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ABBEY THEATER OF DUBLIN

5600 Post Rd
Dublin, OH 43017

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/12 - 12/21/2025


A heartwarming play with a capella music adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel.



First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards; AMERICAN IDIOT Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Review: THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER at Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by Paul Batterson - November 10, 2025

While it is a visual stroke of genius, THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER would have been lost at sea without standout performances of the six person cast....

Photos: THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER World Premiere At The Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2025

The Abbey Theater of Dublin will present the world premiere of 'The Witch of November' by Vidas Barzdukas. Directed by Joe Bishara and Daniel Rodriguez Hijo. Check out photos from the production....

Interview: Playwright Vidas Barzdukas of THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER at Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by Paul Batterson - October 15, 2025

Vidas Barzdukas has a sign bearing a one-word message that hangs over his writing desk: Courage. Its message is simple. Finding it and following it, according to Barzdukas, is the hard part....

Review: ORIGINAL PRODUCTION THEATRE'S BACK TALK at Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by Paul Batterson - October 04, 2025

What did our critic think of ORIGINAL PRODUCTION THEATRE'S BACK TALK at Abbey Theater Of Dublin? OPT found a small but powerful quartet of actors to bring Ackerman’s script to life....

Photos: First look at Original Productions Theatre’s BACK TALK


by Jerri Shafer - October 01, 2025

BackTalk is a delicious comedy that dives into the hilariously complicated world of first impressions, second chances, and the voices in our heads that just won’t let us be....

Review: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! at The Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by Paul Batterson - August 20, 2025

After years of striving to build the Abbey Theater of Dublin into one of the more respected theaters in Columbus, director supervisor Joe Bishara put on a disaster of a musical....

Photos: First look at Abbey Theatre of Dublin’s HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION


by Jerri Shafer - August 07, 2025

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone—Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the und...

Interview: Joe Bishara of HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL


by Paul Batterson - July 30, 2025

Although it is mainly known for its mass production of the Bible, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press was also responsible for the mass distribution of Greek myths and texts to spark the age of enlightenment....

Review: YOU'RE MY BOY at Abbey Theater Of Dublin


by Paul Batterson - June 14, 2025

Playwright Herb Brown faces an uphill battle in his play, You're My Boy when trying to give audiences at the Abbey Theater of Dublin (5600 Post Road in Dublin, Ohio) a “better understanding” of Richard Milhouse Nixon....

Past Shows

The Witch of November
The Witch of November
11/7 - 11/16/2025


A World Premiere play written by Columbus based playwright Vidas Barzdukas commemorating the 50th anniversary of the mysterious sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Gutenberg! The Musical!
Gutenberg! The Musical!
8/9 - 8/17/2025


In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project — a musical about Johann Gutenberg.

Hadestown: Teen Edition
Hadestown: Teen Edition
8/7 - 8/16/2025


Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz.

You're My Boy
You're My Boy
6/6 - 6/15/2025


Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon; two men who dominated world events in the last half of the 20th Century. Nixon is a young, fiercely ambitious ...

Bobby and the Chimps
Bobby and the Chimps
4/3 - 4/13/2025


Bobby and the Chimps, a world premiere by playwright James Phillips, explores a heated school board race in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where the clash between creationism ...

Bobby and the Chimps
Bobby and the Chimps
4/3 - 4/13/2025


The race for school board in the small town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania gets heated when two ideologies collide in this Professional Premiere.

Mae West: After Dark
Mae West: After Dark
2/6 - 2/9/2025


A one-woman Herstory exploring the incredible, glamorous life and wonderfully controversial work of the icon of all icons. Whether you are already a devoted fan ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
1/10 - 1/19/2025


The Abbey Theater of Dublin and Dublin Coffman High School co-present a sixty (60) minute adaptation of William Shakepeare's Macbeth! A brave Scottish general named Macbeth ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
1/10 - 1/19/2025


The Abbey Theater of Dublin and Dublin Coffman High School co-present a sixty (60) minute adaptation of William Shakepeare's Macbeth! A brave Scottish general named Macbeth ...

