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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. We encourage experimentation and the brave showcasing of works-in-progress.  All Lab Series productions must be student-led. Faculty and staff may be involved in productions, but proposals must be instigated, submitted, and led by current OSU undergraduate or graduate students


Are you an OSU student? Are you interested in submitting a proposal to the Lab Series? View our guidelines and submitt an application! Lab Series Guidelines | Lab Series Application

 

Fall 2013

All Fall 2013 Lab Series performances will begin at 7 pm.
Shows are free to the public. No tickets, No hassle. First come, first serve so make sure to show up early!

To keep track of our exciting events, like us on facebook!

 

Shows

Pre-rehearsal Potluck Dinners

UPCOMING: Maymester Gender/Sexuality/
Culture Festival

in partnership with the Graduate Theatre Syndicate
Roy Bowen Theatre
Admission is FREE! 


The Gender Project, devised by Jane Elliott (MFA Theatre)
4 male roles.  4 female actors. Endless Possibilities.
The Gender Project is an experiment with and about cross-gender
casting.  It consists of ensemble-created material as well as scenes
from various plays by Shakespeare, each with a female actor in a
central role. You’ll get to see the women play their roles as male
characters, but you will also see them transform those roles into
female characters as they explore the meaning of gender on stage.

May 28 at 5:00 pm
May 30 at 5:00 pm
June 1 at 5:00 pm 

Run-time approximately 80 minutes, followed by a 30-minute on-
your-feet, audience-feedback seminar.

First come, first served! 

 


The Normal Heart, by Larry Kramer
directed by Jimmy Bohr (Theatre Faculty)
coordinated by Brent Ries (MFA Theatre)
Set in New York City in the early 1980s, The Normal Heart follows
the efforts of Ned Weeks and his tight-knit group of friends as
they fight to raise awareness about a mysterious epidemic
while coping with the grief of losing the ones they love

May 29 at 7:30 pm
May 31 at 7:30 pm
June 1 at 7:30 pm
June 2 at 3:00 pm 
For tickets (Normal Heart only) e-mail
normal.heart.columbus@gmail.com 


Fall 2013

Pulling a Tom Sawyer
A reading of a new play written by
Elisabeth Rogge (BA Theatre)
Monday, September 9


Emma Dante Reading (Title TBA)
Directed by
Francesca Spedalieri (PhD Theatre)
Tuesday September 10

InTransit: Series 2
An evening of automotive theatre
Monday, September 16 - Tuesday, September 17

Playing With Your Food
A new play co-created by
Nick Dekker (Lecturer, Theatre)
Camille Bullock (MFA Theatre)
Sarah Ware (MFA Theatre)
Monday, October 7 - Tuesday, October 8

Mary's Wedding
by Stephen Massicote
directed by Elizabeth Wellman (PhD Theatre)
Monday, October 21 - Tuesday, October 22


Revolver: An Evening of New Work
by Josh Patterson (PhD Theatre)
and Max Glenn (MA Theatre)
Monday, November 4 - Tuesday, November 5


A New African Folk Tale
devised by Melonie Mazibuko (MFA Theatre)
and Sifiso Mazibuko (MFA Theatre) 
Monday, November 18-Tuesday, November 19


Far Away
by Caryl Churchill
directed by Amanda Schlemmer (BA Theatre)
Monday, December 2-Tuesday, December 3

And more!  Keep an eye on the Lab Series Facebook page
for additional exciting performances this semester! 

Dates TBD


Workshops

AUDITION WORKSHOP: Dates TBD

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