Monthly Archives: April 2014

April 14, 2014 · 10:24 am

Improv Workshops at PIP on May 3 & 4

PIP_logoBring a friend, bring a date, or just come because you think you are funny.

Two Days Only! Classes taught by Tim Stoltenberg, cast member of Second City 2: Less Pride, More Pork, brought to you by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (www.cincyplay.com).

Workshop 1: Improv for Beginners – Saturday, May 3, 7:00–9:30PM – $50

This workshop will focus on making choices right away and get that scene moving. We will explore how to use environment and character to support your choices and make the scene fun for you, your partner, and the audience.

Workshop 2: Improv Master Class – Saturday, May 4, 1:00–3:30PM – $50

For experienced improvisers who have been doing this for a while, a workshop to rekindle that excitement and inspiration of doing improv. We’ll break down old habits, patterns, and get you out of your head, as well as look at scene relationships in a different way to keep every scene fresh and exciting.

Call 513-421-3888 to register.

Both classes are taught at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mt. Adams Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45202 in the Marx Rehearsal Hall.

Tim Stoltenberg appeared at the Playhouse in 2012 in The Second City 2: Less Pride, More Pork. He has worked with Second City since 2008, and is a current member of Chicago’s iO (Improv Olympics) and the Improvised Shakespeare Company. He has also worked with Baby Wants Candy, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, Laughing Matters Improvisation, and ComedyCity of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He taught several wildly successful improvisation classes for Cincinnati Playhouse in the summer of 2012.

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April 14, 2014 · 10:19 am

THE WIZARD OF OZ Runs May 9-11

CTM_Wizard of OzTHE WIZARD OF OZ
Presented by The Children’s Theatre of Mason
May 9-11
Mason

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Join Dorothy on her timeless adventure through the beautiful, magical and dangerous Land of Oz. It is a journey filled with unlikely heroes… a homesick orphan farm girl, a brainless scarecrow, a heartless man of tin, and a cowardly, fearful lion. Together they must face haunted forests, ferocious flying monkeys, an army of enslaved warriors and an evil sorceress, the Wicked Witch of the West. Will this ragtag group of travelers succumb to the dark powers of the witch, or will they emerge victorious and appear before the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz to be granted the rewards they so strongly desire? All will be answered… in a city made of emerald in a land somewhere over the rainbow.

  • Fri, May 9 at 7pm
  • Sat, May 10 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, May 11 at 2pm

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April 14, 2014 · 9:50 am

THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW Runs April 18-26

OXACT_Retreat from MoscowTHE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
April 18-26
Oxford

Directed by Bill Brewer

A 2004 Tony nominee for Best Play, this play is about the end of a three-decade marriage and the subsequent emotional fallout.
Edward and Alice have been married for 33 years. He is a teacher at a boys’ school, perfectly at home with his daily crossword and lately engrossed in reading about Napoleon’s costly invasion of Moscow. She is an observant Catholic, exacting and opinionated, and has been collecting poems about lost love for a new anthology. Jamie, their diffident thirty-two year old son, is visiting for the weekend when Edward announces he has met another woman. RETREAT is about love, hatred, betrayal, sacrifice and the role that each can play in a decades-long marriage once the near-inevitable ennui sets in.

  • Fri-Sat, April 18-19 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 25-26 at 7:30pm

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April 10, 2014 · 12:41 pm

CSC Announces REVEL AND FEAST Event on April 23, 2014

Cincinnati Shakespeare Celebrates 20 years and Completing the Canon

CSC_Revel and FeastCINCINNATI, March 19, 2014 – Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to announce their new event titled “Revel and Feast”, an inspired Awards Ceremony and Celebration marking Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s 20th Anniversary Season, on April 23 – Shakespeare’s 450th birthday – at Memorial Hall. That evening, CSC will commemorate 20 years of bringing Shakespeare and Classical Theatre to the Queen City and its completion of Shakespeare’s 38-play Canon – a rare accomplishment and distinction among US theater companies.

This event will take place at Memorial Hall in OTR. The evening will begin in the Memorial Hall Auditorium with a performance featuring the CSC Company joined by 38 students from 38 different schools in the region celebrating the 20th anniversary and completing the canon! Guests will then be invited into the Memorial Hall Green and Gold Rooms for custom cocktails at the open bar and a Shakespeare inspired dinner menu (see below). Guests can also take pictures in the Shakespeare Photo Booth, wearing and posing with props and costumes from productions at Cincinnati Shakespeare over the last 20 years!

