Geoff Nelson

The all-volunteer Board of Directors of the Vergennes Opera House has announced their upcoming 2021-2022 season with a full slate of performances beginning this fall.

The Board of Directors of A Portable Theatre, Inc. (APT), a professional touring theatre company based in Columbus, has decided to cease operations.  The organization's final performance, Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso at the Columbus Museum of Art, took place on July 8, 2016.

A farewell reception was held at the Short North Stage for Geoff Nelson and wife Ann Hall, following Sunday's matinee performance of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Geoff and Jon Putnam are cast members of the show, which continues through June 19. More than 60 old and new friends of Geoff and Ann's were there, many from the early days of CATCO, and from Geoff's newly-formed group, A Portable Theatre. Dana Miller, owner of Dana Lee's, provided wonderful hors d'oeuvres; Rick Hole prepared a slide show with lots of photographic memories from Geoff's many directorial and acting productions, and a HUGE cake topped off the fun event.

Humor rather than sentiment is the aim of A Portable Theatre's special family-friendly holiday show this December.  

Starting tonight, August 19, there will be a new way to play at Buckeye Lake when the Buckeye Lake Winery adds a tantalizing new entree to their menu - live professional theatre!

Starting Wednesday, August 19, there will be a new way to play at Buckeye Lake when the Buckeye Lake Winery adds a tantalizing new entree to their menu - live professional theatre!

The Contemporary American Theater Company (CATCO) was founded 27 years ago by Geoff Nelson, but in early 2010, CATCO merged with Steven C. Anderson's children's theater group, The Phoenix Theater for Children, creating its current evolution entitled CATCO Is Kids. CATCO Is Kids produces several shows each year for young audiences at both the Columbus Performing Arts Center and the Riffe Center.

The boards of the Contemporary American Theatre Company (CATCO) and The Phoenix Theatre for Children have approved a new initiative to merge the two non-profit Columbus theatre companies into a single 501(c)3 corporation in 2010.