About the Theatre
Tantrum was founded in the fall of 2015 by Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts. The theater is a professional company and serves as a training ground providing apprenticeships for students in the School of Theater. The name Tantrum Theater comes from a group of Ohio University graduate students who discovered that one of the collective names for a group of bobcats is a Tantrum. The mascot of Ohio University is the bobcat. Tantrum’s mission is to create and propel forward a resident professional theater company and training conservatory in a partnership with the Ohio University College of Fine Arts.
Mission
We seek:
- To connect and impact the Athens community through educational outreach and culturally diverse innovative programming that encompasses multiple theatrical disciplines
- To develop new work and offer new points of view on classic stories that have contemporary relevance, and
- To offer opportunities for intercultural exchange.
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9 to 5 The Musical
2/29 - 3/9/2024
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton Book by Patricia Resnick Directed and Choreographed by Shanna VanDerwerker Music Direction by Brent Frederick Based on the 20th
Carrie the Musical
3/9 - 3/25/2023
Join us March 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, and 25 at 8pm in the Baker Theater (Kantner Hall) on Ohio University's campus for Tantrum Theater’s ...
This Is Not What I Expected When Imagined a Republic
11/14 - 11/21/2020
This is Not What I Expected When I Imagined a Republic by Daria Miyeko Marinelli and directed by ameenah kaplan is a historical triptych following ...
Objects in the Mirror
6/22 - 7/5/2020
Free to stream for a limited time at tantrumtheater.org! Flee through West Africa alongside Shedrick Yarkpai in this harrowing true story, as he endures a ...
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Rhinoceros
11/22 - 12/7/2019
The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. ...
Into the West
8/1 - 8/19/2017
adapt: Greg Banks from Jim Sheridan; music: Thomas Johnson; dir: Rita Giomi. Eve Alvord Theatre:...
Dancing at Lughnasa
7/26 - 8/13/2016
Journey to the heart of Ireland to experience the pulsating energy of a Celtic harvest festival, and remember for a moment a simple life filled ...
Tammy Faye's Final Audition
7/5 - 7/16/2016
Tammy Faye Bakker was the sweetheart of Christian television in the 1980s until fraud and sex scandals brought her world crashing down. In this fevered ...
Videos
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Next to Normal
CCT (10/25 - 11/16) | |
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The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Columbus (11/16 - 11/16) | |
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The Producers
Renaissance Theatre (11/9 - 11/17) | |
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A Christmas Carol
Victoria Players Children's Theater (12/19 - 12/22) | |
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The Fall of the House of Usher
Weathervane Playhouse (5/29 - 6/7) | |
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Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
Ohio Theatre (1/14 - 1/19) | |
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Kimberly Akimbo
Ohio Theatre (6/3 - 6/8) | |
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& Juliet
Ohio Theatre (2/18 - 2/23) | |
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