Post Comedy Theatre Brings Family Shows to Wex

Third Show Just Added Due to Popular Demand

Columbus’s own Robert Post returns for three rare local performances February 29–March 1 as part of the Wexner Center’s International Performing Arts Series for Families. A third show has been added that Saturday night due to popular demand.

Robert Post uses body language, props, and music to create a repertoire and cast of characters that entrance the young and young at heart. This show will include eight of his solo skits that will appeal to all ages, including Pasquale’s Kitchen (with a wacky TV chef who whips up a culinary feast of juggling, visual gags, dialects, and more) and Tango—a “passionate” dance with red long johns. In addition to the three public shows, Post will also perform for school groups at the Wexner Center that week.

Over the past 35 years, Post has performed in almost every conceivable setting including street corners, schools, homeless shelters, and with symphony orchestras. Post has also toured his one-man performance in 46 U.S. states and abroad (most recently in Beslan, Russia), and his award-winning PBS special, Robert Post—In Performance, has been shown regionally and internationally. NPR calls Post “uproariously funny.” Click here or visit www.robertpost.org for more information.

Now in its third year, the Wexner Center’s 2007-’08 International Performing Arts Series for Families kicked off with France’s Echoa in October, and will feature the magic carpet of The Japanese Garden from Italy in May. This series exposes children to contemporary theater, music, dance, and other cultures. The shows are for ages 4 and up and their families.

CALENDAR INFORMATION FOR POST COMEDY THEATRE

Comic performer Robert Post will perform 3 shows for ages 4 and up: Friday, February 29 at 7 pm, and Saturday, March 1 at 2 and 7 pm in the Wexner Center Performance Space, 1871 North High Street. The February 29 and March 1 matinee are sold out. Contact the box office at (614) 292-3535 to purchase tickets for the added show: $10 for members, $14 for the general public, and $8 for children under 12. Run time: just over an hour.

SEASON AND EVENT SUPPORT

Major support for the Wexner Center’s 07-08 education season is generously provided by Battelle. The Wexner Center’s 2008 International Performing Arts Series for Families is presented with generous support from Nationwide, Target, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. Promotional support is provided by Columbus Parent. Youth and family programs are presented with support from Bob Evans Farms, Cardinal Health, and Time Warner Cable.