Ohio State Theatre Production Photo Gallery
The Squirrels by Robert Askins
The Squirrels by Robert Askins
After the Blast by Zoe Kazan
After the Blast by Zoe Kazan
Acute Exposure by August Hakvaag
Acute Exposure by August Hakvaag
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) Based on the Comic Strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz; Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner; Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer; Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) Based on the Comic Strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz; Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner; Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer; Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
2025 - 2030
The Squirrels by Robert Askins
Blackbox Theatre, October/November, 2025
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Scenic and Properties Designer, Kaitlyn Crosby (MFA '27); Costume Designer, Alexis Miller (MFA '27); Lighting Designer, Sarah Herkert (MFA '27); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Ray Hahn (BA '25); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
After the Blast by Zoe Kazan
Proscenium Theatre, November 2025
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Kevin McClatchy (MFA '12); Scenic and Properties Designer, Megan Wells (MFA '26); Costume Designer, Rebecca Turk; Lighting Designer, Evan Lane (MFA '27); Sound Designer, Ruth Luketic; Media Designer, Rufus ZaeJoDaeus (MFA '28); Production Stage Manager, Morgan Eisenbraun (BA '28); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon; Robot Lead Designers and Fabricators, Audrey Nelson, Matthew Fisher, Gabe Willenburg
Acute Exposure by August Hakvaag
Blackbox Theatre, March 2026
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, J. Briggs Cormier (PhD '05); Scenic and Properties Designer, Jack MacGregor (MFA '28); Costume Designer, Jeremy D Quick (MFA '28); Lighting Designer, Evan Lane (MFA '27); Sound Designer, Bob Pike (PhD '30); Media Designer, Rufus ZaeJoDaeus (MFA '28); Production Stage Manager, Claire Pennington (BA '26); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) Based on the Comic Strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz; Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner; Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer; Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Proscenium Theatre, April 2026
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Musical Director, Theo Jackson; Choreographer, David Catire-Thill (PhD '30); Scenic and Properties Designer, Kaitlyn Crosby (MFA '28); Costume Designer, Alexis Miller (MFA '28); Lighting Designer, Robbie Wilt (MFA '28); Sound Designer, Matthew Fisher; Production Stage Manager, Persis Yoder (BA '27); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon)
2020 - 2025
August Wilson's Seven Guitars
Proscenium Theatre, October/November 2024
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Guest Director, Terence Spivey; Scenic and Properties Designer, Megan Wells (MFA '26); Costume Designer, Rebecca Turk; Lighting Designer, Maranda DeBusk; Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Kami Bumpers (BA '25); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
The Moors by Jen Silverman
Blackbox Theatre, November 2024
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Tom Dugdale; Scenic Designer and Properties Designer, Katherine Simon (MFA '25); Costume Designer, Rebecca Turk; Lighting Designer, Yasmine Kashubeck (BA '25); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Composers, Dean Alkire and Matt Murphy; Production Stage Manager, Persis Yoder (BA '27); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
The Dog Project created by Mandy Fox and the Graduate Acting Class of 2025
Blackbox Theatre, March 2025
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Claudia René Wier; Scenic and Properties Designer, Kaitlyn Crosby (MFA '27); Costume Designer, Rebecca Turk; Lighting Designer, Robbie Wilt (MFA '27); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Orlando by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from Virginia Woolf
Proscenium Theatre, April 2025
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Scenic and Properties Designer, Kaitlyn Crosby (MFA '27); Costume Designer, Alexis Miller (MFA '27); Lighting Designer, Sarah Herkert (MFA '27); Sound Designer, Ruth Luketic; Media Designer, Alex Oliszewski; Production Stage Manager, Ellie Price (BA '25); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Proscenium Theatre, October/November 2023
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, J. Briggs Cormier (PhD '05); Scenic and Properties Designer, Katherine Simon (MFA '25); Costume Designer, Catherine Huffman (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Maranda DeBusk; Sound Designer, Deken Foster (BA '24); Production Stage Manager, Katie Stephan (BA '24); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, Translated by Lillian Groag
Blackbox Theatre, November 2023
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Guest Director, Leda Hoffman; Scenic and Properties Designer, Ladini Wallace(BA '24); Costume Designer, Jo Fuller (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Matt Hazard (BA '00; MFA '11); Sound Designer, Anne Lang (BA '24); Production Stage Manager, Ellie Price (BA '25); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson
Blackbox Theatre, March 2024
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Tom Dugdale; Scenic and Properties Designer, Chad R. Mahan; Costume Designer, Rebecca Turk; Lighting Designer, Iz Nichols (BA '24); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Maddie Green; Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Additional Materials by Jay Reiss, Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Proscenium Theatre, April 2024
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Music Director, Theo Jackson; Scenic and Properties Designer, Megan Wells (MFA '26); Costume Designer, Coco Mayer; Lighting Designer, Matt Hazard (BA '00; MFA '11); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Garrett Ratliff; Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Men on Boats by Jacklyn Backhaus
Final performance in Roy Bowen Theatre, October/November 2022.
