Bill Cook has become known for plays that unfold like dreams rather than real life. With his latest, State of Control, he’s graduated from dreams to nightmares.
At its center is Stan (Ben Gorman), an accountant who’s just been hired as...
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03 October 2013
This winter, as usual, you’ll be able to celebrate the holiday season by taking in the Wildlights display at the Columbus Zoo. But you’ll also have a gorgeous alternative just a mile east of Downtown.
The major exhibition “Bruce Munro:...
03 October 2013
First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s
First Black Public High School
by Alison Stewart
During the 1880s through the 1950s–what the African American historian Rayford Logan called “the nadir of American race relations,”...
03 October 2013
The current Wexner Center “Blues for Smoke” Exhibit comes to Columbus at a time when Contemporary Art Centers such as the MOMA and artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat are referenced by Rick Ross, Jay Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West over rap...
27 September 2013
Though he now teaches humanities at Columbus State, Bill Cook has spent time behind bars. He called on that experience while writing his latest play, State of Control, the story of a man who blunders his way into a prison cell.
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27 September 2013
Imagine you’re in your final audition for a role you’ve always wanted to play. Standing fewer than 40 feet away judging your performance is the character you’re supposed to be playing.
That was the challenge facing Jason Kappus,...
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