Event Host: Department of Theatre
Short Description: The Department of Theatre opens its season with a hilarious and heartfelt collection of new works written by eight of the nation’s best playwrights. Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which will be staged as site-specific and immersive vignettes throughout Drake Performance and Event Center, explores the risk of commitment, the terror of forever and the indelible power of love.
Raw Theatre - Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays
Nine short plays written by Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Moises Kaufman, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright
Directed by Jennifer Schlueter and Karie Miller
Wednesday, Sept. 30 to Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3 - Sunday, Oct. 4, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Department of Theatre opens its season with a hilarious and heartfelt collection of new works written by eight of the nation’s best playwrights. Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which will be staged as site-specific and immersive vignettes throughout Drake Performance and Event Center, explores the risk of commitment, the terror of forever and the indelible power of love.
Audiences will move throughout Drake Center and its environs for nine short plays.
Contact the Ohio State Theatre ticket office 614-292-2295 for tickets. Tickets on sale Sept. 8. General public: $20; Faculty, staff and alumni association, and senior citizens: $18; Students and children (k-12): $15.
Visit the Department of Theatre website for more.
(Photo L to R) Natalie Ferris and Amanda Loch in This Flight Tonight, one of the nine short plays of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. (Photo by Matt Hazard).