July 11 and 12 at 7pm
F Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY
Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of greed, danger and the breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age.
Directed by Sara Duibley
NEEDED: 5 men, 4 women
SHOW DATES: September 9-18
Xenia Area Community Theater
45 E. Second St. in Xenia
372-0516
www.xeniaact.org
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CINCINNATI LAB THEATRE ANNOUNCES
2016 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
August 4 – 13, 2016
CINCINNATI, July 7, 2016 — Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s New Works Festival will present two fully staged workshop productions and two original play readings in a rotating festival repertoire over two weekends, August 4 – August 13, 2016. All performances will be presented at Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St, Newport, KY.
Cincinnati LAB Theatre, now in its third producing season, is thrilled to find a permanent home and begin an exciting new partnership as a division of Falcon Theatre. Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s past productions include Buckeye by Elizabeth a. Harris, An Evening with Stephen Crane by Phil Paradis, and Identity: An Evening of Three Twenty-Minute Plays.
Part of Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s mission is to provide area playwrights with opportunities to develop their work through a traditional workshop process, while utilizing some of the area’s finest professional actors. Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s New Works Festival is comprised of three different series that will present new and innovative works in various stages of development, encourage open and honest discussions, and allow audiences an inside look into the creative process.
WORKSHOP SERIES: The New Works Festival Workshop Series will present two brand-new worskhop productions written by local playwrights:
CHASE THE DRAGON by Kirk Sheppard. Peter wants to make a difference; his chosen career path should allow him to do so. But sometimes people run from their past, and other times they chase it. CHASE THE DRAGON is a brand-new play by Kirk Sheppard that explores the lives of at-risk youth and what happens when we don’t have a handle on our own history. Directed by Jared D. Doren. Cast: Carter Bratton, Rupert Spraul, Bob Allen, Tess Talbot and Henry Howland. Performances August 4, 6, and 12, 2016, at 8pm.
JUDAS by Elizabeth a. Harris. A betrayer, an outcast, a pariah, the lowest of the low: This is Judas. Or is it? How would our views of Christianity and the Messiah change if we discovered Judas was actually Jesus’ most trusted disciple? JUDAS, a new play by Elizabeth a. Harris, based on the Gospel of Judas, examines the limits of love and self-sacrifice and asks the question: “What would you do if the person you loved most in the world asked you to perform the ultimate betrayal for the good of all humanity?” Directed by Elizabeth a. Harris. Cast: Brian Berendts and Derek Snow. Performances August 5, 11, and 13, 2016 at 8pm.
DISCOVERY SERIES: The New Works Festival Discovery Series will complement our Workshop Series productions. Guest speakers and/or panelists will lead pre-show discussions that focus on social themes and current topics related to the productions. Pre-performance lectures are scheduled on Thursday, August. 4 (CHASE THE DRAGON) and Thursday, August 11 (JUDAS) at 7pm.
PLAY READING SERIES: The New Works Festival Play Reading Series will present readings of new plays currently under development by local playwrights.
3SOME by Brian Griffin. Expectations are shattered and lives are changed when three strangers meet one evening and get something none of them bargained for. Saturday, August 5, 2016 at 5:30pm.
MEDUSA IN YOU by Valetta Anderson. The murder of the innocents is something no people forget. And the innocents are every woman’s child, whatever age and swaddled in any color of skin. Saturday, August 12, 2016 at 5:30pm.
Single Tickets and 2016 New Works Festival All-Access Pass
Single tickets to the 2016 Cincinnati LAB Theatre New Works Festival may be purchased online in advance or at the door.
Workshop Series:
Play Reading Series:
Discovery Series:
All-Access Pass
To purchase Single Tickets or a 2016 ALL ACCESS Pass online please visit:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/762706
About Cincinnati LAB Theatre
Cincinnati LAB Theatre is an organization for established and emerging playwrights and performers in the Greater Cincinnati area and is dedicated to a collaborative creative process that will present established works of drama and develop new plays through a traditional workshop model. Cincinnati LAB Theatre will provide a solid platform for artists to cultivate, strengthen, and hone their artistic crafts and talents and offer quality theatre for Cincinnati audiences.
Cincinnati LAB Theatre is a division of Falcon Theatre.
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Kyle Brumley as Romeo & Aiden Sims as Juliet. By Mikki Schaffner Photography.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to present the tenth annual FREE Shakespeare in the Park summer tour at local parks around Cincinnati and beyond this summer!
