How to refer to a Label on the Stage from within a Symbol

Hi Edgefriends,
I'm working on a project in Edge Animate, however I have about zero experience with JavaScript and I can't seem to get this working without it so I hope someone can help me to get this done.
Below you see the code I need help with. It's part of a Symbol situated on the Stage. What I need it to do is to play from a Label ('subFontsTitels') situated on the Stage-level. I've tried a lot of posibilities but with no (satisfying) results. Could you please help me?
Part of the code:
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "click", function(sym, e) {
// play the timeline from the given position (ms or label)
sym.getComposition().getStage().sym.play('subFontsTitels');
// insert code for mouse click here
//Edge binding end

hmmm it doesn't seem to solve the problem yet. I'll paste the full code attached to the symbol, maybe there's a problem with the whole combination of the code:
Code
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "mouseover", function(sym, e) {
sym.stop("over");
//Edge binding end
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "mousedown", function(sym, e) {
sym.stop("down");
//Edge binding end
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "mouseup", function(sym, e) {
sym.stop("up");
//Edge binding end
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "mouseout", function(sym, e) {
sym.stop("normal");
//Edge binding end
Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Button}", "click", function(sym, e) {
// play the timeline from the given position (ms or label)
sym.play("subFontsTitels");
//Edge binding end
The symbol's name is SubTekstTitels and it's located directly on the Stage. The label "subFontsTitels" is located on the Stage aswell. I hope this will help getting this done.

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