2025-26 season
Sponsored by Don McTigue, Joe Heimlich & Jim Hodnett
A Pride & Prejudice Fundraiser
Adapted by Daniel Elihu Kramer
October 3, 2025
@ Riffe Center Studio One
John Cage 101
Written and directed
by Matt Slaybaugh
January 30 - February 1, 2026
@ The Wexner Center for the Arts
The Apiary
Written by Kate Douglas
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
March 12 - 28, 2026
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Dirty Laundry
Written by Mathilde Dratwa
Directed by Drew Eberly
April 30 - May 16, 2026
@ Riffe Center Studio One
2024-25 season
Lunch Bunch
Written by Adrian Einspanier
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
September 19 - October 5
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Wild Strawberries
An AVLT Original
Directed by Acacia Duncan
February 27 -March 5
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Sponsored by Leigh Householder & the AVLT Board of Trustees
Rock Egg Spoon
Written by Noah Diaz
Directed by David J. Glover
May 1 - 17
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Sponsored by Joe Heimlich & Jim Hodnett
2023-24 season
What the Constitution Means to Me
Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Dakota Thorn
October 5 -14
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Ghost Quartet
Written by Dave Malloy
Directed by Drew Eberly
November 2 - 18
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Joe Heimlich & Jim Hodnett
Fairview
Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Aviva Neff
January 25 - February 10, 2024
@ Riffe Center Studio One
You Will Get Sick
Written by Noah Diaz
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
April 4 - 20, 2024
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
2022-23 season
Witch
Written by Jen Silverman
Directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
September 29 - October 15, 2022
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Everybody
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by David J. Glover
February 9 - 25, 2023
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Cry It Out
Written by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
June 2 - 18, 2023
@The Wellington School
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
2022
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Written by Nassim Soleimanpour
Produced by Eleni Papaleonardos
March 13, 2022
@ The Wellington School
2019-20 Season
DANCE NATION
Written by Clare Barron
Directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
September 12-28, 2019
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Tiny Beautiful Things
Written by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted by Nia Vardalos
Featuring Michelle S. Lowrey
Directed by David J. Glove
October 24 - November 9, 2019
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Cry It Out
Written by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
Cancelled by COVID-19.
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Passing Strange
Book and lyrics by Stew
Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Cancelled by COVID-19.
2018-19 Season
[PORTO]
Written by Kate Benson
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
September 13-29, 2018
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Written by Nassim Soleimanpour
Produced by Eleni Papaleonardos
November - December 2018
Wild Goose, The Vanderelli Room
Presented by Ron & Melissa Weber
Appropriate
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by David J. Glover
January 17 - February 2, 2019
@ Riffe Center Studio One
This
Written by Melissa James Gibson
Directed by Acacia Duncan
March 28 - April 13, 2019
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Remain In Light
Written and directed
by Matt Slaybaugh
May 9 - 25, 2019
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
2017-18 Season
BOOTLEG RADIO
Written and directed by
Jennifer Schlueter and Matt Slaybaugh
September 28 – October 14, 2017
@ Riffe Center Studio One
How We Got On
Written by Idris Goodwin
Directed by Drew Eberly
November 2017 - February 2018 @ Riffe Center Studio Two, Lincoln Theater Ballroom, Wild Goose, Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, and the Wellington School
Revolt. She said. Revolt again.
Written by Alice Birch
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
January 11-27, 2018
@ MadLab
The Next Stage Initiative 2018
Produced by Karie Miller, Jennifer Schlueter,
and Matt Slaybaugh
February 15-18, 2018
@ Columbus Museum of Art
Every Brilliant Thing
Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Featuring Acacia Duncan
Directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
April 5-14, 2018
@ The Vanderelli Room
An Octoroon
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
May 17 – June 2, 2018
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Red Ash Mosaic
A Production of the Cleveland Public Theatre
Created by Raymond Bobgan and the Cleveland Core Ensemble.
Directed by Raymond Bobgan
June 21-23, 2018
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
2016-17 Season
The Columbus Voices Workshop
Written by Matt Slaybaugh, Emily Turner,
and John Dranschak
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
October 18 – November 30, 2016
17 performances, 16 venues, 15 neighborhoods.
You Got Older
Written by Clare Barron
Directed by Acacia Duncan
January 12-28, 2017
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
The Next Stage Initiative 2017
Produced by Karie Miller, Jennifer Schlueter,
and Matt Slaybaugh
February 17 — 26, 2017
Columbus Museum of Art
F.O.O.B.A.R.
