Rounding out our 2018-19 season Falcon Theatre is thrilled to announce the cast of THE EXONERATED. ⚖️
The cast includes:
Directed by Paul Morris, performances run Jan. 25-Feb. 9.
For more information visit www.falcontheater.net.
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Open audition notice for THE SHADOW BOX by Michael Cristofer
Auditions will be held Mon & Tue, Nov 19 & 20, 2018, starting at 7pm both nights.
Production dates: Jan 11-27, 2019
The Dayton Theatre Guild at the Caryl D. Philip TheatreScape
430 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH, 45410
937-278-5993 — www.daytontheatreguild.org
Directed by David Shough
Produced by K.L.Storer
Assistant produced by Ryan Shannon
THE SHADOW BOX made its Broadway debut in 1977, winning both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Joe, Brian, and Felicity come from different walks of life, but all three are spending their final days with family in hospice cottages on the grounds of a large California hospital in the mid-1970s. Joe’s wife Maggie is in denial, as they both struggle to accept the truth. Agnes dutifully cares for her mother Felicity, who pines for the return of her other daughter, and Brian must play referee between his brassy ex-wife and his male lover. Each day, the residents are observed and counseled by an invisible Interviewer as they explore their emotional and physical struggles.
Casting Requirements:
*Note: the rehearsal schedule will accommodate the holidays, but extended vacations (more than a week) could be a problem. Contact the director with any concerns. *See contact info below.
THE CHARACTERS: These are strong roles for strong actors. Race is not relevant to the story so casting will be done without consideration of the actor’s race. Stated ages are the ages the actors must be capable of appearing, not the actors’ actual ages. Listed in order of speaking.
For more information please contact:
The show runs weekends Jan 11-27, 2019
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm
*Children under seven will not be admitted
Individual tickets on sale now
Adult: $19
Senior (60 or older): $17
Student: $12
Special pricing for groups of 10 or more, call the Box Office at 937-278-5993 for pricing
– http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/ click on “Tickets” link
– or call 937-278-5993
– or at the box office day of the show
* All individual tickets purchased in advance via our on-line ticket system or by telephone will also include a $1 convenience fee.
For more information, including auditions, see http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/
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BABES IN TOYLAND
University of Dayton
Nov. 1-3
Boll Theatre
This beautiful operetta by Victor Herbert and Glenn MacDonough is the latest collaboration between the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program and the Department of Music.
BABES IN TOYLAND is a coming of age story where the peaks of comedy and valleys of tragedy meet in an in-between land: A dark forest where the highest stakes hinge on life and death. The story includes heroines, heroes, villains, an evil mastermind, spiders, and familiar characters from the Mother Goose nursery rhymes of your past. In collaboration with Tristan Cupp, Dayton’s premier puppeteer, this story celebrates the innocence of childhood while engaging deeper themes of adulthood.
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Patrick Kramer and Elizabeth L. Taylor in More Fun than Bowling. Photo by Kenneth Smith – KPIX photography.
Mariemont Players presents More Fun than Bowling by Steven Dietz at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just East of Mariemont), November 2nd – 18th.
Jake owns the bowling alley in a small Midwestern town. He is sitting on a hilltop where two of his three wives are buried. Lois was zapped by lightning while carrying a bowling trophy in a thunderstorm and Loretta was killed by a ball return machine. In his younger days, he was a promising concert musician but a foul tip baseball broke his fingers which subsequently healed into a perfect bowler’s grip. Jake replays the key frames of his life and is visited by his daughter Molly who has become adept at talking women into marrying her father for love and free lane time. But who is that nattily dressed man with dark glasses and a revolver lurking nearby?
MPI audiences will remember Steven Dietz’ distinct, comic voice from last year’s hit, Becky’s New Car! More vivid characters and whacky actions await in this thoroughly unique comedy. And for those who thought bowling was merely a matter of rolling a ball and knocking down some pins, this play examines the Zen of bowling in a way that will change your thinking forever…
More Fun than Bowling is directed by Laura Gossett and features the talents of Patrick Kramer, Jackie Miesle, Elizabeth L. Taylor, Natasha Boeckmann, and Mark Metzner.
Come visit our beautifully renovated auditorium complete with more comfortable seating, center aisle seats, new carpeting, fresh paint, aisle lighting, and a sound induction loop for those with hearing aid T switches and head sets for those with low hearing issues.
Performances will be:
To order tickets for More Fun than Bowling, call Betsy at 513-684-1236 OR order online at www.mariemontplayers.com. All seats are reserved and $20 each.
For more information, contact Dan at maloneykd@gmail.com.
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Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.
1984 presented by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company through Nov. 3. Click here for a synopsis and more information on the production. I attended the opening night performance.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its 2018-19 season with a a new adaptation of George Orwell’s 1949 novel. The original production of this work premiered in England at the Nottingham Playhouse in 2013. It was created and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan.
Well, THAT was disturbing.
There is much to absorb in this taunt 101 minute intermission-less dive into a dystopian world of never-ending war, alternative facts, and government-sanctioned surveillance. The story centers around Winston Smith, an unassuming worker at the Ministry of Truth, responsible for re-writing historical records to match the government’s “official” version. In a personal act of rebellion, Smith begins to secretly write in a diary criticizing the government.
Justin McCombs as Winston Smith & Sara Clark as Julia. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.
As Smith, Justin McCombs is easily likable yet carries the weight of Winston’s isolation in his performance. Perhaps that is why he is so eager to connect with Julia, played with an underlying paranoia by Sara Clark. The two play well off of each other and convincingly handle the intimacy of their relationship. I did feel there were times when Winston seemed to acquiesce to Julia, instead of owning his decisions. Jeremy Dubin is pitch perfect at the enigmatic O’Brien. The cast is supported well by the hardworking ensemble including young Agatha Hickerson who holds her own with the veterans.
Justen N. Locke’s cold, industrial set design works well in defining the world the characters live in, but also offers a canvas ideal for the projection work. I was very impressed by the versatility of the set as it moves into the final scenes of the show. The multimedia design by Brave Berlin, the Founding Creative Directors of Blink and LumenoCity, is incredibly impactful in bringing this world under the eye of “Big Brother” to omnipresent life.
If there is a weakness to the script, it is trying to cover so much territory in such a short period. With the passage of time so unclear, love and trust seem to develop a bit too quickly in a world that greatly lacks both. For those not familiar with the book, the quick transitions from one locale to the next could cause the location of the scene to be unclear to the audience. Also, I would not have minded having the major scene be a bit more uncomfortable for the audience to watch and to see the actor carry and compound the pain as the scene progresses. O’Brien taking a big step upstage would also improve the sight-line for those sitting audience right.
Justin McCombs as Winston Smith and Jeremy Dubin as O’Brien. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.
Overall, a truly disturbing production that never allows you to gain your mental footing. This production also features some of the strongest video work I’ve seen on stage.
My rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 