Monthly Archives: March 2017

Camp Instructor & Choreographer Needed at Playhouse in the Park

PIP_logoCincinnati Playhouse in the Park is an equal opportunity employer and encourages inquiries about this position from a broad spectrum of candidates reflecting the diversity of the community we serve.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park seeks a Choreographer and Instructor to teach Dance and Improvisation for our 2017 one-week Performance Academy: ‘Sleeping Beauty, Kids’. This one week camp is delivered in three locations over three weeks: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Middletown Arts Center, and Run Jump-n-Play in Mason.

The Instructor is responsible for teaching the basics of dance and improvisation to participants; creating and teaching show choreography; leading a simple craft during the weeks in Mason and Middletown; creating and implementing curriculum; collaborating with CPIP Education Staff and other professional artists. S/he is responsible for creating approved lesson plans and maintaining a positive and exciting camp environment.

The ideal candidate has completed or is working towards a college degree, has experience working with children and is enthusiastic about summer camps. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Create and teach choreography for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, KIDS
  • Teach daily dance classes
  • Teach Improvisation
  • Create and execute a simple craft at Mason and Middletown camp locations
  • Prep classrooms as needed
  • Trouble shoot challenges as they come up
  • Attend meetings conferences and training session

Training/Prep Time: To be arranged with Education staff Camp dates: July 10-28 Camp Hours:
9:00a-4:30p, Monday-Friday
Pay Rate: $850 per week

COMPETENCIES

  • Extensive experience in dance and choreography (3 years or more)
  • Experience teaching children and/or teenagers
  • Energetic, responsive, flexible, creative
  • Attentive to details, ability to work independently
  • Currently attending college, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree, or commensurate experience.
  • Good communication skills
  • Organized and able to solve problems quickly and positively

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, 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 employee must have a reliable means of transportation

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

For more information, go to cincyplay.com and click on the Employment tab.

To apply: Please send a resume and three references to Daunielle Rasmussen, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Daunielle.rasmussen@cincyplay.com. No calls please.

Application Deadline: March 19, 2017

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Cincinnati Lab Theatre Now Accepting Submissions for the 2017 & 2018 New Works Festivals

clt_logoCincinnati LAB Theatre, a division of Falcon Theatre, is pleased to accept submissions from local playwrights for their upcoming 2017 and 2018 New Works Festivals. Plays/Musicals are being considered for the LAB track: first, as a reading as part of the 2017 Play Reading series with opportunity to be workshopped and produced as a main stage production in 2018.

Cincinnati-area playwrights should submit their full length drafts of one-act or short two-act plays and musicals to cincinnnatilabtheatre@gmail.com for consideration, as well as a one page synopsis of the piece. Electronic submissions only.

The submission opportunity will end April 30th with notification of those selected on May 30, 2017.

Other considerations:

  • One submission per playwright.
  • Plays must not have had any professional productions.
  • Small casts (around 5 actors) are preferred.
  • Sets should be simple.
  • Musicals should be accompanied by a vocal and piano/conductor score.
  • This is an opportunity to work with professional actors and a director to improve your work and see it realized. There is no monetary compensation.
  • Playwrights must be available for the workshop process from July – August in both 2017 and 2018.

For questions or more information, follow Cincinnati LAB Theatre on FaceBook, Twitter, and Instagram.

FaceBook: facebook.com/Cincinnatilabtheatre
Twitter: twitter.com/CincyLABTheatre
Instagram: instagram.com/cincinnatilabtheatre
Website: cincinnatilabtheatre.com
Email: cincinnatilabtheatre@gmail.com

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CCM Acting Holds Annual Senior Showcase and Dolly Awards on March 24

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CCM Acting Class of 2017.

Graduating students from UC College-Conservatory of Music’s Department of Acting present the annual Senior Showcase at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, March 24, in Werner Recital Hall. The annual DOLLY Awards ceremony follows the evening showcase performance and includes the recognition of an outstanding alumnus of the program. These events are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.

The showcase performance consists of a variety of scenes by graduating seniors in CCM’s Acting program, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the acting skills they have honed during their undergraduate training at CCM. The Senior Showcase is the first presentation of a performance that the students will take on the road to exhibit their talent in New York and Los Angeles in March and April.

