THE WIZARD OF OZ
Town Hall Theatre
May 6-22
Centerville
A young girl from Kansas learns there’s no place like home after a fateful twister sends her on an incredible adventure over the rainbow! Recommended ages 4 and up.
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Dylan Shelton.
Westwood – Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre is excited to announce as Artistic Director, effective immediately. As Artistic Director, Shelton says, “Puppetry as a theatrical art form and as a tool for education can have such a positive impact on children. I can’t wait to see Madcap’s influence grow in our own community in Cincinnati and around the nation.”
Dylan Shelton graduated from Wilmington College with a BA in Theatre and earned an MFA in the Professional Actor Training Program at Ohio University. Shelton began his career at Madcap Productions Puppet Theater as an actor in 2002 and trained with Jerry Handorf, the founder and visionary leader of Madcap. Shelton began managing Madcap’s Puppet Studio as the Creative Director in 2006. As Creative Director, he has been training new puppeteers, writing and directing shows, designing and building puppets, and performing in numerous productions across the country and internationally. As an educator in the arts, Shelton has enjoyed teaching many classes, including Improvisation at Xavier University, Acting at Ohio University, and puppet workshops at Northern Kentucky University.
About Madcap:
Cincinnati-based Madcap Puppets is a non-profit company combining giant puppets with professional actors to create an innovative and exciting concept of puppetry that allows all the elements of theatre to be combined in an artistic and educational performance. Formed over 35 years ago, Madcap is known throughout the country for exciting productions and giant puppet characters. Each puppet play is developed from an original and highly creative script, rich in cultural content and enhanced with innovative and colorful sets and props that young audiences love. Performances bring to life children’s literature and fables from around the world.
Madcap believes that participation in and exposure to the arts is an integral part of a child’s complete education. As funding for the arts declines, many schools and teachers must look to outside organizations like Madcap to provide the creative, educational and cultural opportunities that they can no longer afford to provide to the students.
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The Mad Anthony Theatre Company is seeking a set designer for its final production of the 2015-2016 season, SCOTT AND HEM. This is PAID POSITION. The set is a simple interior set and all materials will be provided. Compensation is for the design. Additional compensation can be provided if the designer is able to build the set as well.
Please contact the producer/director Adam Drake at ajdrake1@gmail.com.
SCOTT AND HEM will be performed May 12-15, 2016 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio. Tickets are only $10.00 + fees and can be purchased online at www.fittoncenter.org.
The year is 1937, and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is holed up in a Hollywood villa, trying to finish a screenplay and stay on the wagon while a raucous July 4th party unfolds beneath his balcony. When Ernest Hemingway enters, the real fireworks begin. Their encounter sparks a rambling conversation that ranges from alcoholism and insanity to death and homosexuality. Their egos are larger than the Hollywoodland sign outside the window. They drop names and one-liners. But for all their swagger and luster, the two writers are haunted by the nagging fear that they are out of words. Scott and Hem is a drama about the cost of love, friendship, and the price of being a writer.
Event Sponsor – Sara Carruthers
Mad Anthony is the Fitton Center’s resident theatre company. It includes a team of semi-professional directors, designers and actors. They provide theatrical productions, which include controversial issues that provide entertainment and provoke thought and feature new writing and emerging talent.
The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is a not-for-profit community arts center featuring a variety of programs, including: visual and performing arts classes, exhibitions, entertainment and theater productions for all ages. The Fitton Center’s purpose is to provide unique arts experiences and to “build community excellence through arts and culture.” The Fitton Center would like to extend its gratitude to ArtsWave, the Hamilton Community Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support.
The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.
Building Community Excellence through Arts and Culture
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“The Cherry Orchard finds all of its characters in a time of momentous change in between two events of historical significance.” -Michael Sherman, Director
“‘The Cherry Orchard’ has so many great roles that it could easily become anyone’s play…” -Andrew Alexander, Theatre Producer
“Underneath the dillydallying in the final scene — the hunt for lost galoshes, the worry over train times — are the terror and giddy excitement that accompany change and the knowledge of how powerless we are to prevent it.” -The New York Times
THE CHERRY ORCHARD is Chekhov’s last full length play. It is an intimate look at an impoverished landowning family who is unable to face the fact that their estate is about to be auctioned off. Lopakhin, a local merchant, presents numerous options to save it, including cutting down their prized cherry orchard. But the family is stricken with denial. THE CHERRY ORCHARD charts the precipitous descent of a wealthy family and in the process creates a bold meditation on social change and materialism.
The show will run for three evenings:
Run time 2 hours and 15 minutes (including intermission).
Tickets $10
Tickets can be purchased at the door or on-line (includes a service fee) http://www.walnuthillseagles.com/fine-arts/theatre/box-office.aspx
Just click Theatre Box Office (On-line tickets cannot be purchase the “Day Of” the show.)
WHHS Black Box Theatre
3250 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207
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Michael Gettinger as Newt and Hannah Waskowitz as Catharine. Photo by Amy Sullivan.
WHO AM I THIS TIME (& OTHER CONUNDRUMS OF LOVE)
Mariemont Players
May 6-22
Walton Creek Theatre [Mariemont]
Directed by Dan Maloney
Cast: Arny Stoller as Tom, Amy Shaffer Waldfogle as Kate, Michael Gettinger as Newt/Joey/John, Hannah Waskowitz as Catharine/Paula, Samantha McDaniel as Helene, Pat Kramer as Harry/Roy, Kenny Tessel as Verne/Murra & Martha Slater as Doris/Gloria
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 