US premiere for Venus and Adonis

 and WILD WOMEN WRITING's forthcoming production of VENUS AND ADONIS and  A RIFF ON HAMLET, directed by Katherine Burkman, takes place at The Short North Stage: www.shortnorthstage.org in Columbus, Ohio. Cecily O'Neill, Artisistic Director 2TimeTheatre has adapted Shakepseare's poem for the stage and this is its American premiere, following on from its UK debut as part of the 2016 Winchester Festival..

WILD WOMEN WRITING give staged readings of classic and original work. They have appeared at the Upper Arlington Library, the Sherie Gallerie, the Thurber Center, and the Hawk Galleries for their readings. They produced a staged reading when Harold Pinter died entitled Remembrance of Pinter’s Past with an array of fantastic Columbus actors.Their present performance home is the Theatre at Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad St.  Free parking.

They also occasionally produce other events, such as readings from Carole Dales’s LIFE IN THE FIRE WORKS at Hawk Galleries, Katherine Burkman’s play of monologues, I DON’T THINK SO: LIFE’S STAGES at Sanctuary-for-the-Arts in Sunbury and plays by Canadian writer Dave Carley at both the Sanctuary and Sherrie Gallerie. They did a full production of Dave Carley’s TWELVE HOURS IN 2014 and produced two evenings of short plays by Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, and Will Eno at the Short North Stage in 2015. These were co-produced with the Short North Stage where they were directed by Katherine Burkman.  In November 2015 they also produced David Auburn’s new play,  LOST LAKE,  at the Short North Stage.

Copies of Venus and Adonis can be purchased from Winchester's independent booksellers, P & G Wells and from our website using the contact form.