2004’s Tanner on Tanner. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1990. Greg has directed over 20 stage productions in and around the Cincinnati area. He was the director of Theater at TMU for 8 years.
Members-At-Large: David Derringer, Elaine Eckstein, Charlie Goetz, & Jeffrey K. Miller.