Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative Announces FRIGHTFEST Play Selections

Local playwriting group selects scripts to support Cincinnati Care Center Animal Blood Bank

Cincinnati—July 28, 2025– The Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative (CPI) Play Selection Committee announced the play selections for its FRIGHTFEST ten-minute play festival and fundraiser which will benefit the work of the Cincinnati Care Center Animal Blood Bank, a full-service, non-profit veterinary blood bank that offers pet parents a full assortment of blood products ready to administer should your pet become critically ill and/or require a transfusion.

The following 8 CPI members will have their plays performed as staged readings at the
Aronoff in downtown Cincinnati on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

Liz Coley: THE INTRUDER
Roger Collins: HALO’S GRIEF
Dave Doster: WEIRD SMILE
Keith Vanden Eynden: THE GORGE
Rose Vanden Eynden: THE DOOR
Tammy Reatherford: WHEN SECRETS BREW
Wendy Vogel: TOOTH FAIRY
Jim Waldfogle: FINAL IMAGE

Tickets for FRIGHTFEST are on sale now for $16.50 and can be purchased online at the following link: www.cincinnatiarts.org/events/detail/cpi-frightfest or by calling 513-621-2787.

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