Stagecrafters is looking for 2 actors to fill 2 roles for JAKE’S WOMEN:
Show dates are May 5, 6, 11, 12 & 13. Rehearsals starting in March.
Please contact Mike Morehead at 513.251.8308, or morehead71@gmail.com.
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ANNOUNCING THE DAYTON THEATRE GUILD 2018/2019 SEASON
THE LITTLE FOXES
by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Kathy Mola
4M, 4W
Audition Dates: June 4 & 5, 2018
Production Dates: August 17 – September 2, 2018
In a small Alabama town in the year 1900, a southern family’s selfish pursuit of the American Dream ends up destroying them and those they love. Three siblings –the manipulative Regina, the cruel and arrogant Oscar, and the possessive Benjamin—have decided to partner together to increase their already substantial, ill-gotten wealth. But Regina’s terminally ill husband, Horace, refuses to give them the money they need. In the end, blood and money mix with money coming out on top, leaving a broken family behind.
THIS RANDOM WORLD
By Steven Dietz
Directed by Margie Strader
3M, 5W
Audition Dates: August 20 & 21, 2018
Production Dates: October 5 – 21, 2018
We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but how often do we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing? From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape, and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own. Following a web of characters whose interwoven lives collide but never quite connect, THIS RANDOM WORLD shows us that, through the power of chance, we might be closer to each other than we know.
THE SHADOW BOX
By Michael Cristofer
Directed by David Shough
5M, 4W
Audition Dates: November 19 & 20, 2018
Production Dates: January 11 – 27, 2019
THE SHADOW BOX made its Broadway debut in 1977, winning both a Tony Award for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Joe, Brian, and Felicity come from different walks of life, different parts of the country, and are each dying of cancer. They are living their final days with friends and family in a hospice cottage on the grounds of a large California hospital. Joe’s wife is in denial, Felicity awaits a visit from her daughter, and Brian plays referee between his ex-wife and his male lover. Each day, the patients are observed and counseled by an invisible Interviewer as they talk candidly about their emotional and physical struggles.
OUR MOTHER’S BRIEF AFFAIR
By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Patrick Allyn Hayes
2M, 2W
Audition Dates: January 14 & 15, 2019
Production Dates: March 1 – 17, 2019
Anna is in the hospital having the latest of her frequent deathbed scenes, and this one looks like it may be the real deal. She makes a shocking confession to her grown children about an affair from her past that just might have resonance beyond the family. But how much of what she says is true? While her children try to separate fact from fiction, Anna fights for a legacy she can be proud of. With razor-sharp wit and extraordinary insight, Our Mother’s Brief Affair considers the sweeping, surprising impact of indiscretions both large and small.
NICE GIRL
By Melissa Ross
Directed by Debra Kent
1M, 3W
Audition Dates: March 4 & 5, 2019
Production Dates: April 19 – May 5, 2019
In suburban Massachusetts in 1984, thirty-seven-year-old Josephine Rosen has a dead-end job as a secretary and still lives at home with her hypochondriac mother. She started college but never finished, and has settled into a life that doesn’t offer much hope for the future. But when a new friendship at work and a chance flirtation with an old classmate give her hope for the possibility of change, she dusts off the Jane Fonda tapes and begins to take tentative steps towards a new life. This is a play about the tragedy and joy of figuring out who you are and letting go of who you were supposed to be.
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
By Jethro Compton
Directed by J Gary Thompson
6M, 1W (+extras)
Audition Dates: April 22 & 23, 2019
Production Dates: June 7 – 23, 2019
Journey into the Wild West in the year 1890, in this classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance. When a young scholar from New York City travels west in search of a new life, he arrives beaten and half-dead on the dusty streets of Twotrees. Rescued from the plains, the town soon becomes his home. A local girl gives him purpose in a broken land, but is it enough to save him from the vicious outlaw who wants him dead? He must make the choice to turn and run or to stand up for what he believes.
