2018 Productions include:
Jan. 11-Feb. 18, 2018
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Feb. 22-April 15, 2018
THE COLOR PURPLE the Musical
May 3-June 24, 2018
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
June 28-Aug. 19, 2018
ANNIE
Aug. 23-Sept. 23, 2018
DRIVING MISS DAISY
Sept. 27-Oct. 28, 2018
CLUE The Musial
Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 2018
Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS
For more information visit www.lacomedia.com.
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Beechmont Players and director Richard Zenk are excited to announce the cast of THE FOREIGNER!
Performances run Oct. 20-28. For more information visit http://beechmontplayers.org/.
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Heading into the home stretch, I’m seeing two new participant performance tonight.
From Seattle, Samara Lerman offers WHERE THERE WERE WOODS:
What happens when your family lineage stops with you? What happens to the stories and memories of generations past? When the ghost of her grandmother starts visiting her at night, Samara is compelled to travel through interwoven family stories of survival. WHERE THERE WERE WOODS is a train-hopping, border-crossing story of danger, adventure, magic, loss, and the power of storytelling.
Then it’s Jimmy Grzelak from Philadelphia with WILDERNESS SURVIVAL:
Jimmy Grzelak is an Eagle Scout, spiritual voyager, and “winningly offbeat imagination” (Washington Post). Sometime in the early 2000s, somewhere in rural America, young Jimmy was initiated into the ways of a world ruled by adolescent boys. In 2017, older Jimmy woke up and realized that knowledge is now nationally relevant. He comes to Cincinnati to do his duty as a scout – to serve as your guide into the wild.
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Tonight is Two-fer Tuesday as I cross over into the two-show path.
First stop is BALLS OF YARNS, this year’s entry from the Troubadour of the Trailer Park, Paul Strickland:
Four-time Best of Fest Winner Paul Strickland’s new hilarious one-man musical adventure! David Lynch meets The Wizard of Oz. Songs! Yarns! Balls! In a strange town where creaky doors sing with you, libraries are separate from truth-braries, and extraordinary stories are shared through yarn and tin can, an ominous lurking evil has threatened to make things normal. NOT ON PAUL STRICKLAND’S WATCH. Jokes! More Yarns! Again, Balls!
Show number two is INVISIBLE GIRL from ImagiNation Incorporated, a new local participant.
Sarah is the Invisible Girl; a fugitive who has taken residence in the bottom of the city sewer to avoid being bought and sold for currency in an alternate America. Her refuge, however, is short-lived as she is haunted by a series of specters that force her to confront her societal wounds. Loosely based on the Ralph Ellison novel, “Invisible Man,” Sarah’s invisibility is psychological rather than literal; a transformation through a series of vignettes.
After tonight, 19 shows down, 11 to go! Just keep fringe-ing.
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THE TOXIC AVENGER
Sunset Players
July 7-22
The Arts Center at Dunham [West Price Hill]
Directed by Jerry Yearout
Music Directed by Allen Lindsey
Cast: Brenden Blackburn as Melvin Ferd The Third/The Toxic Avenger, Jodi Zerbe as Sarah the Blind Librarian, Kat Reynolds as Mayor Babs Belgoody/Ma Ferd, Garrett Klaas as Black Dude & Chris Ball as White Dude
Melvin Ferd, the Third, wants to clean up Tromaville, the most polluted town in New Jersey (just off Exit 13B on the Turnpike). Foiled by the mayor’s bullies, Melvin is dumped into a vat of radioactive toxic waste, only to reemerge as THE TOXIC AVENGER, New Jersey’s first superhero. Affectionately known as Toxie, our new hero is a seven-foot mutant freak with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark. He’s out to save New Jersey, end global warming, and woo the blind librarian in town. It’s a toxic love story with an environmental twist! The Toxic Avenger will leave audiences laughing in the aisles as it rocks the house!
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