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Events/Administrative Manager Needed at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

PIP_logoJOB OPENING: Events/Administrative Manager

The Events/Administrative Manager plans, manages, implements and evaluates department events and serves as the administrative manager for the department. The Events/Administrative Manager is a full-time position with benefits. Evening and weekend hours are sometimes required. This position reports to the Associate Development Director.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Manage department events, including:
    • Developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the annual events plan.
    • For each event, providing concept development, budget management, event promotion, logistics, reservations, wrap-up and evaluation.

These events include: Leading Ladies, the Season Announcement party, events for the Artistic Director’s Circle, Spotlight Circle and Morse Johnson Society, Playhouse Pride as well as sponsor benefit events, Red Carpet Packages and other development events throughout the season.

  • Serve as staff liaison (with Major Gift Director) to the Leading Ladies’ subcommittee.
  • Work with the Major Gifts Director to manage the sponsor benefit fulfillment program, serving as the department liaison to the sponsors.
  • Lead the department’s administrative function, including implementing the donor communications calendar, managing the Development Department calendar and overseeing meeting logistics (for committees, donors, staff).
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

  • One or more years of experience working in the development field.
  • Experience managing events and/or project management.
  • Strong organizational skills including careful attention to detail.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Strong computer skills required, including high proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook desired.
  • Creative design concept development skills and “out of the box” thinking preferred.
  • Professionalism to work successfully with board level volunteers and high-level donors.
  • A desire to work in a fast-paced environment and the ability to successfully manage several priorities on a regular basis.
  • Experience with development software, database programs and/or Tessitura highly desirable.
  • Desire to be an integral member of a high-functioning development team.
  • A passion for theatre and/or the arts is highly desirable.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.

Physical Demands:

  • The employee is frequently required to stand and walk and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
  • This position is partially sedentary, and the employee is required to regularly talk and hear.

To Apply:
Submit your cover letter and resume with three references to:
Jay B. Kalagayan
Associate Development Director
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
962 Mt. Adams Circle
Cincinnati, OH 45202
jay.kalagayan@cincyplay.com
Please no calls.
Application Deadline: May 25, 2016

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CLARA Joins the 2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival

CLARA
JOINS THE 2016 CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL
JUNE 1 TO JUNE 11 ONLY

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Holly Price. Photo by Mary Jo McClain.

(CINCINNATI) — Clara, an aerial silks and dance theatre production by Aly Michaud and Carley Wilson, makes its debut at the 2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Directed by Michaud and choreographed by Wilson, the show features aerialist Holly Price alongside a cast of nine dancers. Performances begin Wednesday, June 1, at 6:00 p.m. on the mainstage of the Know Theatre of Cincinnati.

Using dance, theatre and aerial silks, Clara is a singular theatrical event that tells the remarkable true story of one woman’s fortitude despite tremendous adversity. Delve through time from the Depression and World War II to today to meet Clara at three pivotal ages: as a child, as a young adult and as a mature older woman who discovers that, in the face of loss and betrayal, the resilient know that strength, hope and appreciation remain.

The show features audio interviews with Michaud’s actual 94-year-old grandmother, Clara. Sound bites of Clara describing major events in her life are mixed into the music of the production, which includes a variety of folk rock, indie pop and alternative rock songs. This combination creates a theatrical storytelling pattern that allows us to both understand and explore the events of Clara’s past.     

“The dance itself is a combination of a lot of different styles,” explains Wilson, who has choreographed numerous award-winning competition dances. Contemporary dance is the base, but the show’s movement incorporates acrobatics, ballet, jazz and modern dance as well. “It’s not a ‘by-the-book’ style,” she continues, “it’s very free and melds differently into each song and into the intention behind each scene. It also allows us to cater the movement to the capabilities of each dancer as opposed to adhering to the requirements of a certain dance style.”

Aerial silks — acrobatics performed while suspended from fabric hanging from the ceilingis an integral part of this storytelling experience. Aerialist Price performs alongside the cast of nine dancers as she embodies the mature, adult form of the Clara we hear over the music. “I’m being emotionally and physically challenged by the depth of this work,” says Price. “I’m immersing myself into the talented work of the dancers as we dive deep into this fully fleshed out work of art.” 

