Added Bonus
Available Light Theatre, a boldly experimental group in downtown Columbus, will be in performance during the retreat, and I'm hoping some of their folks will come speak to us. They'll be performing Church, by Young Jean Kim, recently produced at PS122; check them out at http://avltheatre.com/index.php/site/church/

Actors' Summer Theatre, located outdoors in Schiller Park just south of downtown Columbus, will be in performance that week as well; As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, is performed with a combination of actors and life-size puppets as it follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. Co-directed by John S. Kuhn and Beth Kattelman, As You Like It promises to be a comic favorite with Shakespeare fans.

In addition, classic films will be screened all summer at the lavishly restored Ohio Theatre in downtown Columbus. All screenings start with a short concert on the theatre's Mighty Morton Organ. The schedule for the week of the retreat:

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Aug. 15 7:30 p.m., Aug. 16 2 & 7:30 p.m.


Spellbound (1945) Aug. 19 and 20, 7:30 p.m.


Gold Diggers of 1933 Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m.


Evil Dead II (1987) Aug. 21, 11:00 p.m.


Ben-Hur (1959) Aug. 22 7:30 p.m, Aug. 23 2 & 7:30 p.m.


and they sell popcorn!


And even more distractions! The Festival Latino will be in Columbus on the 15th and 16th, the Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival on the 21st and 22nd, and the Ohio Balloon Festival in nearby Marysville on the 11th and 12th. For more information about each, check out the websites:

http://www.in-and-around-columbus.com/festival-latino-in-columbus.html
http://www.allohioballoonfest.com/
http://www.in-and-around-columbus.com/reynoldsburg-tomato-festival.html