MadLab Theatre to Present SCRITCH SCRITCH

Scratching noises in her walls and ceiling lead Rebecca on a wild, mysterious journey of discovery in this fascinating and funny world premiere SCRITCH SCRITCH by Christopher Lockheardt.

Featuring: Rebecca: Kyle Jepson; Daley: Shana Kramer; Exterminator: Cat McAlpine; and Mom: Mary Sink. Directed by Jim Azelvandre with assistance from Becky Horseman.

Upon hearing scratching noises in her walls and ceiling, Rebecca first suspects she has a mouse infestation. But after consulting with an exterminator, she learns that a worse vermin has invaded her home: a man! While trying to rid her house and her life of this disgusting pest, Rebecca learns more than she might have wanted to about her best friend, her parentage, and her own needs.

SCRITCH SCRITCH will play the MadLab Theatre (227 N. 3rd St.) 8 p.m Thursday Aug. 18, Friday Aug. 19, and Saturday Aug. 20, Friday Aug. 26 and Saturday Aug. 27, Friday Sep. 2 and Saturday Sep. 3.

Tickets: $15, $13 for students and senior citizens, $10 for MadLab members at www.madlab.net/MadLab/tickets.html.

In 2012, MadLab staged a collection of Christopher Lockheardt's short plays titled "Happy 9/11 and Other Completely Non-Offensive Tales." MadLab has also featured Lockheardt's short pieces in multiple Theatre Roulettes and 3 in 30s. Outside of Columbus, Lockheardt's work has enjoyed close to 200 productions around the world and have been included in three straight volumes of Smith & Kraus' 'Best Ten-Minute Plays of the Year' collection. The Columbus Dispatch's Michael Grossberg has praised Lockheardt's "flair for constructing short pieces that make full circles in a few minutes," while Columbus Underground reviewer Anne Evans confessed to being "nearly drawn to tears" by Lockheardt's ability to fuse dark comedy with raw emotions. MadLab's debut production of "Scritch Scritch," the playwright's first full-length play, proves that Lockheardt is capable of producing in a longer work that same unsettling alchemy of laughter and longing.

The Community Arts Fund of Columbus Foundation, GCAC, and OAC support MadLab throughout the year.

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