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July 6, 2015 · 3:55 pm

2.5 MINUTE RIDE on July 13

QCQTC_2point5 minute ride logo2.5 MINUTE RIDE
Queen City Queen Theatre Collective
July 13
Below Zero Lounge in Over-the-Rhine

Directed by Abby Rowold

Cast: Caitlin McWethy

Staged reading. A poignant and funny journey, rich in anecdotal detail, through the Kron family album. Among Lisa’s eccentric relations, for example, are the grandmother who stuffed her house with cosmetics because she felt sorry for the Avon lady, and the brother who, residing among wall-to-wall Gentiles in Lansing, Michigan, had to resort to the Internet to find a Jewish bride. And there’s Lisa’s father, 74-year-old Walter, who, in spite of near-blindness, diabetes and a heart condition, insists on family trips to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, the world capital of roller coasters, to take breathtaking rides such as the Demon Drop and Iron Dragon with Lisa. But this isn’t her only journey with her ailing father. Walter, a German-born Jew who attended school with boys in Hitler Youth uniforms and escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager by Kindertransport only to return as an American soldier assigned to interrogate captured German personnel following the war. His parents, however, were unable to escape. In an effort to better understand her father’s personal history, Lisa accompanies Walter to Auschwitz, where his parents were killed, and where she understands more clearly the joys and sorrows of her father’s heart. With wit and compassion, Lisa creates a complex, startling and searingly funny meditation on how human beings make sense of tragedy, grief, and everyday life.

  • Mon, July 13 at 7:30pm

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July 6, 2015 · 12:39 pm

Flash Mob-Style Theater Add Puppetry to the Mix

QCF_Abroad logo(CINCINNATI) – Queen City Flash, Cincinnati’s flash mob-style theater company, continues its four-play cycle with THE COMPLETE TOM: 3. ABROAD as told by three actors and an array of puppets. Based on the works of Mark Twain and adapted by Trey Tatum, 3. ABROAD runs July 17 through 26, 2015. All performances begin at 8 p.m. Directed by Bridget Leak, this production is produced with assistance from SDC Foundation’s 2015 Denham Fellowship.

Join your favorite characters on a trans-Atlantic voyage in this family-friendly production as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and Jim set sail in a Jules Verne-like airship. This production includes original artwork by Cincinnati native Daniel Beard, Boy Scouts of America founder and Mark Twain illustrator. THE COMPLETE TOM: 3. ABROAD reunites the works Tom Sawyer Abroad with another adventure found in Life On the Mississippi and related footnotes from Twain’s Chapters from My Autobiography.

The show features local actors Dave Powell, Rico Reid and Trey Tatum, with set and puppet design by Trey Tatum.

All performances are flash mob-style, meaning tickets can be reserved based on the date, time and accessibility level of your choice. At 4:00 p.m. the day of the show, an email will be sent to ticket holders with a map and parking instructions to the secret location. All performances are outdoors. Tickets are free to the public and can be reserved at www.QueenCityFlash.com starting Wednesday, July 8. For additional questions about accessibility, please email queencityflash@gmail.com.

Roderick Whitney, Jr. and Kyle Daniels in THE COMPLETE TOM: 2. HUCKLEBERRY during the Flash Mob-style performance at Bellevue Park; May 2015. Photo by Jake Lauten.

Roderick Whitney, Jr. and Kyle Daniels in THE COMPLETE TOM: 2. HUCKLEBERRY during the Flash Mob-style performance at Bellevue Park; May 2015. Photo by Jake Lauten.

THE COMPLETE TOM: 1 ADVENTURES was presented in August 2014, and 2. HUCKLEBERRY was presented in April 2015. The final installment, 4. DETECTIVE, will be presented in August 2015.

The Denham Fellowship is an annual award given to directors, particularly women directors, to further develop their directing skills by providing financial support for the Director’s fee for a particular project. This fellowship was established in October 2006 by Mary Orr Denham as a bequest to the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) in honor of her late husband, Reginald H.F. Denham.

Queen City Flash is a new theater company dedicated to open access to the arts and expanding audiences’ sense of theatricality by untethering the arts from physical space, prohibitive costs and traditional notions. Through flash mob-style theater, artists and communities combine to transform environments and unite over stories, picnics and sunsets.

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July 6, 2015 · 10:30 am

Teaching Positions Available at Indian Hill Performing Arts

IHPA_logoIndian Hill Performing Arts provides performing arts enrichment to students K-12.   IHPA is expanding into a performing arts community program and growing fast.  For more information on our mission, please see ihperformingarts.com.

IHPA is looking for the following positions to begin August 2015:

  • Beginner Violin Teacher
  • Primary School – Intro to Dance teacher- Grades K-2
  • Competitive Jump Rope- Grades 3-5 and 6-8
  • Musical Theatre Teacher grades 2-12.
  • Acting Teacher- Middle school and private acting lessons
  • Beginner Piano
  • Dance Team
  • Jump Rope Dance Team
  • Vocal Teachers
  • Special Theatrical Workshops

All educators must have or working towards their Master’s degree in Education or Performance arts, experience working with students and teaching privately or group lessons.  Educators must complete a background check and provide references and resume.

Hiring for the 2015-2016 school year and future summer programming.  Please email indianhillperformingarts@gmail.com if interested.

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July 6, 2015 · 9:54 am

MARY POPPINS Runs Aug. 6-15

ESP_Mary Poppins logoMARY POPPINS
East Side Players
Aug. 6-15
Blue Ash

Directed by Cathy Alter

Official cast list |

The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

  • Thu-Sun, Aug. 6-9 at 7:30pm
  • Wed-Sat, Aug. 12-15 at 7:30pm

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July 3, 2015 · 10:04 am

Award-winning CLYBOURNE PARK Hits Sunset Players’ Stage

Photo by Angie Lipscomb Photography.

Photo by Angie Lipscomb Photography.

CINCINNATI, OH – July 2, 2015 —Explore race relations, real estate and communications at the Sunset Players summer show, CLYBOURNE PARK at the Arts Center at Dunham.

Winner of 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award, CLYBOURNE PARK, directed by Mike Burke and presented by special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., delves into these hot topics in two acts set 50 years apart. Act One takes place in 1959 with nervous community leaders trying to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day in a now predominantly African-American neighborhood battling to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

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, Jr. as Jim/Tom/Kenneth
  • Joe Wagner as Karl/Steve
  • Natasha Boeckmann as Betsy/Lindsey

Performances are July 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 25. All shows begin at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee starting at 2 p.m. Cincinnati State’s Interpreter Training Program will provide sign language interpreting for the deaf community on Saturday, July 18. Sunset Players will offer a cash bar of beer and wine during performances on July 17, 18 and 19.

Tickets are $14 general admission or $12 for seniors, students or groups of 10 or more and can be purchased online at the Sunset Players website (www.sunsetplayers.org) or at the door. Tickets can also be reserved by calling 513-588-4988.

The Arts Center at Dunham is located at 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Sunset Players, Inc. is a community theater group located on the west side of Cincinnati. Founded in 1979, the group performs at the Arts Center at Dunham and has produced more than 120 plays. For more information, visit our website at www.sunsetplayers.org or like us on Facebook.

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