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January 16, 2012 · 11:51 am

Cincinnati Landmark Productions Welcomes Rodger Pille to Staff

Rodger Pille.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions announced today the appointment of Rodger Pille to its management team. Pille will serve as Communications/Development Manager for one of the region’s fastest growing arts organizations.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions is the production and management company for the Showboat Majestic and the Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre teen summer program, as well as the owner and operator of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. CLP also produces events, concerts, children’s programs and an art fair at its two landmark theatres.

For CLP, Pille will coordinate a broad spectrum of communication and fundraising initiatives for the company, including sponsorships, cooperative marketing, branding, advertising, donor cultivation, foundation proposals, event production, public relations and social media.

Pille is no stranger to attraction-based communications in the region. Before coming to CLP, he worked in the marketing communications departments of Newport Aquarium (2008-11) and Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (1997-2008), overseeing traditional public relations and social media initiatives.

He’s also well acquainted with the theater. Pille began his relationship with CLP in 1990 as a teen participant in Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT). In college and for many years after, he performed on the Showboat Majestic stage. He also performed in the first-ever production season at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts and in many of the seasons to follow.

“I’ve been a part of this organization in some way for over 20 years,” Pille said. “I truly credit those first years in CYPT with helping me realize who I am – not only as a performer, but as a person. For my career to lead me here and to have even a small hand in its well-deserved success moving forward will be something of a dream come true.”

Pille is a 1995 graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He and his wife Krista reside in Western Hills.

For more information about CLP, visit www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com or call (513) 241-6550.

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January 16, 2012 · 11:20 am

TRANSMIGRATION runs Feb. 16-18

TRANSMIGRATION: A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music Drama
Feb. 16-18
University Heights

TRANSMIGRATION, so named for “the movement from one place to another,” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” is a festival of new works created by the acting students in CCM Drama. Performed simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different 30-minute new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. Recognized by CityBeat with a Best Alternative Theatre Cincinnati Entertainment Award nomination.

Press release with individual show information.

Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Monday, February 13, at noon-please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

  • Thu-Fri, Feb. 16-17 at 7pm
  • Sat, Feb. 18 at 2pm & 7pm

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January 16, 2012 · 11:13 am

GEE’S BEND runs Feb. 16-18

GEE’S BEND
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Feb. 16-18
Middletown

Gee’s Bend is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice, her daughters Sadie and Nella, and Sadie’s husband, Macon, through segregation, family strife, and the Civil Rights movement. Throughout their lives, the women’s extraordinary quilts provide a respite from the turmoil around them. In the last act of the play, it is the year 2000; the quilts have been “discovered” as folk art and have become very valuable. Sadie is pleased with the recognition, but she returns to Gee’s Bend and continues to quilt. Wilder’s play explores the resilience of the human spirit, especially as it is expressed in art.

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Audrea Johnson, Daj’sha Snow, Jada Woods, Brandy Chatman, Myka Lipscomb, Patrick Hill Jr., Melani Harris, Angela Watson, Lydia Ware & William ‘Kip’ Moore

  • Thu, Feb. 16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 17-18 at 8pm

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January 16, 2012 · 10:28 am

Last Bowl at Glenmore on Jan. 21

There will be a final night of bowling at the former Glenmore Bowl, 3716 Glenmore Ave, Cheviot, on Saturday, Jan 21, 2012, starting at 7 pm and running until 1 am.

There will be a cover charge of $10 for admission, with an additional $5 charge for the opportunity to bowl one last time. This is the day to share one final bowling experience with others who also have a soft spot in their heart for the Glenmore Bowl. All proceeds from the evening will benefit The Drama Workshop.

A selection of memorabilia from the Glenmore Bowl will also be made available through a silent auction which will run from 7 pm until 11 pm. The auction will include items from Glenmore’s history, like chairs, lockers, scoring tables, lane surface panels, pins, trophies, and much more.

The Glenmore Bowl was purchased by The Drama Workshop in November 2010 with plans to turn the building into The Glenmore Playhouse. The community theater will begin producing 4 to 5 shows a year, opening in October 2012.

The lanes will be oiled one last time, by Glenmore’s own Jeff Horstman, whose family owned the Glenmore Bowl for many years. The pinsetters are gone, but there will be volunteer pin boys and girls setting pins and returning balls. It is not recommended that serious bowlers bring their good equipment. There is a selection of house balls available, so either bring something old of your own or just use something off the rack.

Please come to Glenmore one last time, to bowl, to drink, to honor this fine west-side institution before she transforms into the fabulous theater we eagerly anticipate.

For additional information, please contact Gretchen Gantner, 513-470-5516.

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January 16, 2012 · 10:24 am

CYPT ’11 Reunion Benefit an Entertaining Success

Joe Moeller performs at the 2011 CYPT Reunion Benefit. Photo by Sarah Laubacher (C).

On December 27, 2011, Cincinnati Landmark Productions held its annual CYPT Benefit Reunion Concert at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. Now in its third year, the concert is equal parts fundraiser, entertainment and social mixer for alumni of the venerable 30-year program.

Recognition for distinguished alumni and friends of the program were given in the form of the third annual CYPT awards. The CYPT Founder’s Award – given to someone who fundamentally ensured CYPT’s success over its 30 years – was presented to Steve Papin and Tony Hungler for their efforts in the acquisition and on-going renovation of the Covedale Theater and for the incorporation of Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

Matt Miller, news director of Fox19, was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Life Achievement Award for his exemplary broadcast journalism career and for his commitment to keeping the arts in the news.

The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award for Performing Arts was presented to Eric Bricking. Bricking founded Hyperion Productions, a New York-based tour management and production company that represents a number of popular touring shows.

The CYPT Hall of Fame Award – recognizing the work during a participant’s years in the program – was presented to Doug Berlon and Laura Zervic. Berlon was a mainstay in the early productions in CYPT history, starring as Harold Hill in The Music Man, as Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha, as King Arthur in Camelot, among others. Zervic was a multi-talented veteran of CYPT, having stage-managed, produced and assisted directed many shows. She also starred in such shows as Jabberwocky, West Side Story and The Music Man.

Each year, two “graduating” participants of the program are presented with honorary Big Guys scholarships, named after the informal graduate club from CYPT’s early years. For their dedication to CYPT, Abby Bartish and Tommy Boeing were given $500 awards to use toward college expenses this fall.

The annual Name-the-Dressing Rooms promotion generated over $750. The two winners were: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1997) and Mack and Mabel (1991).

Through ticket sales, live auctions and other fundraisers during the event, the 2011 CYPT Benefit Reunion Concert raised over $12,000. The proceeds go toward off-setting the rising costs of the summer production and help to ensure that anyone who wants to participate in CYPT in the future can afford to.

In addition to awards and fundraisers, the Benefit was also a chance for notable alumni to return to the stage to offer a song or a story. Highlights of the evening included: Joe Moeller, Jerome Doerger, Heather Roush, Michelle Wells and duets from Sara Kenny and Andrew Maloney, Aaron Lavigne and Sarah Hiance, and Dan Bayer and Jeni Bayer Schwiers. An alumni dance troupe representing several eras from the program also performed a showstopper from Cabaret.

CYPT alumni and friends should mark their calendars for December 27, 2012 for the next edition of the benefit reunion concert.

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