OPEN BOOK night of programming

5/8, 5/16, 5/24 (all at 8pm)

Agnes and the Vegan Burrito by Alex Dremann

All the Way by Steven Korbar

Lost in Thought by Christopher Lockheardt

Take the Words From Out of My Mouth by Christopher Lockheardt

The Screens by Erik Champney

The Craft by Andrew Biss

Workin’ on the Railroad by Mark Harvey Levine

evening directed by Jim Azelvandre


STATE’S EVIDENCE night of programming

5/9, 5/17, 5/22 (all at 8pm), 5/24 at 2pm

Tragic Fun by Stephen Woosley

Dream Come True by Greg Vovos

Cuckold Walks Into a Bar by Jeremy Sony

Paralaxis by Jeremy Sony

A World Without Allergies by Chris Leyva

The Duty Free Shop at the End of the World by Erik Sternberger

The Incentive Program by John Busser

evening directed by Andy Batt


THE FORGIVENESS FILES night of programming

5/10, 5/15, 5/23 (all at 8pm), 5/24 at 4pm
All plays by Kathleen McGovern

Not in Very Good Taste

Perfectly Safe Places

Clean Up on Aisle Five

Be Seeing You

Take a Number

evening directed by Michelle Batt

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Back with their 15th 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:

The Forgiveness Files – This night is dedicated to the works of one playwright.

State’s Evidence – 7 selections taken from pieces submitted by Ohio playwrights.

Open Book - Featuring 7 selections chosen from over 1000 submissions sent in from all over the U.S. and beyond, just as in past versions of THEATRE ROULETTE.

May 8th-24th, 2014

Thursdays-Saturdays

all shows at 8pm with the exception of 5/24 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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NOT IN VERY GOOD TASTE by Kathleen McGovern

In this comedy, a baby shower goes way off course when the infertile best friend of the single mother-to-be offers to buy her baby.


CAST

Shana Kramer as Sara

Julia Ferreri as Julia

Audrey Rush as Claudette

Lexy Weixel as Mindy

Nikki Smith as Cynthia

Mary Sink as Audrey


PERFECTLY SAFE PLACES by Kathleen McGovern

What happens when your husband forgives your daughter’s killer and you don’t? When a divorced couple runs into each other at the killer’s parole hearing, the past six years come flooding back and we see all that forgiveness can and can’t do.


CAST

Josh Kessler as Sam

Julia Ferreri as Valerie

Kyle Jepson as Kimberly

Brad Shimp as Dr. Cabot


CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE by Kathleen McGovern

How differently did you look at your life when you were 20, 30 and 40? While a woman waits for her date, she explores her mistakes with her 20 and 30 year old self and has to choose whether or not she can let her present-day-self move forward.


CAST

Vicki Andronis as Abby 40

Shana Kramer as Abby 30

Lexy Weixel as Abby 20

Erik Sternberger as Paul


BE SEEING YOU by Kathleen McGovern

When a gay man and his boyfriend pay a visit to his estranged mother, who lives in an Alzheimer’s care facility, he learns the truth about his father through her hallucinations.


CAST

Vicki Andronis as Maive

Mike Ream as Mr. Hughes

Erik Sternberger as Brian

Joe Liles as Doug

Nikki Smith as Anita


TAKE A NUMBER by Kathleen McGovern

A couple, who keeps failing at love lifetime after lifetime, meets up in the waiting room of heaven. Will they get another chance to get it right? Do they want one?


CAST

Melissa Bair as Woman

Stephen Woosley as Man


TAKE THE WORDS FROM OUT OF MY MOUTH by Christopher Lockheardt

A man tries to decipher a woman's desperate message.


CAST

MaryBeth Griffith as Woman

Casey May as Man


LOST IN THOUGHT by Christopher Lockheardt

A man wrestles with thoughts of his former lover while washing the dishes.


CAST

Erin Prosser as Woman

Andy Woodmansee as Man

Chris Wharton as Tom


ALL THE WAY by Steven Korbar

An old man waits alone in a hotel room when a young prostitute arrives. Initially the man's behavior is strange, even threatening- he insists the girl wear a worn, out of date dress and dance with him.  But as they sway to a Sinatra song, he admits the dress belonged to his wife, who is ill and no longer recognizes him.  His confession of love and longing is the one thing the calloused young woman is unprepared for and, as they dance, she mourns what he has lost and what she has never known.


