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Mission and History 

SRO, located in Columbus, Ohio, was established in 1984, and incorporated as a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation in 1989.  The name of the company was changed from Grandparents Living Theatre to SRO (Senior Repertory of Ohio) Theatre Company in May of 1999.  SRO is committed to artistic excellence, wholesome educational and intergenerational family entertainment and community service.

The mission of SRO is to create and enhance positive images of aging which:

  • Enrich the lives of others and contribute to the richness of the community.
  • Celebrate our values, ingenuity, creativity and productivity and dispel myths about aging.
  • Sculpt intergenerational friendship, understanding and compassion in families, communities and cultures.

The company develops original and revives existing productions and achieves the highest level of artistry by blending professional, semi-professional and amateur performers who live in Ohio.  The company adheres to a policy of color-blind casting and makes performances accessible to people with hearing impairments and other physical challenges.  SRO’s aim has been to be a national player in Senior Adult Theatre by creating original works, participating in innovative collaborations and continuing to elevate standards for national and international Senior Adult Theatre.

The work has been a challenge and a joy to those who built the company into one of the most distinguished and respected senior theatre companies in the world.  The Founding Director, Joy Reilly of The Ohio State University  Theatre Department, serves today as a consultant to the SRO Board of Trustees.  The company has achieved much and received many honors and awards over the years.  The most notable and those that mean the most to us are shared in the hope that you will know us better and, if it is your wont, join us in achieving our mission.  SRO, formerly known as Grandparents Living Theatre, is both proud and humbled to have been

  • Featured in a six-minute segment by Peter Jennings on World News Tonight in 1991.
  • ·Honored by the British Broadcasting Channel (BBC) who televised GLT’s German performance of I Was Young…Now I’m Wonderful! in 1991.
  • Represented the USA at the First International Senior Theatre Festival in Cologne, Germany in 1991 and a co-sponsor of the first international senior festival to be held in America at OSU in August, 2002.
  • Opened the National Council on Aging Conference in Washington, DC in 1994.
  • The featured performance for the Senior Theatre Festival USA in Las Vegas in 1993 and 1995.
  • Awarded the Pathfinder Award from the World Congress on the Family for Outstanding Creative Contribution.
  • The recipient of the Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs funding with The OSU’s Medical School Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology and WOSU-TV to produce I Was Young…Now I’m Wonderful! which subsequently won 2 Emmy Awards, the Central Education Network Award and the Mature Media Gold Award as Best Video in the Health Service Field.
  • Honored by the Mayor of Columbus, Greg Lashutka, who proclaimed the week of April 25, 1994, as Grandparents Living Theatre Week.
  • Recognized by the Columbus City Council and the Governor of Ohio for a cultural exchange program with the Irkutsk Drama Theater from Siberia, Russia in 1998.
  • Invited to perform I Was Young…Now I’m Wonderful! for 5,000 people at the Ohio Governor’s Conference on Aging in 2000.
  • Represented the USA in Cologne, Germany at the World Senior Theatre Festival in 1999, celebrating the United Nations Declaration of 1999 as The Year of the Older Person.
  • Opened the National Senior Theatre Festival in Orlando, FL in 1999 and the only company selected to perform a second showing at the Disney Institute Theatre.
  • Recognized in national publications: Backstage Magazine, New Choices and The National Chronicle of Philanthropy.
  • Awarded the Linda Pope Award for GLT Poetry*Prose Productions in 2001.
  • Awarded the Critics Circle Award and the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable award for its production of Driving Miss Daisy which was named as one of the five shows “That Made a Difference in 2001.”
  • A recipient of the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Harold Award as one of the companies “That Made a Difference in 2002” for co-hosting the 2002 International Senior Theatre Festival and Conference at The Ohio State University in August, 2002.
  • Nationally recognized by having its signature show and original production of I Was Young…Now I’m Wonderful! made into a PBS Special which last aired in Central Ohio in October, 2003.
  • Selected by the Senior Theatre League of America in 2004 as the recipient of the Community Service Award for Leadership in Outreach to the Community at Large.

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