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Seed planted for new local theater
Former Dayton Playhouse executive director Adam Leigh is launching a new theater company along with his wife, Michelle Leigh.
The Seed Theatre Project will make its debut Nov. 6-7 with the local premiere of “Circumference of a Squirrel,” a one-man play by John Walch. Location will be the first floor of the Excelsior Building at 207 E. Sixth St. in the Oregon District.
Two other first-time local productions — “The Syringa Tree,” by Pamela Gien, and the musical “Floyd Collins,” by Tina Landau and Adam Guettel, will be part of the inaugural season. The fourth title will be the Henrik Ibsen classic “An Enemy of the People.”
Since stepping down at the Playhouse, Leigh, 29, has been working toward a master’s degree from Gonzaga University, has directed in the MAPP musical theater training program at Wright State University and taught theater at Stivers School for the Arts.
Seed grows out of two previous successful Leigh initiatives — Way Off Broadway at Wright State University and the Flip Side series at the Playhouse.
He will serve as executive artistic director. His wife, who is part of the technical and design staff at Town Hall Theatre in Washington Twp., will serve as director of operations/production manager. The couple lives in Kettering.
The new group’s mission will be to “utilize theater as a transformative agent” for individuals and the community, Leigh said.
For more information about the group, contact the directors at (937) 219-7835, adam@seedtheatreproject.org or michelle@seedtheatrreproject.org.
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