Yearly Archives: 2017

CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 8

Heading into the home stretch, I’m seeing two new participant performance tonight.

CFF_Where There Were WoodsFrom 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.

CFF_Wilderness SurvivalThen 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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CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 7

Tonight is Two-fer Tuesday as I cross over into the two-show path.

CFF_Balls of YarnsFirst 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!

CFF_Invisible GirlShow 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 Runs July 7-22

SSP_The Toxic Avenger logoTHE 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!

  • Fri-Sat, July 7-8 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 3pm
  • Thu, July 20 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 21-22 at 8pm

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2017-2018 Season Announced by Stagecrafters Inc.

SC_logoStagecrafters Inc.
66th Continuous Season

Mystery, Mayhem & Memories

HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Adapted & Dramatized by Tim Kelly
Oct. 21-29, 2017

DADDY’S DYIN’ WHO’S GOT THE WILL
By Del Shores
Feb. 10-18, 2018

JAKE’S WOMEN
By Neil Simon
May 5-13, 2018

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Actors Needed for Strong Brothers Films’ Cincinnati 48 Hour Film Project Entry

MISC_48 Hour Film Project logoOpen Call to All Cincinnati Actors!

We are Strong Brothers Films and have a team participating in the Cincinnati 48 Hour Film Project (http://www.48hourfilm.com/cincinnati-oh). Want to have some fun?

The project contest runs from July 21-23, 2017. Teams pull 1 of 30 genres, Comedy, Drama, Horror, etc. from a hat at 6:00 pm EDT Friday July 21 and must turn in a 7-minute film by 6:00 pm EDT Sunday July 23. We plan on all filming occurring Saturday July 22, 2017.

We had a wonderful time with all of the actors we met on Behind The Curtain who participated in the 2016 48 Hr. Film Project with us. They also praised our collective effort saying that they had fun. Here’s a link to our 2016 entry, “Abaddon.

**Actors cannot be paid per contest rules**

  • The shoot will be catered and have water/pop, etc. all day
  • We are professionals and want to have a fun, productive experience
  • This project is highly visible with a movie theater screening before an audience of hundreds of local people, including other local filmmakers who may want you for projects after the contest.
  • Many films end up on Youtube, etc.
  • There is a chance to win state, nationals, etc. which improves your visibility as an actor
  • We do not know what genre we will draw
  • So we don’t know what the location is other than in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
  • We currently don’t know what the role is but there will not be anything untoward such as nudity, excessive expletives, general weirdness (e.g., not a Tarantino movie).
  • You DO NOT need to be a professional actor, just have acting experience even if it is just schooling.
  • You MUST be available all day and evening Saturday July 22, 2017.
  • Even if you have availability and commit you MAY NOT BE SELECTED based upon the genre we draw (e.g., a coming of age movie with teens can’t have too many middle-aged people). You may still be able to participate in other ways if you like.
  • DVDs of the finished 7 minute film are available upon request.

Contact us at hargis.kelson@gmail.com, or hargis.kelson@yahoo.com to sign up.

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