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Beth Kattelman (MA '91; PhD '99); Scenic and Properties Designer, Braden Graves (MFA '23); Costume Designer, Catherine Huffman (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Braden Graves (MFA '23); Sound Designer, Jesse Tack (BA '23); Production Stage Manager, Skylar Kyser (BA '23); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
The Country Wife by William Wycherley
Final performance in Thurber Theatre, November 2022.
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Directors, Tom Dugdale and E.J. Westlake; Scenic and Properties Designer, Jessica Lynn Hightower (MFA '23); Costume Designer, Jo Fuller (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Amber Whatley; Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Katie Stephan (BA '24); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
Wilderness by Seth Bockley and Anne Hamburger
Performed in the Harbor Room because the theatres closed for the move, March 2023.
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Scenic and Properties Designer, Katherine Simon (MFA '25); Costume Designer, Jo Fuller (MFA '24); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Garrett Ratliff; Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Performed in the Harbor Room because the theatres closed for the move, April 2023.
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Kevin McClatchy (MFA '12); Scenic and Properties Designer, Katherine Simon (MFA '25); Costume Designer, Catherine Huffman (MFA '24); Sound Designer, Jesse Tack (BA '23); Production Stage Manager, Ellie Price (BA '25); Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, adapted for the stage by Janice L. Blixt, translated from the Russian by Alexandra LaCombe
Roy Bowen Theatre, October/November 2021.
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Producer, Brad Steinmetz (MFA '03); Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, J. Briggs Cormier (PhD '05); Scenic and Properties Designer, Jessica Lynn Hightower (MFA '23); Costume Designer, Kristine Kearney; Lighting Designer, Amber Whatley; Sound Designer, Jesse Tack (BA '23); Production Stage Manager, Harshitha Kommaraju; Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl
Thurber Theatre, November 2021
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Producer, Brad Steinmetz (MFA '03); Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Jeanine Thompson; Scenic and Properties Designer, Will Ledbetter (MFA '21); Costume Designer, Jensen Glick (MFA '21); Lighting Designer, Kelsey Gallagher (MFA '19); Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Production Stage Manager, Skylar Kyser (BA '23); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Sweat by Lynn Nottage
Roy Bowen Theatre, March 2022
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Producer, Brad Steinmetz (MFA '03); Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Tom Dugdale; Scenic and Properties Designer, Jessica Lynn Hightower (MFA '23); Costume Designer, Catherine Huffman (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Kelsey Gallagher (MFA '19); Sound Designer, Jesse Tack (BA '23); Media Designer, Jessica Lynn Hightower (MFA '23); Production Stage Manager, Emma Burton (BA '25); Technical Director, Chris Zinkon
Violet by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Brian Crawley (book and lyrics), based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts
Thurber Theatre, April 2022
Department Chair, E.J. Westlake; Producer, Brad Steinmetz (MFA '03); Production Manager, Sherée Greco; Director, Mandy Fox; Music Director, Theo Jackson; Scenic and Properties Designer, Braden Graves (MFA '23); Costume Designer, Jo Fuller (MFA '24); Lighting Designer, Amber Whatley; Sound Designer, Keya Myers-Alkire; Media Designer, Jenna Ko; Production Stage Manager, Harshitha Kommaraju; Technical Director, Chad R. Mahan
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department cancelled its planned 2020 - 2021 season. The faculty provided alternative theatrical experiences for its students including a performance over Zoom of Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties by Jen Silverman, a radio production of The Big Loop by Paul Bae, and various design installations. Projects by the MFA acting class of 2021 and by moving-image production majors were streamed online, including the 1st senior showcase by our undergraduate film-makers.