IMMEDIATE NEED for two guys to join THE JESTER PRINCE (musical) cast. We lost one of our princes and we still need an ensemble member. We open on August 1 so our need is all the more urgent. It also means that the time commitment is only for a few weeks (though it will be several days a week at this point). Email Director Fred Tacon at fred@tacon.net if you are interested or have any questions.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Immediate Casting Need – BPI’s Summer Show
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CSC Presents Audience Favorite THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) in July
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Presents the Audience Favorite Comedy, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”, Opening in July!
What better way to celebrate the recent completion of the entire Shakespeare canon than by doing it all over again – in one evening!
Justin McCombs, Jeremy Dubin, & Nick Rose. Photo by Cal Harris.
CINCINNATI, June 27, 2014 — Cincinnati Shakespeare Company begins gearing up for the 2014-2015 season with the audience favorite of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. This wacky comedy condenses all thirty-eight of Shakespeare’s plays into just ninety-seven minutes. Featuring Jeremy Dubin, Justin McCombs and Nicholas Rose, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” opens July 25, 2014 and runs through August 16, 2014 and is directed by Artistic Associate, Sara Clark. This show is back by popular demand having not been seen on the CSC stage since 2012!
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” features three actors on a mission: to bring the entirety of Shakespeare’s canon to the stage in a single evening of theatre. Follow along as they careen wildly through all the comedies, histories and tragedies using a trunkful of props, wigs, and ridiculous costumes. Full of clever quips as well as silly slapstick, the script’s affectionate and irreverent treatment of Shakespeare’s plays has made it one of the most popular shows in America and England. Previous productions at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have broken box office records and the title is one of the most requested by audience members.
Authors Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield formed The Reduced Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles in 1981 and debuted “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” in 1987 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As they began touring the United States, the RSC and the play gained critical acclaim, praised by The Los Angeles Times as “wildly funny” and in the Montreal Gazette as “the funniest play you are likely to see in your lifetime.” In 1996, after years of touring the United States and abroad, they opened an extended run of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” and “The Complete History of America (Abridged)” at the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End. In 1997, the play was nominated for England’s prestigious Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
This production features long time ensemble members Jeremy Dubin, Justin McCombs and Nicholas Rose. Jeremy Dubin. Fourteenth year company member, Jeremy Dubin is an audience favorite, bringing down the house nightly in comedic roles such as Elyot in “Private Lives”, John Worthing in “The Importance of Being Earnest” and Sherlock Holmes in “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. This will be his first time taking the stage in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).” He is joined by “Complete Works” veterans, Justin McCombs who delighted audiences all last season as Sir Andrew in “Twelfth Night” and as Justin in “Every Christmas Story Ever Told” and Nicholas Rose who played Richard Hannay in last season’s sold-out hilarious hit, “The 39 Steps”. They are directed by Sara Clark
Performances of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” are scheduled from July 25- August 11, 2014 on Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm. Preview performances are on Wednesday July 23 and Thursday July 24 at 7:30pm and tickets are $21. The theater is located at 719 Race Street, downtown Cincinnati, two blocks west of the Aronoff Center. Single ticket prices range from $22-$31 on Thursdays and Sundays and from $26-$35 on Fridays and Saturdays. This this show, subscribers are offered a special price of $20 per ticket. If available, $14 student rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before a show with a valid student ID. Visa, Discover, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Ticketing fees may apply. Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups as well as Enjoy the Arts and AAA members. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the CSC Box Office at 513.381.BARD (2273) ext. 1, or go online at www.cincyshakes.com.
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. Last season, CSC was proud to become one of the first 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!
About the 2014-2015 Season:
This season 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. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s production of “Henry V” is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The season design sponsor is Mark & Sue Ann Painter. 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. Production dates and information on the season are available online at www.cincyshakes.com.
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PRECIOUS HEART Production Raises Funds for TDW Handicap Ramp
Greg Smith as Miss Fleeta Mae Bryte. Photo provided by The Drama Workshop.
Cheviot, OH) The Drama Workshop, the award-winning community theatre based at The Glenmore Playhouse in Cheviot, opens its 2014-2015 season with the Cincinnati premiere of the hilarious one-woman-played-by-one-man comedy, PRECIOUS HEART. Proceeds from this special 6-performance production will go towards constructing a new handicap accessible ramp for The Glenmore Playhouse.
Performances run from July 25 through August 3. Show times are 8 pm on Friday and Saturday, and 2 pm on Sunday. Tickets are $15, and may be ordered through the 24-hour ticket line at 513.598.8303, or online through the TDW website at www.thedramaworkshop.org.
