[1] Players Theatre abruptly folded on September 11, 1993, just days before they were to open their 70th season.
At the time, Players was the only professional theatre company in Columbus, as well as the city's oldest non-profit arts institution in continuous operation.
An official report cited a range of systemic problems within the organization including "mismanagement, inaccurate and incomplete internal reports, continuing cash-flow crises, lack of cost and auditing controls, and unrealistic budgets and income projections.
Among Players' most acclaimed[citation needed] productions in its final decade were the first central Ohio stagings of the musicals Sweeney Todd and Evita.
Players originated only a few new works, most notably several other plays by Graczyk.