John Cage 101

Written and directed by Matt Slaybaugh

January 30th - February 1st, 2026
Wexner Center for the Arts
1871 North High St

Featuring:

Acacia Duncan – prepared piano, claves, vintage meat grinder
Drew Eberly – toy piano, harmonica, trash cans full of water
Ian Short – wooden flute, tambourine, paper scroll, sheet metal
Meghan Durham Wall –  tin flute, rattle can, caxixi shaker, wood waterfall

Dave Wallingford – Production Manager / Sound
Jaylene Jennings – Stage Manager / Costumes
Meghan Durham Wall – Movement
Carrie Cox – Lighting
Lonelle Yoder – Properties
J V. Uhlman – Assistant Director
Whitney Thomas Eads – Graphics

Schedule:

Friday, January 30th @ 7:00pm
Saturday, January 31st @ 7:00pm
Sunday, February 1st @ 3:00pm

Pay What You Want available at the door on Friday, January 30.

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ABOUT THIS PLAY

"It’s hard to imagine a better fit between subject and style than Available Light Theatre’s sweet and insightful John Cage 101."

– Margaret Quamme, Columbus Dispatch
“[R]eaches in a way you’re lucky to see a theatre company even attempt once in its day.”

– Richard Sanford, Screen of Distance

If there was a rule about music in place, John Cage found a way to break or at least tease it, posing fundamental questions about the relationships between art and “real life.”

AVLT celebrates the Cage era with a theatrical mixtape – just think of it as 38 Short Plays About John Cage – reflecting the renegade life and controversial ideas of the 20th century’s most influential experimental composer.

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Recommended if You Like: rolling the dice, Bootleg Radio, David Byrne, foraging, “The Rest is Noise,” Gibi ASMR, sitting in silence

READ MORE

‘John Cage 101’ returns after 13 years to Available Light Theatre
The Wex’s Available Light Theatre is bringing back a show 13 years after its original run.
WTTEWSYX Staff

Columbus Underground: Available Light Revives ‘John Cage 101′ for the Wexner Center of the Arts’ Robert Rauschenberg Centenary Celebration

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Columbus Underground: Columbus Makes Art Presents – Matt Slaybaugh on Devising and Experimenting with New Theater Works

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Photos from 2026 by Kyle Long.

Photos from 2013, by Matt Slaybaugh and Dave Wallingford.