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February 25, 2020 · 9:46 am

SEUSSICAL The Musical Runs March 26-29

IAP_Seussical logoSEUSSICAL The Musical
Inspiring Arts Productions
March 26-29
Miami University Hamilton Parrish Auditorium

Revisit your favorite characters in this colorful adventure through Dr. Seuss’s beloved stories! Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must also guard an abandoned egg left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird.  Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him.  Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!

  • Thu, March 26 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 27-28 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, March 29 at 3pm

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February 25, 2020 · 9:21 am

Anna Ziegler’s ACTUALLY Comes to Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre

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Promotional photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

Play encourages audiences to examine complicated truths

CINCINNATI – Award-winning American playwright Anna Ziegler’s characters will come to life in the thought-provoking production of ACTUALLY in the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre from March 21 through April 26, with opening night on March 26. This provocative new play finds its finger on the pulse of a generation that’s grappling with the deep complexities of gender, race and consent and will inspire audiences to discuss these themes for days to come.

ACTUALLY follows two freshman students at Princeton University, Amber and Tom, who party heavily to cope with mounting pressures until one shared evening of flirting and drinking ends in a sexual encounter that may or may not have been consensual. Before either can fully grasp what actually happened, they’re swept up in the nerve-rattling university judicial process that changes the course of both their lives.

Ziegler calls the backdrop of ACTUALLY “hugely important” yet also “beside the point.” She writes in an author’s note, “The play, to me, not only holds up a mirror to a certain moment in time… but also hopefully speaks to a larger and more timeless question about who we are as men and as women and what forces drive our actions.”

ACTUALLY is directed by Cincinnati-based theatre director Bridget Leak, who has worked frequently with local theatres to stage productions that address the subject of sexual violence. The production also features Tyler Fauntleroy as Tom and Remy Zaken as Amber, both of whom are making their debut at the Playhouse.

“As a play about an allegation, Ziegler is not asking us who is right and who is wrong, but how both can be both right and wrong,” says Leak. “It is a huge challenge to delicately find that balance and to constantly shift the power between these two actors. I want the audience to really grapple with who they sympathize with. I want them to reflect on their own biases and maybe shift their empathy. I think this 90-minute piece could inspire hours of conversation.”

For more information on ACTUALLY, visit cincyplay.com.

CAST
Tyler Fauntleroy (Tom); Remy Zaken (Amber)

PRODUCTION
Anna Ziegler (Playwright); Bridget Leak (Director); Brian Sidney Bembridge (Set and Lighting Designer); Gordon DeVinney (Costume Designer); Kevin L. Alexander (Sound Designer); Stephanie Klapper, CSA (Casting Director); Andrea L. Shell (Stage Manager)

TICKETS
To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Playhouse Box Office at 513-421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana at 800-582-3208) or visit www.cincyplay.com. Call 513-345-2248 for Telecommunications Device for the Deaf accessibility.

Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, at 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Individual tickets start at just $35. Tickets to all performances are priced at just $10 for college students with a valid school ID. Student tickets are just $15 on the day of the show for all other performances. Discounted ticket prices for teens are available for all productions and are $30 to $50, depending on show and seat location.

ADVISORY: ACTUALLY is suitable for adults and older teenage audiences. This timely drama about consent contains very strong adult language, depictions of college partying, themes of sex and sexuality, and in-depth discussions of sexual violence.

EVENTS

MEET THE ARTISTS
March 29 and April 5, at 2 p.m. | April 8 and April 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Stick around after the performances listed above for a special Q&A with cast and crew of ACTUALLY.

SPONSORS
Honorary Producers are Barbara and Leon Meyer. The season is sponsored by Heidelberg Distributing Company. Season Sponsor of New Work is the Rosenthal Family Foundation.

The Playhouse is supported by the generosity of almost 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation.

ACCESS
The Playhouse is fully accessible. Audio enhancement receivers, large print programs, and complete wheelchair access are available.

