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THe Abbey Theater of Dublin

5600 Post Rd.
Dublin 43017

Review: CAAMP at Schottenstein Center

Review: CAAMP at Schottenstein Center

by Paul Batterson · August 31, 2026

“Cheers, Columbus. I don’t have to give an elaborate speech about how we got here. Most of you know how we got here. You are the reason how we got here.' Taylor Meier…

Review: PIPPIN at Short North Stage

Review: PIPPIN at Short North Stage

by Paul Batterson · August 10, 2026

What did our critic think of PIPPIN at Short North Stage? Production director Edward Carignan said PIPPIN is a “legacy” show – a performance that can be pulled out of the vault, dusted off, and re-released every five years or so. SNS last did this Stephen Schwartz musical (a personal favorite …

Review: AC/DC POWER UP TOUR at Ohio Stadium

Review: AC/DC POWER UP TOUR at Ohio Stadium

by Paul Batterson · July 17, 2026

Perhaps the biggest change was the audience. In the 1980s, AC/DC was the rebellious band parents warned their children about. Now, the band is the spectacle parents bring their children to experience. It was a little unnerving to hear a mother asking, “Timmy, would you like a cookie?” before the…

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Ohio Theatre - A Spectacle in Search of a Soul

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Ohio Theatre - A Spectacle in Search of a Soul

by Christina Mancuso · June 10, 2026

Based on Sara Gruen’s beloved 1932 novel - and its 2011 film adaptation, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a technical triumph wrapped around a dramatically uneven musical.  Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo), with book by three-time Tony nominee Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter an…

Review: HADESTOWN at Ohio Theatre

Review: HADESTOWN at Ohio Theatre

by Paul Batterson · May 18, 2026

HADESTOWN will always have a special place in the heart of Ohio Theatre patrons. On Nov. 16, 2021, the musical was the first production in the historic theatre after the COVID epidemic dimmed the lights there for nearly a year and a half. The theatre staff  laid roses on every seat to signal Broadw…

Past Shows

56 total · showing 41–50

Otterbein Playwrights Collective

Otterbein Playwrights Collective

Jun 25 – Jul 3, 2021

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 and performed by Dublin-based teens. Performances will be held in-person and live streamed on June 25 and 26...

How To Be A Trainer

How To Be A Trainer

Apr 16 – Apr 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 Columbus-based theatre artist Robert Cooperman. The production will be performed in person (adhering to all Ohio Department of...

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

Mar 25 – Mar 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. These are the stories and characters of today, the Songs for a New World. The first musical from Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, this moving collection...

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

Mar 19 – Mar 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. These are the stories and characters of today, the Songs for a New World. The first musical from Tony Award winner, Jason Robert Brown, this moving...

#CHARLOTTESVILLE

#CHARLOTTESVILLE

Feb 19 – Feb 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 solo play about the UNITE THE RIGHT white supremacist rally and the subsequent riots that took place Aug. 11 & 12, 2017, in Charlottesville...

Future, Here

Future, Here

Jan 28 – Jan 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 young citizens. Upon arriving, the residents are given a book bag of supplies and a...

Diary of Recovering Daughters

Diary of Recovering Daughters

Jan 21 – Jan 28, 2021

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 stream Zola, a retired African American female counselor, looks back on her years of being a mental health and chemical...

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

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

Jan 15 – Jan 18, 2021

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 performance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, from Jan. 15 through 18, 2021. The production...

go to coda

go to coda

Nov 20 – Nov 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 seizure that sends him into an unconscious state. While his body is inactive, his consciousness and his instinct become personified, meet, and try to...

WE SERVED

WE SERVED

Nov 11 – Nov 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, a series of eleven vignettes created during a year-long writing project based on personal experiences of veterans in Central...

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