Arts, humanities groups get emergency support

Eleven central Ohio arts and humanities organizations were among 91 recipients in the state to receive $690,659 in grants through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Known as the CARES Act, the economic stimulus program included a total of $75 million earmarked for the National Endowment for the Humanities as a way to provide emergency support for historical, cultural and artistic institutions during the pandemic.

Organizations in Franklin County and contiguous counties received a total of $83,462 in funding through the federal program.

Those include the Columbus Historical Society ($5,000), the King Arts Complex ($10,000), the Columbus Landmarks Foundation ($10,000), Heritage Ohio ($5,000), the Gahanna Historical Society ($5,000), the Franklin Historical Society ($3,500), and the Delaware County Historical Society ($10,000).

Others were the Ohio Glass Museum ($10,000), the Wagnalls Memorial Library and Foundation ($5,000), and the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio ($10,000) — all in Fairfield County — and the Robbins Hunter Museum Restoration and Preservation Corporation in Licking County ($9,962)

Dublin theater to show one-woman play online

The Abbey Theater of Dublin will stream the world premiere of “Marie Regina: The Life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.”

The one-woman play, written and performed by Nikki Davis, will stream online at 8 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1 and 2 p.m. Aug. 2.

Joe Bishara, who left his position as CATCO’S associate artistic director in October to became theater supervisor of the 200-seat Abbey Theater facility at the Dublin Community Recreation Center, will produce and direct Davis’ new play.

Bishara and Davis describe the work as a “deconstruction” of Stuart, born in 1542. Her turbulent life included three very different marriages, constant pursuit of the English throne, accusations of adultery and murder, her 19-year imprisonment in England and her 1587 beheading after an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth I.

The production is part of Abbey Theater’s ongoing Virtual Theatre Project. Tickets to the online play are $5.

For more information, go to dublinohiousa.gov/abbey-theater.

— From staff reports