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February 24, 2020 · 3:54 pm

2020 OVERTURE AWARDS FINALS COMPETITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY | Sat., March 7 | Aronoff Center

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CINCINNATI, OH – The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is proud to present the 2020 Overture Awards Finals Competition. The Overture Awards provides $4,000 to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with eighteen finalists each winning $1,000. The program also provides a $2,500 Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction.

The Overture Awards Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Winners will be announced immediately following the competition. Tickets are $15, $10 and available online at www.CincinnatiArts.org, by phone at 513.621.ARTS [2787] or at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Visual Art Finalists Exhibition will showcased in the Aronoff Center’s Center Stage Room (adjacent to the Weston Art Gallery on 7th Street) from Tuesday, March 3 – Saturday, March 7, 2020.

This year, 369 students were nominated by their schools or studios to compete in one of six artistic disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage, and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12. It also provides students an opportunity to share their talents and interests among their peers in a supportive environment outside of their individual schools. There are three levels of competition: Regional, Semi-Final, and Final.

The Overture Awards Regionals Competitions were held on January 25 at the Immanuel School of Music, Northern Kentucky University, and Mount Saint Joseph University. The top twenty percent of the competitors in each discipline advanced to the Semi-Finals, which were held at the Aronoff Center on February 6-8. Twenty-five finalists will compete in the Finals Competition at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater on March 7.

Now in its 24th year, The Overture Awards was launched in 1996 by the Cinergy Foundation (now Duke Energy) and Leadership Cincinnati (a program of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber). The Overture Awards is funded and administered by the Cincinnati Arts Association, which operates and manages the Aronoff Center and Music Hall. The Overture Awards also relies on hundreds of volunteers from the community who help raise funds, adjudicate and manage the competitions, and nurture the program. 

THE OVERTURE AWARDS ARE ENDOWED BY THE OTTO M. BUDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Overture Awards Presenting Sponsors:  TriHealth; The Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.; Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; Summerfair Cincinnati

Scholarship Sponsors:  Arthur Murray – Cincinnati, Douglas Beal, Doreen Beatrice, Bonita Brockert, Brandon Etheridge, Maura Garuccio, Jozsef Parragh, Pebble Creek Group, Phoenix Rising Ballroom,  Summerfair Cincinnati, Josh Tilford, Western & Southern Financial Fund, The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation

Competition Sponsors:  Immanuel School of Music, Mount Saint Joseph University, Northern Kentucky University

Printing Sponsor:  Graphic Village 

THE 2020 OVERTURE AWARDS FINALISTS 

CREATIVE WRITING

  • Sam Bowden, grade 12, Wyoming High School
  • Clara Conover, grade 12, Mount Notre Dame High School
  • Sylvia Nica, grade 12, Cincinnati Country Day School
  • Deeya Prakash, grade 10, Sycamore High School

DANCE

  • Alicia Gan, grade 10, The Seven Hills School / Just Off Broadway
  • Judi Hu, grade 12, Mason High School / Bing Yang Chinese Performing Arts Center
  • Trista Mullenix, grade 9, School for Creative & Performing Arts / Just Off Broadway
  • Ava Sine, grade 12, School for Creative & Performing Arts/ Just Off Broadway

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

  • Kathryn Guo, grade 10, The Seven Hills School / Won-Bin Yim
  • Meagan Hipsky, grade 12, Homeschool / Cincinnati Young Artists
  • Arun Kamath, grade 11, Sycamore High School / Van Dyke Piano Studio
  • Kasey Shao, grade 11, Walnut Hills High School / Ran Dank

THEATER

  • Jalaysia Bell, grade 12, School for Creative & Performing Arts
  • Micah Day, grade 12, Turpin High School / Xan Jeffery
  • Payton Hines, grade 10, Sycamore High School / Karl Resnik
  • Jake Jervis, grade 11, Sycamore High School / McCready Voice Studio 

