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• GravityWorks takes to the air in ‘She Grows Wings’

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 9, 2024

  

  GravityWorks Circus will take to the air for the first time in their home venue, the Foundry Theater, with a trio of performances this month. “She Grows Wings” will be performed Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 14, at 2 p.m.

• Mad River Theater Works | ‘Mysteries’ in youth theater

  By Lauren ShowsJune 27, 2024

  

  This year, the summer residency focuses on the theme of “Mystery.” Over 10 days, the students have explored the theme through discussions, games, exercises and collaborative vignettes.

• Incarcerated chorus sings out in ‘Les Mis Inside’

  By Lauren ShowsJune 25, 2024

  

  Under the direction of local resident Catherine Roma, the NIA Men’s Chorus at Chillicothe Correctional Institution performed “Les Mis Inside,” a pared-down version of the popular musical with choral arrangements.

• Annual Yellow Springs 10-Minute Play Festival returns

  By YS News StaffMay 31, 2024

  

  The annual 10-Minute Play Festival, sponsored by the YS Theater Company, returns this year Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, on the grounds of YS High School.

• YS Schools present: Dark, lighthearted ‘Addams Family’ musical

  By Lauren ShowsApril 24, 2024

  

  The young thespians of YS High and McKinney Middle schools are gearing up for their annual spring musical — a performance that promises to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky.

• Yellow Springs Theater Co. climbs to new heights in ‘Roof Man’

  By Reilly DixonApril 12, 2024

  

  “Roof Man” will be staged on Fridays and Saturdays, April 12 and 13, and April 19 and 20, at First Presbyterian Church; curtain is at 8 p.m. each night and admission is $15.

• ‘The Hunchback Variations’ dissects creative process

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 14, 2024

  

  The Foundry Theater will welcome Chicago-based theater collective Theater Oobleck to its experimental black box theater stage for three performances of “The Hunchback Variations” Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.

• Women’s Voices Out Loud returns to Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 8, 2024

  

  An evening of Women’s Voices Out Loud performances will be held Saturday, March 9, 5–7 p.m., in Antioch College’s Herndon Gallery, with an accompanying installation of art to hang in the gallery through March 24.

• Charles Fox to present one-person performance

  By YS News StaffFebruary 2, 2024

  

  The Central State University Theatre Arts Program will present “Reunion: Journey with Ancestors,” written and performed by change agent and visionary Charles Fox, on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m.

• Ten-Minute Play Festival seeks scripts

  By YS News StaffJanuary 27, 2024

  

  The Yellow Springs Theater Company is accepting script submissions for the 2024 annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring a selection of plays no longer than 10 minutes.