Join us for special staged readings of the latest show from local playwright Sheldon Gleisser, before we mount our full production in Feb 2024!

A Junkyard is only a Junkyard if you look at it from the outside.

A man looking for redemption finds it in the most unlikely place. Join him on his journey to find his salvation.

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• Dec 22th - 23rd @ 8PM

• Tickets - Free

The Birds Is a thrilling and atmospheric production that brings the sinister tale to life on stage. McPherson's interpretation takes the story into a new direction, exploring themes of isolation, paranoia, and the fragility of the human psyche. The Birds is a haunting and unforgettable theatrical experience.

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8pm

• Tickets: $30

A Behanding in Spokane by Martin McDonagh / Aug 10 - Aug 26th

A Behanding in Spokane is a hilariously funny, dark comedy about Carmichael, a lone-fisted oddball, searching for his missing hand, and two bickering love birds trying to sell him a stolen knockoff. But when Mervyn, the hotel clerk, interrupts the deal, the transaction rapidly goes South and descends into laugh-out-loud chaos. Playwright Martin McDonagh is known for his provocative use of themes and language to examine the human condition. A Behanding's shocking use of racial and homophobic epithets is in the vein of his prolific works. 

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM

• Sundays @ 2PM

• Tickets: $30

Vagina Monologues explores a wide range of issues that have a direct impact on women, their bodies, and their health The play is a beautiful piece of theatre that celebrates women of various ages, races, sexualities, transgender and other differences. It is a provocative play, with profound resonance in a post Roe vs Wade era.

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8pm

• Sundays @ 2pm

• Tickets: $30

Get ready to rock out! When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds, she discovers that there is more to this artform than just pretend; it's about finding yourself in your favorite song and performing it with raw joy. Airness is a fun and exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside of us.

Come join us in the Shadowbox Upfront Space for all the good rocking fun!

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• Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30PM Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor's office to discuss her paper about slavery and its effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power.

The New York Times said Eleanor Burgess' play "is a bristling, provocative debate play about race and privilege in the United States." Peter Deburge of Variety noted that The Niceties "is a shrewd piece of writing, allowing audiences to alternate between both sides in a fast-evolving debate."

We know that you'll agree once you see the show.

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

Two hapless understudies occupy their time backstage, trying to understand art, life, theatre and their precarious existence within it. Described as "delectable" by The New York Times and "gleefully absurd" by Time Out New York, this hilariously witty comedy ponders Beckett, showbiz and just what on earth it's all about. It turns out, the only people who truly understand Beckett's Waiting For Godot are the understudies.

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

Follow the true story of the 19th-century astronomer, Henrietta Leavitt as she maps distant stars in galaxies beyond our own during a time when women's ideas were dismissed until a man claimed credit for them. Social progress and astronomical advances are realized as Henrietta and her fellow female “computers” change the way we see the heavens and the earth in this incredible story of bold love, boundless determination, and the vast grandeur of the cosmos. It’s an unparalleled treat for the heart, mind, and senses. 

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

***Red Herring Theater has created vaccination protocols for patrons, similar to those being used on Broadway. Please be prepared to show proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID vaccine, administered at least 14 days prior to the performance, or a negative COVID-19 test (within 72 hours for PCR, six hours for a rapid antigen)***

Casey has just been fired from his Elvis impersonator gig at an FL dive bar and replaced by a B-level drag show. To make things worse, he’s broke and just found out that his girlfriend is having a baby. After filling in for one of the drag queens one night, he decides to trade in his sequin jumpsuit for a sequin dress. With Miss Tracy’s help, he becomes a star. Along the way, he learns a whole lot about himself and show business in this funny and touching show.

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• May 5th & 7th @ 8pm, May 8th @ 2pm

• May 12th - 22nd: Thursday - Saturday @ 8PM / Sunday Matinee @ 2PM

***Red Herring Theater has created vaccination protocols for patrons, similar to those being used on Broadway. Please be prepared to show proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID vaccine, administered at least 14 days prior to the performance, or a negative COVID-19 test (within 72 hours for PCR, six hours for a rapid antigen)***

In this slightly offbeat and somewhat romantic comedy, Ever, a brilliant young professor with Asperger’s syndrome, seeks dancing lessons with his talented, yet cranky neighbor, Senga, a Broadway dancer. However, as she recovers from a serious leg injury that may stop her dancing career permanently, Ever and Senga's relationship unfolds in both conventional and unconventional ways. Both are caught off-guard by their discoveries as they help one another re-examine their beliefs around self-perception, purpose, and connection while opening up a future of new possibilities.

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

***Red Herring Theater has created vaccination protocols for patrons, similar to those being used on Broadway. Please be prepared to show proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID vaccine, administered at least 14 days prior to the performance, or a negative COVID-19 test (within 72 hours for PCR, six hours for a rapid antigen)***

Local playwright Sheldon Gleisser's play is about Andy, an uber-manager in Hollywood. When his number one client makes a huge mistake, he must jump into action to save both of their careers. That's where the fun begins!

