Yearly Archives: 2013

January 14, 2013 · 10:24 am

CSC’s RICHARD II Earns Two LCT Nominations

Brent Vimtrup as RICHARD II. Photo by Rich Sofranko.

Brent Vimtrup as RICHARD II. Photo by Rich Sofranko.

Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s RICHARD II with an LCT nomination for lead actor (Brent Vimtrup) and lighting design (Andrew Hungerford), as well as distinguishing it as a recommended production.

RICHARD II is an epic tale of fading power that sheds a light on the deterioration of a kingdom and the isolation of power. King Richard exiles his noblemen while seizing their land to carry on his own wars. As dissent continues to grow, a fight for the true heart of England begins and one man’s celestial right to rule is called into question creating the genesis of the “War of the Roses.”

Panelists praised Brent Vimtrup’s portrayal of Richard II as “original, specific, and fascinating”; he “articulated the words and feelings so well as he held Shakespeare’s jewels up to the light and they sparkled.” Andrew Hungerford’s lighting created “very ominous and haunting images”; the lighting was “powerful and nuanced”. Of the play as a whole, one panelist commented, “Credit the CSC for making a complex story with multiple characters accessible to the general audience and creating a coherent vision of a world torn between the ideal of divine rule and the reality of an incompetent monarch.”

RICHARD II continues through February 3rd. Tickets can be purchased at www.cincyshakes.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.

Leave a comment

Filed under Press Releases

Tagged as ,

January 11, 2013 · 1:24 pm

Special Comedy Event with Kent Rader at CSC on Jan. 27

Kent Rader.

Kent Rader.

If you love comedy, but are tired of comedians using profanity as a punch line, you won’t want to miss Branson Comedy Festival winner, Kent Rader, on January 27, 2013 at 7:30 pm in a benefit performance for CSC. Known as The World’s Cleanest Comedian and Speaker (as much for his obsessive-compulsive tendencies as for his clean comedy), Kent Rader’s clean, stand-up comedy show will take you on a journey you won’t want to end, sharing stories about marriage, children, grandchildren, and his failed career as an accountant. Kent has authored the stress reduction book titled Let It Go, Just Let It Go and co-stars in the Baby Boomer Comedy Show, Clean Comedy for People Born Before Seat Belts. He has been heard on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Sirius Satellite radio, and Comcast’s comedy show, Who’s Laughing Now.

  • Sun, Jan. 27 at 7:30pm

Official page with online ticketing |

Leave a comment

Filed under Family-Friendly, Press Releases

Tagged as

January 11, 2013 · 12:48 pm

LAST OF THE BOYS Runs Feb. 6-10

MATC_Last of the BoysLAST OF THE BOYS
Presented by Mad Anthony Theatre Company
Feb. 6-10
Hamilton

Ben and Jeeter fought in Vietnam, and for thirty years they have remained united by a war that divided the nation. Joined by Jeeter’s new girlfriend and her off-the-grid whiskey-drinking mother, these friends gather at Ben’s remote trailer for one final hurrah. As the night deepens, the past makes a return appearance, and its many ghosts come flickering to life. This is a fierce, funny, haunted play about a friendship that ends-and a war that does not.

  • Wed-Thu, Feb. 6-7 at 8pm. All seats $10
  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 8-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 10 at 2pm

Official page | Online ticketing |

Leave a comment

Filed under On Stage

Tagged as

January 11, 2013 · 12:36 pm

PIP’s THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW Plays at Community Arts Centers Across Region

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK’S THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW PLAYS AT COMMUNITY ARTS CENTERS ACROSS THE REGION

Suzanne Blunk, Phillip Ray Guevara, Margaret Ivey and Heather Petersen in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill production of Russell Davis’ THE TRAVELING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW. Photo by Tony Arrasmith & Associates.

Suzanne Blunk, Phillip Ray Guevara, Margaret Ivey and Heather Petersen in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill production of Russell Davis’ THE TRAVELING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW. Photo by Tony Arrasmith & Associates.

(CINCINNATI) – The timeless themes in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror novel are explored in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill production of THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW, by playwright Russell Davis. This inventive and hilarious show will be performed at 18 community centers across the region from Jan. 18 through Feb. 23.

THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW tells the story of a tiny touring theatre valiantly attempting to tell the story of the infamous scientist who learns to split his good side from his evil one. Unfortunately, the three actresses are sabotaged at every turn by a domineering director. As the women in the company slowly take control of the story, they also learn to take control of their lives.

Phillip Ray Guevara (Nigel Entwickle), Suzanne Sefinatu Ayoka Blunk (Chantal Baboot) and Heather Petersen (Lady Peggy Dill) from the Playhouse’s Bruce E. Coyle Intern Company will appear in THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW. Margaret Ivey, from last year’s Bruce E. Coyle Intern Company, will play Penny Twinkling.

Playhouse Education Director Mark Lutwak will direct. Other members of the production team include Kenton Brett (Set Designer), Daryl Harris (Costume Designer), Anna Goller (Props Designer) and Sydney Kuhlman (Stage Manager).

THE TRAVELLING JEKYLL AND HYDE SHOW will also tour schools (grades 6 through 12) from Jan. 22 through Feb. 22. For more information about the Playhouse’s education and outreach programs, contact the Education Department at 513-345-2242 or visit http://www.cincyplay.com.

Off the Hill is made possible by The Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation. ArtsWave Presents, a program bringing musicians, dancers, actors and artists from Cincinnati’s arts organizations into neighborhoods for public performances, also provides support.

