Monthly Archives: March 2015

2015-2016 Season Announced by Dayton Playhouse

DPH_logoLive, Love, Laugh and Remember! Dayton Playhouse is proud to announce the productions for our 2015-16 season!

CAROUSEL
Music by Richard Rodgers, book/lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Directed by Brian Sharp
September 11 – 27, 2015

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Adaptation by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Jennifer Lockwood
November 6-15, 2015

THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT – THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
Music, Book, Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Directed by Jim Lockwood
January 22 – February 7, 2016

THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE
By Charles Busch
Directed by Matthew Smith
March 11-20, 2016

1776
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, Book by Peter Stone
Directed by Tina McPhearson
May 6-22, 2016

For more information visit http://wordpress.thedaytonplayhouse.com/

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RACE Runs April 9-25

Michael Shooner, Reggie Willis & Renika Williams. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

Michael Shooner, Reggie Willis & Renika Williams. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

RACE
Presented by New Edgecliff Theatre
April 9-25
Northside

Directed by Daryl Harris

Cast: Michael Shooner, Reggie Willis, Renika Williams & Robert Allen

Multiple award-winning playwright/director David Mamet tackles America’s most controversial topic in this provocative new tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations. Two lawyers, one black and one white, find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface. When the spotlight is turned on what we think but can’t say, dangerous truths are revealed, and no punches are spared.

  • Pay what you can preview on Wed, April 8 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 9-11 at 7:30pm
  • Wed-Fri, April 15-17 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 23-25 at 7:30pm

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High Drama Without the Car Chase

WIT_Honour promo

Patricia Mullins as Claudia, Dennis Blom as Gus, Peggy Allen as Honour & Hannah Rahe as Sophie.

WIT-Women in Theatre, a semi-professional theatre company dedicated to doing plays by, for, and about women, brings you a Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati premier production of HONOUR by Joanna Murray-Smith.

Directed by Donna Hoffman, the cast includes Patricia Mullins as Claudia, Dennis Blom as Gus, Peggy Allen as Honour & Hannah Rahe as Sophie.

HONOUR is a familiar story usually told from a man’s point of view – man leaves wife for a younger woman.  In this story, three women and one man are propelled into asking the question, “What is Love?”  Is love the sweet certainty of knowing what the next day carries?  Or, does love make us feel whole as if without it our blood is too thin and our breath too shallow?

One reviewer wrote, “Not only has the playwright created wonderful parts for actresses, but she deals with difficult areas of family life in brisk, elegant dialogue” that is candid and visceral.  This fly-on-the-wall view of family life makes us think about, talk about, and reflect on the relationships in our lives. HONOUR is absorbing, fast moving, high drama without the car chase.

Performances are on the stage at St. John United Church of Christ, 520 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, KY 41073 and is part of the Theatre on the Avenue program.  HONOUR performances are April 10, 11, 17, and 18 and 8:00pm.  April 12 is a matinee performance at 3:00pm followed by a “Talk About” led by Grace Epstein, an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of the Department of English at U.C.  The play runs about 1.75 hours including a 10 minute intermission.

The cost is $18 with a $3 rebate if you bring your own comfortable, lawn chair.  For more information, phone the Box Office on weekdays between 10:00am and 7:00pm at 513-407-0832.

HONOUR contains adult language and themes.

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Seasonal Shipping Department Help Needed at EdTA

EdTA_logoThe Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is seeking an individual to help fill orders in our shipping department.

TERM
Seasonal, starting April 13 at 15 – 20 hours a week and increasing to 35 – 40 hours a week by late April to early June (with a possible extension into mid-June).

HOURS
Hours are flexible. Monday through Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Able to accurately select and count from more than 400 products
  • Able to pack up to 140 packages a day
  • Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Able to work standing for several hours
  • Reliability and extreme attention to detail are essential.

WAGE
$9.50/hr.

Contact HRmanager@schooltheatre.org.
No phone calls, please.

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Auditions Announced for XANADU Presented by The Villa Players

TMC_logoThe Villa Players of Thomas More College present XANADU! April 23-26 at The Thomas More Theater. Directed by Ian O’Donnell.

Auditions are March 18th and 19th at at 6pm in The Performing Arts Studio in The Saints Center at Thomas More College (333 Thomas More Parkway , Crestview Hills, Ky)

Please bring a headshot, resume, clothes for dance, and have a one-minute audition piece ready (recorded accompaniment preferred).

Show Description
This TONY Award-nominated hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you, rolls along to the original hit score composed by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Based on the Universal Pictures’ cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, XANADU is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired.

XANADU follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it’s 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds. – See more at: http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000347#sthash.NhzYpIN8.dpuf

Character Breakdown

  • CALLIOPE (APHRODITE) Kira’s older sister and fellow muse. She is jealous of Kira and as Melpomene’s sidekick, plots with her for Kira’s downfall. The Muse of epics.
    Female, 30-60 yrs old
    Range: G3 – A5
  • DANNY MAGUIRE (ZEUS) The hard-nosed “all work and no play” businessman who owns the theater he once built for his love, Kira. Used to be a budding artist like Sonny, but has since let money and greed consume him.
    Male, 50-70 yrs old
    Range: A3 – C6
  • ERATO One of Kira’s older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of lyrics and erotica. As Eros, she is responsible for shooting Kira with the arrow of love brought on by Melpomene and Calliope’s spell. Actor doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sister, Eros, and Hera.
    Female, 25-45 yrs old
    Range: G3 – C6
  • EUTERPE One of Kira’s older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of music. Actor doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sister, and Thetis.
    Female, 20-35 yrs old
    Range: G3 – A5
  • KIRA (CLIO) The youngest of Zeus’s daughters and the muses. Falls in love with Sonny. Pretty. Adventurous. Honest and determined. Muse of history and the leader of the muses.
    Female, 18-25 yrs old
    Range: G3 – A5
  • MELPOMENE (MEDUSA) Kira’s oldest sister. Mother of the Sirens. She is jealous that Kira is the leader of the muses rather than herself, and therefore creates the plot for her downfall. Muse of tragedy.
    Female, 40-60 yrs old
    Range: G3 – A5
  • SONNY MALONE A self-critical and depressed, mortal, chalk artist who falls in love with Kira. Handsome, but not particularly smart. He embodies 1980s pop culture and is very much a California dreamer.
    Male, 20-30 yrs old
    Range: B3 – C6
  • TERPSICORE One of Kira’s older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of dance. As Hermes, the messenger of the gods, he is deeply masculine in voice but sassy and flippant in attitude. Actor doublings include: Siren, Tubes Singer, Hermes, and Centaur.
    Male, 25-40 yrs old
    Range: C4 – C6
  • THALIA One of Kira’s older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of comedy. Actor doublings include: Siren, Young Danny, Tubes Singer, and Cyclops.
    Male, 20-35 yrs old
    Range: C4 – C6

See more at: http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000347#sthash.NhzYpIN8.dpuf

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