RUSH JUST ANNOUNCED: “And all we really want…” is a 50% off rush ticket to JAGGED LITTLE PILL!
Students, seniors, members of the military, teachers, first responders with valid ID, or SNAP card holders can purchase up to two (2) tickets for all performances of JAGGED LITTLE PILL running now through April 2 at 50% off current pricing.
Available in-person while supplies last at the Aronoff Ticket Office only, 2 hours prior to the performance.
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August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
April 23-May 14
The Rouse Theatre [Eden Park]
It’s 1948 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, and blues music echoes throughout the neighborhood. A group of old friends gathers to mourn and reminisce about Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton — a gifted guitarist whose star was on the rise and whose untimely death has irrevocably changed each of them. With live blues and lyrical dialogue, August Wilson weaves a poetic and poignant composition about the Black American experience. This landmark, Tony Award-winning play — a part of Wilson’s American Century Cycle — promises a soulful exploration of the ties that bind and the chords that hold us together. August Wilson’s Seven Guitars is suitable for adult and older teenage audiences. This landmark script contains adult language (including the n-word) as it explores the tunes of life for the story’s characters. Through poetic dialogue and blues melodies, they speak frankly and deeply about hardship, violence, death and racism.
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BANKERS
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
April 21-May 14
[Over-the-Rhine]
Written by Brandt Russell
Directed by Andrew Hungerford
Cast: James Creque as Hunter, Ben Dudley as Herbie, Eileen Earnest as Migrant, Jim Hopkins* as Old Man, k Jenny Jones* as Sharon & Aisha Josiah as Surrey
*appear courtesy Actors Equity Association
What do you do when you think you and your town are the last people on Earth – and then it gets worse? A world premiere full of twists, turns, and tight dialogue that will keep you asking questions about the world we live in now (and where it may be headed). A world premiere show from a local playwright, Bankers was workshopped as a developmental production at the 2019 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
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RIPCORD
Oxford Area Community Theatre
April 21-30
Oxford Community Arts Center
Directed by Lisa Biales
For four years, irritable and sarcastic Abby Binder has kept a room to herself at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, through sheer force of her rude personality. Nursing disappointment at the direction her life has taken, she has no room for distraction. When bubbly, bright, and unbearably cheerful Marilyn Dunne is placed in her room, Abby tries her usual tricks, but fails to scare her annoying new roommate away. RIPCORD is an enemies-to-friends story for a pair of excellently well-rounded, mature women.
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Up next at The Human Race Theatre Company: Barbecue, by Robert O’Hara, pairs America’s fascination for self-destruction with an unexpected twist in this hilarious and devastating comedy. Performances run from April 13 – 30, 2023 at the Loft Theatre.
The four O’Mallery siblings have planned a barbecue picnic for their youngest sister, Barbara, but they secretly plan to stage an intervention to confront her outrageous behavior and reckless drug and alcohol use. We soon learn that each sibling needs their own intervention; Lillie Anne calls James “white trash” – blackout. When the lights return, so do the four siblings: same park, same situation, same personalities, different actors! From that moment on, the two parallel families alternate, and the day becomes raucous and unpredictable.
“Robert O’Hara has an extraordinary way of leaving you with changed perceptions while your sides split with laughter,” comments Emily N. Wells, Human Race Theatre Company artistic director. “His understanding of our flawed humanity provides a way to see and respect one another as complex, individual beings.” This marks the first time that one of O’Hara’s works has been produced in the area, despite growing up in nearby Cincinnati. Also a skilled director, O’Hara was nominated for a Tony Award for his 2021 Broadway production of Jeremy O’Harris’ Slave Play.
Houston director Eboni Bell Darcy makes her directing debut with The Human Race. The 10-person cast comprised of returning and first-time artists includes A.J. Baldwin and Mierka Girten (Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help) as Marie, Burgess Byrd (Gloria: A Life) and Darlene Spencer (Around the World in 80 Days) as Lillie Anne, Rico Parker and Josh Aaron McCabe (Deadline) as James T, Marva M.B. Williams-Parker (Gem of the Ocean) and Lisa Stephen Friday as Adlean, and Oluchi Nwokocha and Erin Eva Butcher as Barbara.
Joining Darcy on the Barbecue production team are: Tammy Honesty, Scenic Design; John Rensel, Lighting Design; L’Amour Ameer, Costume Design; Antonio Lopez, Sound Design; Sarah Gomes, Props; Mark Tynan, Production Stage Manager; Rachel Heine, Assistant Stage Manager; ErinMarie Suscheck, Production Assistant. For press ticket requests, please contact Tara Lail, Creative Producer, at tara@humanracetheatre.org
Barbecue will play in the Loft Theatre in downtown Dayton, April 13 – 30, 2023. Tickets are on sale through Dayton Live box office, 937-228-3630, or online at www.humanracetheatre.org More details about the show can be found on our website. The Human Race Theatre Company continues its commitment to high quality theatre with access points for all with two ticket initiatives sponsored by Morris Furniture Company: two sections of $20 seats available at any time through the box office, and ten $10 rush seats available 90 minutes before any performance.
Special Nights at The Loft:
The Human Race expresses gratitude for the public and private support which makes these productions possible: The Loft Season Sponsors: Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation; Production sponsor: Barbara N. O’Hara; Sustainability sponsors: Anne F. Johnson, Steve and Lou Mason, ELM Foundation, and Morris Furniture Company; Additional Season support: Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts, Erma R. Catterton Trust, The Shubert Foundation; Organizational support: Culture Works, Montgomery County, Ohio Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Dayton Region Arts Renewal Grant. Media Sponsor: WDPR Discover Classical. Pay What You Can Sponsor: Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
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