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June 20, 2019 · 1:49 pm

MISS HOLMES Runs July 19-Aug. 4

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Kelly Mengelkoch as Miss Holmes in Cincinnati Shakespeare’s 2019 production of MISS HOLMES by Christopher M. Walsh, based on the character by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

MISS HOLMES
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
July 19-Aug. 4
[Over-the-Rhine]

When a young newlywed suspects her husband, a high-ranking investigator at Scotland Yard, has murdered his previous two wives, she fears she has nowhere to turn. But the game is afoot when her case is taken by two fiercely intelligent and independent women who refuse to be contained by the conventions of their time: Miss Sherlock Holmes and her stalwart companion Doctor Dorothy Watson. This clever reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic characters pits its heroes not only against cunning criminal masterminds, but also against the rigid and restrictive rules of Victorian society and the roles in which it is bent on casting them.

  • In preview Wed-Thu, July 17-18 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, July 19 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, July 20 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Wed-Sat, July 24-27 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 28 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Aug. 1-2 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Aug. 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Aug. 4 at 2pm

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June 20, 2019 · 1:43 pm

SPRING AWAKENING the Musical Runs July 19-28

CAST_Spring Awakening logoSPRING AWAKENING
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
July 19-28
Highland High School [Fort Thomas]

Cast: Cassidy Perme as Wendla, Olivia Busche as Martha, Ellie Donnelly as Thea, Zoe Zoller as Anna, Grace Davis as Isle, Lukas Hummeldorf as Melchior, Louis Martini as Moritz, Christian Arias as Hanschen/Rupert, Carter Bechtol as Ernst/Reinhold, Thomas Gray-Torsell as Georg/Dieter, Aidan Greenwell as Otto/Ulbrecht, Elliet Malatesta as Frau Bergman, Clare Brennan as Fraulein Knuppeldick, Maggie Seibert as Fraulein Grossebustenhalter, Ava Stansel as Frau Gabor, Faith Bumpus as Frau Bessel, Ayla Deck as Mother Kaulbach, Annika Halonen as Doctor Von Brausepulver, Josh Alexander as Herr Sonnenstich/Headmaster Knochenbruch, Chase Reynolds as Herr Neumann, Samuel Jamison as Herr Rilow, Ethan McIntosh as Herr Stiefel, Samuel Jamison as Herr Gabor & Chase Reynolds as Schmidt
Girl Ensemble: Ingrid Brinton, Annie Elliot, Kelly Even & Isabella Gilvin

SPRING AWAKENING is set in Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from… until Mama tells her to shut it and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy, Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty that he can’t concentrate on anything… not that the Headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to turn in their lesson. One afternoon, in a private place in the woods, Melchior and Wendla meet by accident and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they’ve ever felt. As they fumble their way into one another’s arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior’s mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught that he can’t hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend, Ilse. Naturally, the Headmasters waste no time in pinning the “crime” of Moritz’s suicide on Melchior to expel him. And soon, Mama learns that her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child. Advisory: SPRING AWAKENING deals with strong language and mature situations. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

  • Fri-Sat, July 19-20 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 21 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 26-27 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 28 at 2pm

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June 20, 2019 · 11:43 am

2019-2020 Season Announced by Fairfield Footlighters

fflFairfield Footlighters is pleased to announce their 2019-20 Season starting with GEEZERS by Tommy Lee Johnston. Pathologically asocial Jack desperately needs human connection, as do the seniors in the retirement home where he’s landed his first job. But it’s the “geezers” who wind up helping Jack with his needs. Geezers, opening September 20 is a sentimental, heartwarming drama that introduces us to some beautiful and wonderful old people who are enjoying their golden years.

In November, the group takes on the true story of the 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson. When Henrietta begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories.

In February, Director Nicholas Brown is ready to offer a huge hit with YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN! This Tony and Drama Desk award-winning musical brings all your favorite PEANUTS characters to the stage.

Finally, the season ends with the hilarious romp, MAMA WON’T FLY written by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, the writers of last season’s hit, The Savannah Sipping Society. Savannah has to get her mother, Norleen, from Alabama to California in time for her brother’s wedding. One problem. Mama won’t fly! Strap yourself in for a zany road-trip that crosses six states and includes both a family reunion and the bubbly, over-eager, bride-to-be!

