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April 13, 2015 · 5:03 pm

2015-2016 Season Announced for Mariemont Players

MARIEMONT PLAYERS, INC.
2015-2016 Season

MPI_logoSIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
A Comedy/Drama by Richard Alfieri
September 11–27, 2015
Lilly, the aging wife of a Southern Baptist minister, takes a dance lesson every week from Michael, a sarcastic, much younger, instructor. What starts as a battle gradually becomes something quite different.

CHRISTMAS BELLES
A Comedy by Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones and Nicholas Hope
November 6–22, 2015
A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this southern comedy. This hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

RADIUM GIRLS
A Drama by D W Gregory
January 8–24, 2016
Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls tells of the girls who painted radium numerals on watches to make them glow in the dark at a time when few realized how dangerous radioactivity could be. Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls has been hailed by critics as a powerful and engrossing play.

HAY FEVER
A Comedy by Noel Coward
March 4–20, 2016
Unconventional, risqué, and often downright rude, the Blisses are everything an upper-crust English family should not be. This is made abundantly clear when each family member invites a guest for the weekend.  Alliances form, affairs begin, and formality is thrown to the wind. Noel Coward’s perfect comedy will send you home laughing.

WHO AM I THIS TIME?
A Comedy by Aaron Posner, adapted from stories by Kurt Vonnegut
May 6–22, 2016
Three comic masterpieces by Kurt Vonnegut are sewn together into a seamless evening of love (pure and complicated), hilarity and humanity. This is a smart delightful comedy for the whole family.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
A Comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
July 8–24, 2016
Fast paced, witty and physical, this play is full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike. It’s a Shakespearian mix of pratfalls, clunky female impersonators, clean-cut ribaldry, and broad burlesque. Expect a delightful evening brushing up on your Shakespeare.

HOW TO ORDER SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE MARIEMONT PLAYERS 2015-2016 SEASON (ALL SEATING IS RESERVED!):

  • Purchase By Mail
  • Print out the order form at www.mariemontplayers.com, fill out, include payment and mail to:
    Mariemont Players Subscriptions
    6201 Stirrup Road
    Cincinnati, OH 45244
  • Purchase By Phone
    Call the MPI Box Office Manager, Betsy, for prompt service. If she is away from her desk, indicate your preferred dates and times via voicemail and she will return your call promptly. Call 513-684-1236

2015-2016 Prices

  • Full Season – $99
  • Student Full Season – $63(ages 13-18 w/Student ID)
  • 5 Shows (Sept – May) – $85

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL:

Subscribe by July 1st and save $6 on each six show subscription! Your Subscription price will be lowered to $93 for Six Terrific Shows! A new show every two months for a year. ALL FOR ONLY $93.

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April 13, 2015 · 1:06 pm

Cast Announced for BUS STOP at Mariemont Players

MPI_logoDirector Tom Peters is pleased to announce the cast for the Mariemont Players Inc. production of BUS STOP.

  • Grace Hoyland, owner of the diner: Brieanne Sheehan
  • Elma Duckworth, teenage waitress at the diner: Molly Barresi
  • Cherie: a nightclub singer: Leah Baker
  • Will Masters, the Sheriff: Vernon Burns
  • Carl, the bus driver: Dan Maloney
  • Dr. Gerald Lyman, a former professor: Kenny Tessel
  • Virgil Blessing, a ranch hand: Arny Stoller
  • Bo Decker, the cowboy: Joshua Broughton

Performances run July 10-26.

For more information visit www.mariemontplayers.com.

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April 13, 2015 · 12:38 pm

The Carnegie Theatre Series Promises Entertaining 2015-2016 Season Comprised of Old and New Classics

THE CARNEGIE’S THEATRE SERIES PROMISES ENTERTAINING
2015-16 SEASON COMPRISED OF OLD AND NEW CLASSICS

COVINGTON, KY- The last year has heralded change for The Carnegie with the installation of new Theatre Director, Maggie Perrino, but the great shows, phenomenal talent, and welcoming atmosphere of The Carnegie Theatre Series remain the same. Taking a cue from last season’s blockbuster production of WEST SIDE STORY, the highest grossing show in The Carnegie’s history, this season will be chock full of hits that offer something for everyone.