Produced by Karie Miller
and Matt Slaybaugh
April 1, 2017
@ The Hey Hey
Paradise Park Zoo
Written by Savannah Reich
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
May 4 – 20, 2017
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
2015-16 Season
The Grown-Up
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
September 17 — October 3, 2015
@ Riffe Center Studio One
John Cage 101
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
September 20, 2015
@ Independents' Day
The Ohio State Murders
Written by Adrienne Kennedy
Directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
October 10, 2015
@ The Green Room at Short North Stage
Dedalus (A Portrait of the Artist)
Adapted by Matt Slaybaugh
from the book by James Joyce
November 5-21, 2015
@ Studio One, Short North Stage, and MadLab
Still Life
Written by Emily Mann
Directed by Jennifer Schlueter
Sunday, December 6, 2015
@ The Green Room at Short North Stage
The Next Stage Initiative 2016
Produced by Matt Slaybaugh
and Jennifer Schlueter
January 7 - 16, 2016
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice
Adapted by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
January 2016 @ Riffe Center Studio Two
January 2016 @ Denison University
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Written by Will Eno
Featuring Jordan Fehr
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
February 5-20, 2016
@ The Vanderelli Room
24 Hour Theatre
Produced by Acacia Duncan, Jaylene Jennings,
and Elena Perantoni
March 12, 2016
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Two Vanek Plays
Written by Václav Havel
Directed by Matt Hermes
Saturday, March 26, 2016
@ The Green Room at Short North Stage
Don Quixote (a pilgrimage)
@ Cleveland Public Theatre
Written by Jennifer Schlueter
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
April 7
@ James Levin Theatre
Feels Like (the body project)
Created by Available Light
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
April 28 - May 14, 2016
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
The Absurdity of Writing Poetry
Written and Performed
by Matt Slaybaugh
with Dave Wallingford
May 29, 2016
@ The Columbus Museum of Art
2014-15 Season
Cymbeline
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Brian Evans
July 31 – August 9, 2014
@ MadLab
Dirty Math 2016
Written and directed
by Matt Slaybaugh
September 4 – 20, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
She Kills Monsters
Written by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Ian Short
Dec 4 - 20, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
The Next Stage Initiative 2015
Produced by Matt Slaybaugh
and Jennifer Schlueter
January 8 - 17, 2015
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Don Quixote (a pilgrimage)
Written by Jennifer Schlueter
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
March 26 – April 12, 2015
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
The Christians
Written by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Acacia Duncan
May 21 - June 6, 2015
@ Riffe Center Studio One
2013-14 Season
Feed Your Soul
Honoring ARTIE ISAAC, recipient of the 2013 Weber Award for Extraordinary Efforts on Behalf of Available Light.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
@ Vern Riffe Center for the Arts
bobrauschenbergamerica
Written by Charles L. Mee
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
September 5 – 21, 2013
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Dogs of Rwanda
Written and performed
by Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
October 5 & 10, 2013
@ TacoCat CoOperative
Glue
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
November 14 – 23, 2013
@ MadLab
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
The Next Stage Initiative 2014
Produced by Jennifer Schlueter
and Matt Slaybaugh
January 9 – 18, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
How We Got On
Written by Idris Goodwin
Directed by Drew Eberly
February 6-22, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio One
We Are Proud to Present...
Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
March 27 – April 12, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Cock
Written by Mark Bartlett
Directed by Ian Short
May 8 – 24, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Ron & Melissa Weber
Leaving the Atocha Station
Adapted by Matt Slaybaugh
from the novel by Ben Lerner
June 12 – 28, 2014
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Bought to you by The G.W. Wallingford Family
2012-13 Season
Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (On Tour!)
Adapted by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
August 2012 @ the McConnel Arts Center
January 2013 @ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Written by Alex Timbers
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Musical Direction by Pam Welsh-Huggins
September 20 - October 13, 2012
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Zoa Carroll
The History Boys
Written by Alan Bennett
Directed by Drew Eberly
January 10-19, 2013
@ MadLab
John Cage 101
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
March 21 - April 6, 2013
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Presented by Ron & Melissa Weber
Jane Eyre: A Memory, A Fever, A Dream
Adapted by Daniel Kramer
from the novel by Charlotte Brontë
Directed by Acacia Duncan
May 16 – June 8, 2013
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Next Stage Initiative: Transplant
Written by Alexis Schaetzle
Directed by Jennifer Schlueter
May 30 – June 1, 2013
@ Riffe Center Studio One
2011-12 Season
The Right Now Readings
Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for
cookies, coffee, and conversation.
Last Tuesday of each month.
@ The OSU Urban Arts Space
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Circle Mirror Transformation
Written by Annie Baker
Directed by Ian Short
August 20, 2011
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Falsettos
Written by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by John Dranschak
September 15 - October 8, 2011
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Presented by Robin & Peter Hersha
Arcadia
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Acacia Duncan
October 12, 2011
@ Riffe Center Studio One
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Adapted by Jennifer Fawcett and Matt Slaybaugh
from the novel by Charles Yu
Featuring Ian Short
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
November 10-26, 2011
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
Backed by 76 Kickstarters!
