Columbus’ Mill Race Theatre Company has announced its new season schedule of shows.

They are:

  • Sept. 29-Oct. 1: “The Marriage Counselor,” Columbus North High School Studio Room. Directed by David Maurey, a traveling vacuum salesman wanders into a marriage counselor’s office. Susan and Tiger burst in, arguing so fiercely that the salesman can’t get a word in edgewise. They mistake him for the counselor and he never gets a chance to enlighten them.
  • Nov. 17-19: “I and You,” directed by Josh Hogan. The play centers around high school basketball player Anthony’s attempt to enlist his classmate Caroline to help him complete his English assignment on Walt Whitman’s book “Leaves of Grass,” which he’d put off until the day before it was due. Caroline hasn’t physically been to school in months due her failing liver, but due to her determination to finish school as normal, Anthony is eventually able to persuade her to at least hear him out.
  • Feb. 23-25: “Inherit the Wind,” directed by Julie Hult. This is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes’ conviction for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to a high school science class, contrary to a Tennessee state law. The role of Matthew Harrison Brady is intended to reflect the personality and beliefs of William Jennings Bryan, while that of Henry Drummond is intended to be similar to that of Clarence Darrow. Bryan and Darrow, formerly close friends, opposed one another at the Scopes trial.
  • Dates TBA: “In Praise of Sparrows.” A world premiere staged reading workshop.
  • July 19-21: “Damn Yankees,” directed by Nick Hogan. Fanatical baseball fan Joe Boyd agrees to sell his soul to the devil to save his favorite team, the Senators. When the time comes for Joe to pay the price of his success, he manages to outwit the devil in this sure-fire musical. Hit songs include “Whatever Lola Wants” and “Heart.”Mill Race Theatre Company, formerly Mill Race Players, is the oldest community theatre organization in Columbus, which once featured half a dozen different troupes in the late 1980s. Performances in Mill Race Park began with “Bye Bye Birdie” in the summer of 1969. Through the years, the company has produced more than 100 shows.

    Information and season tickets: millracetheatre.org

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