The Carnegie is excited to announce its 2015-16 Theatre Series, inviting you to the historic Otto M. Budig Theatre in August for a little COMPANY. In November, The Carnegie takes on an air of mystery as it presents the comedy-thriller SLEUTH, a delightful game of cat-and-mouse that will keep audiences guessing right up until the end. A light, but creative staging of THE WIZARD OF OZ takes you away from the January winter blahs with a wonderful flight of fancy and THE LAST FIVE YEARS closes the season in April with spellbinding songs that will tug at your heartstrings.

The Carnegie’s 2015-16 Theatre Series

TC_Company LogoCOMPANY
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathon Tunick

Directed by Corrie Danieley
Playing weekends August 15 – 30, 2015

Robert is single, but all of his friends are married. He envies their love and companionship, but can’t seem to part with his bachelor ways. On his 35th birthday, they surprise him with a cake and a birthday wish that will leave him pondering the life he’s chosen. Full of lively, idiosyncratic characters, in addition to some of Sondheim’s best known songs, COMPANY is a rollicking and reflective send up of the modern relationship. Both poignant and funny, anyone who’s been in love can find a little of themselves in this contemporary Broadway classic.

Winner of twelve Tony Awards (including “Best Musical”) in 1971 and three Tony Awards (including “Best Revival of a Musical”) in 2007, COMPANY is one of the most beloved musicals of the modern era. Featuring hit songs such as “Another Hundred People,” “Side by Side by Side,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” and “Being Alive,” COMPANY is musical comedy at its very best.

Eight Performances:
Saturday, August 15, 7:30pm ● Sunday, August 16, 3pm
Friday, August 21, 7:30pm ● Saturday, August 22, 7:30pm ● Sunday, August 23, 3pm
Friday, August 28, 7:30pm ● Saturday, August 29, 7:30pm ● Sunday, August 30, 3pm

COMPANY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 http://www.MTIShows.com.

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TC_Sleuth LogoSLEUTH
By Anthony Shaffer

Directed by Greg Procaccino
Playing weekends November 7 – 22, 2015

Famous mystery writer, Anthony Wyke, loves to play games. But when he finds out his wife plans to leave him for a young travel agent, he plots a game with murderous consequences. Of course, in a mystery, things are never quite as they seem and games can quickly get out of hand. A fast-paced comedy full of deception and mistaken identities, SLEUTH is a who-dun-it that will keep you riveted in your seat from start to finish.

SLEUTH is the winner of both Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Play, and has been adapted for the silver screen several times over. This popular show is a mystery thrill-ride that audiences will want to take again and again.

Eight Performances:
Saturday, November 7, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 8, 3pm
Friday, November 13, 7:30pm ● Saturday, November 14, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 15, 3pm
Friday, November 20, 7:30pm ● Saturday, November 21, 7:30pm ● Sunday, November 22, 3pm

SLEUTH is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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TC_Wizard LogoTHE WIZARD OF OZ
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classical Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.

Directed by Matthew Wilson
Music Direction by J.R. Cassidy
Featuring the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
Playing weekends January 21 – 31, 2016

We’re off to see THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Carnegie! Add a little fantasy and adventure to those gray January days with a trip to the Emerald City to see Dorothy, Toto and the rest of the colorful residents of Oz. Imaginatively reproduced for The Carnegie stage, and impeccably accompanied by The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, this classic tale is sure to delight fans both old and young.

Based on the hit MGM film, THE WIZARD OF OZ brings out the child in all of us with songs like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard.” THE WIZARD OF OZ will be a lightly staged production reminiscent of our sold-out staging of THE SOUND OF MUSIC presented in 2014.

What does “lightly staged” mean? In a lightly staged production, music and storytelling take priority over the more physical aspects of the show. Audiences will see musicians onstage, beautiful costumes, evocative lighting, and creative settings. They will not see scripts in-hand, a multitude of props, or extensive scenic/costume changes.