CAST

Jim Azelvandre as Syd

Courtney Deuser as Lynn


THE SCREENS by Erik Champney

THE SCREENS is a startling drama about the unanswered questions shadowing a mysterious disappearance. As a patient in a mental hospital engages an unfamiliar visitor, he realizes the two might share a frightening connection. Combining delusion with truth, THE SCREENS confronts the harrowing distance between trauma and restoration.


CAST

Chad Hewitt as Allen

Andy Woodmansee as Damian


AGNES AND THE VEGAN BURRITO by Alex Dremann

Over a burrito lunch, two best friends finally reveal the truth about Agnes.


CAST

Chad Hewitt as Ken

Andy Batt as Matt

WORKIN’ ON THE RAILROAD by Mark Harvey Levine

Life is tough in the old west.  Especially when you're trying to put a band together.


CAST

Chad Hewitt as Clem

Jim Azelvandre as Sam

Casey May as John

Chris Wharton as Zeke


THE CRAFT by Andrew Biss

It’s Act 2, Scene 3 in another night’s performance of a less-than-riveting romantic drama. As the two young leads navigate their turgid love scene, employing all their dramatic skills in an attempt to breathe life into their two-dimensional characters, another, far more gripping story is unfolding just beneath the surface. Despite a mutual loathing of each other, a devotion to the craft ensures that the show will go on; but the inner dialogues that play out inside each of them reveal a far different narrative than the one being performed on the stage.


CAST

Travis Horseman as Actor 1

Erin Prosser as Actor 2


THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM by John Busser

Need a new set of wheels? Then come on down and let us sell you the car you need for the price you want (whether you like it or not).


CAST

Jason Sudy as Jerry

Brendan Michna as Glen

Katharine Pilcher as Vanessa

RJ Shuman as George

Doug Davis as Al

Mitch Rose as Dave


DREAM COME TRUE by Greg Vovos

A couple who is literally living the dream life can’t agree on whether that’s a good thing or not; and if they don’t find common ground soon, they will lose each other forever.


CAST

RJ Shuman as Jack

Katharine Pilcher as Sally

Brendan Michna as Shadow


PARALAXIS by Jeremy Sony

Axis is sitting on the edge of mortality. The victim of a mall stabbing, he is met by two beings that call themselves Mat and Devyn. Pulled between life and death, Axis discovers more about who he is and the choice that sits before him.


CAST

Mitch Rose as Axis

Mary-Aileen St. Cyr as Mat/Reese

Doug Davis as Devin/Myers

Collen Dunne as Helen/God


CUCKOLD WALKS INTO A BAR by Jeremy Sony

Tony’s having a crap day. He just wants to have a beer. Or five. He’s not talking to his wife, he got fired, and wait... what happened with the zebra at the zoo? He’s just avoiding the issue, but how long can that go on before the world brings the fight to him?


CAST

RJ Shuman as Tony

Colleen Dunne as Allison


THE DUTY FREE SHOP AT THE END OF THE WORLD

by Erik Sternberger

The Duty Free Shop at the End of the World is a play that looks at all the things we take with us and what we are willing to leave behind as we move on to new experiences, lives or even planets.


CAST

Doug Davis as Shopkeeper

Mitch Rose as Traveller


TRAGIC FUN by Stephen Woosley

Even in Hell on Earth, life's better with company. But, it's a lot harder to keep the company you keep.


CAST

Doug Davis as Tom

Colleen Dunne as Missy

Brendan Michna as Bad Guy 1

RJ Shuman as Bad Guy 2

Mitch Rose as Bad Guy 3

Katharine Pilcher as Bad Girl


A WORLD WITHOUT ALLERGIES, A TALK BY DR. MICHAEL KRAMER by Chris Leyva

Do you suffer from allergies? Do you want to live in a world without allergies? Dr. Michael Kramer of the Allergy Center Headquarters of Ohio has the answer.


CAST

Jason Sudy as Dr. Michael Kramer