The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center presents the World Premiere Staged Reading of THE SANDMAN
What: Staged Reading of THE SANDMAN, a New Musical by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
When: Sunday, October 7, 2012 – 7:30pm
Where: The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Boulevard | Covington, KY 41011
Cost: $25 General Admission
Description: Drawn from the more nightmarish fantasy of E.T.A. Hoffmann, author of “The Nutcracker,” comes a new and darkly comic musical tale – THE SANDMAN. When the family of an ingenious German clockmaker engages a new nanny to care for the children, a series of bizarre and unnatural events begins to unfold. As the Strauss family is thrust ever deeper into chaos, the sinister forces at play are revealed – forces from which only the children may be able to save them.
Featuring an all-star cast of local performers including Pam Myers, Bruce Cromer, Charlie Clark and Sara Mackie, The Carnegie’s special one-night-only musical reading of THE SANDMAN provides the very first look at a thrilling new work by locally and nationally renowned writing team Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor (ACE, PARENTING PROJECT and JOURNEY TO THE WEST.)
About The Carnegie: The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center is a multidisciplinary arts venue serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. Over the course of the past ten years The Carnegie has “morphed” from a grassroots gallery with an education component into an all-inclusive arts organization offering professional theatre, art exhibitions showcasing the best of local and regional artists, and a comprehensive arts education program.
The Carnegie is home to the Carnegie Galleries, comprised of more than 6,000 square feet of gallery space where emerging and established artists exhibit in multiple shows throughout the year; the Eva G. Farris Education Center, which provides arts education to thousands of children, many of whom are at or below the poverty level; and the newly renovated 465-seat Otto M. Budig Theatre, which offers an affordable theatre space for local, up-and coming and established production companies and is home to The Carnegie’s Theatre and Concert Series. The Carnegie is the largest arts venue in Northern Kentucky.
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center receives ongoing operating support from ArtsWave, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation.
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