Madeline's Christmas
Madeline's Christmas
12/13 - 12/22/2024


Join us for the Dublin premiere of this page-to-stage, musical adaptation of the beloved children’s book! After their morning walk with Miss Clavel, 12 little ...

City Jail
City Jail
11/22 - 11/24/2024


Be in the audience for the encore production of this fully conceived production (from staged readings in 2021 to full-scale production in 2022) at the ...

A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
10/3 - 10/5/2024


In the woods of Geneva, two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the bargaining table.

An Umbrella on a Rainy, Rainy Day


A world premiere play written by Dublin, Ohio resident Robert Cooperman. A family is blessed by the surprise arrival of a new addition. Although at ...

Alice by Heart
Alice by Heart
8/9 - 8/17/2024


From the Tony and Grammy award-winning creators of “Spring Awakening”, “Alice by Heart” is a touching musical inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the ...

American Idiot
American Idiot
8/8 - 8/17/2024


Green Day’s powerhouse album is brought to life in this electric-rock musical of youthful disillusion. Johnny, Tunny and Will struggle to find meaning in a ...

Otterbein Playwrights Collective


Witness two world premiere productions – written by Otterbein University creative writing students performed by Central Ohio Teens!

A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
5/17 - 5/19/2024


In a woods on the outskirts of Geneva, two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the ...

Van Gogh's in the Attic
Van Gogh's in the Attic
4/4 - 4/14/2024


A world premiere, break-neck comedy by Irish playwright and Abbey Theater favorite Sean Cooney. Set on the south coast of Ireland in the 1980s, Fergal ...

Our Town
Our Town
3/14 - 3/24/2024


Thornton Wilder’s timeless, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life, set in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, is an American classic with universal appeal. ...

The Drums of War
The Drums of War
1/19 - 1/28/2024


A world premiere play by retired Ohio Supreme Court Judge, playwright, and novelist Herb Brown. England stands alone as Nazi Germany conquers Continental Europe, and ...

Women Who Know: A Witch Play
Women Who Know: A Witch Play
11/3 - 11/5/2023


Women Who Know: A Witch Play ’ explores the lives of three generations of women from Pendle, England, who, like so many others, met their ...

A Real Boy by Jeff Downing
A Real Boy by Jeff Downing
10/19 - 10/28/2023


Area premiere of the retelling of a classic fairy tale. When Geppetto’s latest wooden creation magically comes to life, a new story begins for an unlikely father and ...

Moby Dick's Gone Missing
Moby Dick's Gone Missing
10/5 - 10/15/2023


When the Hollywood film production of ‘Moby Dick’ descends upon a small fishing town in County Cork, Ireland, the townspeople are both fascinated and frustrated ...

The Inheritance PART 2 by Matthew Lopez


Area Premiere of the 2020 Tony Award Winning play. Inspired by E.M. Forster’s masterpiece Howards End, The Inheritance is an epic examination of survival, healing, class ...

The Inheritance PART 1 by Matthew Lopez


Area Premiere of the 2020 Tony Award Winning play Inspired by E.M. Forster’s masterpiece Howards End , The Inheritance is an epic examination of survival, ...

McQueen by JAMES PHILLIPS
McQueen by JAMES PHILLIPS
5/25 - 6/3/2023


FIRST TIME IN THE UNITED STATES! NOWHERE SEEN BUT ON THE LONDON STAGE! THE HIT LONDON SHOW! Evolution Theatre Company presents                                                                               THE NORTH AMERICAN ...

One Show / Two Plays
One Show / Two Plays
7/20 - 4/29/2023


Evolution Theatre Company, Dublin’s only professional theatre company will present two original plays written by local playwrights in our production of One Show / Two ...

A Yankee Goes Home
A Yankee Goes Home
4/14 - 4/23/2023


On a rooftop in New York City, retired Police Officer Flinter Flynn struggles to find the ability to communicate with the outside world and his ...

