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The Lab, a collaboration of Ted Gorodetzky and Daniel Neer, is a multidisciplinary development and production company creating new works in visual and performing arts.

Ted Gorodetzky
Ted Gorodetzky enjoys a diverse career as a performer, director and writer. With roles ranging from musical comedy to independent film, he has performed on stage and onscreen across the US and overseas, as well as directing numerous plays, musical productions and creating filmed media works.

Daniel Neer
Daniel Neer, a performer, writer and educator, excels as a singer-actor in a spectrum of performance genres and is a librettist, lyricist and playwright with interests ranging from vocal chamber music to music-theater, contemporary opera, multimedia and interdisciplinary works.
NEW / NEXT

Hopper Haiku
Written and performed by Ellen Mandel and Daniel Neer, and inspired by the artwork of American painter Edward Hopper, this art song collection provides a musical voice to the characters and environments depicted in Hopper’s iconic works.
NYC Premiere! ONE NIGHT ONLY
Monday, November 10, 7 PM
Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Dachau For Queers
It’s 1970, and runaway Jonah Goodson is confined at California’s notorious Atascadero Psychiatric Hospital. His “sickness”? Homosexuality. Navigating a psychotropic maze of barbaric treatments, he encounters the most unlikely guides – but are they real or imagined?
Premiering at the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
LIMITED RUN: Performing Sept 25 – 29, 2025 at Theatre Exile.