The drama runs for two weeks on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from Nov. 8-17. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. All tickets are sold at the door. This production includes mature language.
“Five Mile Lake” is a drama set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, about the complicated relationship between two brothers — one who left home and the other who stayed. Jaime and Mary work at a bakery together; Mary caring for her veteran brother, Danny, while Jaime tends to his ailing mother. Jaime’s brother Rufus comes back to their hometown from New York with his girlfriend Peta in hopes of rekindling their strained relationship.
The brothers confront the feeling of time slipping away in this play that explores themes of ambition, conflict, relationships both romantic and familial, PTSD and the consequence of the choices we make. It also navigates the complexities of home — whether staying, leaving or returning.
The cast includes John Stamper as Jamie, Mya Luca as Mary, Andrew Loos as Rufus, Claire Booker as Peta and Benjamin Roebke as Danny.
The Black Box Theater is in LeFevre Hall located at 1199 University Drive in Newark. For more information, please visit go.osu.edu/blackboxtheater.
“Five Mile Lake” is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.