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LATTE (initially Live Arts Theater Training Ensemble in 1998 and then changed to Live Arts Teen Theater Ensemble in 2003) was established in January of 1998 to two growing needs: teen theater artists for needed a place to do diverse and challenging theater and Live Arts theater artists and the community sought a place to learn and experiment.
Through the years, LATTE has offered over 100 performance, technical, and design workshops for youth and adults and mounted over 20 productions, providing the community with more than 200 performance opportunities. LATTE continues to flourish with a strong commitment to providing productions that encourage adult and youth collaboration, with a special emphasis on providing opportunities for young voices to be heard through the creation and production of original material and by providing an ongoing educational connection to experimentation done in the Live Arts DownStage and UpStage season.
In 2003, the Live Arts educational program grew to be such an extent that two separate components of our educational offerings, L.A.T.T.E. (Live Arts Teen Theater Ensemble) and Adult Theater Laboratories, were identified.
Production History
July 1998
Big Mary by Mark Medoff
A summer touring show with a cast of adults and teens, directed by John Gibson.
October 1998
Album by David Rimmer
Teen cast, directed by Missel Leddington.
Feb/March 1999
The Floating Bridge of Heaven
Adaptation of a Japanese folktale, produced in conjunction with the Virginia Discovery Museum, directed by Mecca Burns.
March 1999
Lattehouse I
Original material and music created and performed by teens under the direction of Fran Smith.
April 1999
The Write Response
Collaborative plays written and performed by adults and children, ages 9 -12, directed by Betsy Tucker.
July 1999
Everyman
Summer touring show with cast of adults and teens directed by Teresa Dowell-Vest.
October 1999
The Way of the World by William Congreve
A cast of teens and adults under the direction of Todd Ristau.
February 2000
Lattehouse II
Original material and music created and performed by teens under the direction of Fran Smith.
April 2000
Teen Scene Performances by teens, directed by Missel Leddington and Brad Stoller
July 2000
The Robber Bridegroom by Alfred Uhry
A bluegrass musical with a cast of adults and teens, directed by W. Tony Powell.
The Search for Odysseus by Charles Way
Teen director Rachel Paisley and cast.
February 2001
Lattehouse III
Yet another "coffeehouse production" original monologues, plays, music and dance created and performed by local teens and directed by Fran Smith
July/August 2001
Hush: An Interview with America by James Still
A wonderful ensemble piece about how the media affects a young girl's tender spirit of childhood. Six performances - part of the Live Arts Summer Theater Festival, directed by Kay Bechtel.
The Kissing Scene/How to Start Smoking in Ten Steps or Less
by local teen playwright, Allison Taylor, directed by Lydia Horan (Kissing) and Janet Heath (Smoking)
September 2001
Antigone by Sophocles
A teen and adult cast, directed by Clinton Johnston
February 2002
Lattehouse IV: Heartburn.
A show that features original monologues, plays, music and dance created and performed by local teens, directed by Fran Smith
November 2002
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
Shakesperean classic performed by an all teen cast, directed by Amanda McRaven
March 2003
Lattehouse V: Feet, Fads, Fetishes, and Fears
Coffeehouse style show that features original monologues, plays, music and dance created and performed by local teens, directed by Fran Smith
May 2003
Bat Boy: the Musical by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, Music by Laurence O’Keefe
A musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature performed by a cast of teen and adults, directed by John Gibson.
November 2003
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
The UpStage Theater’s inaugural production of Tom Stoppard’s hit by an all-teen cast, directed by Amanda McRaven.
May 2004
LATTEHOUSE VI: Frequency Turn On – Tune In
Our annual showcase of Charlottesville’s finest young writers, actors, musicians, and dancers hitting us with their best shots in a cutting edge teen performance / Under the direction of Fran Smith.
November 2004
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
A German Epic tale, nothing less than an examination of the human condition, tackled by an all-teen cast under the direction of Shawnna Pledger
May 5-21, 2005
Lattehouse VII: Consumed
May 12-20, 2006
The Tale of Pearl and Edmond
December, 2006
A Child's Christmas in Wales
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