Human Observation Lab

Performance space that operated in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1987 to 1990. Also called "The Lab," the space hosted groups including Sin City Disciples, Bastro, Tad, The Coctails, and Ray Velazquez. The organization initially began as a pop-up guerilla theatre called Stimulus & Response (SARCO) operated by Leo Wetherill, Alec Shepherd, and Eric George, hosting events in venues like The Grand Emporium, Kansas City, Missouri, The Ship, and the old downtown airport before taking over the former site of a gay bath house called Club Bath on McGee Street. They would operate out of this location until 1990, at which point landlord conflicts caused the space to no longer be feasible.