The evening performance is followed by the annual DOLLY Awards, hosted by Professor Richard E. Hess, CCM’s A.B., Dolly, Ralph and Julia Cohen Chair of Acting. The awards recognize the outstanding student achievements and performances in the 2016-17 CCM Acting Season, which includes the productions of TRANSMIGRATION 2016, Very Dumb Kids, Romeo and Juliet, Middletown and Her Naked Skin. Awards are given for Excellence in Performance and Excellence in Ensemble Performance.

The highlight of the DOLLY Awards ceremony is the presentation of the 2016 Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award to a graduate of CCM Acting. This year’s honoree is alumna Julianna Bloodgood (BFA Dramatic Performance, 2005).

Bloodgood began her work with Poland’s multi-award winning and critically acclaimed theatre company Teatr Pies´n´ Kozla (Song of the Goat Theatre) in 2009. In addition to her studies at CCM, she holds an MA from Manchester Metropolitan University in conjunction with Song of the Goat Theatre and she is a graduate of California’s Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. At Song of the Goat Theatre, Bloodgood has developed and performed in Songs of Lear, Portraits of the Cherry Orchard, Return to the Voice, Dead Walk Love and Crazy God. She is currently rehearsing and developing a work based on Hamlet. Bloodgood has traveled and performed throughout Europe, Asia, South and North America.

Bloodgood’s work also consists of community-based projects and artistic outreach, using art as a vehicle for healing and change. She is a founding member of the Great Globe Foundation, an organization devoted to increasing cultural exchange and empowering voices through the arts, and is the proud co-founder of the Dadaab Theater Project, a youth based theater project in Dadaab, Kenya, the world’s largest refugee camp.

CCM ACTING SENIOR SHOWCASE

Performance Times
2 p.m. & 7 p.m.* Friday, March 24
*The DOLLY Awards ceremony takes place after the 7 p.m. performance.

Location
Werner Recital Hall, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Admission
Admission to the CCM Acting Senior Showcase and DOLLY Awards Ceremony is FREE and open to the general public. Reservations are not required.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

 

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ALL THE ROADS HOME Run March 25-April 23

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ALL THE ROADS HOME
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
March 25-April 23
Eden Park

Directed by Lee Sunday Evans

From one of the country’s most exciting up-and-coming playwrights comes this poignant world premiere about three generations of women and the legacies they inherit. In the 1950s, teenager Madeleine runs away to New York with hopes of becoming a dancer. Twenty years later, her own headstrong daughter Max, a wannabe cowboy, rebels against the same small-town Massachusetts life that drove her mother away. Fast forward 30 more years, and Max’s daughter Nix travels the country as a musician, chasing a fantasy that may or may not be her own. As the daughters face the ripple effect of their mothers’ choices, they wrestle with their own half-buried dreams and desires in this coming-of-age story. Appropriate for adult and older teenage audiences. This coming-of-age story contains strong adult language, sexual content and other mature themes.

  • In preview Sat, March 25 at 8pm & Sun, March 26 at 7pm
  • In preview Tue-Wed, March 28-29 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, March 30 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 31 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 1 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 2 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 4-6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 7 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 8 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 9 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 11-13 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 14 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 15 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 16 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, April 18 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, April 19 at 1pm & 7:30pm
  • Thu, April 20 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 21 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 22 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 23 at 2pm

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DISENCHANTED! Runs March 25-April 9

tc_disenchanted-logoDISENCHANTED!
The Carnegie
March 25-April 9
Covington

Directed by Jodie Meyn
Music Directed by Erin McCamely
Choreographed by Maggie Perrino

Cast: Sara Kenny as Snow White, Allison Evans as Cinderella, Blair Godshall as Sleeping Beauty, Gabriella Francis as Little Mermaid/Belle/Rapunzel, Mikayla Renfrow as Pocahontas/Mulan/Princess Badroulbador & Brittany Hayes as The Princess Who Kissed the Frog

Poisoned Apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ‘em? Join these fairytale princesses for an uproarious evening of irreverent humor and satirical snipes as they throw out their tiaras and start getting real. Snow White leads an all-star cast featuring Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and many more in this not-for-the-kiddies cabaret. Forget the princesses you think you know. These ladies will have you rolling in the aisle with their piercing take on happy ever after.

  • Sat, March 25 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 26 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 31-April 1 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 2 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 7-8 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 9 at 3pm

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