Ten Performances:
Thursday, January 21, 7:30pm ● Friday, January 22, 7:30pm ● Saturday, January 23, 2pm & 7:30pm ● Sunday, January 24, 3pm
Thursday, January 28, 7:30pm ● Friday, January 29, 7:30pm ● Saturday, January 30, 2pm & 7:30pm ● Sunday, January 31, 3pm

THE WIZARD OF OZ is produced by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

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TC_L5Y LogoTHE LAST FIVE YEARS
Written and Composed by JASON ROBERT BROWN
Originally produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell
Originally produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL

Directed by Lindsey Mercer
Music Direction by Erin McCamley
Playing weekends April 9 – 24, 2016

THE LAST FIVE YEARS follows the joys and sorrows of Jamie and Cathy, a young couple struggling to find balance between career and relationship. In a creative twist that makes this show pure magic, we venture through their story following Jamie from the beginning of their romance to the end and following Cathy from the end to the beginning. However, their storytelling overlaps for just a moment, on the day of their wedding, for one of the most beautiful duets ever written for the musical theatre.

Beloved American composer, Jason Robert Brown, creates an extraordinarily captivating score that has been staged and sung the world over, and is now featured in the 2015 feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. This romantic drama is a night of theatre not to be missed.

Eight Performances:

Saturday, April 9, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 10, 3pm
Friday, April 15, 7:30pm ● Saturday, April 16, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 17, 3pm
Saturday, April 22, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 23, 3pm ● Sunday, April 24, 3pm

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 http://www.MTIShows.com.

Ticketing Subscriptions for the 2015-16 Theatre Season went on sale April 10th at noon. Single tickets will be on sale beginning May 12th at noon. Tickets may be purchased through The Carnegie Box Office at 859.957.1940, open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5pm, or online at www.thecarnegie.com. Full subscriptions are $95, $91 for Carnegie members. Single tickets will run $25-30.

About The Carnegie
THE CARNEGIE THEATRE SERIES produces professional, innovative stagings of an eclectic range of popular works. Striving to unite the greater Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati theatre community through partnerships and collaborations, the series engages and nurtures both emerging and established talent, including working professionals, committed part-time theatre artists, university performing arts students and younger students. The Carnegie Theatre Series productions bring together these forces to provide quality theatre for Northern Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati area.

THE CARNEGIE is a multidisciplinary arts venue serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. Over the course of the past ten years The Carnegie has “morphed” from a grassroots gallery with an education component into an all-inclusive arts organization offering professional theatre, art exhibitions showcasing the best of local and regional artists, and a comprehensive arts education program.

The Carnegie is home to The Carnegie Galleries, comprised of more than 6,000 square feet of gallery space where emerging and established artists exhibit in multiple shows throughout the year; the Eva G. Farris Education Center, which provides arts education to thousands of children, many of whom are at or below the poverty level; and the newly renovated 447-seat Otto M. Budig Theatre, which offers an affordable theatre space for local, up-and-coming and established production companies and is home to The Carnegie’s Theatre and Concert Series. The Carnegie is the largest arts venue in Northern Kentucky.

The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from ArtsWave, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council, Cincinnati International Wine Festival, and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation.

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April 13, 2015 · 12:16 pm

Auditions Announced for HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Dayton Theatre Guild

DTGOpen audition notice for HEARTBREAK HOUSE by George Bernard Shaw

Auditions will be held Mon & Tue, April 20 & 21, 2015, starting at 7:00 pm both nights.

The Dayton Theatre Guild at the Caryl D. Philip TheatreScape
430 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH, 45410
937-298-5993 — www.daytontheatreguild.org

Directed by Patrick Hayes
Produced by Kathy Mola

DOWNTON ABBY meets FAWLTY TOWERS in George Bernard Shaw’s scathingly satirical look at the social and political systems of Edwardian England leading up to the First World War. “England”, he says, “is a ship with a drunken captain and a negligent crew” so set a course for chaos in HEARTBREAK HOUSE.

Casting Requirements:

  • Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
  • Please bring all conflicts between April 22 and June 14.
  • A résumé and headshot are not required but are appreciated.

-) CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
An eccentric retired sea captain and master of the house. He has two goals left in life: to learn how to explode dynamite with his mind and to attain the perfect state of tranquility, or as he calls it, the “seventh degree of concentration.” (The latter he achieves by drinking vast amounts of rum)

-) LADY ARIADNE (ADDY) UTTERWORD
Captain Shotover’s youngest daughter, age forty-two. Very pretty, blonde, and disorganized on the outside but turns out to be very competent. She has returned home after living overseas for over twenty years to find the house and its inhabitants greatly changed.

-) MRS. HESIONE (HESSY) HUSHABYE
Captain Shotover’s eldest daughter. She rebels against the role of domestic hostess she has been forced to play for many years and exults in excitement when the bombs start to fall.

-) HECTOR HUSHABYE
Hesione’s husband. He is somewhat of a dandy and shy with an impressive mustache. He makes up stories about adventures even though he has led a very adventurous life.

-) ELLIE DUNN
A young singer, whose romantic picture of the world is destroyed when she discovers that the man she is in love with isn’t who she thought he was. She is engaged to be married to Boss Mangan out of familial obligation.

-) MAZZINI DUNN
Ellie’s father, little, earnest man with absolutely no business sense at all.

-) ALFRED (BOSS) MANGAN
Fifty-five, business man, engaged to be married to Ellie Dunn. He is a factory owner and boss of Mazzini Dunn. By all appearances he is a very rich man.

-) BILLY DUNN (no relation)
An ex-pirate turned burglar who is captured when he tries to rob Heartbreak House.

-) NURSE GUINESS
Casual and impudent, she has been the captain’s housekeeper since “Addy” and “Hessy” were children. She tries to keep the chaos of the house in some manageable control.

-) RANDALL UTTERWORD
The younger brother of Ariadne’s husband. He looks like a gentleman and is apparently well mannered but turns out to be untalented, peevish, and childish. He is in love with Ariadne.

For more information, contact Producer Kathy Mola at kathy.mola@daytontheatreguild.org.

The show runs weekends May 29-June 14, 2015
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm

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April 13, 2015 · 12:11 pm

2015-2016 Season Announced by Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoSeptember
PARADE a musical
Music and Lyrics by  Jason Robert Brown
Co-Conceived and Directed on Broadway by  Harold Prince

Based on the true story of the trial and lynching of Leo Franklin
The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to theatrical life. Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring TONY Award winning Parade explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor’s false testimony seal Leo’s fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion.

November
THE COUNTRY HOUSE a comedy/drama
By David Margulies

A brood of famous and longing-to-be-famous creative artists have gathered at their summer home during the Williamstown Theatre Festival. When the weekend takes an unexpected turn, everyone is forced to improvise, inciting a series of simmering jealousies, romantic outbursts, and passionate soul-searching. Both witty and compelling, THE COUNTRY HOUSE provides a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives.

March
THE IRISH CURSE a comedy
By Martin Casella

What “The Irish Curse” is – and how it manifests itself – is the raw centerpiece of this wicked, rollicking and very funny new play. From its blistering language to its brutally honest look at sex and body image, The Irish Curse is a revealing portrait of how men, and society, define masculinity. In doing so, it dares to pose the fundamental question that has been on the minds of men since the beginning of time: “Do I measure up to the next guy?” Size matters to a small group of Irish-American men (all professionally successful New Yorkers) who meet every Wednesday night, in a Catholic church basement, at a self-help group for men with less than average “equipment.” **Production contains adult language and themes**

April
WORKING a musical
Book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso
Music by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Lin-Manuel Miranda and James Taylor
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, James Taylor, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Susan Birkenhead

Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American Workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife. This new 2012 version of Working is a musical exploration of 26 people from all walks of life. The key is how people’s relationships to their work ultimately reveal key aspects of their humanity, regardless of the trappings of the job itself. The show, still set in contemporary America, contains timeless truths.

May/June
OVER THE TAVERN a comedy
By Tom Dudzick

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped Buffalo apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who’s starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at family, growing up, and God.

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