Yearly Archives: 2017

November 14, 2017 · 1:28 pm

INSPECTING CAROL Runs Dec. 1-17

TDW_Inspecting Carol logoINSPECTING CAROL
The Drama Workshop
Dec. 1-17
Glenmore Playhouse [Cheviot]

Directed & produced by Ray Persing

Cast: Kristy Rucker as MJ McMann, Cameron James Baker as Wayne Wellacre, Jody Hart as Zorah Bloch, Dennis Murphy as Sidney Carlton, Carolmarie Stock as Dorothy Tree-Hapgood, BJ Simpson as Phil Hewlitt, Joe Hamzy as Luther Beatty, Ivory Mazur as Walter Parsons, Doug Tumeo as Kevin Emory, Rick Hunt as Bart Frances, Bill Keeton as Larry Vauxhall & Amy Sullivan as Betty Andrews

INSPECTING CAROL deals with a regional theatre company that is rehearsing its annual production of A Christmas Carol, when it gets news of the impending arrival of an inspector from the National Endowment for the Arts to review their work. When they assume that the man who asks to audition is really an informer for the NEA, everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role. What will happen when the actual inspector shows up? Come see this laugh-a-minute romp!

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 8-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 10 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Dec. 14-16 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 17 at 2pm

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November 14, 2017 · 12:46 pm

FANCY NANCY, SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS Runs Dec. 1-17

THT_Fancy Nancy promoFANCY NANCY, SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS
Town Hall Theatre
Dec. 1-17
Centerville

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What could be fancier than Christmas? Presents with elegant paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles – and who could forget the tree? After all, there’s no such thing as too much tinsel according to Fancy Nancy. Ooh la,la! This year Nancy is especially excited becasue she is able to buy a brand new sparkly tree topper! But if things don’t go as planned will Christmas ever be as splendiferous as Nancy planned? Ages 4 and up.

  • Fri, Dec. 1 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Dec. 2-3 at 3pm
  • Fri, Dec. 8 at 7pm
  • Sat, Dec. 9 at 11am & 3pm
  • Sun, Dec. 10 at 3pm
  • Fri, Dec. 15 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Dec. 16-17 at 3pm
    Optional Pre-Show Party on Dec. 2, 10 & 16

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November 14, 2017 · 12:23 pm

WILD PARTY Runs Nov. 24-Dec. 3

CASA_The Wild Party logoWILD PARTY
Cincinnati Actor’s Studio and Academy
Nov. 24-Dec. 3
Essex Studios [Avondale]

Directed by Erin Carr
Music/vocal direction by Janet Langhorst
Choreographed by Margot Grom

Cast: Amy Helms, Owen Kiley, Blake Knauer, Alena Firlie, Jonah Sorscher, Leanne Hays, Katie Tierney, Bettina Ernst, Abbie Loebker, Bella DeJesus & Bryce Kessler

WILD PARTY is a steamy, cautionary tale about escapism, control and excess. Set between 2017 and the Prohibition era, lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw a party-to-end-all-parties in their small, Manhattan apartment. As the guests arrive, it seems Queenie is taken with her friend’s date, sparking a complicated love triangle. The night, fueled by booze, games, and pretention, takes a dangerous turn as Burrs’s jealousy gets the best of him. The game unravels. Violence erupts. Checkmate.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 24-25 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 26 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 1-2 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 3pm

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November 13, 2017 · 3:55 pm

BLACK NATIVITY Runs Dec. 2-9

CBTC_Black NativityBLACK NATIVITY
Cincinnati Black Theatre Company
Dec. 2-9
World of Deliverance, Family Life Center [Forest Park]

The “Black Nativity” originated in 1961 and was performed Off-Broadway by Langston Hughes. The modified celebration of the birth of Jesus exhibits more than just another Christmas production. This illustrious story is filled with joyfulness as it expresses one of the Bible’s most prevailing narratives that took place in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. The spirited performance is presented with a taste of African American flavor.  “Black Nativity” articulates not only the story of Jesus’ birth, but also the splendiferous sound of Gospel music! The production is a commemoration of how many celebrate the amazing story Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary both nationally and internationally. The “Black Nativity” is a recurring favorite and CBTC is elated to feature a new exhilarating and diverse show each and every year. The production is filled with impactful sounds of music, praise and worship, song and dance, bursts of energetic, astounding costuming, and prophetic storytelling! What a grand experience this will be.

  • Sat, Dec. 2 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Fri, Dec. 8 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Dec. 9 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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November 13, 2017 · 3:40 pm

URINETOWN Runs Dec. 1-10

WSU_Urinetown logoURINETOWN
Wright State University
Dec. 1-10
Herbst Theatre [Dayton]

In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.”

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 2pm
  • Thu, Dec. 7 at 7pm
  • Fri, Dec. 8 at 8pm
  • Sat, Dec. 9 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 10 at 2pm

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