The Price of Power
The Price of Power
1/13 - 1/22/2023


President John F. Kennedy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover are locked in a fight for political survival. Kennedy can fire Hoover, but Hoover knows ...

City Jail
City Jail
11/11 - 11/13/2022


  What happens when a woman advances a false claim of sexual harassment? What would compel her to do such a thing? Can the ‘horribles’ ...

Catspaw
Catspaw
3/17 - 3/27/2022


Wealthy and controlling Barbara Shepard has gone missing. Barbaras son, Richard, thinks his stepfather, Peter, knows more than he is telling. Richards sister, Lindy, isnt ...

The Duchess
The Duchess
2/10 - 2/19/2022


A World Premiere! The Duchess traces the rise of Warren G. Harding and his talented, ambitious wife. They are aided by three of the most ...

City Jail
City Jail
1/7


A workshop production that will be performed in-person (adhering to all CDC and Franklin County Public Health guidelines) January 7, 2022, at 7 p.m. EST. ...

Otterbein Playwrights Collective


Join us for the inaugural collaboration between Otterbein and the Abbey Theatre of Dublin. The collective consists of three, one-act shows written by Otterbein students ...

How To Be A Trainer
How To Be A Trainer
4/16 - 4/17/2021


The Abbey Theater of Dublin will present the world premiere production of the one-man play How To Be A Trainer, written and performed by award-winning ...

Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World
3/19 - 3/27/2021


It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice... or take a stand... or turn around and go back. ...

Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World
3/25 - 3/27/2021


Its about one moment. Its about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back. ...

#CHARLOTTESVILLE
#CHARLOTTESVILLE
2/19 - 2/28/2021


In-person and Live streaming: Feb. 19 & 20 at 7 p.m. Streaming on demand: Feb. 21 thru 28 Cost: $10/ticket or stream #CHARLOTTESVILLE is a ...

Future, Here
Future, Here
1/28 - 1/31/2021


Welcome to Future, an unincorporated village being monitored by Society. The village populationfive randomly selected childrenis driven by a national effort to develop appropriately adapted ...

Diary of Recovering Daughters


live-stream viewing: Thursday, Jan. 21 performance at 7 p.m. Encore streams for on demand viewing: Thursday, Jan. 21 – Thursday, Jan. 28 Cost: $10/ticket or ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'


The Abbey Theater of Dublin, in honor of Martin Luther King Day, will present an encore, on-demand streaming presentation of Troy Anthony Harris adaptation and ...

go to coda
go to coda
11/20 - 11/29/2020


Worrell P McConnell sits in the back yard of his country farmhouse and waits for his missing dog to return home when he suffers a ...

WE SERVED
WE SERVED
11/11 - 11/15/2020


A play created by veterans about veterans. This Veterans Day celebration is a preview for the May 2021 full-scale World Premiere production of We Served, ...

Aliens! 3 Miles, Turn Left!
Aliens! 3 Miles, Turn Left!
10/16 - 10/25/2020


The Abbey Theater of Dublin, as part of its ongoing Virtual Theatre Project, will present the Ohio premiere production of Aliens! 3 Miles, Turn Left, ...

Marie Regina: The Life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots


After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots was beheaded by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1587. Why was she ...

Sweet N Sour - Mosaic
Sweet N Sour - Mosaic
7/3 - 7/10/2020


Join the youth pop group Sweet n Sour for an evening of songs, dances, beautiful photos, musical theater, and poems as they celebrate the 4th ...

The Show Must Go Online!
The Show Must Go Online!
5/22 - 6/28/2020


A frazzled Theater Teacher sends a video message to her students from her home office, announcing that their production of Brushes With Greatness: The Dental ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s


In April 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama after he defied a state courts injunction and led a march of black ...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
6/25 - 6/27/2015


CPC Theatrical presents a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, at the Abbey Theater of Dublin. Reduced price preview June 25 at ...

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