Fairfield Footlighters is proud to be a former Grant Recipient of the Fairfield Community Foundation.

 

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June 20, 2019 · 8:59 am

Auditions Announced for ARCADIA at Village Players

VP_Arcadia logoAUDITIONS  for ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard. Directed by jef brown.

Monday and Tuesday, July 15 and 16 at 7pm
At 8 N. Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 (street level)

This tragicomedy – considered by many to be Stoppard’s finest play – concerns itself with the relationship between past and present, order and chaos, certainty and uncertainty. Set simultaneously in the early 1800s and the present, Arcadia demonstrates that contradictory things can – and often do – co-exist, complemented by Stoppard’s characteristic wit-filled dialogue.

The cast will consist of four women, stage ages 15-40s and eight men, stage ages 16-50s.

Performance dates are October 4-12, 2019

Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Bring resume, known conflicts for the period July 28 through October 20; British dialects will be used in this production (don’t worry, we have the best coach in the city); headshot not necessary but welcome.

Questions? Contact the director at jefwi1f@gmail.com.

Want to work behind the scenes? Contact the producer at vamburgey257@gmail.com. 

Characters of 1800

  • Thomasina Coverly: The daughter of Lord Coverly and Lady Croom, Thomasina is a precocious genius.
  • Septimus Hodge: Thomasina’s tutor, and the academic colleague and friend of Lord Byron.
  • Jellaby: The Crooms’ butler.
  • Ezra Chater: An unsuccessful poetaster staying at Sidley Park.
  • Richard Noakes: Lady Croom’s gardener.
  • Lady Croom: Thomasina’s mother.
  • Captain Brice: The brother of Lady Croom.
  • Augustus Coverly: Thomasina’s trouble-making younger brother.

Characters of the present

  • Hannah Jarvis: The author of a best-seller on Byron’s mistress Lady Caroline Lamb.
  • Chloe Coverly: The 18-year-old daughter of the modern Lady Croom.
  • Bernard Nightingale: A don at a modern university in Sussex, England.
  • Gus Coverly: Valentine and Chloe’s younger brother, who has been mute since the age of five. (Gus and Augustus are played by the same actor.)

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June 20, 2019 · 8:55 am

2019-2020 Season Announced by Village Players of Fort Thomas

VP_new logoVILLAGE PLAYERS OF FORT THOMAS ANNOUNCES 2019-2020 SEASON! 

June 20, 2019, Fort Thomas, KY—Village Players of Fort Thomas is excited to announces its 2019-2020 season! All performances will be staged in Village Players’ intimate theater on the bottom level of the building the organization recently inherited from the Fort Thomas Woman’s Club at 8 N Fort Thomas Ave.

Time travel. Second chances. A musical love story told backward and forward. And also dragons. The three-show regular season can be purchased for only $45 at www.villageplayers.org. That’s 25% off the single-show ticket price! Plus there’s a family-friendly production in December for just $12, and Village will produce its annual New Works play festival in June 2020. 

Shows include:

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, October 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 & 12. This brilliant play moves smoothly between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits—the attraction Newton left out. Directed by jef brown.

Of Dragons and Dwarves, December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, & 15. An original, fantasy musical for children by local playwright Jack Williams and composer Linda Baumheckel. Directed by Steve Myers. This family-friendly production can be purchased individually or as an add-on to the season package. 

Room for Seconds, March 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, & 14 and is the debut full-length play by award-winning local playwright A.K. Forbes. When Zen brings his new, 24-and-a-half-year-old girlfriend home to meet his mother, a sauce made of strawberries sends her to the hospital. In the aftermath, his mother, his ex-girlfriend, and his father conspire to avoid legal culpability. Their effort proves to be ineffective but humorous, revealing hidden motives and secrets, ultimately ending with the status quo safely intact. Directed by Will Lindsey. 

The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, April 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, & 25. An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically. The two characters only meet once, at their wedding, in the middle of the show. Directed by Nathan Henegar.

Village Players of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, is a vibrant community theatre that has produced plays and musicals for more than 50 years. Performing in an intimate space, you will feel like you are part of the action, sitting inches from the actors on three sides of the stage. We strive to appeal to a broad audience, producing three main-stage shows of varying styles and a children’s show each winter. Village Players is a member of the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT), Association of Community Theatres Cincinnati (ACT), Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA), and the Kentucky Theatre Association (KTA).

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