MADLAB ANNOUNCES THEATRE ROULETTE 2010

Media Contact:
Andy Batt, Managing Director, 614-571-3886, [email protected]
Stephen Woosley, Pub Co-Chair, 614-595-7743, [email protected]

For Immediate Release:

MadLab Theatre and Gallery will present Theatre Roulette 2010 at 8:00, May 6th-May
29th, Thursday though Saturdays at MadLab Theatre and Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St.
Columbus. All 12 shows will be presented on the final day of the festival, May 29th
beginning at 2 pm. Tickets cost $12, $8 Students/Seniors, $6 Members. Call 614-
221-5418 or visit www.madlab.net

With this, their 11th annual Theatre Roulette, MadLab took a different approach to their
script submission process. Wit most of their time and energy focused on finding a new
space or alternative space to present their 2010 season, there would not be time for the
usual process where the MadLab team would go through hundreds of submissions from
across the country and around the world. Instead, they reached out to the many
playwrights within their ensemble and in the Columbus theatre community as well as
playwrights who they had worked with in prior Theatre Roulettes. From this group of
scripts, 12 were selected. 3 were written by MadLab ensemble members, another 2 by
Columbus playwrights with the remaining 7 from playwrights who had previous Roulette
experience.

Auditions were held in January. 21 actors were cast in 39 roles. Four of them will make
their Roulette debuts (Christina Duryea, Becky Horseman, Travis Horseman, and Mary
Sink). This will be Christina’s MadLab debut. 14 of Madlab’s 25 ensemble members
accepted roles with many accepting multiple parts.

Theatre Roulette offers three distinct nights of programming:

Each night of programming plays every weekend on a different night (see schedule
below).

CRAZY/TALK night of programming - 5/6, 5/14, 5/22, 5/27 (all @ 8pm), 5/29 @ 2pm

The Final Scene of a Ninety-Six Hour Long Play by Scott Tobin

Narcoleptic Pillow Fight by Alex Dremman
In a Bad Place by Jennifer Feather
Let Lying Dogs Sleep by John Busser

TALK/DIRTY night of programming - 5/7, 5/15, 5/20, 5/28 (all @ 8pm), 5/29 @ 4pm
Touchy Feely by Greg Vovos
Nothing At All by Josh Kessler
Cracking Nuckols by Kevin Lottes
Four Dry Tongues by Alex Dremman

GONE/CRAZY night of programming - 5/8, 5/13, 5/21, 5/29 (all @ 8pm)

Fire by Aliza Einhorn

All The Answers by Mark Cornell
Suffer Sweet by Amanda Bauer
That Word by Mark Harvey Levine

All performances are at:

MadLab
227 N. 3rd St.
Columbus, OH 43215
www.madlab.net

Ticket prices are $12 for general admission, $8 for students/seniors, $6 for MadLab
members.
For reservations call 614.221.5418 or send to [email protected]
To order tickets, go to: http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html

The Columbus Foundation, GCAC and OAC support MadLab throughout the year.

CRAZY/TALK – Some crazy people who talk crazy.

LET LYING DOGS SLEEP by John Busser

Can two people truthfully love each other? That’s what Greg and Amanda find out
when a newspaper article about lying leads to all kinds of uncomfortable truths about
themselves. One thing’s for sure, neither of them will take this lying down.

CAST AND CREW

Jason Sudy as Greg

Michelle Batt as Amanda

Directed by Scott Tobin

The NE Ohio based Busser’s Dr. Wu Must be Eliminated, about two nitwits working for
a Bondian supervillain, closed the 2008 version of Theatre Roulette.

IN A BAD PLACE by Jennifer Feather

How is comedy writer to survive in a world which only recognizes drama as art? With
the aid of the waring voices in his mind, a writer will try to learn how to adapt.

CAST AND CREW

Melissa Bair as Leslie

Josh Kessler as Writer
Travis Horseman as Mr. Silver
Christina Duryea as Actress
Andy Batt as Actor

Directed by Jennifer Feather and Jim Azelvandre

This is Miss Feather’s second piece featured in Theatre Roulette. Her play, The
Rebuttal was featured in Theatre Roulette 2006 and again as part of MadLab’s
Quintessential Roulette in 2009. Azelvandre directed the hit of 2009’s Theatre Roulette,
Alien Hand Syndrome.

NARCOLEPTIC PILLOW FIGHT by Alex Dremman

A narcoleptic couple tries desperately and rather unsuccessfully to stay awake long
enough to save their marriage.

CAST AND CREW

Travis Horseman as Dave

Erin Prosser as Amanda

Directed by Peter Graybeal

Alex Dremman has 2 shows in this year’s Roulette. In 2007, his On the Porch One
Crisp Spring Morning, about mother and daughter spies battling each other, was part of
Theatre Roulette.

THE FINAL SCENE OF A NINETY-SIX HOUR LONG PLAY

by Scott Tobin

The Final Scene of a Ninety-Six Hour Long Play depicts three actors who come down to
the homestretch after being on stage for nearly four days straight. As the actors’ minds,
bodies, and spirits have taken off into a whole other world, they find themselves
redefining their craft and discovering that there is no perfect ending.

