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

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:

For 2018-19, MadLab has declared it their The Future is Now season as all of their full length shows next year are sci-fi takes on the near future and, in one instance, the near past. In addition to those 3 shows, it is another jam packed year including their 20th Theatre Roulette, their 7th Young Writer's Short Play Festival, the latest version of Date Night by their resident improv troupe FFN, and more.

MadLab's resident improv troupe is back once again to share your story of love by making it up in hilarious, unpredictable fashion. Showtimes: 8 p.m., Thursday Feb. 8, Friday Feb. 9, and Saturday Feb. 10, Wednesday February 14, Friday Feb. 16 and Saturday Feb. 17, Friday Feb. 23 and Saturday Feb. 24

MadLab's Young Writers Short Play Festival, featuring a collection of ten short plays written by 14 area high school students, will take place July 14 - 29, 2017 at MadLab, 227 N. 3rd St., in Columbus.

MadLab's Young Writers Short Play Festival, featuring a collection of ten short plays written by 14 area high school students, will take place July 14 - 29, 2017 at MadLab, 227 N. 3rd St., in Columbus.

Full Frontal Nudity returns with their June Show! It will be totally unique and made up on the spot.

This Valentine's Day, Full Frontal Nudity is back again to tell more stories of love… YOUR story, your neighbors' story, your parents' story, your podiatrists' story, everybody and anybody's stories of love! How? We don't know. But, as long as there are stories of love to tell, we can tell you we will be making it all up based on your stories. So, once again, it's date night!

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.

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.

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 (227 N. 3rd St., Columbus) has announced #FFNext.

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 Ohio premiere of Neil Haven's hilarious play about roommates exploiting a dating website to play a ludicrous game of dares and pranks on unsuspecting members of the opposite sex.

What if Einstein remained a patent clerk? What if Hitler got into art school? What if Bill Clinton did inhale? You ask the classic historical question what if? And FFN will provide all the answers based on your suggestions in their latest long-from improv endeavor.

MadLab Theatre presents Theatre Roulette 2014! In its fifteenth year, Central Ohio's longest running shorts festival presents 3 very distinct nights of new works rotating over 3 weekends culminating in the final day when all 3 nights of programming are performed.

Back with their 15th annual Theatre Roulette, MadLab Theatre continues to crank out Columbus' longest running shorts festival. Central Ohio's longest running shorts festival presents three very distinct nights of new works rotating over three weekends, culminating in the final day when all three nights of programming are performed. Scroll down for a sneak peek at this year's productions!