Theatre roulette 2014 

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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

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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.

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Show schedule

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

• Agnes and the Vegan Burrito
  
• All the Way 
  
• Lost in Thought 
  
• Take the Words From Out of My Mouth 
  
• The Screens 
  
• The Craft 
  
• Workin’ on the Railroad 
  

Evening directed by Jim Azelvandre

STATE’S EVIDENCE
5/9, 5/17, 5/22 (all at 8pm), 5/24 at 2pm

• Tragic Fun 
  
• Dream Come True 
  
• Cuckold Walks Into a Bar 
  
• Paralaxis 
  
• A World Without Allergies 
  
• The Duty Free Shop at the End of the World 
  
• The Incentive Program 

Evening directed by Andy Batt

THE FORGIVENESS FILES 

5/10, 5/15, 5/23 (all at 8pm), 5/24 at 4pmAll shows written by Kathy 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

show descriptions

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