1985 to 2010
CATCO New Works Development: World
Premieres and Original Productions
From its very beginning over 25 years ago, CATCO has focused on presenting and
developing new work. The theatre has consistently presented world premieres to
Central Ohio audiences. Production of PIERCE TO THE SOUL in the 2009-2010 season
continues this tradition.
Beginning in 1990-1991, moreover, CATCO has produced the SHORTS FESTIVALS,
which have enabled numerous playwrights to hone their craft. Generously funded by
Fred & Howard and the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the SHORTS FESTIVALS have
remained an audience favorite.
1986 – 1987
Jupus Redeye by Robert Flanagan (World Premiere)
1988 – 1989
The Women of My Father’s House by Carter W. Lewis (World Premiere)
Women Who Kill (sketches by the Women’s Playwriting Group)
1990 – 1991
A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote,
adapted by Geoffrey Nelson
A Shorts Festival (World Premiere) — The Art of Pitching by Doreen Dunn,
Dead Batch Boys by Dan T. O’Reilly, Wednesdays I Do Hills by Lynne
Roth, The Mind Gallery by Is Said, Checking Out by Joel Selmeier,
Day Old Bread by Bonnie Milne Gardner, My Favorite Superhero by
Jeffrey Jordan, Mom’s Restaurant by Joanne Blum, Family Ritual by
Martine L. Stephens
Tours:
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
1991 – 1992
Second Annual Shorts Festival (World Premiere) — Nesting by Rita K. Barkey,
the effects of incestuous-breeding upon thoughts and thought patterns by
Dan T. O’Reilly, Infidelities by Gary Scott, Brother’s Keeper by Michael
Geis, The Sixth Day by Kristin Johnson, We’re All Okay Now by Joanne
Blum, Daddy’s Home by Bonnie Milne Gardner, Dead But Not Forgotten
by Lynne Roth
Solo Shorts (World Premiere) —The Lease by Jeffrey Jordan, JFK, Rudolph,
and a Life With Fear In It by Gay Brewer, Afire by Stephen Jon, Eat or
Die by Johnrick Hole, My Grandmother’s Vampires by Ann C. Hall, The
Growing Season by Is Said, Jump by Karin Cash, The Reader by Mark
Maselli, Expedite by Joe Selmeier
1992 – 1993
1892 by Geoffrey Nelson (World Premiere)
Third Annual Shorts Festival (World Premiere) —Snow Job by Mark S. Maselli,
Treading Water by Dan T. O’Reilly, Artichokes and Gargoyles by Lynne
Roth, The Electoral Date by Jeffrey Jordan, Plato and Doris Are Dead by
Johnrick Hole, Visiting Sarah by Michael L. Geis, Forever Fraternal by
Bonnie Milne Gardner
1993 – 1994
The Fall River Follies or Oh Mrs. Churchill, Do Come Over. Someone Has Killed
Father by John Giffin (a presentation of a production by Five Minds, Inc.)
Tours:
Dogs Do by Jonathan Putnam
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, adapted by Geoffrey Nelson
1994 – 1995
Tours:
Baby Chile by Is Said (World Premiere) [one act]
1996 – 1997
East Market Gardens created by John Giffin (World Premiere co-produced with
5Minds, Inc.)
Tours:
Tales of Terror—(The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, The Dancing Partner by
Jerome K. Jerome, adapted by Jonathan Putnam and Michael Harper)
1999 – 2000
Robert Post: Here in America by Robert Post (a presentation)
Tales from the Grave adapted by Geoffrey Nelson (World Premiere) -- The
Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan
Poe, The Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells, The Open Window by
Saki, The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Shorts Festival 2000 (World Premiere): Writer’s Block by Carrie Leonard,
Blind and Muted by Dan O’Reilly, The Walk by Dale Doerman, Mr.
Peepers Goes to Hell by Johnrick Hole, A Geometric Digression of the
Species by Carter W. Lewis, Wives by Jason Beehler, Eavesdropping
Without Listening by Nicholas Hartmann, The Eternal Brunch by Fred
Andrle
2001 – 2002
The Shorts Festival 2002 (World Premiere)—Baggage Unattended by Eric Coble,
Power of God by Herb Brown, The Escorts by Bob McKay, Thank You for
Choosing Tree of Life Airlines by Jason Beehler, Atlantic Crossing by
Wendy MacLeod, Version 2.0 by Robert Flanagan and Sheldon Gleisser,
Boarding: A Love Story by Jerry Holt, Estimated Time of Departure by
Travis Horseman
2003 – 2004
The Shorts Festival 2004 (World Premiere): Letting Go by Jennifer Stoessner,
Remote by Eric Coble, Sucking the Marrow by Mary Tensing, Executive
Deluxe Accommodations by Chiquita Mullins Lee, Trip Twenty by Cheryl
Games, Smoking Room by Jerry G. Holt, Beat the Press by Bill Corbett,
The Orgy in 414 by Mark Mann
2005 – 2006
You’re My Boy by Herb Brown (World Premiere)
2006 – 2007
Ghost Light: The Shorts Festival 2006 (World Premiere): Snake Oil by Wendy
MacLeod, Two Clowns by Scott Tobin, Merely Players by Jerry Holt, The
Blueballs by Marianne Timmons, Haunted by Eric Coble, The Death
Scene from Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story by Jim Vess, Us Chickens by
Mary Tensing, Perpetual Present Tense by Peter Pauze
2009-2010
Pierce to the Soul by Chiquita Mullins Lee