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January 31, 2020 · 10:05 am

DESTINY OF DESIRE Runs Feb. 29-March 28

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DESTINY OF DESIRE
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Feb. 29-March 28
Marx Theatre [Eden Park]

Directed by Jose Luis Valenuela

Burning passion, cunning deception and outrageous melodrama combine in this enormously entertaining homage to Latin American soap operas. A storm brews in the small town of Bellarica, Mexico, when two baby girls are born on the same night in the same hospital. One will have wealth and privilege, and the other will live in poverty. Yet the drama is bound to unfold when a former beauty queen switches the babies at birth in her lust for power. Eighteen years later, fate finds the two girls together again, prompting secrets to be revealed and lies to be unraveled. After all, nothing is impossible in Bellarica! Suitable for adults and older teenage audiences. This Latin-American melodrama features everything there is to love about soap operas: forbidden romance, sexual content, plenty of plotting and scheming, and moments of overly dramatic violence.

  • In preview Sat, Feb. 29 at 8pm & Sun, March 1 at 2pm
  • In preview, Tue-Wed, March 2-4 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, March 5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 7 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 8 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, March 10-12 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 13 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 14 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 15 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, March 17-19 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 20 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 21 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 22 at 2pm
  • Tue, March 24 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, March 25 at 1pm
  • Thu, March 26 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 27 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 28 at 4pm & 8pm

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January 31, 2020 · 9:51 am

ANNIE JR. Runs Feb. 29-March 9

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Diana Hutchinson as Annie. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

ANNIE JR.
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
Feb. 29-March 9
Taft Theatre [Downtown]

Cast: Katie Arber as Miss Hannigan, David Armando as Bundles/Bert Healy, Cammi Caldwellas Annette, Sara Cox as Mrs. Greer, Celia Joy D’Ascenzo as Molly, Marlo D’Ascenzo as Kate, Isabela De Paz as Susie, Lauren Everett as Grace, Trinity G. Gibson as Duffy, Justin Glaser as Oliver Warbucks, Courtney Hammonds as Pepper, Tommi Harsch as Lily, Alyssa Hart as Tessie, Ndaya Hoskins as Ensemble, Diana Hutchinson as Annie, Kyndra Dyanne Jefferies as Apple Seller/Mrs. Pugh, Julia J. Kirkham as July, Ethan Kuchta as Ensemble, Katelyn Moore as Ensemble, Sara Moore as Ensemble/Servant, Claire Northcut as Star-To-Be, Dain Alan Paige as Drake, Nasir Peterson as Ensemble, Jeremiah Plessinger as Rooster, Sammy Schechter as Ensemble, Mark Ross Schutzman as Ensemble, Kate Stark as Cecille, Jake Stibbe as Ensemble, Nyla Jolie Thomas as Zeldy & CJ Zimmer as Ensemble, 

Leapin’ Lizards! Kick off Leap Year with us! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan.

  • Sat, Feb. 29 at 2pm*
  • Sun, March 1 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Fri, MArch 6 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, March 7 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, March 8 at 11am (Sensory-Friendly performance) & 2pm
    *Sign language interpreted.

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January 31, 2020 · 9:41 am

THE INTERVIEW Runs Feb. 29-March 8

ATF_The Interview logoTHE INTERVIEW
Actor’s Theatre Fairborn
Feb. 29-March 8
[Fairborn]

Directed by Brian Sharp

Cast: Pam McGinnis as Bracha, Jenny Westfall as Ann, Sabrina Kilbourne as Rifka & Adonis Lemke as Chris

Bracha Weissman has transformed herself into an emotional recluse – her identity defined by the loss of her family in the Nazi death camps she miraculously survived. Her attachment to the past has estranged her daughter Rifka, who wants to get on with the life of a modern day mom in California. Bracha’s armor begins to crack when Ann Meshenberg appears one day to take her oral testimony for a video archive. Ann, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, has her own agenda: the need to ask a stranger what she could not ask her parents. What begins as a simple history project becomes a story of mothers and daughters forgiving and being forgiven.

