“Gabel's vision and craft give them wonderful places to lead performers to; however, performers follow them to those places because, at the end of the day, they trust them. They trust them with their performance, with their careers, with their bodies.”
-Justin Maxwell, Playwright
“The roles demand intensity of all of the actors, and director [Lyam] Gabel excelled in ensuring that each member of the small cast is pulling their own weight -- and have weight to pull.”
-NOLA Defender about Cripple Creek’s Possum Kingdom
Photo by Melisa Cardona
One of my greatest passions is helping performers grow and develop individual voice. As a director and a performer my personal practice is both deeply intellectual and deeply physical. I want to help you access emotion and integrate the body and breath into performance. I work with performers on honing their craft, or on creating or refining original solo work.
I have studied with the Moscow Art Theater, The DAH Theater in Serbia, and in South Africa. I hold a BFA in Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University, and have toured nationally and internationally.