Kate Tombaugh.
Kate Tombaugh is bringing her one-woman show IT JUST TAKES ONE to Cincinnati September 17th-20th, featuring Stephen Variames on piano.
IT JUST TAKES ONE is an entertaining, one-woman musical that pulls theater-goers into the charming, roller-coaster story of a young woman in her twenties who is busy embarking on a career in opera while struggling to balance her social life.”
Performances are:
- Thursday, September 17th at 7 PM
- Friday, September 18th at 7 PM
- Saturday, September 19th at 2 PM
- Sunday, September 20th at 2 PM
The venue is:
St Thomas Episcopal Church / 100 Miami Avenue / Terrace Park, OH 45174
Tickets are:
$20 General Admission and available at the door
(10% of all profits will directly benefit the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Charitable Care Fund)
IT JUST TAKES ONE has been a multiyear project for Kate Tombaugh (see her biography below), with her real life experiences in singing and dating acting as the framework for the show. Set to Kate’s original script and staging, IT JUST TAKES ONE features music from operatic arias, art songs, standard Broadway tunes, 30s/40s, to contemporary works by living composers.
The show runs less than 2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission, and the content is PG.
The Cincinnati premiere offers Kate’s show in its latest form; she now owns her own traveling set, costumes, and lighting, and is ready to take the show on the road.
The facebook link is: https://www.facebook.com/events/413672258837331/
The website link is: http://www.katetombaugh.com/it-just-takes-one/
“The gently humorous and at-times-poignant narrative is wonderfully woven throughout with apt musical selections that run the gamut from traditional Broadway, classical and opera, to works by contemporary composers.
Starring in the show that she also conceived and wrote has been a multiyear project for Kate Tombaugh whose real life experiences provide the framework of IT JUST TAKES ONE. She received dual undergraduate degrees in English literature and vocal performance at Illinois Wesleyan University, then later studied opera performance and received her master’s from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Kate served apprenticeships with the Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and has since performed with Opera on the Avalon in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Opera Omaha, Winter Opera St. Louis, and Performance Santa Fe. Her symphonic engagements have included solo appearances with the Lexington Philharmonic, Jackson Symphony, Heartland Philharmonic, and Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra. Locally, Kate has performed with Cincinnati’s own concert:nova, the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble and the Cincinnati Chamber Opera. She studies with Mary Henderson-Stucky and is managed by Witzke Artists International.
In addition to opera, Kate also sings musical theater, oratorio, and the premieres of new works. Kate’s background in dance and theater is put to good use every time she steps onstage.
If you would like to help bring IT JUST TAKES ONE to your town in the Midwest, please email Kate directly at kate@katetombaugh.com for further details.
Previous Performances of IT JUST TAKES ONE:
Streator, IL-August 28th-30th, 2015 (the show has been adapted and revised since its premiere in 2013; Kate is now the producer and owns her own set,costumes, lights, etc.
The upcoming performances in Cincinnati, OH are the show’s Ohio and Cincinnati premiere).
Prairie Fire Theatre- Bloomington, IL, October 2013 (Six performances)
Cincinnati, OH workshop, September 2013
Santa Fe, NM workshop, August 2013
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 