SEASON EXTRA: a play workshop
THE MAN WHO KILLED THE CURE
By Luke Yankee
Directed by Jeff Sams
Production Dates: November 16-25, 2018
THE MAN WHO KILLED THE CURE, a controversial new play by The Last Lifeboat playwright Luke Yankee, is based on the life and death of Dr. Max Gerson, one of the fathers of natural healing. Two doctors, who are colleagues, friends, and men of science, survive Nazi Germany and make their way to America. Dr. Max Gerson believes in natural healing techniques while his former best friend and new adversary gets rich trying to stop him. This play is about the times we live in, one man’s betrayal of another, and a timeless investigation of the hypocrisy that poisons the world of modern medicine.
*season ticket package info will be forthcoming.
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Lebanon Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the cast of ALMOST, MAINE:
A huge thank you to EVERYONE who came out to audition. One of our BIGGEST turnouts ever for a show!
Directed by Kurt Percy, ALMOST, MAINE is the 2nd show of LTC’s 2017-2018 season and opens March 16th.
Visit www.ltcplays.com for more information and to purchase tickets!
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Fall 2018
MY FAVORITE YEAR
Directed by Douglas Berlon
Music directed by Charlie Wilhelm
Vocal direction by Kendra Struthers
Choreographed by Karen Sowards
Produced by Chad & Julie DeMatteis
Spring 2019
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Directed by Skip Fenker
Music directed by Todd Florin
Vocal direction by Kendra Struthers
Choreographed by Mike Fielder
Produced by Kathy Beiting
From memory, so any errors are mine. -Rob
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February 9-10 & 16-17
Aronoff Center – Fifth Third Bank Theater
Cincinnati Arts Association and Cincinnati Music Theatre
Announce Casting for Premiere Partnership Event at the Aronoff Center
(Cincinnati, OH) – Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT) and the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) are pleased to announce the casting of its premiere cabaret LOVE IS LOVE: A Cabaret of Broadway Songs About Love at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Fifth Third Bank Theater on February 9-10 and 16-17 (see detailed schedule below). CMT has attracted some of the area’s top local talent and theatre veterans – many of whom have performed in past CMT productions – for this premiere production through a new partnership with CAA.
LOVE IS LOVE – Cast List
Sitting at tables with a drink in hand, audiences will hear Broadway classics, old and new, about the many different aspects of love. In the premiere production of a partnership between CAA and CMT, beloved songs such as “Seasons of Love” (Rent), “Love Changes Everything” (Aspects of Love), “My Funny Valentine” (Babes in Arms), and “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun” (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas) will be sung by CMT’s top talent. It’s the perfect show for a Valentine’s date or a special evening with friends!
Musical direction will be by Michael Spresser, who is co-creating the cabaret with acclaimed local director Skip Fenker. Michael has over twenty-five years of music teaching and publishing experience and has given editorial guidance to composers such as Eric Whitacre and Stephen Schwartz. “I am truly thrilled to work with each member of our cast,” said Michael. “This new venture with CAA is the perfect opportunity for our community of actors to be involved in an intimate evening of charming music from the stage.”
Tickets are only $25 and include a cheese/fruit plate and one beverage compliments of CAA. Tickets are available now at CincinnatiArts.org, Cincinnatimusictheatre.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group sales of eight or more are available at (513) 977-4157. Ticket price includes all fees.
LOVE IS LOVE Performance Schedule:
Cincinnati Arts Association
Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies, including Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati, presented by TriHealth. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.6 million students.
For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.org.
Cincinnati Music Theatre
One of Cincinnati’s oldest and most successful community theaters, CMT is proud of its long history of presenting popular, large scale, award-winning musicals to enthusiastic audiences from across the Greater Cincinnati area. For more information, visit www.cincinnatimusictheatre.org, LIKE us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cincinnatimusictheatre, and follow us on Twitter @CinMusicTheatre.
CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS
SEASON SPONSORS: AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), FURNITURE FAIR, LOCAL12 WKRC, THE P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS: 21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Macy’s, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, TriHealth, Ultimate Air Shuttle, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.
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