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• Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @2PM

• Tickets: $30

***Red Herring Theater has created vaccination protocols for patrons, similar to those being used on Broadway. Please be prepared to show proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID vaccine, administered at least 14 days prior to the performance, or a negative COVID-19 test (within 72 hours for PCR, six hours for a rapid antigen)***

***Per current Columbus City Council orders, CDC guidelines, and in an effort to stop the spread of COVID, Red Herring Theater Company is requiring attendees to wear masks***

It’s very rare in this business to be able to be able to share a show that moved so many people after it closes. Thanks to the wonderful folks at The Columbus Museum of Art we’re able to give you another chance to see Leonard Nimoy’s Vincent. It’s the perfect addition to your experience with “Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources.”

This touching and poignant play paints a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh; his passion, his pain, his tormented struggle to achieve perfection in an imperfect world. Distilled from more than 500 letters, Theo tells Van Gogh’s story that justifies his anguish, and honors the memory of the tortured artist, who taught us to see light, and color through the lens of the heart and not the eyes.

If you buy your tickets in-person at the museum, you get a free pair of Van Gogh socks from their gift shop as well as physical tickets to give as a gift. Honestly, who doesn’t love a nice pair of socks and good theater in the winter?!?!

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• Jan 20th a 7:00 PM

• Jan 22nd and 23rd at 2 PM

• $25 for Museum Members/$50 for Non Members

We have the perfect gift for the theatre lover in your world that won’t break your bank! It’s our 10 for 10 for 10. Ten shows, for $10, available for ONLY 10 days starting Nov 26th at 8AM.

When you buy a 2022 Season Flexpass starting Nov 26 at 8am, you can get them, or yourself (we’re not judging,) an entire year of profound, provocative and professional theatre for just $100!

The best part is that the Flexpass is truly flexible. If you want to use 3 of your tickets to bring 2 friends to a show, go for it! Use all ten for a show, sure! Or, you can space them throughout the year. It’s all up to you.

To get started saving, click the “Buy Tickets” button below after 8AM on Black Friday and enter the code SANTAWB at check out. It’s that easy.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Red Herring Theater Company!

This comedy follows four good-intentioned and politically mindful people as they try to put together a school Thanksgiving play that respects the true history of the holiday. Good intentions collide with bad ideas when they collaborate to tell the traditional story in a non-offensive way. No cow is sacred in Native American playwright, Larrissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny, satirical comedy about one of America’s most cherished holidays.

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• Thursday - Saturday nights at 8 PM / Sunday 2 PM Matinee

• In-person audiences for all shows

• $30 advanced purchase (pay what you will at the door)

Redemption through confession, healing through heartache, three retired nuclear physicists reunite to confront age, mortality, betrayal and sacrifice in this gripping and haunting drama. Separated for the past 38 years, Rose pops in on her former colleagues, Hazel and her husband Robin for a surprise visit. The three met as colleagues when they worked together at the nearby nuclear power station decades ago. But tragedy has struck when a recent earthquake and tsunami battered the plant and caused a nuclear meltdown, spewing radiation for miles and making most of the landscape uninhabitable. The three former colleagues wrestle with the ghosts of their past and struggle make peace with their demons.

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• Thursday - Saturday nights at 8 PM / Sunday 2 PM Matinee

• In-person audiences for all shows, live-streamed August 26th

• $30 advanced purchase (pay what you will at the door)

Vincent, by Leonard Nimoy, paints a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh; his passion, his pain, his tormented struggle to achieve perfection in an imperfect world. Distilled from more than 500 letters, Theo tells Van Gogh’s story that justifies his anguish, and honors the memory of the tortured artist, who taught us to see light, and color through the lens of the heart and not the eyes.

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• Thursday - Saturday nights at 8 PM / Sunday 2 PM Matinee

• In-person audiences for all shows, live-streamed July 8th

• $30 advanced purchase (pay what you will at the door)

A Better & Nobler Man, written by Sheldon Gleisser and directed by Michael Herring, is the story of Chester A. Arthur, James Garfield’s Vice President. Arthur became the 21st President of the United States, an office he never wanted, when Charles Guiteau assassinated James Garfield in 1881. The Republican Party was deeply divided between conservatives and reformers and Garfield’s assassination drew suspicion from both factions. The nation hated and distrusted Arthur. The New York Times went as far as to describe Arthur as “an overweight party hack”. The only kind voice Arthur hears in the midst of this public vitriol is from Julia Sand, a young woman who began a correspondence with Arthur and helped him find the courage he needed to heal a nation and to become a better and nobler man.

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• Available to rent Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:00 PM - Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

• Rental lasts 48 hours

• $10 rental cost