Andy Batt News

MadLab's resident improv troupe is back once again to share your story of love by making it up in hilarious, unpredictable fashion.

MadLab Theatre presents a play about the effects of mental illness entitled FINE (NOT FINE). This will be a presentation made up of letters from you, the general public, about your experiences with mental illness. The purpose of this play is help normalize these issues as well as provide a catharsis for those that may be suffering.

For 2019-20, MadLab is getting it's...stuff together.  This season, our full lengths tell the stories of struggling characters trying to keep it together while dealing with hilarious and heartbreaking life events.  In addition to those 3 shows, it is another jam packed year including their 21st Theatre Roulette, their 8th Young Writer's Short Play Festival, the latest version of Date Night and more.  Details below:

Jay Flewelling presents Please Underestimate Me, adapted for the stage from Jay Flewelling's book of personal essays by Jason Rouse & Jessica Dart. The show is directed by Jason Rouse.

Jay Flewelling presents Please Underestimate Me, adapted for the stage from Jay Flewelling's book of personal essays by Jason Rouse & Jessica Dart. The show is directed by Jason Rouse.

Following the critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance of Festival 2016, Jacob's Pillow Dance announces its 85th Anniversary Season of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements.

Make a Scene Improv (MASI) announces the launch of "Tuesday Night Improv". Make A Scene Improv was founded in 2015 to provide training and performance opportunities for the growing community of improvisers in Central Ohio.

MadLab's Young Writers Short Play Festival, in its 5th year, will feature a collection of ten short plays written by 11 Columbus area high school students.

Short North Stage held it's first Cabaret Contest Night on Wednesday June 15th in Ethel's Bar. All acts were welcome; singers, dancers, poets, comedians, improv troupes, burlesque- performers of any kind though most people gave vocal performances. Winner was determined based on the audience vote after the conclusion of all the performances. The winner received 50% of the entry fees collected with the balance along with spinning wheel games to raise additional funds for Short North Stage's 'Make Our Garden Grow' campaign working to raise $10,000 for bathroom renovations.

MadLab's Young Writers Short Play Festival, in its 5th year, will feature a collection of ten short plays written by 11 Columbus area high school students.

MadLab's resident improv troupe is back once again to share your story of love by making it up in hilarious, unpredictable fashion in FFN's Date Night 2016.

The Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle has presented its 22nd annual citations for outstanding achievements in theater. Rather than focusing on competitive annual 'best' categories, the circle annually honors local individuals or groups whose work 'promotes the higher values of theater' or 'expands the possibilities of theater. All citations, presented Sunday night, January 31, 2016 during the Theater Roundtable's 16th annual Theater Awards Night at the Jewish Community Center, reflect a consensus of central Ohio theater critics:

MadLab's resident improv troupe is back once again to share your story of love by making it up in hilarious, unpredictable fashion in FFN's Date Night 2016.

MadLab Theatre has announced their new artistic director will be Jim Azelvandre, effective January 1, 2016. Azelvandre, MadLab's sixth artistic director, will replace current Artistic Director Andy Batt who has decided to move on to other artistic endeavors.

Clowntime Is Over at MadLab Theatre (227 N. 3rd St.), running tonight, August 20 - September 5, 2015. A loveless rabbit, a hungry serpent and a TV clown are trapped in a room in Clowntime Is Over, Joseph E. Green's surreal comedy.

Clowntime Is Over at MadLab Theatre (227 N. 3rd St.), running August 20 - September 5, 2015. A loveless rabbit, a hungry serpent and a TV clown are trapped in a room in Clowntime Is Over, Joseph E. Green's surreal comedy.

FFN's Date Night 2015 will run at MadLab Theatre (227 N. 3rd St., Columbus) from tonight, February 12 to the 28th.

FFN's Date Night 2015 will run at MadLab Theatre (227 N. 3rd St., Columbus) from February 12 to the 28th.

The World premiere of Sam Wallin's futuristic murder mystery about Detective Cloud sifting through others memories, including his own, to solve a murder in a corporate virtual world where nothing is ever as it appears, MEMORY FRAGMENTS will run 8 p.m., tonight October 16, Friday October 17, and Saturday October 18, Friday October 24 and Saturday October 25, Friday October 31 and Saturday November 1 at the MadLab Theatre, 227 N. 3rd St.

The World premiere of Sam Wallin's futuristic murder mystery about Detective Cloud sifting through others memories, including his own, to solve a murder in a corporate virtual world where nothing is ever as it appears.