Monthly Archives: May 2016

MASTER CLASS Runs June 9-26

HRTC_Master Class logoMASTER CLASS
Human Race Theatre Company
June 9-26
The Loft Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Scott Stoney

Cast: Mierka Girten as Maria Callas

One of the opera world’s greatest legends takes center stage as Maria Callas gives three aspiring singers a rough introduction to the reality of performing. During a series of master classes, this controversial personality now in the twilight of her career remains fearless as she looks back upon her life—the triumphs and heartbreaks, the egos and ambitions, the glories and the scandals. This Tony Award-winning drama presents a revealing look at a commanding diva and the sacrifice for art.

  • In preview Thu, June 9 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, June 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 12 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, June 14 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 15-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 19 at 2pm
  • Tue, June 21 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 22-25 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 26 at 2pm

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POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL Coming to Cincy Fringe

New Solo Show Finds Laughter in Healing after Sexual Assault
The Cincinnati Fringe presents: POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL: June 2 ­ June 11 

Cincinnati, OH­ – POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is a one­-woman/ half­-clown/ half­monologue/all-feminist critique of the sexual assault crisis on college campuses. The play weaves the lives of survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders into the story of a community struggling to heal after assault. Through clowning, the show surpasses the victim/villain dichotomy and welcomes an open-­hearted conversation about healing.

“Meet your new heroes… An opportunity for communities to come together to laugh, heal, and  learn.” – Marie Claire Magazine

CFF_Post Traumatic Super Delightful logoPLAYING IN THE ART ACADEMY COMMONS FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY:

June 2 at 7pm
June 4 at 9.15pm
June 5 at 8.45pm
June 7 at 7.30pm
June 11 at 5.55pm

Tickets are $15 and available at cincyfringe.com  Run time: 60min, no intermission

After premiering at the 2015 FRIGID New York Festival to overwhelming audience response, POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL has spent the last year touring colleges and festivals around North America. The play and creative team have received national attention, being featured by  Marie Claire Magazine and Autostraddle  and working with Glamour Magazine  to mentor  winners of their Top Ten College Women Competition.

“POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is a play that demands to be heard at schools, crisis centers, and theatres across the country.” – Theater Is Easy

The team of collaborators behind this play came together to shatter the mold survivors are forced to fit into and explore how assault affects an entire community. Rape doesn’t happen in a vacuum. How is everyone hurt by one assault? Is it safe to laugh together? Can laughter create connection? Who is accountable? In Post Traumatic Super Delightful, the personal is political, the political is personal. And the person is a clown.

Playwright/performer Antonia Lassar is joined by director Angela Dumlao (award­-winning  director in the 2014 EstroGenius Festival; assistant director of Naked Angels’ SeaWife),  dramaturg Kati Frazier (Former Literary Director of All For One; playwright of Patronage, Fall  2015 at Random Access), scenic and costume designer Sam Garcia  (Glutton For Punishment,  EstroGenius Festival; dramaturg for STEIN­-DRAG at Target Margin Theater Lab), lighting  designer Darielle Shandler (Assistant Production Manager for The Civillians’ Pretty Filthy), stage  manager Olivia Hull, production assistant Molly Jones, cinematographer Sierra Garcia, and  educational programming coordinator Ashley Renee Thaxton .

POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival at the Art Academy Commons June 2 at 7pm, June 4 at 9:15pm, June 5 at 8:45pm, June 7 at 7:30pm and June 11 at  5.55pm. Tickets are $15 and available at cincyfringe.com. Please visit   www.PTSDtheplay.com  for more information.

Follow POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL on social media at @PTSDtheplay!

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Mariah MacCarthy’s BABY MAMA at Cincinnati Fringe Festival

CAPS LOCK THEATRE

BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE
as part of the 13th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival
May 31 – June 11, 2016

“Hilarious, gross, heartbreaking, courageous.” -Upworthy

CFF_Baby Mama promo

What:
Caps Lock Theatre presents Mariah MacCarthy’s BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE

Artists:
Written and performed by Mariah MacCarthy.
Directed by Sara Lyons.

Where:
Over-the-Rhine Community Church 1310 Race St Cincinnati, OH 45202

When:

  • Thursday, June 2, 8:15pm
  • Friday, June 3, 6:30pm
  • Sunday, June 5, 3:30pm
  • Wednesday, June 8, 7:00pm
  • Saturday, June 11, 7:20pm

Tickets & Passes:
www.cincyfringe.com

Websites/Twitter:
mariahmaccarthy.com @MariahMacCarthy
capslocktheatre.com @CapsLockTheatre

About BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE
Baby Mama tracks one birth mother’s true adoption journey, from conception to placement with the gay couple of her dreams—while still living her life, dating, and attending the occasional orgy. From adoption agencies to vaginal discharge, from burlesque to good-byes, this up-close-and-personal night of storytelling is everything about those ten months you ever wanted to know (and probably plenty that you didn’t). Bring hankies.

