Playwright Kalman Kivkovich and his wife, Sandra Kivkovich, president and vice president of respectively of Cincinnati Playwrights’ Initiative, have announced their resignation. Fred Rothzeid, CPI Treasurer has assumed the additional role of Acting President and Dennis Blom will continue as Secretary until new officers are sworn in on June 10th.
Mr. and Mrs. Kivkovich held office for nearly 4 years, facilitating CPI services to playwrights seeking staged readings of their work, and publicizing the organization’s events. Membership increased substantially during this time. Mrs. Kivkovich chaired a “salon,” which fielded cold readings of new works, allowing authors to hear their words for the first time.
The salon also played host to Cincinnati theater luminaries such as Blake Robison, artistic director of Cincinnati Playhouse, and Brian Isaac Phillips, head of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. At a March 23 salon, to be moderated by CPI member Renee Alper, a panel of actors will discuss “what actors want from playwrights,” at 7 p. m. in the University of Cincinnati’s French Hall, room 2225.
Upcoming CPI staged readings include NOSE, three one-act plays by Roger Brookfield at the Aronoff Center’s Fifth/Third Bank Theater on April 8th at 7:30 PM and IN THE GARDEN: About God, Belief and Stuff Like That, three one act plays by Fred Rothzeid at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson Kaplan Theater on May 20th at 7:30 PM.
Discounted tickets may be purchased for $8 from the Cincinnati Arts Association, (513) 621-2787.
CPI is a grassroots non-profit arts organization of Tri-State playwrights, directors, actors, and theater supporters dedicated to developing new plays written by local playwrights and is a member of the League of Cincinnati Theaters (LCT).
For more information on CPI or upcoming events please visit our website at http://www.cincinnatiplaywrights.org or email dennisb@piap.com or frothzeid@yahoo.com.
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