PRECIOUS HEART is written by Ted Karber, Jr, and directed by Blake Senseman. Miss Fleeta Mae Bryte is a solid, ordinary looking country woman in her mid-sixties who lives life to the fullest in a small town in southwest Texas. She will welcome you to her home, make you a cup of coffee and share stories and memories of her past, her family, her friends, and her enemies and her dreams of the future. Fleeta Mae is the type of woman you would expect to find in any small town in America. Her charm rests in her ability to tell a story, her bustling good nature, her sense of humor, and her old world notions of life in general.
Greg Smith has played Fleeta Mae in multiple venues in Southwest Ohio over the last several years, since originating the role with Dayton Theatre Guild in 2010 where it received critical and popular acclaim, and was one of the top productions at the 2010 Ohio Community Theatre Association annual conference. “I fell in love with Miss Bryte about twenty-five years ago,” he relates, ”when the play was submitted to the play festival at the Dayton Playhouse. Perhaps because we are fellow Texans and because I have my own odd set of relatives, friends and enemies, I felt an immediate kinship.”
The normally ebullient Smith then turns thoughtful. “As an actor, this role has been an amazing experience. Getting to take the stage for almost two hours, tell wonderful stories and secrets, laugh a little and cry a little while speaking directly to the audience….it just doesn’t get much better,” he recounted. “I hope the audiences of The Drama Workshop will enjoy their trip to Precious Heart as much as I have enjoyed mine.”
The Drama Workshop is hopeful that strong community attendance for this production will enable them to finally install a handicap access ramp and entrance, which has been a major goal for the theatre group since it purchased the building in 2011. “We want to entertain the entire community, including those with mobility issues,” offered TDW Box Office Chair Gretchen Gantner. “Right now if a patron cannot climb the three steps into the building, they cannot see our shows. Having the new ADA ramp will mean that we can open our shows up to a wider audience, which is our end goal.”
If sufficient funds are raised, it is hoped that the new ramp and entrance doors can be installed prior to the next TDW production, September’s “Arsenic and Old Lace”.
The Drama Workshop was founded in 1954. TDW is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to advancing education and promotion of the theatrical arts. The Drama Workshop is widely recognized as one of greater Cincinnati’s most accomplished community theater organizations, garnering dozens of awards annually from the Association of Community Theatres of Greater Cincinnati.
TDW productions have been selected to represent the Southwest Ohio region at the Ohio Community Theatre Association annual conference eight of the last ten years, and will present an excerpt of last season’s “Nunsense” at the 2014 state conference this year. TDW was also honored to represent the state of Ohio at the American Association of Community Theatre regional conference in 2013. The Drama Workshop was recognized in 2013 by the Cincinnati Preservation Association for their efforts to rehabilitate the former Glenmore Bowl into The Glenmore Playhouse.
Prospective members, and individuals or businesses interested in becoming involved or in helping advance TDW’s mission are encouraged to contact the group through our website at www.thedramaworkshop.org, or by phone at 513-598-8303.
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HARRY AND THE THIEF Runs Aug. 8-30
HARRY AND THE THIEF
Presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Aug. 8-30
Over-the-Rhine
Cast: Darnell Benjamin as Knox, Burgess Byrd as Shiloh, Keisha Kemper as Harry, Ken Early* as Maddox, Jon Kovach as Overseer Jones, Rico Reid as Jeremy, Meggy Hai Trang as Anita, Sola Thompson as Vivian, Brent Vimtrup* as Orry Main Scarlett & Torie Wiggins* as Mimi
Jeremy has a PhD in physics from Harvard. And a time machine. And a plan. Jeremy’s plan is to send his thieving cousin back in time to 1863 to find Harriet Tubman and give her guns. Lots and lots of guns.
HARRY AND THE THIEF is an epic summer blockbuster, a socially conscious riot of a play that mashes up costume melodrama with an over-the-top action movie to tell a story full of adventure, social relevance, and answering the call of destiny.
- Fri-Sat,. Aug. 8-9 at 8pm
- Sun, Aug. 10 at 3pm
- Thu-Sat, Aug. 14-16 at 8pm
- Thu-Sat, Aug. 21-23 at 8pm
- Thu-Sat, Aug. 28-30 at 8pm
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Second Keyboardist Needed for THE SECRET GARDEN
Ken Holdt is in need of a 2nd keyboard player in the orchestra for Sycamore High School’s upcoming production of THE SECRET GARDEN. Performances are July 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 pm. If needed, they may be able to cover your costs for gas.
If interested, please contact Ken directly AT holdtk@sycamoreschools.org
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 