About Mariah MacCarthy
“Sweet and boisterous…an adventure and an event…and a lot of fun, too.” -The New York Times on MacCarthy’s Mrs. Mayfield’s Fifth-Grade Class of ’93 20-Year Reunion

Mariah MacCarthy’s work has been developed and presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rattlestick, Primary Stages, Culture Project, New Dramatists, La MaMa, HERE, Dixon Place, The Brick, Atlantic Stage 2, Fringe NYC, various New York apartments, all over the country, and Paris. Indie Theater Hall of Fame, Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences, two New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations, 20 Looking Glass Forum Awards, FringeNYC “Outstanding Performance,” nominee for the prestigious Playwright of New York fellowship, and Kate Bornstein once called her “f***ing brilliant.” Executive Artistic Director of Caps Lock Theatre, Associate Artistic Directorat-Large of The Brick, and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Obie award-winning Youngblood. mariahmaccarthy.com

About Sara Lyons:
Sara Lyons is a Brooklyn-based theatre artist. As a director, recent projects include Kirya Traber’s Overheard (Dixon Place, BAAD, others), Pilot’s Wings (Fordham U), Life After (HERE Arts Center), The Garden Party (Organs of State), and more with Culture Project, EST, Cherry Lane, Primary Stages, The Lark, BAX, Ars Nova, and more in NYC and around the country. She has performed original work at LaMaMa, PS 122, and with Organs of State. As a teaching artist with Opening Act, she devises new work with NYC high schoolers and has previously worked with students of all ages across the five boroughs as well as in South Africa, Mexico. Alum, EMERGENYC at NYU’s Hemispheric Institute, DirectorsLabChicago, UWisconsinMadison. MFA Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. Say hi at sara-lyons.com!

About Caps Lock Theatre:
Caps Lock Theatre does funny, ugly, human plays. We like plays where people are at both their worst and their best; where people screw each other—or themselves—over, and have to find a way to deal with it; where people’s hearts hurt, or open, or blossom. We also believe in fun. Our plays will probably make you laugh. Probably more than once. And, we believe in creating art by whatever means necessary. If we are fortunate enough to piece together enough resources for lavish sets and fabulous special effects, awesome. If (more likely) we have to make work on a shoestring budget, on-the-fly, in an unconventional location, then we’ll do that and still knock your socks off. capslocktheatre.com

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Auditions Announced for LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at The Carnegie

carnegie_theatre_sqThe Carnegie Announces Auditions for LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE

By Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron
Based the book by Ilene Beckerman
Directed by Abby Rowold

Performances: November 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
Friday & Saturday Evenings at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

Rehearsals evenings and weekends October 3rd – November 4th

This incredibly humorous and touching play explores the lives of women through 28 interwoven characters who share their memories of love and loss as framed through the clothes they wore. From wedding dresses to miniskirts, the female obsession with black, and the hunt for the perfect purse, LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE cheers and jeers the idiosyncrasies of the female experience. This show will be performed by 5 women assuming various roles throughout the show. Actors must be able to create a variety of distinct characters, voices/dialects, and physicalities from one scene to another.

Auditions by Appointment Only on the Following Dates:

  • June 18 1pm-4pm
  • June 19 1pm-4pm

To schedule a time slot, please contact Greg Swiger, gswiger@thecarnegie.com.

Please Prepare:

  • 2 short, contrasting monologues. Total time for both monologues should not exceed 2 minutes.
  • Select auditionees will be given sides from the script to work and perform after their initial audition is performed.

Also note:

  • Resume listing theatrical experience and headshot/picture are required to audition. Please bring with you to the audition, do not send in advance.
  • Love, Loss, and What I Wore requires a cast of five women, featuring a diversity of ages, races, and physiques. Actresses of all types are encouraged to audition.
  • Must be at least 20 years old to audition.
  • All roles are paid. Not AEA eligible.

Auditions will take place at The Carnegie, Eva G. Farris Education Center
1028 Scott Blvd. Covington, KY 41011

Available Roles (as tracked in the original production):

  • Woman 1- Gingy
  • Woman 2- Gingy’s Mother, Nancy’s Mother, Rosie, Lynne, Mary, Nora, Doctor
  • Woman 3- Nancy, Stephanie, Liz, Annie, Eve’s Shrink, Woman, Amanda
  • Woman 4- Alex’s Mother, Holly, Merrill, Older Sister, Pam, Dora, Eve, Lisa, Geralyn
  • Woman 5- Alex, Nancy (“The Gang Sweater”), Younger Sister, Mary’s Mother, Heather

*We may change up the assignment of scenes/monologues from the original production based on the actor’s selected.

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Auditions for PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE​ at Lebanon Theatre Company

LTC_logoWe are holding auditions for our summer production, Steve Martin’s PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, on May 27 at 6pm and May 28th at 2pm. Auditions will consist of cold reads of selections from the script. No special preparation required. We are particularly interested in casting performers ages 16-25. LTC prides itself on making auditions a fun, inclusive, and non-intimidating process for all involved.

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE is the first in LTC’s annual Summer Theatre series, designed to provide performance opportunities to our area’s young adult performers ages 16-25. We hope to showcase some of the best young talent from around the region while giving students the chance to develop their theatrical skills and perform for the broader community.

The production will be directed by Kurt Percy. Performances will be July 22-24 and 29-31 (8pm Friday and Saturday performances; 2pm Sunday performances; no dinner or brunch theatre for this production). The play is set in a bar, and therefore contains the appearance of alcohol use and some humor that may be inappropriate for young children. The production is recommended for audiences age 13 and older.

Synopsis
This long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, Steve Martin plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness.

Bystanders, including Picasso’ agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso’s date, an elderly philosopher, Charles Dabernow Schmendimen, and an idiot inventor introduce additional flourishes of humor. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic dark haired singer time warped in from a later era.

This show is the first in LTCs annual Summer Theatre series, designed to provide performance opportunities to our area’s young adult performers ages 16-25. We hope to showcase some of the best young talent from around the region while giving students the chance to develop their theatrical skills and perform for the broader community.

Cast – 7 men, 4 women

  • FREDDY – the owner and bartender of the Lapin Agile
  • GASTON – an older man
  • GERMAINE – waitress and Freddy’s girlfriend
  • ALBERT EINSTEIN – age twenty-five
  • SUZANNE = age nineteen
  • SAGOT – Picasso’s art dealer
  • PABLO PICASSO – age twenty-three
  • CHARLES DABERNOW SCHMENDIMAN – a young man
  • THE COUNTESS
  • A FEMALE ADMIRER
  • A VISITOR

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