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April 11, 2019 · 10:38 am

Auditions Announced for LEGALLY BLONDE the Musical at Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre

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Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT)
Announces Audition Dates and Times
For its 38th Annual Summer Musical
LEGALLY BLONDE The MUSICAL

Book by Heather Hach; Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Tim Perrino, Director; Steve Goers, Music Director;
Genevieve Perrino, Choreographer

AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD at The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45238

Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ Noon, 1pm and 2pm.
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.
Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.

As of Monday, March 4th you may set up your audition appointment by emailing Jennifer Perrino, Producer at jenniferperrino@CLPShows.org OR call the box office at 513.241.6550 Monday – Friday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

(See scheduled audition time slots below – item #3. Read further for information about tech positions)

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Must be 13 – 19 years of age at the time of the audition
    Please note: You must provide your age, a good phone number and an email address when setting up your audition.
  2. All auditionees MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO AUDITION by:
    • Email Jennifer Perrino at jenniferperrino@CLPShows.org
      OR
    • Call the box office @ 513 241 6550 – Monday – Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

      You may request a specific time slot as listed in #3 below:

  3. Audition times include:
    Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ Noon, 1pm and 2pm.
    Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.
    Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.
  4. It is important you arrive 15-20 minutes BEFORE your scheduled audition time to fill out paperwork.
  5. Please prepare a song from a musical theater show that best represents your singing voice (please bring sheet music for our accompanist).
    Please note: Do not expect to sing a cappella or with pre-recorded music.
  6. Dress appropriately as you will be required to complete a dance audition.
  7. You will be asked to read from the script as well.

All auditionees must complete all three parts of the audition process (singing, reading script, dancing). If all areas are not completed, then he/she will not be considered for a role in the show.

Participation Fee: All participants (on stage and off) are required to pay a participation fee for this summer program. Fee will be due at the first rehearsal: $175.00 for performers (includes costume and show t-shirt); $50.00 for Techies (includes show t-shirt).

Attention Techies: Interviews will be set up for those interested in working tech for this production. Set up your audition by calling the box office at 513.241.6550 Monday – Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Or email Jennifer Perrino, Producer at jennifeperrino@covedalecenter.com to request a particular time slot.

Interviews slots include:

  • Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 1:00 and 2:00 pm
  • Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 6:00 and 7:00
  • Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 5:00 and 6:00

Please Note: A limited amount of funds are in place to assist with the participation fee. Funds are distributed on a confidential basis. Everyone is encouraged to audition, regardless of ability to pay! Choosing the cast of the show is based upon talent, enthusiasm and availability only. Ability to pay the participation fee is never a factor in casting decisions.

Legally Blonde, The Musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!
Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

What is CYPT? Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT) provides a summer of great experience for performers and techies alike. Many of our members are now professional actors, singers, dancers, technicians and musicians. Others are Drama, Opera, Music Theatre, Voice, Music and Broadcasting majors at colleges all over the country. To date, over 2,300 teens have been a part of CYPT!

CYPT has produced 37 years of exciting shows, including: Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, 42nd Street, Children of Eden, Hello Dolly, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Godspell, Les Miserables, Crazy For You, The Wedding Singer, Grease, Footloose, Hairspray, West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man and many more!

CYPT is the recipient of the Post-Corbett Award for Outstanding Arts Organization, plus, the National Recreation and Parks Arts and Humanities Award, and the Ohio State Award for Best Student Program.

CYPT brings together 100 teens each summer, on stage and off. In 2018, participants came from 38 different schools, from all over the Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana region.

CYPT is for you! The teenage performer/techie interested in three things: 1) Theatrical Experience; 2) A Summer project with a difference; 3) A lot of new friends with the same interests.

Legally Blonde Performance Dates:

  • Thursday July 25 (7:30 pm)
  • Friday, July 26 (8pm)
  • Saturday, July 27 (8pm)
  • Sunday, July 28 (2pm)
  • Thurs. August 1 (7:30pm)
  • Fri. August 2 (8pm)
  • Saturday Aug. 3 (8pm)
  • Sunday, Aug. 4 (2pm & 7:30 pm)

Tickets go on sale Saturday, January 12, 2019! Adult $18; Senior $16; College Students $16.00; High school/younger $14.00. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 513 241 6550 OR via the web @ www.CLPShows.org

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April 11, 2019 · 9:41 am

OUT OF STERNO Runs May 10-26

MPI_Out of Sterno logoOUT OF STERNO
Mariemont Players Inc.
May 10-26
[Walton Creek]

Directed by Dan Maloney

Cast: Patricia Mullins as Dotty, Darren Lee as Hamel, Julia Hedges as Zena & Bill Hartnett as Dan

Dotty’s life in Sterno with her husband Hamel is absolutely perfect! It’s a fairy tale, it really is. True, in their seven years of marriage Hamel has forbidden her to leave their tiny apartment or speak to anyone, but Dotty is so very happy to spend her days watching video re-enactments of the day they first met. When a phone call from a mysterious woman threatens to tear her world asunder, Dotty must venture out into the vast city of Sterno, and try to discover what it is to be a “real” woman.

  • Fri-Sat, May 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 12 at 2pm
  • Thu, May 16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 17-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 19 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Thu, May 23 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, May 24 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 25 at 3pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 26 at 2pm

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April 10, 2019 · 3:57 pm

The Human Race Theatre Company Announces its 33rd Season: A Season of Women!

