The Lab presented as many plays as possible in readings, rehearsals and productions.

Lab 1996: Prominent theater artists led discussion groups and workshops in closed Lab sessions. Six incoming Lab directors presented a new play with a cast of professional actors and a day of rehearsal. Six month-long workshops directed by six directors rehearsed at LCT where they then moved up to the 78th Street Theater Lab. The plays were performed four times for an invited audience of friends, Lab members and other invited guests. Twelve Lab directors directed in the American Living Room Directors Festival downtown at HERE.