Gaby Labotka (pronouns not set)
Advanced Actor Combatant
Gaby Labotka is an actor, director, choreographer, and more living and working in the city of Chicago.
Recent performance credits include: Neverland (Prop Thtr); A Story Told in Seven Fights (Neo-Futurists); We're Gonna Be Okay (ATC); Peter and the Starcatcher (Metropolis Theatre Company); Henry V (Babes with Blades); Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Vista); and The Hammer Trinity (The House Theatre of Chicago).
Recent choreography credits include: Zurich (Steep Theatre); Borealis (The House Theatre); Hamlet (The Gift Theatre); Through the Elevated Line (Silk Road Rising); A Story Told in Seven Fights (Neo-Futurists); Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (First Floor Theater); The Good Fight (Babes with Blades); A Swell in the Ground (The Gift); Night in Alachua County (WildClaw Theatre);and Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Vista, 2017).
Recent directing credits include: Wasteland Hero (Reutan Collective) [Trans]formation (The Living Canvas); and The Dictionary Project.
Gaby is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, has received training from Intimacy Directors International, and is often a Teaching Assistant for stage combat classes at MACE, Roosevelt University, and The Actors' Gymnasium. Gaby is the Associate Artistic Director of the Chicago Theatre Marathon, a proud member of ALTA, and she is a fierce advocate for respect, empathy, representation, inclusion, and safety in the theatre.
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Skill Proficiency History
Date | Weapon | Location | Grade |
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Open Gate Movement Arts Spring SPT
Jun 29, 2024 | Unarmed | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Open Gate Movement Arts Fall SPT
Dec 17, 2023 | Quarterstaff | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Quarterstaff renewal
Dec 1, 2019 | Quarterstaff | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Single Sword SPR
Mar 3, 2019 | Single Sword | Chicago , Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Fall 2017 SPR Workshop
Sep 24, 2017 | Unarmed | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Sep 24, 2017 | Small Sword | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Actor's Gym Spring of 2017 Knife
Jun 4, 2017 | Rapier and Dagger | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Jun 4, 2017 | Knife | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Pre- Brawl of America 2017
May 26, 2017 | Broadsword and Shield | MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota | Recommended Pass |
Broadsword Spring of 2017
Mar 19, 2017 | Broadsword | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
2016 NSCW - AACW & Interns
Jul 8, 2016 | Quarterstaff | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
Private SPT
Jan 10, 2016 | Knife | Chicago, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Fall 2015 SPR Workshop
Sep 27, 2015 | Single Sword | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
MACE
Dec 14, 2014 | Small Sword | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
MACE - Movement and Combat Education
Mar 30, 2014 | Unarmed | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Mar 29, 2014 | Broadsword | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Mar 29, 2014 | Rapier and Dagger | Chicago, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Mar 8, 2014 | Broadsword and Shield | Saint Charles, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
The Actor's Gym
Jun 16, 2013 | Quarterstaff | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Actor's Gym
Mar 10, 2013 | Broadsword | Evanston, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Mar 10, 2013 | Single Sword | Evanston, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Mar 10, 2013 | Unarmed | Evanston, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Illinois State University Skill Proficiency Test/Skills Renewal Test
Dec 16, 2011 | Rapier and Dagger | Normal, Illinois | Recommended Pass |