  • Sat, Feb. 29 at 7pm
  • Sun, March 1 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat,March 6-7 at 7pm
  • Sun, March 8 at 3pm

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January 30, 2020 · 3:32 pm

Two Spring Classes at Know Theatre Now Open for Enrollment

KTC_Miranda & Jared Acting Classes logoContemporary Acting with New Works

This contemporary acting workshop taught by area theatre favorites, Jared Joplin and Miranda McGee, begins with group/ensemble work and continues into duet scene study using cutting edge contemporary scripts from The New Play Exchange.  This class provides you with a fantastic opportunity to hone your acting skills, add new tools to your acting toolbox and get a glimpse of what’s new in American Theatre! The class meets for six 2.5 hour sessions, with an invited performance for the final session on Know Theatre’s Underground cabaret stage.

We understand that schedules are tough and plans change. If you have more than two absences, you’re more than welcome to keep attending the class, but know your scene work will be reassigned.

Details:

  • All classes will take place Mondays from 6:30pm-9:00pm

  • Classes will take place at Know Theatre and Gabriels’ Corner

  • February 24th (KNOW), March 2nd (GC), March 9th (GC), March 16th (GC), March 23rd (KNOW)

  • Tuesday March 24th (KNOW – showcase)

  • Cost: $175

ENROLL HERE: Enroll in Contemporary Acting with Jared Joplin and Miranda McGee 

Advanced Acting for Adults

The Advanced Acting workshop is for those that have taken our Contemporary Acting workshop or for actors wanting to take the next step in advancing their skills.  Work with methods from prominent theatre practitioners (Stanislavski, Meisner, Kaiser), explore Chakra work and analyze complex contemporary scripts and classical texts.  In addition, Miranda McGee and Jared Joplin will work with you to build an audition package that challenges you and highlights your skills… just in time for Audition Season!  The class meets for six 2.5 hour sessions, with an invited performance for the final session on Know Theatre’s Underground cabaret stage.

We understand that schedules are tough and plans change. If you have more than two absences, you’re more than welcome to keep attending the class, but know your scene work will be reassigned.

Details:

  • All classes will take place Mondays from 6:30pm-9:00pm

  • Classes will take place at Know Theatre

  •  April 20th, April 27th, May 4th, May 11th, May 18th

  • May 25th (KNOW – showcase)

  • Cost: $175

ENROLL HERE: Enroll in Advanced Acting with Jared Joplin and Miranda McGee

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January 30, 2020 · 1:53 pm

Loveland Stage Company’s GYPSY is All About Family

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Melinda Hubbard playing Mezzapa shares the stage with her daughter Mearen who is in the children’s ensemble.

Micheal Harris-Kiser is directing the next production of the Loveland Stage Company 2019-2020 season.  GYPSY opens March 6 and continue through March 22 at the theatre located at 111 S. 2nd St. (Rt. 48) in Loveland, 45140.

The following cast has been chosen for this popular musical: Playing Rose, the ultimate “Backstage Mom” is Lisa Breithaupt. Bonnie Emmer portrays Louise, the famous Gypsy Rose Lee and Sophie Viseholman is her sister, Dainty June. Larry Harmon portrays Herbie, Roses’ boyfriend and agent.

Several family groups are included in the cast:  Melinda Hubbard who plays Mezzapa, shares the stage with her daughter Mearen, who is in the children’s ensemble and Ella Kiel who portrays Baby Louise is joined on stage by her sister Hallie Kiel, also in the children’s ensemble.  The adult ensemble is made up of husband and wife, John and Carissa Sloan.

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Ella Keil plays Baby June while her sister Hallie performs in the Children’s ensemble.

Others in the cast with their roles are: Lee Vest as Tulsa;  Kate Arnold as Tessie Tura; Jacqlyn Schott, Electra; Lauren Fritzche, Baby June;  Vincent Eldridge, Yonkers; Isaac Mills, L.A.; Collette Combs, Kansas; Caitlyn Sanderson, Agnes; Piper Garman, Marjorie May; Alex Few, Geraldine, and Reilly Johnson as Edna Mae.  Chloe Polmaritis completes the children’s ensemble..

Marjory Clegg will choreograph this show and  Brian Harvey is Vocal Director with Jeanne Bilyeu as Orchestra Director.  Jill Gornet, Tom Cavano and Becky Cole are co-producers.

GYPSY features music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and is presented in cooperation with Tams-Witmark.

For more information and tickets see www.lovelandstagecompany.org.  For group tickets and accessible seating call 513-443-4572.

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