Yearly Archives: 2013

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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Playhouse’s THE BOOK CLUB PLAY Earns LCT Nomination

The cast of THE BOOK CLUB PLAY. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

The cast of THE BOOK CLUB PLAY. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s THE BOOK CLUB PLAY with an LCT nomination for Ensemble acting as well as distinguishing it as a recommended production.

THE BOOK CLUB PLAY is a comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary filmmaker, their intimate discussions of life and literature take on new meaning with the camera rolling. Add in the unexpected arrival of a provocative new member and the sudden inclusion of some questionable titles, and long-standing group dynamics take a hilarious turn.

Panelists praised the ensemble: “The cast is near perfect. They simply seemed to BE their parts, no acting required”; “they nailed it”. Of the production as a whole, the panelists wrote: “Delightful characters and funny dialogue, provided an energetic evening…The most fun I have had at a theater this season.”

THE BOOK CLUB PLAY continues through May 5th. Tickets can be purchased at www.cincyplay.com.

Final LCT awards will be determined at the end of the season and announced at the LCT gala in the spring.

The League of Cincinnati Theatres was founded in 1999 to strengthen, nurture and promote Cincinnati’s theatre community. LCT provides its member companies and individual members with education, resources and services to enhance the quality and exposure of the theatre community in Cincinnati and increase community awareness, attendance and involvement. More information about the League can be found at www.leagueofcincytheatres.com.

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COCK Runs April 12-May 11

KTC_Cock2COCK
Presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati
April 12-May 11
Over-the-Rhine

Reviews: Enquirer | CityBeat |

Local media coverage: Enquirer article |

Directed by Brian Robertson

Cast: George Alexander, Darnell Pierre Benjamin, Danielle Knox & Kevin J. Thornton

In this tense comedy about sexual identity, COCK explores one man’s choices about which path of love to pursue. When John takes a break from his longtime boyfriend, the last thing he expects is to fall in love with a woman. Trapped between two lovers, John feels the physical and emotional tug of both, and neither party wants to lose the battle for his heart. John has a choice to make as he navigates his sexuality, selfhood, and the intersection of the two.

  • Fri-Sat, April 12-13 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 18-20 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 25-27 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 28 at 3pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 2-3 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 4 at 3pm & 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 9-11 at 8pm

Official page with online ticketing |

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