The Lab Series
Lab Series Guidelines | Lab Series Application
All performances begin at 6:30 pm and are free to the public. Specific titles and locations to be announced throughout the year.
To request tickets to any of the Lab Series productions, visit http://osutheatre.eventbrite.com/.
Spring 2012
April 2 - April 3: When a Man Stands Alone: The Life of the Louisville Lip by John Houston
April 16 - April 17: Owe'd to Thomas Kennedy by Nakia Deon
April 23: A staged reading of The Way of Water by Caridad Svich
April 30 - May 1: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball
May 7 - May 8: A staged reading of scenes from The Great Game Afghanistan
May 14 - May 15: Elysium Interrupted by Jill Summerville
May 21: Lab Series Sampler: poetry, paintings, dance, and music from the Drake Union
May 25: Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi
May 31: A Night of Solo Performances from the Lab Series: remounts of When a Man Stands Alone, Owe'd to Thomas Kennedy, and Sakina's Restaurant
June 1 - June 2: Equus by Peter Schaffer
Winter 2012
February 13 - February 14: Audition Workshop
February 20 - February 21: Toaster's Roses - A devised work.
Monday Performance
Tuesday Performance
February 28: Staged Reading of ROAR by Betty Shamieh
5:00pm Performance
7:30pm Performance
March 5 - March 6: Staged Reading of Wilhelm Reich in Hell by Robert Anton Wilson
Autumn 2011
October 31 - November 1: We are Burning by Aaron Zook
November 14 - November 15: Fishbowl Improv
November 21 - November 22: By the Gasworks Wall by Tom Murphy
November 28 - November 29: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
The Lab Series is a student-driven, department-nurtured production series. Productions can occur in a variety of campus spaces, including the Department of Theatre's New Works Lab. Emphasis is on innovative work that functions on a zero budget model. The pieces presented will include an invigorating mix of student written pieces, new renderings of classic or obscure works, and community building events. All performances begin at 6:30 pm and are free to the public.
Support for the Lab Series is provided, in part, by the Varner Innovative Production (VIP) Fund: Established in 2008 for the purpose of sponsoring innovative, independent projects in theatre, this fund was started by Greg Varner, a 2008 M.A. graduate of The Ohio State University in the Department of Theatre. The fund is to be used specifically for student projects that are not funded within the department. This fund is for student-directed initiatives that require an extra measure of investment and sacrifice on the part of the students who commit to bring productions to the stage.