The Apiary

Written by Kate Douglas
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos

March 12 - 28, 2026
Riffe Center Studio 2
77 S. High St

Pay What You Want available at the door

Schedule

Thursday, March 12th @ 8pm
Friday, March 13th @ 8pm
Saturday, March 14th @ 8pm

Friday, March 20th @ 8pm
Saturday, March 21st @ 8pm
Sunday, March 22nd @ 2pm**

Thursday, March 26th @ 8pm
Friday, March 27th @ 8pm
Saturday, March 28th @ 8pm

Talkbacks:
After Thursday and Friday performances.

** ASL Interpreters will be present for the Sunday, March 22 performance.

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Featuring:

Anna Soppelsa – Cece/Kara/Anna/Bryn
Tyla Daniel – Zora
Audrey Rush – Pilar
Mallory Kassoy – Gwen
Jeanine Thompson – Dancer/bees

Dave Wallingford – Production Manager / Sound
Jordan Fehr – Sound
Sami Tamulonis – Scenic Design
Rowan Winterwood – Lighting
Jaylene Jennings – Costumes
Lonelle Yoder – Properties
Kaitlyn Pfeifer – Stage Manager
ShaLemar Davis – Assistant Director
Whitney Thomas Eads – Dramaturg / Graphics

ABOUT THIS PLAY

“The Apiary was a breath of fresh, cathartic air. A scream into the void pitched at a specific frequency we all feel vibrating down our spine . . . a play I can’t picture another company in town tackling, much less handling this sensitively and successfully."

– Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground

It's twenty-two years in the future, and honeybees are nearly extinct except for those kept alive inside synthetic apiaries where they live year-round in perpetual spring. When an unfortunate incident leads to a boost in the bees' numbers, lab assistants Zora and Pilar must decide how far they're willing to go to keep the population growing.

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“The Apiary by Kate Douglas…could have fit in nicely in Rod Serling’s classic series [The Twilight Zone,] thanks to its vaguely futuristic setting and blending of sci-fi and horror.”

– New York Stage Review

Sci-fi meets dark comedy and ecological fable in this thought-provoking play from award-winning writer and composer Kate Douglas. The Apiary takes us into a not-too-distant future where the negative effects of bee decline have inarguably manifested and a workable solution is not apparent. It is a call to action, a meditation on sacrifice and ambition, and asks us to reconsider our relationship to nature and each other.

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Recommended if You Like: Flight of the Bumblebee, fruit, The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya, pollinator habitats, Where Honey Bees Thrive by Heather Swan, Beecoming home project, The Twilight Zone