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Richard Mason is a regional actor/director based in Columbus, Ohio. He received his MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and is a member of both actor unions (SAG-AFTRA, AEA). Richard taught for 2 years at MOUNTVIEW Theatre School, London, England and at The American Conservatory Theatre’s YOUNG CONSERVATORY and ...
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Feb 7, 2019 · The Short North’s Garden Theater has quite a colorful history of over 90 years. Evolving from a 1920s vaudeville and movie emporium, to a notorious 1970s-80s strip club and adult film theater, it is now owned by the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and home to the Short North Stage theater company. Short North Stage specializes in reproductions ...
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The award-winning nonprofit performance troupe Shadowbox Live is truly an institution for theatre in Columbus, hosting a plethora of original works on evenings and late nights year-round. Established in 1988 as an all-volunteer ensemble, the group has made and relocated their home base at several locations including the Arena District, Downtown, an...
CAPA, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, manages a number of local theaters and is known for hosting dozens of original and Broadway shows across the city. The organization was originally founded as an effort to rescue the historic Ohio Theatre, a 1928 million-dollar movie palace that was demolished in 1969. With fundraising efforts,...
With such a thriving arts scene, it’s no surprise that the Short North also boasts several performance venues, one being the historic Garden Theater, home to the Short North Stage theatre company. The establishment has quite a colorful history, evolving from a vaudeville and movie emporium in the 1920s to a notorious strip club and porn theater by ...
Situated at the base of the LeVeque Tower downtown, the Palace Theatre is another CAPA-owned venue that is a staple for live entertainment. Opened in 1926 as a vaudeville house, the space was designed with particularly excellent acoustics to accommodate performers who had to be heard without electronic amplification. The theatre is also quite visua...
Although fall marks the end of the season for the Actors’ Theatre of Columbus, the group still makes our list for their not-to-miss outdoor shows popular during the warmer months. Since 1982, the group has spent their summers performing tales from Shakespeare and other literature classics on the Amphitheatre Stage at Schiller Park in German Village...
Nestled in the heart of the King-Lincoln District on the east side of Columbus is the Lincoln Theatre, a beloved gem to the neighborhood since 1928 and entry on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally known as the Ogden Theatre and Ballroom, the location was a hotspot for movies and live jazz amongst the area’s affluent African America...
The candy-colored painted exterior of the Columbus Children’s Theatre sits between the bustling nightlife venues that line downtown Park Street. The location has been the go-to for live entertainment for kids of all ages for over 50 years, each month spotlighting one play like The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and Annie. The theatre also hosts tou...
Holding the reputation as the oldest surviving theatre in Central Ohio, the Southern Theatre has been bringing live entertainment to the city since 1896. After fire destroyed 5 downtown theatres in 1889-1893, it was established as the Great Southern Fireproof Hotel and Opera House, one of the first facilities in Columbus to use electricity. The loc...
Columbus’ only Actors Equity Association theatre, CATCO, has produced over 200 plays in the community since being founded as a nonprofit in 1986. After years of hosting shows at locations including the YWCA and the Vern Riffe Center, CATCO partnered up with CAPA and eventually merged with what was once the Phoenix Theatre for Children, adding dozen...
OSU’s Wexner Center for the Arts is a popular spot for all mediums of creativity, hosting visual art exhibitions, film screenings, dance, and theatre performances, and more at their location in the heart of campus. The establishment boasts two stages, one of which is the intimate Performance Space, a “black box”-style room that can be transformed a...
Sep 20, 2021 · Southern Theatre history. • Opened on Sept. 21, 1896. • Columbus’ oldest existing theatre. • Columbus’ only remaining double-balcony theatre. • One of only 250 theatres in the US built ...
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History. Loew's Ohio. Located in Downtown Columbus on the site of the old Columbus City Hall, the Ohio Theatre was designed by the noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb. Of all of the theaters he designed, he noted the Ohio as one of his most successful.
For more than 40 years, the Lincoln Theatre provided stage and screen entertainment for Columbus’ African-American community. In the 1960s and ‘70s, however, construction of a major highway displaced more than 10,000 residents and divided the King-Lincoln District from downtown. With this construction, integration, and the growing ...
