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(Cincinnati, OH — March 19, 2026) One Off Productions is excited to present its fourth show The Pyromaniacs, written by Max Frisch and translated by Alistair Beaton, running March 25-April 4 at Gabriel’s Corner in Over-the-Rhine. This show comes after last summer’s Judith, Deliver Us and successful runs of Happy Birthday, Wanda June and Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise. Founder Rupert Spraul directs, and co-founder Hannah Gregory serves as stage manager. Audiences can expect to see OOPs regulars, as well as new faces onstage: Ellyn Broderick, Wesley Carman, Kevin Crowley, Terry Gosdin, R. Graham Rogers, Katie Scarlett, and Rory Sheridan make up the ensemble.

In The Pyromaniacs, well-to-do man of business Brett Biedermann has got things under control, until he discovers that the two men he’s invited into his home are the pyromaniacs who have already burned down much of the town. He and his superficial wife, concerned only with saving themselves and their home, decide to appease the pyros—which serves only to postpone the inevitable.

Director Rupert Spraul says, “The Pyromaniacs is an absurdist parable about human complacency, and the damning impulse to put selfish superficial comfort above community. Skirting any accountability, we choose to ignore the warnings of an imminent catastrophe and compromise our values to maintain personal security and comfort. It’s a farce about accommodating the evil that will be our destruction. The Pyromaniacs urges its audience to consider how we let events like the ones in the play happen. And it’s also very funny.”

The Pyromaniacs runs at Gabriel’s Corner, 1425 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202 on:

• Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, March 26 at 7:30pm
• Friday, March 27 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, March 28 at 7:30pm

• Wednesday, April 1 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, April 2 at 7:30pm
• Friday, April 3 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, April 4 at 7:30pm

Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $15. Ticket and show information available at www.oopstroupe.com or find ticket information directly at https://oopspyro.eventbrite.com.

Original painting by Rory Sheridan

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About One-Off Productions:

One-Off Productions (OOPs) is a grassroots independent arts initiative in Cincinnati, OH, making impactful, accessible, professional, experimental art.

Find us on Instagram at @one.off.productions or Facebook

(Cincinnati, OH –– July 2025) –– One Off Productions (OOPs) presents the premiere of Hannah Gregory’s new musical Judith, Deliver Us at Gabriel’s Corner, running from August 1-9. Judith, Deliver Us is a folk musical reimagining of the Book of Judith and is set in a fictional 1920s coal town. The musical focuses on themes of autonomy of person and place, fair labor practices, and gender roles.

Known for her musicals at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Gregory won the Producer’s Pick for Descent: a Murder Ballad in 2019, the Critics’ Pick for The Belle and Boone Helm in 2021 and Wuthering: a musical on the moors in 2022, and presented slapstick comedy The Highway Woman in 2023.

Hannah Gregory takes on the title role and is joined by Johnny Kyle Cook, Brianna Miller, Rory Sheridan, and Tess Talbot in supporting roles. Wesley Carman, Jonathan Hobbs, Nathan Tubbs, Douglas Fries, and Ben Dudley round out the cast.

OOPs is excited to host guest director Katie Hartman, who is known in the theatrical sphere for her work in The Coldharts and as the Cincinnati Fringe Festival Producer, while OOPs Artistic Director Rupert Spraul music directs and plays guitar in the show’s five-piece band.

Judith, Deliver Us runs at Gabriel’s Corner on 1425 Sycamore Street in Over-the-Rhine on the following dates and times:

• Friday, August 1 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, August 2 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, August 6 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm (ASL interpreted)
• Friday, August 8 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, August 9 at 7:30pm

Please visit https://square.link/u/LMtMC8w2 for tickets and more information, and stay tuned for other OOPs updates on Facebook and Instagram (one.off.productions).