Price’s performance with the silks became a metaphor for the climb of both Clara’s life and of life in general. “There’s a constant gravitational pull toward the ground and toward the facts of life,” explains Michaud, “and a constant use of friction to maintain some semblance of equilibrium. We fall or choose to descend gracefully, and then we are faced time and time again with the choice of whether or not to get back up and climb higher. All three of these mechanisms — Clara’s voice, dance and the silks — coalesce into an encapsulating way to tell this story of resilience.”

Ranging from 11 to 41 years old, the cast includes Victoria Bower, Kami Fleming, Ian Timothy Forsgren, Devon McClea, Clare Miller, Bella Grace Motto, Hannah Price, Holly Price, Sarah Rolfsen and Alyssa Hope Stanforth. Clara features costume design by Sarah Fickling, lighting design by Anna Kirkland, sound design by Trey Tatum and stage management by Katy Ward.

Clara is sponsored by Robert Lindner and a number of individual donors, and is supported by Bella Forza Fitness.

Physical Productions is a new Cincinnati-based company that produces art which harnesses the power of the human body to tell theatrical stories. Clara is its debut production.

WHERE AND WHEN:

Performances:
Wednesday, June 1, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 4, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 5, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 6, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 10, 6:15 p.m.

Theatre:
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Tickets:
https://know.tixato.com/buy/clara

Fringe Box Office:
http://www.cincyfringe.com/tickets/

All tickets $15
Multi-show passes are also available.

Running time:
55 minutes, no intermission

www.physicalproductions.org

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CFF16: DURYODHANA THE UNCONQUERABLE

CFF_DURYODHANA THE UNCONQUERABLE

Taylor Greatbatch and Katie Eichler. Photo by Prabir Das.

DURYODHANA THE UNCONQUERABLE
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Art Academy Auditorium
Over-the-Rhine 

Directed by Darryl Harris
Written by Prabir Das

Cast: Taylor Greatbatch & Katie Eichler

Duryodhana is a ruler from one of the most talked about epics: The Mahabharata. Through the words of Duryodhana and his wife Bhanumati, this play portrays the universal nature of the rulers from the ancient times of history till the present day. Power thus becomes the central character of the story while evolving around the struggle within it. The subjects of the rulers – will they eventually rise? Do they aspire to become another ruler? 60 minutes.

  • Wed, June 1 at 7:25pm
  • Thu, June 2 at 8:25pm
  • Sat, June 4 at 4pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 8:25pm
  • Sat, June 11 at 7:25pm

Official page | Press release | Facebook event | Facebook page |

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CFF16: DARLINGS

CFF_DarlingsDARLINGS
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

Created and performed by Carrie Brown & Karim Muasher
Directed by Melinda Jean Ferraraccio

A re-imagining of “Peter Pan” told from the perspective of the Darlings, two parents struggling with the loss of their children. They search for them by day and tell stories about a place called Neverland by night … where the mermaids will drown you, the pirates might kill you, and you can’t trust the charming little boy with the impish smile. A dark and dangerous fairy tale for adults. 60 minutes.

  • Wed, June 1 at 9:15pm
  • Sat, June 4 at 7:40pm
  • Tue, June 7 at 6:30pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 6:15pm
  • Sat, June 11 at 2:55pm

Official page | Press release | Facebook event |

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CFF16: DADDY ISSUES

CFF_Daddy IssuesDADDY ISSUES
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Art Academy Studio
Over-the-Rhine 

Moth Host and Storyteller Peter Aguero takes the audience through a raw and sympathetic look at his relationship with and without his father. “Simply, perfectly moving” – Edmonton Journal “A master storyteller and wordsmith” – Winnipeg Free Press. 60 minutes.

  • Thu, June 2 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 5 at 7:45pm
  • Tue, June 7 at 8:20pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 8pm
  • Fri, June 10 at 7:30pm

Official page | Press release | Facebook event |

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