Monthly Archives: April 2013

THE CANTERURY TALES Runs April 19-28

THE CANTERURY TALES
BCT_Canterbury TalesPresented by Beavercreek Community Theatre Children’s Theatre
April 19-28
Beavercreek

Directed by Teresa Connair

Start with Chaucer’s literary masterpiece, toss in a good helping of Monty Python-styled humor, and you get this incredibly silly comedy. You’ll meet many of the pilgrims whose tales are most likely to be studied in high school (along with a few Thanksgiving pilgrims that ended up in the wrong play!), including the knight, the miller, the parson, the pardoner, the nun’s priest and the friar. Even the wife of Bath has cleaned up her act for this adaptation and is now a nagging woman who sells self-help DVDs! The miller, too, makes an appearance, though nobody wants to hear anything he has to say!

  • Fri-Sat, April 19-20 at 7pm
  • Sun, April 21 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 26-27  at 7pm
  • Sun, April 28 at 3pm

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THE SISTERS ROSENWEIG Runs April 19-27

VP_The Sisters RosensweigTHE SISTERS ROSENWEIG
Presented by Village Players
April 19-27
Fort Thomas

Directed by Cindy Emmer
Produced by Gregory Carl Smith

Cast: Kenneth Klem as Geoffrey Duncan, Clint Bramkamp as Nicholas Pym, Michael Gunter as Tom Valiunus, Peter Merten as Mervyn Kant, Amy Sullivan as Gorgeous Teitelbaum, Renee Maria as Sara Goode, Angela Klocke Forbes as Pfeni Rosensweig & as Libby Sparks as Tess Goode

Sara Goode, an enormously successful American woman working in London, is about to celebrate her fifty-fourth birthday. Her quiet, expatriate life is interrupted by a visit from her two sisters. As if this weren’t causing enough stress, her daughter announces a plan to rush off to Lithuania for reasons of political protest. Other unexpected guests arrive, leading to romance, suspected parings, recriminations and, above all, newfound love and acceptance.

  • Fri-Sat, April 19-20 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 21 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 25-27 at 8pm

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BAB Announces Cast of OKLAHOMA!

BAB_LOGOBrieabi Productions is proud to announce the cast of OKLAHOMA!

  • Curly McLain: Will Reed
  • Laurey Williams: Alyssa Newman
  • Jud Fry: Joey Schnell
  • Aunt Eller: Greta Manolis
  • Ado Annie Carnes: Caitlin Ingram
  • Will Parker: Steffen Whorton
  • Andrew Carnes: Chuck Ingram
  • Ali Hakim: Ray Lebowski
  • Gertie Cummings: Ashley Brock
  • Dream Laurey: Jillian Schwab
  • Dream Curly: Jesse Raake 

Women’s Ensemble:

  • Natasha Boeckmann
  • Betsi Brockmeier
  • Angie Duncan*
  • Jillian Hibbard
  • Christy Klein
  • Meredith Mason
  • Emily Meinerding*
  • Elizabeth Chin Molloy
  • Victoria Patrice*
  • Lauren Raake
  • Jennifer Richardson
  • Jillian Schwab*
  • Erin Wallace 

Men’s Ensemble:

  • Clayton Castle
  • Jonn Chickering
  • Dell Fields*
  • Robert Fields*
  • Jesse Raake*

*Featured Dancer

Youth Ensemble:

  • AJ Classen
  • Cassidy Perme
  • Hannah Richardson
  • Maci Stevens
  • Sydnie West

OKLAHOMA! is directed by Robert Weidle with music direction by Charlie Wilhelm. Production dates are Aug. 16-25. For more information visit http://brieabiproductions.com/.

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Playhouse Launches New Website

PIP(CINCINNATI) – Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has unveiled a vibrant and exciting new website with dynamic multimedia content.

The website, which can be viewed at www.cincyplay.com, has a modern and clean design. It is also easy to navigate, celebrates the theatre’s history and allows more ways for patrons to engage and go behind the scenes at the Playhouse.

Special features include:

  • Simple ticket buying path with clear navigation. A select your own seat purchase option also includes photo previews of the stage from representative theatre sections.
  • Expanded multimedia content, including photo and video galleries on production pages, as well as a special Watch and Discover section.
  • Related events linked directly to each show, allowing patrons to enhance their visit with lectures, opportunities to meet the artists and other special performances.
  • Integrated social media options, with interactive features that encourage patrons to share information about their Playhouse participation.
  • Enhanced information about all Playhouse productions, including artist biographies and heightened visibility for the Off the Hill series.
  • New functionality to purchase and redeem gift certificates online and to add dinner to your ticket order. 

The website was designed and developed by KlearSky of Chicago, IL.

The Playhouse is supported, in part, by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals and businesses that give to ArtsWave.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Know Theatre Presents 2013 Cincinnati Fringe Festival Announcement Party

Featuring a performance from Fringe Favorite Kevin Thorntonâ

CFF_logoThe days are getting long, the sun is getting hotter, and the smell of fringe is in the air. Whet your appetite for the 10th Anniversary of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival with your sneak peak of the 2013 Cincinnati Fringe Festival line-up, Wednesday April 17th. This will be an opportunity to eat, drink, be merry, and begin celebrating the Cincinnati Fringe Festival’s 10th Birthday by perusing the 2013 festival line-up. There will also be a performance from fringe veteran Kevin Thornton. The announcement party begins at 6:30 pm and the viewing of An Evening with Kevin Thornton will begin at 8 pm.

The Cincinnati Fringe Festival is celebrating its tenth birthday this year. Don’t miss your chance to hear about all the happenings and plans we have for the 2013 Festival. The 2013 Cincinnati Fringe Festival includes 32 Performance Fringe productions as well as 4 shows in the high school centered program called FringeNext, as well as lots of exciting 10th year surprises.

The 2013 Cincinnati Fringe Festival starts May 28 and continues through June 8. Fringe Festival passes are on sale now including the Full Frontal pass, Voyeur pass, and One Night Stand pass. For more information or to purchase passes, check out cincyfringe.com or call 513.300.KNOW (5669).

Admission to the announcement party is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for the viewing of An Evening with Kevin Thornton. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased visiting knowtheatre.com or by calling the box office at 513.300.KNOW (5669).

You may remember Kevin Thornton from previous fringe hits like Sex, Dreams & Self Control in 2009, I Love You (We’re Fucked) in 2011, and Strange Dreamz in 2012. Kevin will bring his award winning stand-up comedy and music exploring themes of love, sex and the meaning of life to Know Theatre for one night only. His stories comment on sexuality (the straight and gay kind), religion and American life in a new century.

Kevin Thornton is a New Faces winner at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and recently performed at Gotham Comedy Club in New York. When he’s not doing stand-up he is a full-time fringe performer, and has appeared in nearly every US fringe. He’s also an author, musician and podcast radio host. He talked about the many facets of his career as a guest lecturer at Berkeley last year, and has been invited to speak again in 2013.

Details

  • Wednesday, April 17th at 6:30 pm
  • An Evening with Kevin Thornton begins at 8 pm
  • Announcement Party: Free
  • Performance: Tickets are $12

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Know Theatre is supported by the National Theatre Company Grant from The American Theatre Wing, dedicated to supporting the most promising emerging theatre companies from around the country. Know Theatre of Cincinnati also receives support from The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation.

Our mission is to create evocative and explosive live entertainment.
We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.

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