COMMUNITY CENTER PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 

  • Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m., Prospect House (East Price Hill)
  • Saturday, Jan. 19, 1:00 p.m., Boone County Public Library (Burlington)
  • Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:00 p.m., Baker Hunt Art and Culture Center (Covington)
  • Sunday, Jan. 20, 1:00 p.m., Mayerson JCC (Amberley Village)
  • Friday, Jan. 25, 7:00 p.m., Woman’s Art Club (Mariemont)
  • Saturday, Jan. 26, 2:00 p.m., Campbell County Library (Ft. Thomas/Carrico)
  • Saturday, Jan. 26, 7:00 p.m., Sunset Players at Dunham Recreation Center (West Price Hill)
  • Sunday Jan. 27, 3:00 p.m., The Lebanon Theatre Company, Inc.
  • Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:00 p.m., The Drama Workshop at The Glenmore Playhouse (Cheviot)
  • Friday, Feb. 8, 7:00 p.m., Grove Banquet Hall at Springfield Township
  • Saturday, Feb. 9, 3:00 p.m., Sharonville Fine Arts Center
  • Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:00 p.m., District A at Pleasant Ridge Nativity School
  • Friday, Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m., Blue Ash Recreation Center
  • Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:00 p.m., Circus Mojo (Ludlow, Ky.)
  • Sunday, Feb. 17, 2:00 p.m., The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum
  • Friday Feb. 22, 7:00 p.m., Tall Institute (Norwood/Oakley)
  • Saturday, Feb. 23, 3:00 p.m., Miami University-VOA Learning Center (West Chester)
  • Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:00 p.m., College of Mount St. Joseph (Delhi Township)

 

Note: Details vary by location. Contact the sites for tickets and prices.

 

Leave a comment

Filed under Family-Friendly, Press Releases

Tagged as

January 11, 2013 · 12:19 pm

CCM Drama Dadaab Theater Project Host Symposium on Jan. 17

 THE CCM DRAMA DADAAB THEATER PROJECT AND THE GREAT GLOBE FOUNDATION HOST SYMPOSIUM ON JAN. 17
Participants from CCM Drama’s 2011 trip to the Dadaab Refugee Camp will share their experiences at this unique event, which will also feature four short films celebrating the residents of the camp and the collaborative work created through the Dadaab Theater Project.

Ojullu and Will Kiley by David Sutcliffe.

Ojullu and Will Kiley by David Sutcliffe.

CINCINNATI, OH—In June of 2011, six current and former students from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s Department of Drama (CCM Drama) traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, for five intense days of theatre-making with refugees from the Dadaab Refugee Camp. The outcome of that trip will be explored in a special symposium hosted by the CCM Drama Dadaab Theater Project and the Great Globe Foundation from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, in UC’s Cohen Family Studio Theater.

Titled “How the Hurt Helped and How the Help Hurt and Why Go Through It All Again,” the afternoon discussion will explore the successes and challenges faced by artists who engage in international outreach and exchange. The symposium is free and open to the public. CCM Professor of Drama Michael Burnham will moderate.

This celebration of the residents of the Dadaab Refugee Camp and the collaborative work created there will be of interest to artists, activists, humanists and filmmakers. Four short films by New York-based documentary filmmakers Su Kim and David Sutcliffe will be shared as part of the symposium:

  • The Dadaab Theater Project Experience trailer – this four-minute trailer details the work of the Dadaab Theater Project, specifically focusing on the exchange that took place between the CCM Drama students and the refugees in 2011.
  • Footage from the UNTITLED short film – assembled from the 100+ hours of footage they captured, Kim and Sutcliffe present a 12-minute film preview (raw footage style) of some key moments from their upcoming film.
  • Ojullu sample – in preparation for fundraising, Kim and Sutcliffe also cut a three-minute vignette of refugee Ojullu, which provides a beautiful introduction to the character of this remarkable young man.
  • Voices from Dadaab – part of the work of the Great Globe Foundation includes facilitating the “Voices from Dadaab” project produced by Kim and Sutcliffe in collaboration with refugee filmmakers. We will share the short film Liban Rashid, an accurate portrayal of refugee life.

Filmmakers Kim and Sutcliffe will both be in attendance for this discussion. Other participants include Great Globe Foundation and Dadaab Theater Project founder and artistic director Michael Littig (CCM ’05) and Dadaab Theater Project company member Julianna Bloodgood (CCM ’05) via Skype from Poland. Additional symposium participants will include Dadaab Theater Project company members Casey Scott Leach (CCM ’10), Mikayla Stanley (CCM ’11), Cameron Davis (CCM ’12), Will Kiley (CCM ’13) and Professor of Drama and CCM Drama Dadaab Theater Project advisor Richard E. Hess.

Read UC Magazine’s feature story on the Dadaab Theater Project at magazine.uc.edu/issues/0412/dadaab.html.

About the Great Globe Foundation
The Great Globe Foundation uses the power of the arts to inspire the voices of youth throughout the world in creating their own opportunities and platforms for positive personal and community change through education and arts engagement. Learn more by visiting http://www.greatglobefoundation.org.

Symposium Start Time
3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17

Location
Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Admission Details
Admission to “How the Hurt Helped and How the Help Hurt and Why Go Through It All Again” is FREE and open to the general public. Reservations are not required.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Community Partner: ArtsWave

CCM Drama received generous support for the Dadaab Theater Project from the CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through the Performing Arts

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the leading conservatories for the performing and electronic media arts, composition, scholarship and pedagogy.

CCM is the largest single source of performing arts events in Ohio with an annual calendar of nearly 1,000 performances and presentations, ranging from solo recitals to full-scale opera and musical theatre performances.

All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events or to view CCM’s 2012-13 season brochure visit our website at http://ccm.uc.edu.

Leave a comment

Filed under Press Releases

Tagged as