Two recent Cool Classics are Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" (1944) in 2010 and James Thurber's "The Male Animal" (1942) in 2011, both at the Columbus Performing Arts Center.

The troupe first performed on the grass, and later on a simple wooden stage erected at the southern end of Schiller Park.

This brick and concrete platform is completely open above, allowing the construction of multi-story sets that can remain intact throughout a production's run.

[1] Although they had moved on to other activities years before, during the 2006 season Gary and Patricia Ellson returned to co-write, produce and direct a unique musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

Mr. Kuhn brought Actors' Theatre productions to several venues in Columbus, as well as training a new generation of ATC artists.