In addition to the event’s performances, retrospectives, live music, open bar and dinner, CSC will bestow the very first Globe Award to Dr. William McKim. Emeritus professor of English at Northern Kentucky University, Bill has been dedicated to making Shakespeare accessible and exciting through his university career and longtime leadership of the Mercantile Library’s Canon Club. The Swan Award will honor Dr. Niamh O’Leary of Xavier University for her passion and commitment to Shakespeare in our schools. Finally, CSC will present the Rose Award to local student Katherine Sallee in recognition of excellence in bringing the Bard to life.

The evening will kick off with a pre-performance VIP reception in Memorial Hall’s elegant Park View Room, and then the evening’s entertainment and awards ceremony in the Historic 1908 Auditorium. Afterwards, guests will gather in the Green and Gold rooms for classic cuisine and a toast to the first 20 years of CSC with many, many more to come.

Over the last 20 years, CSC has brought classical theatre and literature to life for over 200,000 students from 150 schools in more than 100 zip codes across three states. This close connection with students and educators has inspired them to take on an exciting new endeavor. On the evening of April 23rd, CSC will unveil an initiative called PROJECT 38, which will bring students, schools and communities together across the Cincinnati Region. PROJECT 38 will provide the company with opportunities to create art not just for, but with students.

For additional information please contact Jennifer Joplin by email Jennifer.joplin@cincyshakes.com or by phone 513.381.2273 x. 3205 or visit http://www.cincyshakes.com. The event planning committee consists of Al Lopez, Vicky Reynolds, Dick Westheimer, Jay Woffington and Sue Ann & Mark Painter.

About Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Revel and Feast Event

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

A celebration marking Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s 20th anniversary season and their completion of Shakespeare’s 38 play Canon, the evening will include the special announcement of Project 38, CSC’s newest innovative arts education experience.

  • 6:00 p.m. VIP Reception – Memorial Hall Park View Room
  • 7:00 p.m. Performance and Awards Ceremony – Memorial Hall Auditorium
  • 8:00 p.m. Gala Celebration – Memorial Hall Green and Gold Rooms

Globe Award: Dr. William McKim, Emeritus Professor, Northern Kentucky University
Swan Award: Dr. Niamh J. O’Leary, Professor, Xavier University
Rose Award: Katherine Sallee, Campbell County

Tickets are available online at http://cincyshakes.com/events/revel-and-feast/ or by phone 513-381-2273

Tickets are $150
VIP Tickets are $250
Subscriber Tickets are $100

About the 20th Anniversary Season:
The 20th Anniversary is generously sponsored by The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company receives operating support from The Ohio Arts Council, the Shubert Foundation and is supported, in part, by the generosity of thousands of individuals and businesses that give annually to ArtsWave. The season design sponsor is Mark & Sue Ann Painter. Production dates and information on the 20th Anniversary are available online at http://www.cincyshakes.com. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program/organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

About Cincinnati Shakespeare Company:
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is a professional theatre company dedicated to bringing Shakespeare and the classics to life for audiences of all ages. Located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, CSC produces a dozen mainstage productions each season. The repertoire is made up of the works of William Shakespeare, literary adaptations and contemporary classics. CSC performs on a Small Professional Theatre contract with Actors’ Equity Association. Cincinnati Shakespeare is a member of the Theater Communications Group and the Shakespeare Theater Association. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Education and Outreach Programs reached nearly 30,000 young people and underserved community members last season by taking Shakespeare into schools, parks, community centers and by hosting educational matinees of mainstage productions at its home on Race Street. This season, CSC is proud to become one of only five theaters in the United States to “Complete the Canon” by producing all 38 plays by William Shakespeare. CSC is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to be Cincinnati’s stage for the classics!

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April 10, 2014 · 12:18 pm

MPI Announces Auditions for SEEING STARS IN DIXIE

mpi_logoDirector Norma Niinemets will hold auditions for the Mariemont Players production of SEEING STARS IN DIXIE,a sassy Southern comedy by Ron Osborn, at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just east of Mariemont) from 7:00pm until 9:00pm on Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 13th, 2014.

It’s 1956 and Hollywood has arrived in Natchez, Mississippi with its brightest stars to film Raintree County. Meanwhile at Clemmie’s, a Natchez tea room, the widowed proprietor who has a fascination with movies and a secret admirer, oversees her own cast of characters: Tootie, her take-charge friend; Jo Beth, a former beauty queen; Glease, a man more comfortable with women than macho men, and Marjorie, an unethical social climber. Competition for a small role in the movie brings out the best and worst of these memorable characters. Twists, turns and revelations lead Clemmie to trade a moment of fame for love and the chance to impact the lives of people dear to her.

The cast requires four females, ages 30 to 60 and one male, age 50 to 60. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

The production will be staged July 11th through July 27th, 2014.

For additional information, email the director at nini1@zoomtown.com or phone 513-232-4819.

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