Theatre Columbus State

11/20/2024

AUDITIONS!!!
LOVE/SICK by John Cariani
Directed by Frank Barnhart
Auditions for the spring 2025 Theatre Columbus State play will take place on Monday and Tuesday, December 2 and 3 at 4pm in Nestor 013.
This is a large cast play with up to twenty available roles. Some double casting is possible.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. There is nothing to prepare in advance.
Performances will take place in April 2025 and will be held in the newly renovated theatre on the Columbus State campus.
Students cast must register for credit under THEA 1180.
Students interested in design, tech, or stage management must register for credit under THEA 2205
About the Play
John Cariani’s LOVE/SICK is a collection of ten slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays. Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, this 80-minute romp explores the pain and the joy that comes with being in love. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, LOVE/SICK is an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.

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10/24/2024

Graceland and Asleep on the Wind continues to run through Saturday, October 26 at 8pm. Performances are at the Columbus Performing Arts Center.

Photos by Travis Daniel Williams

10/15/2024

Opening Next Week!

10/09/2024

09/25/2024

October 7 is the last day to register to vote in Ohio!

06/26/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuj-RrExeN8

06/25/2024

Opening this July!

04/22/2024

Auditions for Smell of the Kill
Directed by Frank Barnhart
Auditions are on Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30 at 4pm in Nestor 013.
Rehearsals will take place during summer semester.
Performances will be July 15-18, 2024.
Roles for 3 Female Performers
Roles for 2-3 Male Performers (off-stage voices only)
If cast, students must register for THEA 1180 (3 credits)

Synopsis
Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three miserable, unloving husbands—and chill. That's the recipe of Michele Lowe's tantalizing new comedy that had Broadway audiences cheering. The Smell of the Kill revolves around Nicky, Debra and Molly who have tolerated one another during once-a-month dinners for years. While their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room, the women exchange confidences for the first time revealing that all three marriages are on the brink of disaster and all three women are facing the challenges of their lives. Nicky's husband has been indicted for embezzlement, Molly's husband is stalking her and Debra's husband is leaving her for another woman. When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faced with a life-or-death decision—should they leave the men out in the cold—permanently—or let them thaw? One by one the women make their choices with more than a little help from one another. "…nice, mean fun…a deft little anti-love story…light-hearted, cold-hearted…" (Newsday) "[a] devilish, wicked, ultimately touching black comedy." (The Berkshire Eagle) "Effective black comedies are rare these days and this is a rich torte…it has a superb crustiness which supplies an evening of nearly continuous laughter." (The Advocate) "…the play boasts lines and scenes that have the audience laughing as uproariously as The Producers." (Variety)

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04/05/2023

We open tonight! Photos by Travis Daniel Williams.