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Emily, a professor, and Clark, a tech wizard, had that perfect soccer parent life until their 10 year old died in an inexplicable random accident. Three years later, their son gone, their marriage shattered, Emily wants Clark to release her, so she can move on, so he can move on. But Clark has another plan.
Cast
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"Monica Finney (not her real name for some reason) has reinvented herself and returned to the stage after a 20 year hiatus. She's into comedy of all kinds, music (particularly Jazz and Blues), the outdoors, snobby beers, bullshitting, her pets and Mommin', not at all in that order. She looks forward to participating in many more OGP and MadLab productions. She thanks you for supporting The Arts in Columbus and is honored and enthralled to be part of the action. " - Nicki Hoyt
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Keith Jackson is continuing his undercover investigation at MadLab. Once thought to be caused by psychotropic chemicals, he now realizes that the aberrant behavior and disappearance of the audience members at MadLab is actually rooted in the mystical. The programs are CURSED. Guests who fail to recycle their programs after the show find themselves recycled as the printing materials. The trace chemicals which had been found on the paper were from a particular guest who had been "experimenting." When the case concludes, he plans to return to recording audiobooks for Audible.com under the name J. Keith Jackson and sending musing into the ether with the hash tag "theworldisaninsidejoke."
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Kyle Jepson has been creating chaos with OGP for four years. You may remember her from the St. James Valentine's Day or Red, White, & BOOM short play festival, or you may have been drunk and forgot. She also is an Ensemble member with Madlab and helps clean the bathrooms. When not on stage she enjoys directing, complaining, and re-watching 30 Rock for the umpteenth time. OSU saw it fit to give her a BA in Theatre in aught nine.
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Casey Merkey is making his first appearance with OG Productions. Recent credits include Julius Caesar and The Tempest with Actors' Theatre of Columbus, and The Diary of Anne Frank, Exit the King, and California Suite with Curtain Players Theater. By day, Casey is a mild-mannered software engineer. He runs marathons, but only because they give him an excuse to carb-load.
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Nikki Smith is the current Managing Director at MadLab and has been skulking around since 2002. When she's not here she's at her day job, volunteering at Suicide Prevention Services, at her weekly yarn crafting group, or just hanging with her many mannequins and cats. She hasn't had a day off since 2001. She'd like to dedicate this performance to her mother, the strongest woman she knows. "The strongest person in the world is a grieving mother that wakes up and keeps going every morning" - Tara Watkins Anderson
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DirectorStephen Woosley has been directing shows in Columbus for over a decade. He co-founded OGP back in late 2009 and is now its President. He is also an ensemble member and publicity director at MadLab. He is also a U.S. citizen and the president of San Marcos. He is a veteran actor. He has a cat named Chloe.
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PlaywrightJennifer Maisel’s Sundance-developed Out of Orbit was awarded an Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P Sloan rewrite commission for plays about science and technology, made the 2016 Kilroy List and won both the Stanley Award and the Woodward Newman Award for Drama. Out of Orbit will premiere at Williamston Theatre and be produced at Bloomington Playwrights Project in 2018. Her The Last Seder premiered Off-Broadway with Gaby Hoffmann and Greg Mullavey after productions around the country and abroad. Her Pen West Literary finalist There or Here will have its London premiere in January. Her @thespeedofJake, also a Pen West Literary finalist, premiered in Los Angeles with Playwrights’ Arena. She has developed work through PlayPenn, Sundance, Cal Tech, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Berkshire Playwrights Lab, the Lark, Rattlestick, the Nautilus Composer-Librettist studio and the Gulf Shore New Play Festival. She developed her newest play, Eight Nights, with the Berkshire Playwrights Lab this past summer. Jennifer attended Cornell University and received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from N.Y.U’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre – LA project, the Playwrights Union, the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, the Chalk Rep lab, the Dramatists Guild and the WGA. Jennifer also writes for film and television, having written movies for major networks and independent features, including LOST BOY, starring Virginia Madsen; she recently sold a pilot to Super Deluxe with MomentumTV. More can be found on her website www.jennifermaisel.com.
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