Winterlong

a song cycle
an Available Light original
Directed by Drew Eberly

February 4 – 20, 2027
Riffe Center Studio Two
77 S. High St
Columbus, Ohio

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ABOUT THIS PLAY

“It’s really exciting because Available Light’s audience, the audience that I’ve been fortunate to perform in front of, will know that a traditional musical is one way to present songs on a stage, but we can also explore other ways.”

– Drew Eberly (Director)

Perhaps you know what it's like to crawl under the blankets in February and rot, waiting for a spring you can't quite believe in.

For the past two years the musicians and theatre artists of Winterlong (originating from AVLT's Ghost Quartet ensemble,) reached for that feeling in song, creating a song cycle that takes an audience deep into the long nights of winter and back out again.

Structured around the work of stalwart Columbus performer and songwriter Drew Eberly, aided by a collection of local musicians, Winterlong grasps at stuckness, anxiety, lost love, and the loneliness of heartbreak.

The artists will sing their way through a chamber folk theatre performance full of lush harmonies, a three piece band, poetry, and choreographed movement. Winterlong expresses the deep yearning for connection that all humans must cope with throughout their lives.

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Recommended if You Like: the poetry of Sara Teasdale, the songs of Duncan Sheik, bedroom folk, The Shirelles, Wild Strawberries, Dear Piqua, or Ghost Quartet.