CINCINNATI, July 6, 2016— Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to announce the dates of the 2016 FREE Shakespeare in the Park Tour! This year’s tour has over 30 performances stops (and growing) across three states of brand new productions of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” throughout the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area at local community parks and venues. These performances are FREE and open to the public. The cast features six actors from CSC Resident Ensemble. Following the Park Tour, these shows will travel and tour to local schools, community centers, venues and other performing arts locations through May 2017. Last year, CSC’s FREE Shakespeare in the Park tour had nearly 10,000 people in attendance!
The productions this year will incorporate some exciting and some brand new costume and scenic design. MACBETH directed by Kristin Clippard is set in a Scottish wilderness, inspired by the Pict warrior tribes of medieval Scotland. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM directed by Caitlin McWethy is hip-hop infused with original music created in collaboration with Elementz. ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Jeremy Dubin is set in modern day featuring a superhero costume ball for the Capulets’ party where Juliet meets Romeo for the first time. All shows will have actors voices amplified on microphones and speakers. Both shows are suitable for children and families of all ages and are under 2 hours each.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is constantly working to expand their reach even further into the region. We have one of the largest programs for free outdoor Shakespeare in the nation, both in number of stops and the size of the region we reach. For a complete list, including show titles and info on the venues, visit this page: http://cincyshakes.com/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park/
Admission to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare in the Park Tour is free and there is no ticket or RSVP required. All performances are open to all and are general admission, open seating. Arriving early is recommended for best seating and lawn chairs and blankets are recommended. For questions regarding inclement weather or for details and rules regarding outside food and drink (including or excluding alcohol), please contact the individual parks and venues.
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Miranda McGee, Justin McCombs & Geoffrey Warren Barnes. Photo taken at Joseph Beth Booksellers by Mikki Schaffner Photography.
“English class meets Monty Python” –The Washington Post
CINCINNATI, July 6, 2016— Cincinnati Shakespeare Company begins its 2016-2017 season with the hilarious ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor playing July 22-August 13, 2016. This production is directed by CSC Producing Artistic Associate, Jeremy Dubin and features Cincinnati Shakespeare Resident Ensemble members Miranda McGee, Justin McCombs and Geoffrey Barnes. This hilarious recap of world literature reunites the entire cast of last year’s hit comedy “The Complete History of America (abridged),” which was also directed by Mr. Dubin.
ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) was originally produced by Reduced Shakespeare Company. It is an uproarious roller-coaster ride through a comically compact compilation of the world’s greatest literature! Three actors cover over ninety books in ninety minutes from 1984 through Wuthering Heights. Everyone from the illiterate to the literati will love this refresher of literature’s greatest hits including Alice in Wonderland, Das Capital, Don Quixote, Green Eggs and Ham, Little Women, Paradise Lost, Pride and Prejudice, The Tale of Genji, the Tao Te Ching, The Three Musketeers, The Wizard of Oz, and so many more! Audiences who have loved our productions of “The Complete History of America (abridged)” and “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” are sure to love our next installment in this zany collection.
ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) runs from July 22 to August 13. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 7:30 and Sunday performances are at 2:00, with an additional 2:00 performance on the final Saturday. Tickets cost $22-$42. Preview performances are scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, and Thursday, July 21, and preview tickets are $25. If available, $14 student rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before a show with a valid student ID.
The theater is currently located at 719 Race Street, downtown Cincinnati, two blocks west of the Aronoff Center. Visa, Discover, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Ticketing fees may apply. Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups as well as AAA members. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the CSC Box Office at 513.381.BARD (2273) ext. 1, or go online at www.cincyshakes.com.
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We are pleased to announce the cast of THE LAST LIFEBOAT by Luke Yankee.Joseph Bruce Ismay, an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line of steamships becomes the perfect scapegoat for the sinking of the Titanic. Ismay saved as many people as he could, but with no women and children in sight, he stepped into the last lifeboat…and was branded a coward and a traitor forever. This play deals not only with the disaster itself, but the sensationalized trials and aftermath of an event that changed the world forever.
Directed by Jeff Sams
Produced by Debra Kent
The show runs weekends Aug 19-Sep 4, 2016
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm
Individual tickets on sale now
– http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/ click on “Tickets” button or “Get Your Tickets Now”
– or call 937-278-5993
– or at the box office day of the show
*All individual tickets purchased in advance via our on-line ticket system or by telephone will also include a $1 convenience fee.
**Special pricing for groups of 10 or more, call the Box Office at 937-278-5993 for pricing
Children under 7 will not be admitted.
For more information, including future auditions, see http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 