LOCAL BREW night of programming

5/10, 5/18, 5/23 (all at 8pm), 5/25 at 2pm

Strangers and Coffee by Amanda Bauer

Happy Panda Shoots Himself by Preston Witt

Advice to the Happy Couple by Jeremy Sony

And What a Damn Fine Morning It Is by Trace Crawford

The Squall by Max Glenn

Black Box Ninja by Brendan Michna

evening directed by Andy Batt

MIXED DRINKS night of programming

5/11, 5/16, 5/24 (all at 8pm), 5/25 at 4pm

Tigers in America by Theresa Giacopasi

The Naked Truth by Greg Vovos

Conception by Alex Dremann

The Call by Peter Grandbois & Nancy Bell

Bedtime Story by Christopher Lockheardt

Melodramatization by John Busser

evening directed by Jim Azelvandre

LADIES NIGHT night of programming

5/9, 5/17, 5/25 (all at 8pm)
All plays by Barbara Lindsay

Holy Hell

On the Line

Spirit That Won’t Let Me Go

Spinsters

Fighting Mr. Right

Cosmic Goofs

The Psycho Bitch and the Throbbing Blue Veiner

evening directed by Michelle Batt

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Back with their 14th annual THEATRE ROULETTE, MadLab continues to crank out Columbus’ longest running shorts festival. This year the festival is split up into three distinct nights of programming:

Ladies Night – This night is dedicated to the works of one playwright. This year it is Barbara Lindsey, whose this Almost Joy, was performed as part of Theatre Roulette 2011.

Home Brew – 6 selections taken from pieces submitted by Central Ohio playwrights.

Mixed Drinks -- Featuring 6 selections chosen from over 950 submissions sent in from all over the U.S. and beyond, just as in past versions of THEATRE ROULETTE.

May 9th-25th, 2013

Thursdays-Saturdays

all shows at 8pm with the exception of 5/25 when all 19 plays will be presented starting at 2pm, 4pm, & 8pm

$12 regular admission

$10 students/seniors

$8 MadLab Members

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HOLY HELL by Barbara Lindsay

A man and woman separately relate the story of the tragedy that brought them together and the love that redeemed them both.

CAST

Melissa Bair as Woman

Chad Hewitt as Man

ON THE LINE by Barbara Lindsay

A lonely woman calling a suicide crisis line on Valentine's Day gets a very different response than she was expecting.

CAST

Brendan Michna as Joe

Becky Horseman as Maureen

SPIRIT THAT WON’T LET ME GO by Barbara Lindsay

The sweet and happy meeting of two lovers is haunted by the presence of a silent second woman.

CAST

Travis Horseman as Bill

Courtney Deuser as Joy

Melissa Bair as Sarah

SPINSTERS by Barbara Lindsay

In the powder room of a restaurant, two women on a double date struggle to control their desperation about men.

CAST

Natasha Ward as Terry

Audrey Rush as Laura

COSMIC GOOFS by Barbara Lindsay

When HIM, a former lover, pays SHE a surprise visit, his tempting invitation causes her to bump up against questions of her own loyalty, standards, and desires.

CAST

Jennifer Barlup as She

Chad Hewitt as Him

Erin Prosser as Colleen

FIGHTING MR. RIGHT by Barbara Lindsay

It was a good first date. Terrific even. So why all this fighting?

CAST

Travis Horseman as Joel

Brigid Ogden as Maria

THE PSYCHO BITCH AND THE THROBBING BLUE VEINER

by Barbara Lindsay

When Greta and Hobie return from their first date, all decked out and hot to tumble, what they say has little to do with what they mean.

CAST

Erin Prosser as Greta

Shana Kramer as Greta Inner

Erik Sternberger as Hobie

Brendan Michna as Hobie Inner

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TIGERS IN AMERICA by Theresa Giacopasi

A young woman named Freu is struggling with the fallout from a one-night stand, and the Zanesville Ohio exotic animal massacre of 2011, and a zoo attendant who won't let her into the tiger exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. She's having kind of a hard day.

CAST

MaryBeth Griffith as Freu

THE NAKED TRUTH by Greg Vovos

Copping a feel never felt so good…or so bad…as two strangers become intimate with the truth in this absurd first-encounter between two souls on the brink.

CAST

Elizabeth Harelik as Sheila

Josh Kessler as Rex

BEDTIME STORY by Christopher Lockheardt

Bedtime stories can be just the thing to send you off to sleep. But sometimes a story will keep you up all night long waiting for the happy ending.

CAST

Laura Spires as Jess

Aaron Geib as Billy

THE CALL by Peter Grandbois & Nancy Bell

It’s early morning in a hotel room and a middle aged married couple are figuring out what they’d like to do today, the first day of their Seattle weekend getaway in away from their kids.  The Space Needle, a gluten free lunch, and Starbucks are some ideas.  They have trouble with the darn internet connection!  The phone rings with a mysterious, irresistible, and romantic message.  This happens again and again to both of them.  These calls stir deep desires in both of them and force them to confront the emptiness of their marriage and the problem of love.

CAST

Jim Azelvandre as David

Maria Ritchey as Ellen

CONCEPTION by Alex Dremann

In bed late one night, Jackie solicits her husband's help with a short story she's trying to write... by climbing on top of him.

CAST

Mary-Aileen St. Cyr as Jackie

Sean Reid as Len

MELODRAMATIZATION by John Busser

Some people can tell a real story. Some people can really tell a story. Which isn't necessarily the same thing.

CAST

Richard West as Joe

Laura Marx as Mary

Drew Thompson as John

Chelsea Jordan as Meredith

STRANGERS AND COFFEE by Amanda Bauer

Ed has a nice, boring life that he likes, but when he's mistaken for someone else he gets the chance to change his nice, boring life.

CAST

Stephen Woosley as Ed

Mary Sink as Waitress

Briavel Schultz as Anna

THE SQUALL by Max Glenn

In the midst of an intense storm, a nephew comes to uncle desperate for one thing: his blessing to commit a murder.

CAST

Joe Liles as Simon

Andy Batt as Dan

BLACK BOX NINJA by Brendan Michna

Bob, a dystopian misanthrope exiled in suburbia, desperately tries to understand the reality he finds himself in after spending a night in what must be the ninth layer of Hell, a Golden Girls marathon without the ability to change the channel. Also there are Ninjas. How many is unknown.

CAST

Aran Carr as Bobbi

Greg McGill as Jeff

Jason Sudy as Montgomery

Briavel Schultz as Sara

Peter Graybeal as Stagehand

HAPPY PANDA SHOOTS HIMSELF by Preston Witt

Happy Panda Shoots Himself is the story of a man that wears a panda costume at his job. After a bad day at work, he heads to the bar in his panda getup and drinks too much. The play takes place inside the bar past closing time.

CAST

Andy Batt as Andy

Jason Sudy as Head

ADVICE TO THE HAPPY COUPLE by Jeremy Sony

What’s the key to a happy marriage? Michelle says one thing. Her husband, Will, has other thoughts. At their friends’ wedding, the advice-cam has found them and going on record might just test every theory they have.

CAST

Mary Sink as Michelle

Joe Liles as William

AND WHAT A DAMN FINE MORNING IT IS by Trace Crawford

Two suburban male stereotypes emerge from their houses one morning. As they exchange niceties, it becomes apparent that beneath their pleasant facade lies a deep-seated resentment of the other. What follows is a flurry of consumerist one-upmanship, culminating in the revelation of the true source of their competition.

CAST

Stephen Woosley as Ted

Jason Sudy as Jim