The Muscles in Our Toes by Stephen Belber

The LAByrinth Theater Company wil present the New York Premiere of Stephen Belber's dark comedy The Muscles in Our Toes, directed by Anne Kauffman, at the Bank Street Theater in the late Spring of 2014.

In this dark comedy, four friends meet at their high school reunion, and ponder a plan to free their old friend who's been kidnapped by a radical political group. Absurdity, intensity and plain ole weirdness ensue when this inebriated, stoned, adolescently arrested, religiously confused group of friends attempts to tackle the task at hand and at the same time, debate the forces of international terrorism.

The LAByrinth Theater Company's Artistic Director Mimi O'Donnell said,

The Muscles in Our Toes is a hysterical, laugh out loud addition to our 2013-14 season. Belber creates a world of colorfully confused, opinionated, rambunctious characters tackling the perils of middle age and everything that goes along with it.

Stephen Belber's (Playwright) 'Match' performed on Broadway in 2004, Off-Broadway credits include 'Don't Go Gentle,' 'Fault Lines,' 'A Small, Melodramatic Story,' 'McReele,' and 'The Laramie Project.' Movies include "Tape," "The Laramie Project" (Associate Writer) for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, "Drifting Elegant," "Management and Match," the last two of which he also directed, starring Jennifer Aniston and Patrick Stewart, respectively. Currently preparing to direct his adaptation of "The Kindness of Strangers," starring Josh Duhamel.

Anne Kauffman's (Director) off-Broadway credits include 'Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra,' 'Somewhere Fun,' 'Belleville' (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), 'Detroit,' 'Slowgirl' 'Maple and Vine' and 'This Wide Night' (Lucille Lortel Award nomination).