Photos: First look at Hilliard Arts Council’s HEROES VS VILLAINS: TEEN REVUE 2025June 20, 2025It's Hero vs Villain in this musical revue features songs, choreography, and monologue scenes from favorite works. Performances run June 20 & 21, 2025 at 7:30pm, at Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center, 5425 Center St, Hilliard, OH 43026. For more information and tickets visit: https://www.hilliardartscouncil.org/
Photos: First Look at Rise Up Art Alliance’s NEXT TO NORMALJune 19, 2025Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.
Photos: First Look at Little Theatre Off Broadway’s XANADUJune 16, 2025Check out first look photos of Little Theatre Off Broadway’s production of XANADU, running from June 13 - 29, 2025. Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist.
Photos: First look at THE LITTLE MERMAID JR at Sunbury Performing ArtsJune 14, 2025Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories, Disney's The Little Mermaid JR. is an enchanting look at the sacrifices we all make for love and acceptance. Performances are at Big Walnut High School Performing Arts Center, 713 N. Miller Dr, Sunbury, Ohio 43074. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://sunburyperformingarts.ludus.com/
Photos: First look at Evolution Theatre Company’s FUN HOMEMay 22, 2025When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires.
Photos: First look at Rise Up Art Alliance’s THE RAINBOW FISH MUSICALMay 15, 2025With shiny, multi-colored scales, Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in all of the ocean, and the only one of his (or her!) kind. When Rainbow Fish refuses to share his vibrant, shimmering scales, the whole ocean seems to turn against the vain creature. Unhappy that no one adores him anymore, the Rainbow Fish seeks out the wise Octopus, who helps him learn that it’s far better to be admired for being kind than for being beautiful.
Photos: First look at Imagine Productions’ CRY-BABY: THE MUSICALMay 2, 2025It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause – truth, justice and the pursuit of rock and roll. Cry-Baby and the square rich girl, Allison, are star-crossed lovers at the center of this world.
Photos: First look at Dublin Jerome High School Drama Club presents SHAKESPEARE IN LOVEMay 1, 2025Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse... the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola. This crafty young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play. Against a bustling background of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics, Will’s love for Viola quickly blossoms, inspiring him to write his greatest romantic masterpiece.
Photos: First look at Curtain Players’ FIREFLIESMay 1, 2025Retired schoolteacher, Eleanor Bannister, lives a quiet life alone in tiny Groverdell, Texas, set in her routines and secure in her position as the town's most respected woman - until a hole in her roof draws the attention of Abel Brown, a smooth-talking drifter intent on renovating Eleanor's house, and possibly her life. Can the unexpected sparks of late-life romance be trusted, or is there truth in the gossip that Abel isn't all that he seems to be? Either way, the whole town is talking.
Photos: First look at MTVarts’ SOMERSET TAVERNApril 30, 2025In a faraway time in colonial America, before there were theaters or courthouses, the Somerset Tavern served as both. A troupe of actors is accused of treason for a play staged there; by chance their trial for the capital offense convenes in the same tavern, owned by Bridget Brighton, a young woman of mixed race.
Photos: THE GLASS MENAGERIE At Hilliard Arts CouncilApril 25, 2025Join us for an evocative and deeply moving performance of Tennessee Williams’ classic, The Glass Menagerie. This timeless drama delves into the complexities of family dynamics, dreams deferred, and the struggle between reality and illusion. The Glass Menagerie is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of love, loss, and the human condition that will resonate with audiences long after the curtain falls.