Monthly Archives: October 2021

Cast Announced for THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at INNOVAtheatre

INNOV_logoINNOVAtheatre is now excited to share the cast list for THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE! Thanks to all who auditioned, and congratulations to the cast and crew!

  • Olive Ostrovsky – Abby Brown
  • Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre – Bri Landrum
  • Marcy Park – Liz Lindon
  • William Barfee – Sam Horton
  • Leaf Coneybear – Chase Engel
  • Chip Tolentino – Jacob Nichols
  • Miss Rona Peretti – Clare Hingsbergen
  • Mr Douglas Panch – Jason S Lakes
  • (Mitch) Mahoney – Michaela Cramer

Mark your calendars for January 13th-16th and make sure you get your tickets to see this incredible cast!

Tickets can be purchased here: SorgOperaHouse.org.

For more information visit www.innovatheatre.com.

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Cast Announced for SCROOGE the Musical at INNOVAtheatre

INNOV_logoINNOVAtheatre is excited to announce the cast of our Holiday production SCROOGE the Musical

Production dates are December 16th – 19th.

Tickets are on sale now at SorgOperaHouse.org

The cast includes:

  • Mark David Diffenderfer – Scrooge
  • Nick Dunker – Bob Cratchitt
  • Tiny Tim – Isaac Muniz & Eric Chupka
  • Eva Greer – Miss Dilber/Mary Seller
  • Jovone Lewis – Ghost of Christmas Past/Beggar Woman
  • Jeri Lewis – Urchin/Mrs. Cratchitt
  • Greta Moore – Phantom/Isabel/Helen
  • Terry Neack – Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig
  • Jeanie Baughn – Bess/Phantom/Teacher/Mrs. Pringle
  • Lily Bang – Phantom/Party Guest/Jen
  • Jillian Edwards – Shellfish Seller/Belinda Cratchitt/Urchin
  • Maria Greely – Martha Chratchitt/Party Guest/Phantom
  • Camden Lewis – Little Scrooge/Children Ensemble
  • Ronald Bowers Jr. – Mr. Pringle/Wine Merchant/Dick Wilkins
  • Liz Dunker – Urchin/Phantom/Party Guest
  • Richard Lee Waldeck – Mr. Fezziwig / Hugo Harty/ Topper
  • Matt Kuntzman – Ghost of Christmas Present
  • Ernie Rowland – Jacob Marley, Harry (nephew)/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
  • Kara Silver – Kathy Cratchitt/Phantom/Party Guest
  • Parker Hamrick – Boy with Sled/Dick Wilkins/Phantom/Urchin
  • Johnny Wireman – Punch & Judy Man/Party Guest/Boozer/Phantom
  • Aaron Washington – Director/Choreographer
  • Denise Schnieders – Producer/Stage Manager
  • Matt Kuntzman – Music Director

For more information visit www.innovatheatre.com/

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LITTLE WOMEN Runs Nov. 19-21

FFL_Little Women logoLITTLE WOMEN
Fairfield Footlighters
Nov. 19-21
Fairfield Community Arts Center

Directed by Anna Schindler Brown

Cast: Nan Bongiani as Mrs. Tomlinson/Aunt March, Lori Wegman as Josephine March, Dan Schindler as Mr. March, Chris Hudak as Marmee, Megan Fridenmaker as Meg, Kayla Theis as Jo, Rosemary Walker as Beth, Olivia Klefeker as Young Amy, Katie Meymann as Adult Amy, Kira Smith as Hannah, Bob Dronberger as Mr. Laurence, Grant Zentmeyer as Laurie, Andrew Shamblin as John Brooke, Marijo Farley as Mrs. Moffett/Mrs. Kirke, Brenna Lambert as Clara, Taryn McQuinley as Kitty/Mary, Sophia Ragland as Minnie/Jenny, Madalynn Berter as Sarah, Abby Turner as Katy & Kevin Noll as Frederich Bhaer

In 1860’s New England, we see the lives of the four March daughters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – play out before us and follow their triumphs and tragedies as they grow up, fall in love, and face life. With their chaplain father away serving in the Civil War and their mother doing all she can to hold things together at home, the girls employ creativity and courage to help their mother while pursuing their own passions—Jo’s writing, Amy’s art, Beth’s service to the poor, and Meg’s pursuit to become a proper young lady. Next-door neighbor Theodore “Laurie” Laurence, a lonely but charming teen, can’t resist the energy and grace of these little women and helps them to endure one trial after another.

