Rubber City Theatre is thrilled to announce the creation of the Discovery Series.  The Discovery Series is the home to our new works program launched with the 2018-2019 season. The goal of this series is to discover new works that might one day become classics in their own right. 

Current Projects

Directed by Dane CT Leasure 
Workshop Production
September 7-8, 2018

Directed by Dane CT Leasure
In Progress Reading
December 8 & 15, 2018

Grad student Avery is in her final semester at Notre Dame and in just a few short weeks, she will earn her doctorate in Psychology and open her own practice. That's assuming she finishes her thesis - a study of the mechanics of mental illness and how science can change lives. Case after case, Avery becomes immersed in the lives of these patients - the day to day struggles of anxiety, depression, suicide, medication. But when one of the cases hits very close to home, Avery realizes that numbers only tell part of the story of mental illness.

This world premier play reimagines Shakespeare through the lives of LGBTQ+ characters is made possible through a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds the best ideas for engaging and enriching Akron through the arts. The first phase of a two-part project, this all-new show will be based on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew and will revolve around characters representative of the LGBTQ+ community.

Playwright

​Josy Jones is an actor, director and playwright and founder of the Chameleon Village Theatre Collective, a site-specific theatre group devoted to utilizing under-appreciated space, telling the stories of those who need to be heard and providing space for artistic growth. Josy thinks theatre serves as a catalyst for the voices of the unheard and has dedicated her journey to finding those connections. She is honored to be working with the Rubber City Theatre to provide a space for and representation of the LGBT+ community and hopes that her work does justice to their stories. 

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Previous New Works

2016 - A Christmas Carol (Mainstage production); Adapted by Dane CT Leasure and Casey Robinson

Submissions

At this time Rubber City Theatre is not accepting submissions for new plays or musicals. Please check back here to see any opportunities or information on open submissions.