Tantrum Theater
Carrie, The Musical
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Directed and Choreographed by Victoria Rae Sook
Music Direction by Brent Frederick
March 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25
E.E. Baker Theater, Kantner Hall
Adapted from Stephen King’s 1974 novel Carrie, the musical focuses on an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she unleashes chaos on everyone and everything in her path.
Tantrum Theater News
Stories of COVID-19 From Athens County Ohio - Part 2
Hosted by Playwright, Charles Smith
Tantrum Theater, Ohio University’s professional theater company, presents part two of the series of community interviews with Athens area residents.
Tantrum Theater uses Ohio Arts Council funding to build local junior high drama club
For a small community like Athens, drama and performance have a huge role in both entertainment and building relationships. Tantrum Theater, a local professional theater within the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University, elevates this love of drama with the Athens Middle School Drama Club.
Local eighth graders explore Athens’ Black history with podcasting pros in tandem with Tantrum Theater’s opening of ‘Hotel Berry’
Eighth graders at Athens Middle School have created a series of podcasts about Black history to be released in conjunction with Tantrum Theater’s debut of the “Hotel Berry” play.
‘Hotel Berry’ production to tell untold stories of Athens, highlight Black community
The Ohio University College of Fine Arts professional theater company, Tantrum Theater, is producing a new work that will hit the stage in November. The story of the Berry Hotel, just one of many untold parts of Athens history, will be taking the stage starting Thursday, Nov. 17, with the help of a playwright, local historians, community members, students and Ohio University faculty.
Tantrum Theater to receive $10,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
May 12, 2021
Tantrum Theater, Ohio University’s professional theater, has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a Tantrum Theater Community Commission.
