MadLab Presents: The Young Writers Short Play Festival (July 27th-August 11th)

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MadLab announces The Young Writers Short Play Festival

Tickets: http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html

MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving young people the opportunity to create original works. This festival was born from that goal. MadLab sought out submissions from area high schools and chose the ten best plays for the student workshop and production. Student playwrights worked with experienced local playwrights in a three month program to help them with their plays. MadLab is proud to produce the work of these wonderful young playwrights.

July 27th- August 11th
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm

MadLab Theatre
227 N 3rd Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Tickets cost $12, $10 Students/Seniors, $8 Members.
Call 614-221-5418 or visit http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html

The Plays

Friday Performances:

Happy Birthday John Allen
by Sarah Carnes (Columbus Alternative High School)

Cast:
John: Stephen Woosley
Ruth: Michelle Batt
Alice: Jessica Studer

Directed by Jennifer Feather Youngblood

To Life
by Hannah Russell (Columbus Alternative High School)

Cast:
Frederick: Gabe Caldwell
Chaim: David Thonnings

Directed by Jim Azelvandre

A Man Runs Into A Bar
by Carl Burgason and Jessica Takos ( Hilliard Davidson High School)

Cast:
Jake: Stephen Woosley
Juliette: Lauren Yobbagy

Directed by Scott Tobin

The Many-Splendored Thing
by Piper Rasmussen (Columbus School for Girls)

Cast:
Jemima: Lauren Yobbagy
The Man: Gabe Caldwell

Directed by Jim Azelvandre

Petty View From the Park Bench
by Cody Troyan (Gahanna Lincoln High School)

Cast:
Lars: Gabe Caldwell
Henry: Carl Burgason
Rachel: Shana Kramer

Directed by Scott Tobin

Saturday Performances:

The Life I Live in
by Paola Benefo (Columbus Alternative High School)

Cast:
Paaie: Jessica Studer
Teacher: Michelle Batt
Antonio: Michael Moore
Abelie: Sage Schmalenbeger
Gabriello: Maria Ritchey
Orlando: Greg McGill
Jacky: Maria Ritchey
Agent #1: Erik Sternberger
Agent #2: Stephen Woosley

Directed by Andy Batt

TV Dinners
by Erikka Amrine (Hilliard Davidson High School)

Cast:
Bob: Greg McGill
Dave: Erik Sternberger
Eric: Robert Prines
Amy: Molly St. Cyr
Woman #1: Lauren Yobbagy
Woman #2: Maria Ritchey

Directed by Jessica Studer and Stephen Woosley

Half-Dead Farmer’s Wife
by Flannery Maney (Columbus Academy)

Cast:
Ben: Josh Kessler
Myra: Molly St. Cyr

Directed by Jennifer Feather Youngblood

Crazy Talk
by Emily Cipriani (Columbus Academy)

Cast:
Curtis: Andy Batt
Statue: Erik Sternberger

Directed by Michelle Batt

Thanksgiving
by Ezer Smith (Columbus Academy)

Cast:
Sebastian: Erik Sternberger
Jake: Robert Prines
Pawnbroker/Santa: Michael Moore

Directed by Maria Ritchey

Posted 11 months ago #
beansidhe
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I'm really excited for this to go up. There's nothing like this anywhere else in Ohio that I know of. Programs for elementary-aged kids? Yes. Adults? Yes. But high-school playwrights? This seems to be the first, and hopefully the first of many. I think this is a really great idea and I hope it gets the audience it deserves!

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GoogaMoga
Westerville, OH
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Hey, MadLab! Good luck with this. What a great idea. We'll be there opening week!

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Show feature: Crazy Talk by Emily Cipriani,student at Columbus Academy.

In Crazy Talk, a homeless war veteran encounters an unlikely listener in the park. The man opens up into a story of the lessons he has learned from his experiences.

Cast:
Curtis: Andy Batt
Statue: Erik Sternberger
Directed by Michelle Batt

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jslaurel

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What a great program! Can't wait to support it!!

Posted 11 months ago #
jjkessla

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It's an honor to be a part of this program. Looking forward to presenting one of the visions of these young playwrights for the next three weekends.

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Show feature:
A Man Runs Into a Bar by Carl Burgason and Jessica Takos, students at Hilliard Davidson High School.

A guy and girl spark an unexpected friendship late one night when Jake comes into Juliette's bar after a long night out with a girl who becomes a little too close for comfort.

Cast:
Jake: Stephen Woosley
Juliette: Lauren Yobbagy

Directed by Scott Tobin

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Bio feature: Piper Rassmussen, writer of MadLab's Young Writer's " The Many-Splendored Thing"

Piper Rassmussen(Writer) (Columbus School for Girls)
The Many-Splendored Thing

Piper Rasmussen hails from just north of Mt. Sterling – corn and soybean country. Up to this point, she’s stuck to acting: favorite roles include (but are not limited to) Andromache in The Trojan Women and Sally Jellyband in Actors' Theatre's The Scarlet
Pimpernel. Piper’s excited to be working with MadLab, Raconteur Theatre Company, and Actors’ Theatre in the coming months, not to mention taking theater classes with her favorite theater teacher ever, Janetta Davis. She's as yet undecided about a college, but she hopes to continue to study theater wherever she goes. She is the proud owner of a pet chicken named Persephone.

Synopsis:
Girl meets boy in pastoral setting. But since when has anything good stumbled out of a cornfield? Is this love, or is it a nightmare: the many-splendored Thing?

Cast:
Jemima: Lauren Yobbagy
The Man: Gabe Caldwell

Directed by Jim Azelvandre

Posted 11 months ago #
jbels

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So proud to be part of this! Congratulations to all the playwrights and can't wait to see this with a full audience.

Scott Tobin

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b_horseman
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I watched the first tech rehearsal last night and saw some really wonderful stuff happening on stage. I can't wait to see everything with an audience!

With arts education disappearing from schools, programs like this are more important than ever, and I am thrilled that MadLab is doing this.

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Show feature:
Petty View from the Park Bench written by Cody Troyan, student at Gahanna Lincoln High School.

Synopsis:
Henry's long-time girlfriend Rachel has broken up with him, leaving his best friend Lars to pick up the pieces. The attention is soon turned to Lars, however as he is set up with a surprising suitress Absurdity, comedy, and futility abound in this round-about short play's revealing cross-section into the modern "bromance."
Cast:
Lars: Gabe Caldwell
Henry: Carl Burgason
Rachel: Shana Kramer

Directed by Scott Tobin

Featured Friday nights starting this weekend and running through August 11th. Go to http://www.madlab.net for tickets.

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b_horseman
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We open on Friday! Woo hoo!!!

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Show feature:
TV Dinners written by Erikka Amrine, student at Hilliard Davidson High School.

Synopsis:
An ordinary man with an unextraordinary life. He works a desk job at a typical corporation with jerks for co-workers, and besides work, he simply exists. All of a sudden, females are thrown into the equation and his life is turned upside down, in fact spiraling down.

Cast:
Bob: Greg McGill
Dave: Erik Sternberger
Eric: Robert Prines
Amy: Molly St. Cyr
Woman #1: Lauren Yobbagy
Woman #2: Maria Ritchey

Directed by Jessica Studer and Stephen Woosley

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Graybeak
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Other paper preview of Festival
Carl Burgason was a freshman at Hilliard Davidson High School when he first decided to try his hand at playwriting. Now 18 and freshly graduated from Davidson, Burgason will finally get to see his passion played out onstage.
His debut comes courtesy of MadLab Theatre and Gallery’s Young Writers Short Play Festival—even though at first he wasn’t sure his work was up to snuff for the nonprofit venue.

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Posted 10 months ago #
mbatt227

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This was one of the most rewarding programs I have ever worked on. Come and support the young playwrights and see the stories they created come to life on stage. You will be glad you did.
http://www.madlab.net

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Show feature:
Thanksgiving by Ezer Smith, student at Columbus Academy.

It is centered around the relationship between two brothers, Sebastian, in his freshman year of college, and Jake, a junior in high school. The play opens with Sebastian home for Thanksgiving break, and with Jake furious at Sebastian for having lost an object of particular personal importance to him. In order to win Jake’s forgiveness (and convince his brother that he has changed), Sebastian must find the object and return it to Jake.

Sebastian: Erik Sternberger
Jake: Robert Prines
Pawnbroker/Santa: Michael Moore

Directed by Maria Ritchey

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ErikSternberger
Upper Albany West
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This is a very cool program, and I'm amazed at how talented these young playwrights are. Come check it out!

Posted 10 months ago #
Graybeak
Hunky Town
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A promo video we did for the festival. A pleasant way to spend a few minutes.

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MadLab Theatre
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Reservations are rolling in for this weekend. This is going to be GREAT!!!

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