33 Variations
Written by Moises Kaufman
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
January 12-22, 2012
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
Sleeper
Written by David Ian Lee
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
February 16-25, 2012
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom
Adapted by Matt Slaybaugh
from the novel by Cory Doctorow
April 26 - May 12, 2012
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
2010-11 Season
Merrily We Roll Along
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Directed by John Dranschak
August 19 - September 4, 2010
@ Riffe Center Studio One
Stop Sign [language]
Written and performed
by Eleni Papaleonardos
Directed by John Dranschak and Jeanine Thompson
September 16-25, 2010
@ Madlab
Feed Your Soul 2010
October 16 @ 6:30pm
@ McConnell Arts Center
William Shakespeare's
The Life and Death of Richard the Third
Cut, pasted, and directed
by Matt Slaybaugh
With Ian Short as Richard the Third
November 11-20, 2010
@ Shedd Theater, CPAC
ConAm's Annual Xmas Spectacular featuring Winford Doke Artie Isaac
Written by Sean C. Lewis, Artie Isaac,
and Matt Slaybaugh
Featuring Artie Isaac and Jo Anne O’Carroll
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
December 8-12, 2010
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Just Kids
Written and performed
by Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
January 13-22, 2011
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
Hum
Written by Sebastian Hawkes Orr
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
February 10-19, 2011
@ Ven Fleet Theater, CPAC
Skyscrapers of the Midwest
Adapted and directed by Matt Slaybaugh
from the graphic novel by Joshua W. Cotter
April 14-23, 2011
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
The Food Play
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
June 2-11, 2011
@ The North Market
2009-10 Season
Church
Written by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
August 13-28, 2009
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Killadelphia
Written and performed by
Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
September 24-27, 2009
@ Junctionview Studios
[How to] Stay Human
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
November 5-14, 2009
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
ConAm's Annual Xmas Spectacular featuring Winford Doke Artie Isaac
Written by Sean C. Lewis, Artie Isaac,
and Matt Slaybaugh
Featuring Artie Isaac and Jo Anne O’Carroll
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
December 10-13, 2009
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice
Adapted by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
January 14-24, 2009
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal
The Coal-Free Future Project
Written by Jeff Biggers
Directed by Stephanie Pistello
February 6, 2010
@ Shedd Theater, CPAC
Attempts on Her Life
Written by Martin Crimp
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
May 13-22, 2010
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC
To Kill a Mockingbird
An Independent Community Production
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
from the novel by Harper Lee
Directed by Ian Short
June 24-27, 2010
@ Shedd Theater, CPAC
2008-9 Season
Time and a Few Words
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
September 4-13, 2008
@ Columbus Dance Theatre
a supposedly fun thing we'll never do again
the writing of David Foster Wallace
@ Indepedents' Day 2008
Tomorrow is the Answer
Yes we did!
November 2008
@ Metronome House
Foolin' Around with Infinity
Written by Steven Dietz
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
December 19-20, 2008
@ Denison University
The Internationalist
Written by Anne Washburn
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
January 8-17, 2009
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Killadelphia (on tour)
Written and performed by
Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
January - May, 2009 @ Baltimore CenterStage, ACT Fest., InterAct, Penn State, and John Jay College
God's Ear
Written by Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos
June 11 – 20, 2009
@ Columbus Dance Theatre
The Odd Couple
An Independent Community Production
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Ian Short and
Eleni Papaleonardos
June 12 – 28, 2014 @ Studio One
2007-8 Season
The Thugs
Written by Adam Bock
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
September 20 – October 6, 2007
@ Columbus Dance Theatre
then after water
Written by Jennifer Fawcett
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
November 1-11, 2007
@ AVLT Gahanna
Dead City
Written by Sheila Callaghan
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
April 10-19, 2008
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
Our Town
An Independent Community Production
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Ian Short
June 26-28, 2008
@ Bexley Middle School
then after water
At the Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Written by Jennifer Fawcett
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
May 29 - June 4, 2008
@ New Stage Collective
2007
Tomorrow is the Question
Created by Available Light
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
March 30 - April 7, 2007
@ Columbus Dance Theatre
A Study in Art & Lies
Adapted by Matt Slaybaugh
from the book by Jeanette Winterson
March 9, 2007
@ Columbia Performance Gallery
A Lonely Crowd
Created by Krista Apple, John Dranschak, Acacia Duncan,
and Matt Slaybaugh
April 13 - 21, 2007 @ Cincinnati Performance Gallery
June 1 - 9, 2007 @ Columbus Dance Theatre
2006
The Absurdity of Writing Poetry
At the Cincainnati Fringe Festival
Written and Performed
by Matt Slaybaugh
with Dave Wallingford
June 6-10, 2006
@ Kaldi's Coffee House
I Will Make You Orphans
Written and performed by
Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Adirondack Theatre Festival, Keuka College, Johnson State College, Galapagos Art Space, Hyde Park, Uno Fest. of Solo Performance, Center for Independent Artists
01 Festival of Solo Performance
Featuring Sean C. Lewis,
Jennifer Spillane, and Matt Slaybaugh
July 13-16, 2006
@ Van Fleet Theater, CPAC