CAST AND CREW

Sarah Brunet as Alice
David Thonnings as Gino
Peter Graybeal as Tucker

Directed by Justin Toomey

Scott Tobin, who has had over 50 plays produced nationwide, and several locally with
MadLab, O.G. Productions, and On The Verge Productions, has his first play produced
for Theatre Roulette. Justin Toomey makes his Roulette directing debut.

TALK/DIRTY – Dirty people talking dirty

CRACKING NUCKOLS

On her broken porch swing, Granny Nuckols sucks in air from an oxygen tank, smokes
Camel cigarettes and sings Patsy Cline, grasping at straws as she tries to articulate to
her granddaughter the importance of what’s never been there.

CAST AND CREW

Randi Morgan as Nuckols

Traci Weaver as Dusty
Andy Batt as Man
Stephen Woosley as Man
Brendan Michna as Man

Directed by Michelle Batt

This is Lottes’ 3rd Roulette selection. In 2003, Madlab presented The Line Shack and in
2005, Paralyzed July.

FOUR DRY TONGUES by Alex Dremman

Tristan invites his adorable friend Matt over to a party in his 4 foot square Manhattan
closet apartment, hoping to lure him into bed, but unfortunately Tristan’s best friend
Ginny has the exact same plan.

CAST AND CREW

Travis Horseman as Tristan

Vicki Andronis as Ginny
Jason Sudy as Matt
Melissa Bair as Laura

Directed by Sarah Brunet

Dremman’s 2nd selection for this year’s Roulette reunites the actresses who performed
in his On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning as Vicki Andronis stars and Sarah
Brunet directs this fast paced, claustrophobic piece.

TOUCHY FEELY by Greg Vovos

Two men meet in the back halls of a large corporation: one, Doug, a married man who’s
tuned out a long time ago; and the other, Ted, a man who’s reached that point in life -
either he touches someone’s life soon or he just might go off half-cocked.

CAST AND CREW

Jim Azelvandre as Doug

Travis Horseman as Ted

Directed by Andy Batt

This is the 3rd show Greg Vovos has had performed as part of Theatre Roulette. In
2005, Today’s Special was performed and in 2008, The Memo. The only Theatre
Roulette show this year to feature Jim Azelvandre, recognized as Best Actor by The
Other Paper last year, and as Best Actor by MadLab every year.

NOTHING AT ALL by Josh Kessler

Relationships are tough enough when you have to talk to each other. They’re even
harder when you’re singing.

CAST AND CREW

Josh Kessler as Man

Vicki Andronis as Woman
Erin Prosser as Chorus
Mary Sink as Chorus
John Kuhn as Chorus
Peter Graybeal as Pete

Directed by Stephen Woosley

Assistant Director: Amanda Bauer

MadLab ensemble member Kessler has his first piece done for Roulette. It’s also the
first musical in Theatre Roulette history. Kessler has had 2 pieces done as part of
MadLab’s 3in30 as well as a piece performed by O.G. Productions which is fitting as the
co-founders of O.G. productions are also the directors for Nothing At All.

GONE/CRAZY – Some people are just gone. Others have gone crazy.
FIRE by Aliza Einhorn

A woman, a man, a dress, a match, a death. And a motorcycle.

CAST AND CREW

Traci Weaver as Girl 1

Becky Horseman as Girl 2
Nikki Smith as Girl 3

Directed by Randi Morgan

This is the 2nd straight year that Aliza Einhorn has had a piece performed in Roulette.
The Brooklyn NY based playwright had And I Alone Have Escaped To Tell You
performed last year.

SUFFER SWEET by Amanda Bauer

Chuck has had a bad day and decides to drop out of society. No job, no material
possessions, no rent to pay...no girlfriend?

CAST AND CREW

David Thonnings as Chuck

Stephen Woosley as Sam
Traci Weaver as Rachel

Directed by John Kuhn

Amanda Bauer, co-writer of Stripped Away and several one acts as well as co-founder
of O.G. Productions, makes her Theatre Roulette writing debut with this quirky touching
piece.

ALL THE ANSWERS by Mark Cornell

A man dies and goes to a place between heaven and hell in search of all of life’s
answers.

CAST AND CREW

Jason Sudy as Diego

Stephen Woosley as Joe

Directed by Tay Lane

Cornell has become a MadLab favorite as they have produced 2 of his plays, The
Inciting Incident as part of Theatre Roulette 2007 and The Killing Room, a full length
which was produced in October 2009. He also had an entry in MadLab Gallery’s first
ever film festival in 2008

THAT WORD by Mark Harvey Levine

Jimmy can’t stop saying a certain well-known word. Then the English language strikes
back.

CAST AND CREW

Andy Batt as Jimmy

Sarah Brunet as Katie

Directed by Josh Kessler

This is the 4th time Levine has had a play of his performed during Roulette. Surprise in
2005, Saver in 2007 and The Rental in 2008. In September of this year, MadLab will
present Cabfare for the Common Man, a collection of 7 one acts by Levine.