CATCO (formerly known as the Contemporary American Theatre Company) is a regional professional theatre company in Columbus, Ohio. Operating under an Actors' Equity SPT 3+ contract, it produces a five- to six-show season that commonly runs from October through June and consists of contemporary, classic, and new works.
In January 1985, founding artistic director Geoffrey Nelson financed a production of Bill C. Davis's Mass Appeal at the YWCA under the company name Columbus Theatre Project. [1] In 1986, CATCO was incorporated as a non-profit and the company converted a warehouse on Park Street in the Short North to a theatre. The Park Street location remained CATCO's home until 1997 when CATCO became a resident theatre company in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts in downtown Columbus.
CATCO produces an annual playwriting fellowship. According to the company's 2017 call for submissions, " Playwrights who are Franklin County residents will be given preference, but any author may submit his/her work."
Key staff
- Steven C. Anderson, Producing Director [2]
- Geoffrey Nelson – Artistic Director Emeritus [2]
- Joe Bishara– Associate Producing Director [2]
Notable productions
- The Last Smoker in America
- The Santaland Diaries
- The Exonerated
- The Pillowman
- Evil Dead: The Musical
- Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits: Volume One
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Master Class
External links
- Contemporary American Theatre Company Official Website
References
- ^ Grossberg, Michael. "Dramatic Flair." The Columbus Dispatch. D1-2; Sunday, July 11, 2004
- ^ a b c CATCO. "Contemporary American Theatre Company Bios". Archived from the original on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
 | This United States theatre–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |