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May 13, 2015 · 1:00 pm

Production Manager Position Available at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

CSC_logoJob Description: Production Manager of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, OH)

The Role

The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company seeks an experienced Production Manager to manage a team of design and production professionals to create world-class theatrical experiences for audiences of Cincinnati and the tri-state region.

Each year the PM, along with his or her team, will create a plan for the budgeting and creation of an eight to ten show mainstage season and three show tour, and then implement that plan.

The PM will be knowledgeable and able to assist in all areas of production including but not limited to lighting/electrics, set construction and install, and costumes and properties.

  • The PM will be responsible for all production budgets, and track progress throughout the season.
  • The PM is responsible for hiring and supervising scene shop staff including assistants, electricians, carpenters, interns, and volunteers. He or she will hire designers as needed.
  • He or she will maintain safety standards in all areas of the theatre and shop spaces, including meeting fire and building code requirements.
  • The PM will run all production meetings and send out weekly production meeting reports.
  • The PM will work with department heads to schedule completion dates for all production elements and ensure that all those dates are met.
  • The PM will be responsible in working with the Producing Artistic Director to ensure the overall quality of each production meets world class standards.

Design opportunities are available.
Positive and collaborative attitude is a must.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company operates under an SPT agreement with Actors Equity Association.

The successful candidate will be proficient the following:

  • Microsoft Office, especially Excel when creating budgets and purchase reports, Google Drive, Microsoft Outlook
  • ETC Ion, ETC Source Four Lighting fixtures, basic understanding of DMX controlled fixtures and equipment
  • Typical Scene Shop equipment and tools, including table saw, miter saw, panel
  • Collaborate with artistic directors, designers and department teams

Please submit cover letter, resume, and three references to Will O’Donnell at will.odonnell@cincyshakes.com

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May 12, 2015 · 5:02 pm

Auditions Announced for THE ADVENTURES OF RIP VAN WINKLE at RiverStage Community Theatre

RSCT_logo.jpgRiverStage Community Theatre of New Richmond will be holding auditions for THE ADVENTURES OF RIP VAN WINKLE, a fairy tale that’s sure to stand the test of time, on May 27, 28, 29 and 30.  Casting 6 adults ages 30-60’s, 6 children ages 8 and up. Start times are 6pm on May 27, 28 & 29, and 2pm on the 30th.

First read-through will be June 2 at 6pm. Auditions will be at the Market Street School Auditorium at 212 Market Street, New Richmond, Ohio 45157.

Rehearsals will generally be Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6pm-9pm in June and July until July 13, with the exception of tech week. There will be seven (7) performances: July 24 @ 6pm, July 25 @ 2pm and 6pm, July 26 @ 2pm,July 31 @ 6pm, Aug 1 @ 2pm and 6pm.

For more information call 513.543.9149.

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May 12, 2015 · 4:49 pm

Cast Announced for CLYBOURNE PARK at Sunset Players

SSP_logoSunset Players announces the cast for this summer’s CLYBOURNE PARK. Winner of 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award and directed by Mike Burke, CLYBOURNE PARK explores race, real estate and communication in two acts set 50 years apart.

The cast includes:

  • Fred Hunt as Russ/Dan
  • Linda Callahan as Bev/Kathy
  • Joy Rolland-Oba  as Francine/Lena
  • Henry Farfsing as Albert/Kevin
  • Robert Brumberg as Jim/Tom
  • Joe Wagner as Karl/Steve
  • Natasha Boeckmann as Betsy/Lindsey

Show dates are July 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 25. Shows begin at 8:00 p.m. with a Sunday performance starting at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $14 general admission or $12 for seniors, students or groups of 10 or more.

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May 12, 2015 · 3:54 pm

Loveland Stage Company’s Entertaining 2015-2016 Season

LSC_logoThe Loveland Stage Company’s 2015-2016 season includes musical shows that are exciting, entertaining and new to the Loveland stage.

The season starts with the children’s summer workshop production of PETER PAN, the original British musical version. Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys. Peter interacts with mermaids, Native Americans, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. Piers Chater Robinson wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical (British) version. Robinson wrote thirteen catchy, up-tempo songs for the show such as “What happens When You’re Grown Up?”, “You Gotta Believe” and “Don’t Say Goodbye”. In the last 14 years, the musical has enjoyed many box-office record-breaking seasons in British and European theatres (including London’s West End). It has also been performed in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai, Japan, Mexico, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

The Loveland Stage Company’s PETER PAN is being directed by Glenna Knapp, a veteran director and Ohio ACT (Association of Community Theater) Orchid winner. Co-producers of the children’s summer workshop are Sue Lundy, Ginger Kroncke and Susan Reese. Other veterans and ACT Orchid winners include Music and Vocal Director Jack Hasty and Choreographer Marjory Clegg.

Audition schedule for children ages 8 to 18 years is May 16, 2015 from 2:00 to 4:30 PM and May 17 from 2:00 to 4:30 PM at the Loveland Stage Company. Hopefuls should bring shoes suitable for dancing. Call Glenna Knapp at 513-543-2358 for information about rehearsal dates.

Show Dates for PETER PAN are July 9 through July 12 and July 15 through 18, 2015. Visit www.lovelandstagecompany.org and like The Loveland Stage Company on Facebook for information on buying tickets.

The Loveland Stage Company is proud to be producing JEKYLL AND HYDE The Musical this fall. This stage musical is based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson in which a London doctor accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father’s mental illness. The musical features a thrilling score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy and TONY nominated Frank Wildhorn and double Oscar and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse.

The Loveland Stage Company’s JEKYLL AND HYDE is being directed by Richard Lee Waldeck and co-produced by Becky Cole and Tom Cavano. ACT Orchid winners Music and Vocal Director Jack Hasty and Choreographer Marjory Clegg will be guiding the audio and visual interpretation of the musical lyrics and score.

Auditions are scheduled for August 2, 2015 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM and August 3, 2015 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Candidates should come prepared with no more than 32 bars of music (not from the show) with sheet music clearly marked for piano accompanist and appropriate shoes for the choreography portion of the audition. More information about rehearsal dates may be obtained from Richard Lee Waldeck at 513-344-2583, Becky Cole at 513-891-7971 or Tom Cavano at 513-235-7821.

Show Dates for JEKYLL AND HYDE The Musical are on three weekends beginning November 6 and ending November 22, 2015. Visit www.lovelandstagecompany.org and like The Loveland Stage Company on Facebook for information on buying tickets.

In December, Director and Choreographer Marjory Clegg and Producer Pat Furterer and their cast and crew will presenting 30 minutes of musical entertainment for the whole family during the “Christmas in Loveland” festivities. Jack Hasty is the Music Director for this Holiday Show called “Say It with Music”. Audition date is October 10, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM for candidates from 16 years and older. Show date in the Loveland Stage Company Theatre on Second Street in the heart of Loveland is December 12, 2015 with performances at 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00 pm.

The Loveland Stage Company will be producing an exciting and entertaining musical, THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES: A Life in Review next spring. The musical is a show about Will Rogers, a unique American, who became the biggest, most popular, and highest paid star of every existing medium of his time — stage, screen, radio, newspapers, and public appearances. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that he may be the greatest star this country has ever produced. The original New York production was directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune. The book was written by Peter Stone with music composed and arranged by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The musical opened on Broadway, May 1, 1991 and played for 981 performances at the Palace Theatre winning six Tony Awards for Musical, Score, Director, Choreographer, Costume Designer and Lighting Designer.

The Loveland Stage Company’s THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES: A Life in Review is being directed by ACT Orchid winner Pat Furterer and produced by K Buckler also an ACT Orchid winner. Music and Vocal Director Jack Hasty and Choreographer Marjory Clegg will be bringing another award winner to the audio and visual interpretation of the musical lyrics and score as they did in the production of 42nd Street.

Auditions are scheduled for December 13, 2015 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and December 14, 2015 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Please come prepared with a song and appropriate shows for dancing. More information about rehearsal dates may be obtained from Pat Furterer at 513-683-9687 or K Buckler at 513-683-0130.

Show Dates for THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES: A Life in Review are on three weekends beginning March 4 and ending March 19, 2015. Visit www.lovelandstagecompany.org and like The Loveland Stage Company on Facebook for information on buying tickets.

The Loveland Stage Company is dedicated to bringing quality theater to the community. We select plays and musicals which are both instructive to our members and entertaining to our audiences. With on-stage quality as a goal, we strive to keep a friendly, healthy atmosphere in our productions. Our members, volunteers all, are then afforded the best opportunities to exercise their interests and talents, while our club provides the best amateur theater our community can produce.

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May 12, 2015 · 3:37 pm

The Cake Shop Theater Company’s CHEMISTRY Comes to Cincy Fringe

CFF_Cake Shop logoAWARD-WINNING

CHEMISTRY

JOINS THE 2015 CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL
MAY 27 TO JUNE 6 ONLY

Photo of Laurie Benning Roberts (Steph) and Jay Hobson (Jamie) by Katie Lupica.

Photo of Laurie Benning Roberts (Steph) and Jay Hobson (Jamie) by Katie Lupica.

(CINCINNATI) — The Cake Shop Theater Company makes its regional debut at the 2015 Cincinnati Fringe Festival with the pitch-black comedy Chemistry by Jacob Marx Rice. Directed by Katie Lupica, the show stars Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Bruce E. Coyle Acting Intern Company members Jay Hobson (Jamie) and Laurie Benning Roberts (Steph). Performances begin May 27 at 6:30pm at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Winner of the New York International Fringe Festival Excellence in Playwriting Award, Chemistry is a viciously funny and piercingly insightful comedy about being crazy in love. Critics fell for this daring show at its FringeNYC run last summer, hailing Rice’s script as “Real, poignant and funny” (The Villager), “A terrific piece of theater” (nytheater now), and “Hilarious and heartbreaking” (Theatre is Easy). The Cincinnati Fringe Festival will mark the play’s second fringe production and its midwest premiere, with a brand new team of Cincinnati-based artists.

Chemistry tells the story of two young people with powerful chemistry, both romantic and neurological. Steph, an Ivy League drop-out with a wicked sense of humor, barely holds down a job as a bartender while suffering from chronic depression. Jamie, who overcame humble roots to fast track his way into politics, pushes himself so far that he winds up in the hospital, having ripped inch-deep gashes in his own skin. When they meet in their psychiatrist’s office, they are swept into a whirlwind relationship full of joy, possibility, and danger. Bursting with sharp dialogue and intoxicating romance, Chemistry presents an honest, incisive depiction of falling in love and the ways mental illness shapes people’s daily lives.

“Chemistry is a powerful love story that challenges assumptions about what it is to be healthy or sick, strong or debilitated, loved or alone,” says Director Katie Lupica. “It’s a play that will spark valuable discussion and discovery amid plenty of laughter and sex appeal. Statistics estimate that mental illness affects one fifth to one quarter of people in greater Cincinnati, regardless of age, race, gender, education, or income – a cross-section as diverse as the Cincy Fringe itself. Rice’s script engages love and psychology in ways both eternal and immediately relatable, without offering clear answers.”

Jacob Marx Rice’s (Playwright) plays have been produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville, La MaMa ETC, Dragon Productions Theatre Company, The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, the Barnard College Theatre Department, and others. His play Chemistry recently had a sold out, extended run at the New York International Fringe Festival, where it won the Excellence in Playwriting Award and was selected for the Encore Series at SoHo Playhouse. His plays Coping, a companion piece to Chemistry¸ and Almost Happy will be produced this summer in New York. He is the winner of the 2012 Seymour Brick Memorial Prize for Playwriting and a finalist for the 2015 Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Conference. Education: Columbia University.

Katie Lupica (Director) relocated to Cincinnati from New York City as this season’s Directing Fellow at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where she assistant directed several main-stage productions including Peter and the Starcatcher and Circle Mirror Transformation. NYC Directing: Pains of Youth (The Cake Shop, Access Theater); Jacob Marx Rice’s Portrait and a Dream (FringeNYC); The Saint Plays (Austin E. Quigley Award); and many workshops, short plays, readings, and concerts. Regional Directing: Williamstown Theater Festival (Workshop Stage) and Powerhouse/NYSF. Select Assisting: Godspell (1st Broadway Revival) and Pygmalion (Williamstown). Ms. Lupica is the Co-Producing Artistic Director of The Cake Shop Theater Company with Casey Hayes-Deats, and an Associate Member of SDC. She earned her BA in Theater and History, summa cum laude, at Columbia University. www.katielupica.com

Laurie Benning Roberts (Steph) is honored to join The Cake Shop Theatre Company in this production of Chemistry. A member of the Bruce E. Coyle Acting Intern Company at Cincinnati Playhouse, she received her BA in drama and dance from the University of Washington in Seattle, and she is a recent MFA acting graduate of the University of South Carolina. With the Playhouse, Ms. Roberts appeared in A Christmas Carol and the Off the Hill tour of Roses & Thorns. Understudy credits include Sherlock Holmes and…the Suicide Club, A Christmas Carol, Buzzer, and Circle Mirror Transformation. While living in Seattle, Ms. Roberts developed two original pieces that each debuted at the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe, The Grind Show and Ithaca I’ll Never See. In South Carolina, she studied with P3/East’s founders Robyn Hunt and Steve Pearson. Favorite university credits include Hamlet (Ophelia), The Three Sisters (Irina), and Boeing Boeing (Gretchen). Ms. Roberts is also the author of her solo show, The Maiden’s Prayer. www.lauriebenningroberts.com.

Jay Hobson (Jamie), originally hailing from Columbus, Ohio, is completing his year with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Bruce E. Coyle Acting Intern Company. At the Playhouse, he has appeared in A Christmas Carol, Buzzer, Chapatti, and the Off the Hill production of Roses & Thorns. He has understudied roles in Sherlock Holmes and…the Suicide Club, A Christmas Carol, and Buzzer. Mr.Hobson is a 2014 graduate of The Ohio State University, where he earned his degree in Political Science. While in school, he appeared in productions at Available Light Theatre Co., MadLab and SRO Theatre Co. Mr. Hobson studied acting in Chicago with Kathryn Gately. He is very excited to be working with this extraordinary team as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

The Cake Shop Theater Company is an independent NYC group dedicated to new and newly recovered works that give an uncensored voice to emerging artists in collaboration. In pursuit of resonant stories, we choose each project for its potential to feed, delight, and stimulate audience and artists alike. Past projects include the NY Premiere of Martin Crimp’s version of Ferdinand Bruckner’s Pains of Youth (2014, Access Theater, NYC) and developmental workshops of Uncertainty/Principle by Jacob Marx Rice, Lulu is Hungry and Anti-Cruise by Claire Kiechel, and an untitled devised project about water contamination and West Virginia.

Chemistry will feature scenic design by Wes Calkin, costume design by Jessica Hafer, lighting design by Alice Trent, and stage management by Katy Ward – all Cincinnati-based – as well as sound design and original score by NYC’s Mark Van Hare.

WHERE AND WHEN:

Performances:

  • Wednesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 31, at 1:00 p.m.
  • Monday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 6, at 9:00 p.m.

Theatre:
Art Academy of Cincinnati
1212 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Tickets:
Tickets go on sale May 13
Box Office: http://www.cincyfringe.com/tickets/
All tickets $12
Multi-show passes are also available

Running time:
70 minutes, no intermission

www.ChemistryFringe.com

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