PERFORMING FOR AUDIENCES SINCE 1968
Up next at our Oak Street Theater…
Sign up for an audition slot at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AA8A623A4FD0-49852483-perfect.
And the winner is…
Our fourth annual Telling Stories original playwriting contest solicited over 60 scripts from playwrights across the world. Over a period of three months, and through two separate rounds of reading, a panel of twenty-two volunteer readers narrowed the submissions to four finalists.
These finalists were then carefully re-read and discussed by a panel of four readers; these readers considered the strength of the writing as well as the criteria for the competition in choosing a winner. And the winner is:
Murdering Medea received developmental workshops at Kent State University and The Tank in NYC, and was a finalist in the Open Script Competition with Bottle Alley Theatre Company.
Synopsis: Queer activist Liv and funky feminist Fil are the hosts of the podcast ‘Monster of the Week,’ in which they dissect and discuss the evil around them. They've just landed a new brand deal requiring them to dedicate an episode to the divisive Greek play 'Medea.' They don't get very far before Fil discovers she's pregnant. In Ohio. In the year 2022. As the girls embark on a very short abortion road trip to Pittsburgh, they must grapple with their own relationship to monstrosity and what it means to be childfree-by-choice in Post-Roe America—and figure out what is really lurking under Medea’s mask.
Learn more about the author at her website: https://www.alykantor.com/
OUR 56th SEASON
This year, in addition to selling single tickets for individual shows, we will once again be offering season subscriptions. On sale soon!
Active Fundraisers
We're currently raising money! Visit the fundraising pages below to learn more.
Puffs Are State OCTA Bound
After a stellar performance at Northwest Regional OCTAFest, Black Swamp Players have been invited to participate in State OCTAFest this coming September and WE NEED YOUR HELP. Our cast and production team include sixteen people, all of whom not only have to pay for event registration (i.e., $125 per person), but also have lodging and travel and food costs associated with the two-day event. BSP is only one of three community theater groups (out of the nine that performed at Northwest Regional OCTAFest) to be invited to perform at the State Fest in Newark, so this is a huge honor. Furthermore, BSP has not been been invited to the State OCTAFest since 2015-2016, which is even more reason why we want to go and represent our organization and the region. We are trying to raise $2500 to offset costs of event registration and some travel for those among our cast/production team who are not able to pay out of pocket. Any amount that we raise over our $2500 goal will go towards offsetting additional costs of participating in the event. This director, this cast, and this production team have worked so hard on this production over the past year; please consider making a donation of any amount to support our ongoing efforts to make Black Swamp Players one of the best little community theaters in the region.
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Perfect Arrangement
Sep 27 - Oct 06, 2024
Be Here Now
Dec 06 - Dec 15, 2024
Telling Stories Playwriting Competition
Dec 31, 2024
For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
Feb 21 - Mar 02, 2025
Murder at the Pie Auction
Mar 14 - Mar 16, 2025
The Language Archive
Apr 25 - May 04, 2025
Murdering Medea
Jun 20 - Jun 29, 2025