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September 6, 2017 · 8:44 am

CABARET Runs Sept. 28-Oct. 15

WFIT_Cabaret logoCABARET
Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
Sept. 28-Oct. 15
East Price Hill

Directed & Choreopgraphed by Angela Kahle
Co-Directed by Tim Perrino
Music Directed by Michael Kennedy

Cast: Matt Wilson as Emcee, Hannah Gregory as Sally Bowles, Helen Raymond Goers as Fraulein Schneider, Jeff Richardson as Herr Schultz, Rory Sheridan as Cliff Bradshaw, Justin Glaser as Ernst Ludwig, Samantha Rae Cobb as Lulu/Dancing Gorilla/Kit Kat Girl, Kate Stark as Texas/Kit Kate Girl, Maddie Sensenstein as Fritzie/Fraulein Kost/Kit Kate Girl, Allison Evans as Helga/Kit Kat Girl, Micheal Wright as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy, Cody Roberts as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy, Sam Johnson as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy & Jameson Gaston Ward as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy

The scene is the Kit Kat Klub, a night club in Berlin, 1931. The Nazis are rising to power. A young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, is in a very complicated relationship with 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. As he seeks a meaningful life, she claims to seek only its pleasures. Meanwhile, the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor, is headed for tragedy as Germany veers toward Fascism. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies, presenting the songs in the club as ominous political developments seep into the lives and hearts of the lovers. This Tony Award winning Best Musical includes the songs Willkommen, Maybe This Time, The Money Song and the all-time hit Cabaret.

  • Thu, Sept. 28 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 1 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 4-5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 8 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 11-12 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 13-14 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 15 at 2pm

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September 6, 2017 · 8:42 am

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Runs Sept. 28-Oct. 8

WSU_You Cant Take It With You logoYOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Wright State University
Sept. 28-Oct. 8
Festival Playhouse [Dayton]

A light-hearted comedy which takes place in the 1930s in a home that is filled with loving, but eccentric, happy people who fill their time enjoying life, pursuing strange hobbies and throwing away convention while doing exactly what they like.

  • Thu, Sept. 28 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 1 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 4-5 at 7pm
  • Fri, Oct. 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 7 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 8 at 2pm

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September 5, 2017 · 4:47 pm

Actor Needed for THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY at Tri-County Players/Milford Theatre Guilde

TCP_logoTri-County Players and Milford Theatre Guilde Fall Collaboration

THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY by Ken Ludwig

Is in the need of one male actor.

  • Man 1 – 20s to 30s

A tribute from Ken Ludwig to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On The Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with… golf.

MTG_logo_newJudy “Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching you.”

Show dates: November 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11, 2017

Performance Space:
The Day Heights Memorial Firemen’s Building
1313 State Route 131 Milford, OH 45150

For more information or questions please contact the director at adivared50@aol.com.

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September 5, 2017 · 4:25 pm

Popular Vocal Jazz Ensemble Going (Nearly!) Viral, Offering Restored Memorial Hall’s First All-A Cappella Concert

MISC_No Promises Vocal Band

Back row: Joshua Steele & Adam Wheeler. Middle row: Charlie Harper, Matt Croy & Jeff Grooms. Front row: David Baum, Noah Berry & Ken Holdt. Photo by Leslie Goddard.

CINCINNATI, OH – Within a week of its recent release, NO PROMISES’ a cappella rendition of the Alicia Keys classic “If I Ain’t Got You” had been watched more than 28,000 times. The popular local ensemble hopes for one half of one percent of those music lovers to attend and sell out their next show.

NO PROMISES Vocal Band offers the first all-a cappella concert at restored Memorial Hall (1225 Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine) on Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 and are available at MemorialHallOTR.com. Seating is limited, and a capacity crowd is expected.

Performing in the Memorial Hall Green Room, where cabaret-style seating and a full cash bar await patrons, NO PROMISES will offer their signature variety of jazz, Motown and pop selections. Listeners will enjoy unique arrangements of tunes by Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, The Jackson 5, Manhattan Transfer, Huey Lewis, and even Taylor Swift.

About NO PROMISES
NO PROMISES is a professional a cappella ensemble bringing exhilarating vocals and breathtaking harmonizations to popular favorites of jazz, Motown and pop music. Hailing from across Ohio, the men of No Promises are Broadway veterans, theatre producers, touring musicians, hair stylists and dads, with a passion for fine a cappella singing.

With repertoire ranging from classics by Manhattan Transfer and the Gaither Vocal Band to surprising treatments of Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift, No Promises has delighted audiences at concert series throughout the region.

The ensemble’s annual Christmas tours are stocking-stuffed with jazz and pop arrangements of beloved holiday favorites. Ten such tinselly tunes are featured on the group’s 2016 debut album, A NO PROMISES CHRISTMAS, including Vince Guaraldi’s “Skating,” Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” and the cherished ballad “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The album was mixed by engineer Ed Boyer, who has been responsible for the studio sound of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” Universal Pictures’ “Pitch Perfect” and groups including Pentatonix and Home Free. A NO PROMISES CHRISTMAS is available on iTunes and other digital distributors.