  • Fri, Nov. 19 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 20 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 21 at 2pm

Official page | Facebook event |

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MU 2021 Fringe Festival Runs Nov. 18-20

MU_Fringe 2021 logoFringe Festival 2021
Miami University Theatre
Nov. 18-20
Gates-Abegglen Theatre & Studio 88 [Oxford]

BIG OL’ TINY LI’L DANCE CONCERT 
This concert consists of four pieces choreographed by faculty, students, and guest artist Countess Winfrey of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Theatre. The content of the pieces will be as diverse as the interested participants.

THE BUTTERFLIES’ PROMISE: A VOCALOID JUKEBOX MUSICAL
By Joseph Sheridan
Presented by New Wave Theatre Company
Best friends Danica, Allison, and Ryan are starting their first semester of college in the town where they grew up. They were hoping for an easy and smooth transition to school, but life gets in the way. The Butterflies’ Promise will be performed as a musical tour through songs originally performed using the Vocaloid voice synthesizer software that chronicle the trio’s journey through their first semester as they laugh, love, cry, and find their own identities through a turbulent coming-of-age.

THE END OF THE WORLD 
A play by Baxter Whitehead
Two men sit together at the end of the world, grappling with the sheer incomprehensibility of what has happened. As they talk about the meaning of life and grief in this subtext-rich short drama, the hidden truth of their situation slowly comes to light.

IN TIME
A play by Ruby Gray
What does it mean to be a woman? In Time follows two sets of people, one “then” and one “now”, as they find love, identity, and a chance for liberation. Alternating vignettes reveal that these moments in time are not as different as they may seem. Through letters, balls, texts, and unexpected encounters, Sarah, Cecilia, Sam, and Casey learn what it means to see and be seen. Recipient of the 2021 Miami University Theatre Gallagher Playwriting Award.

ONE
A film by Jordan Myers
ONE is a story about a young woman named Jess who is faced with a world where man-eating demons inhabit all reflective surfaces. Your cell phone, computer screen, mirror…nothing is safe. Daily routines become deadly. In a horrifying sequence of incidents and close-calls, Jess must stop the demons from preying on herself, her friends, her family, and ultimately the world.

10/19/21 COVID-19 Policy: Masks will be required at all Fringe performances.

  • Thu, Nov 18 at 7pm IN TIME (Studio)
    Thu, Nov. 18 at 8:30pm BIG OL’ TINY LI’L DANCE CONCERT (Gates)
  • Fri, Nov. 19 at 7pm BUTTERFLIES’ PROMISE (Gates)
    Fri, Nov. 19 at 8:30pm THE END OF THE WORLD (Studio)
  • Sat, Nov. 20 at 4pm BUTTERFLIES’ PROMISE (Gates)
    Sat, Nov. 20 at 5:30pm 7pm IN TIME (Studio)
    Sat, Nov. 20 at 7pm BIG OL’ TINY LI’L DANCE CONCERT (Gates)
    Sat, Nov. 20 at 8:30pm THE END OF THE WORLD (Studio)
    Sat. Nov. 20 at 10pm ONE (Gates)

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trueNIGHTMARE on Oct. 28

TRUE_nightmare logotrueNIGHTMARE
trueTHEATRE
Oct. 28
Memorial Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

True Theatre continues to produce quarterly one-night-only events featuring five people, from all walks of life, sharing true, personal stories, based on the theme of the evening.

Halloween is approaching and more and more decorations are up, inviting all sorts of frights and reasons to have a good old-fashioned nightmare! Unfortunately, you don’t have to be asleep to have a “nightmare” experience, as you’ll find out when you join us to hear the 5 stories we’ll have for you this evening!

  • Thu, Oct. 28 at 7:30pm

Official page | Facebook event |

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