VISUAL ART

  • Gabrielle Grace P. Chiong, grade 12, Walnut Hills High School
  • Cailee Plunkett, grade 12, Oak Hills High School
  • Olivia Sheldon, grade 12, Indian Hill High School
  • Halle West, grade 11, Kings High School

VOCAL MUSIC

  • Anna Gaddie, grade 12, Conner High School / Moss Performing Arts Academy
  • Annalyn Gauger, grade 12, School for Creative & Performing Arts / Angela Powell Walker Studio
  • Luke Randazzo, grade 10, School for Creative & Performing Arts / Kathy Cammett Studio
  • Grant Shields, grade 12, Kings High School / Kathy Cammett Studio
  • Mary Wilkens, grade 11, Ursuline Academy / Melody Wallace Studios

Arts Educator Award For Excellence in Arts Instruction

The Arts Educator Award promotes and rewards excellence in arts instruction throughout Greater Cincinnati. An educator who teaches any of the following arts disciplines may be nominated: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. They can be a high school arts specialist, teaching artist working with high school students, or an arts professional or educator providing private lessons or instruction. Nominations for the award must come from students between the ages of 14-19 who are currently enrolled in high school. Nominations are made by submitting an on-line application with a three-minute video about why the nominee is an exemplary arts educator.

The winner of the 2020 award will receive $2,500, and two finalists will receive $500 each. The recipients of the Arts Educator Award may utilize the monetary award to strengthen their program or practice, e.g. an artist fee for a guest lecturer or master class, the purchase of equipment, or a professional learning opportunity such as tuition assistance for either the educator or for students to study with the recipient or another professional.

Arts Educator Award Finalists 

Matt Eckerle, Notre Dame Academy
Discipline: Visual Art
Nominated by Kenzie Eberhart

Trio Jeng, CCM Prep
Discipline: Vocal Music
Nominated by Ishana Galgali

Melody Wallace, Private Teacher
Discipline: Vocal Music and Piano
Nominated by Ava Huelskamp

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. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.8 million students.

CAA is proud to be a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education, Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and Performing Arts Center Consortium.

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February 24, 2020 · 11:11 am

Actresses Needed for MURDER AT THE BANQUET at Beyond the Proscenium Ensemble

BTP_logoBTPE is still seeking two actresses.

One plays an aged Agatha Christie type of character.

The second plays a young, “take the world by the horns”, sassy character.

We are casting for these immediately. BTPE does provide a per performance stipend to all actors.

Rehearsals run 7-9pm until tech week. Dinner theatre shows run April 17, 18, 24 & 25, 2020.

The theatre is located in Northside.

For more information or to schedule an audition, call (513) 999-BTPE or e-mail BTPE2019@aol.com

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February 24, 2020 · 11:06 am

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Runs March 6-15

SPP_Steel Magnolias promoSTEEL MAGNOLIAS
St. Paul Players
March 6-15
[Reading]

Statement from Nick Huitger, Artistic Director: “Amid the chaos currently unfolding with the COVID-19/Coronavirus this weekend performances of STEEL MAGNOLIAS are still currently going on as planned. We are taking extra precautions to sanitize our space after each performance. If you are feeling 100% and would still like to join us, we welcome your presence . Thank you, St. Paul Players”

Directed by Nate Huitger

Cast: Christie Beckman as Truvy Jones, Mary Mills as Annelle Dupuy-Desoto, Cathy Alter as Clairee Belcher, Michelle Cockerham as Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, Peggy Allen as M’Lynn Eatenton & Julie Jordan as Ouiser Boudreaux

STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a touching, comedy-drama that shows the healing power of laughter and friendship. As the women of Chinquapin, Louisianna gather to get their hair done in Truvy’s hair salon, they gossip and trade opinions about every day life. The women find strength and comfort in one another as they deal with life’s struggles, often through a fair amount of verbal ribbing.

  • Fri-Sat, March 6-7 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 13-14 at 7pm
  • Sun, March 15 at 1pm

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