NO PROMISES is led by tenor and arranger Joshua Steele, who founded the ensemble in 2015 with high school chum David Baum; the pair sang together in a strolling barbershop quartet at Cincinnati’s Kings Island theme park. Baum went on to a sparkling stage and screen career in New York City, including the Broadway productions of A CHORUS LINE and MARY POPPINS, and has since returned to the area as a practicing clinical psychologist. NO PROMISES debuted with a 2015 Christmas tour, drawing 2,000
patrons to venues across Cincinnati and Dayton. Quickly assembling a docket of performances including concert series, festivals, weddings, school performances and clubs, NO PROMISES has developed an indelible sound, a dynamic repertoire, and a unique repartee that ensures an entertaining and memorable experience.

NO PROMISES is:

  • Joshua Steele (tenor), Cincinnati
  • Charlie Harper (tenor / baritone), Cincinnati
  • Adam Wheeler (tenor), Dayton
  • David Baum (baritone), Cincinnati
  • Jeff Grooms (baritone / bass), Cold Spring, KY
  • Matt Croy, (bass), Findlay, OH

with current special guests:

  • Noah Berry, (tenor) Cincinnati
  • Ken Holdt, (baritone) Cincinnati

Full singer bios available at www.nopromisesvocalband.com/lineup.

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September 5, 2017 · 4:00 pm

Auditions Announced for URINETOWN at Footlighters

fli_logoMusic and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis

Directed by Bunny Arszman
Vocal and Music Direction by Alan Masters
Choreography by JV Katz
Produced by Mary Stone

Auditions:

  • Sunday, December 3rd 5:30-8:30pm
  • Monday, December 4th 7-9pm

Callbacks: Wednesday, December 6th 7pm-9pm

Location: The Stained Glass Theatre, 802 York Street, Newport KY 41011

  • Please prepare 16 bars of a song that demonstrates your best vocal ability, preferably musical theatre, not from “Urinetown”.
  • Monologues are not necessary.  Acting ability will be judged by the “selling” of your song.
  • Please come dressed and prepared for an energetic dance audition.
  • Callbacks will include singing songs from the show and performing cold readings from the script.

Sign up for an audition time slot here: AUDITION for URINETOWN at Footlighters

Performance dates: May 3-18, 2018

Synopsis: A hilarious satire that earned 3 Tony Awards, URINETOWN is a story set in a Gotham-like city, where a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs.

Cast Size: Ensemble Cast of 8-10 Men/5-6 Women + Possible small Ensemble

Dance Requirements: Strong sense of rhythm, musical theatre movement & lots of energy

Character Breakdown:

  • Officer Lockstock
    The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
    Gender: male
    Age: 35 to 60
    Vocal range top: A4
    Vocal range bottom: A2
  • Penelope Pennywise
    The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell’s one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
    Gender: female
    Age: 35 to 55
    Vocal range top: C6
    Vocal range bottom: A3
  • Bobby Strong
    The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
    Gender: male
    Age: 25 to 35
    Vocal range top: C5
    Vocal range bottom: A2
  • Little Sally
    A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play’s logic.
    Gender: female
    Age: 20 to 30
    Vocal range top: E5
    Vocal range bottom: A3
  • Dr. Billeaux
    Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM.
    Gender: male
    Age: 25 to 50
    Vocal range top: A3
    Vocal range bottom: E3
  • Mr. Mcqueen
    Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
    Gender: male
    Age: 30 to 45
    Vocal range top: E4
    Vocal range bottom: B2
  • Senator Fipp
    A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward.
    Gender: male
    Age: 40 to 55
    Vocal range top: F4
    Vocal range bottom: C#3
  • Officer Barrel
    Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
    Gender: male
    Age: 25 to 50
    Vocal range top: F4
    Vocal range bottom: G2
  • Hope Cladwell
    Cladwell’s ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father’s evil.
    Gender: female
    Age: 25 to 35
    Vocal range top: A5
    Vocal range bottom: A3
  • Joseph “Old Man” Strong
    Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Optional Doubling as HOT BLADES HARRY.
    Gender: male
    Age: 40 to 65
  • Tiny Tom
    One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Optional Doubling as DR. BILLEAUX.
    Gender: male
    Age: 25 to 50
    Vocal range top: A3
    Vocal range bottom: D3
  • Soupy Sue
    One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Optional Doubling as CALDWELL’S SECRETARY.
    Gender: female
    Age: 25 to 40
    Vocal range top: B4
    Vocal range bottom: Bb3
  • Little Becky Two-shoes
    One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional Doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM.
    Gender: female
    Age: 20 to 40
    Vocal range top: F5
    Vocal range bottom: Bb3
  • Caldwell B. Cladwell
    The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
    Gender: male
    Age: 50 to 65
    Vocal range top: G4
    Vocal range bottom: A2
  • Josephine “Ma” Strong
    Bobby’s mother and Joseph’s wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Optional Doubling as OLD WOMAN.
    Gender: female
    Age: 55 to 65
    Vocal range top: D5
    Vocal range bottom: Bb3
  • Hot Blades Harry
    One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Optional Doubling as JOSEPH “OLD MAN” STRONG.
    Gender: male
    Age: 40 to 60
    Vocal range top: F4
    Vocal range bottom: A2
  • Optional Ensemble

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