HRTC_new logoWOMEN OF INFLUENCE: THEIR POWER, PASSION AND PITFALLS

“This may be the first time in our 33 years,” stated Human Race Artistic Director and Founding Member Kevin Moore, “that we selected a season theme before we selected our shows.” And for good reason. The 2019-20 Human Race Theatre season at the Loft Theatre coincides with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the first step in all women having the right to vote and the catalyst for our movements for Equality.

“In celebration of this monumental year,” continued Moore, “The Human Race titled its new seasonWomen of Influence: Their Power, Passion and Pitfalls.  The season showcases unique women’s stories and plentiful, strong female characters – both factual and fictional.  It also features some of the country’s outstanding women playwrights.”

“Throughout this remarkable season, I am especially thrilled about all the opportunities it presents to further our engagement with our audience and collaborate with many old and new community partners,” said Executive Director Kappy Kilburn.

The Human Race kicks off the season in September with Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill by Lanie Robertson. In 1959, Billie Holiday, or “Lady Day” as she was called, performed one of her final shows in a run-down bar in South Philly.  In Robertson’s award-winning play, Holiday engages the audience with salty, often humorous reminiscences of her troubled life as a travelling performer in a segregated south.  With the help of her piano man, Jimmy Powers, she lets music tell her story, sharing soulful, heart-wrenching and bawdy songs from her memorable canon including: “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and “Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do.”

November brings us The Cake, a new comedy by Bekah Brunstetter, the Supervising Producer and Writer of the hit NBC show This Is Us. Della makes cakes, not judgment calls — those she leaves to her husband, Tim. Besides, she was just selected as a contestant on The Great American Bake-Off, so she has her hands full.  But when her best friend’s daughter comes home to North Carolina to get married, Della’s life gets turned upside down when she realizes there’s not just one bride, but two. She can’t really make a cake for such a wedding, can she? For the first time in her life Della has to think for herself, forcing her to re-examine some of her deeply-held beliefs, as well as her own marriage.

Our March 2020 production celebrates Ohio-born journalist, social political activist and nationally recognized leader of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem, with the play by Emily Mann,Gloria: A Life, which recently ran Off-Broadway. Fifty years after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice for equality and advocating for others, her vision is as urgent as ever.   This richly detailed tapestry is about one of the most inspiring and remarkable women of our time.  Gloria’s life’s work and belief in the necessity of conversation as a catalyst for change offers us all a path forward in a way that only live theater can provide.

In the spring, playwright Lauren Gunderson brings us Sex in the City circa 1793 Paris with The Revolutionists. Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and big fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle all are committed to finding Equality for Women while trying to figure out what it means for a woman to be “revolutionary.” This grand and zany comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world without losing our heads.

In June we are Hollywood-bound with Matthew Lombardo’s comedy Looped, based on a real event that has been the subject of gossip for years – featuring the outspoken film legend, Tallulah Bankhead. Loopedtakes place in the summer of 1965, and the film legend shows up to redub – or loop – one line of dialogue for her last movie, Die! Die! My Darling!!  It should have taken 8 minutes, but an inebriated Tallulah, well known for her husky voice, outrageous personality and devastating wit,needed eight hours.  Why?  Find out as Bankhead’s outsized personality dominates the young, frustrated film editor who is “knocked for a loop” by the tempestuous stage and screen icon.

This five-show Loft season will be The Human Race’s 33rd season of professional theatre in the Miami Valley. Subscribers’ renewal packets will be available when they attend the upcoming show,Sylvia, April 25 – May 12, or they can call Ticket Center Stage at 937-228-3630. Subscriber deadline for renewal is May 24. New subscription orders are available anytime, but will not be seated until the renewal process has completed.

HRTC_Season 19-20 logo

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL
by Lanie Robertson
September 12 – 29, 2019

THE CAKE
by Bekah Brunstetter
October 31 – November 17, 2019

GLORIA: A LIFE
by Emily Mann
February 27 – March 15, 2020

THE REVOLUTIONISTS
by Lauren Gunderson
April 16 – May 3, 2020

LOOPED
by Matthew Lombardo
June 11 – 28, 2020

Renewal Options:

1.) Pick up renewal packets when you attend any performance of SYLVIA
2.) Call Ticket Center Stage at 937-228-3630
3.) Visit the Schuster Center Box Office
4.) Wait for mailed packet – mailing date May 18

RENEWAL DEADLINE: May 24, 2019

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April 10, 2019 · 1:54 pm

IN CELEBRATION OF SCOT WOOLLEY on April 22

ETC_In Celebration of Scot Woolley logoOn April 22, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will host an evening celebrating the life of Scot Woolley, longtime music director, artistic collaborator, and beloved friend of ETC.

Scot appeared onstage at ETC in His Eye is on the Sparrow, 33 Variations, Gray Gardens, and Souvenir. His other numerous ETC credits included favorites such as 25 the Musical, Cinderella, and Violet. His work on Broadway, national tours, and regionally has touched lives across the globe, and made an enormous difference in our Cincinnati community.

This event will include a reception followed by stories and songs presented in Scot’s memory.

Space is very limited. To reserve seating, please contact Programming & Events Manager Jared Doren: jdoren@ensemblecincinnati.org.

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April 10, 2019 · 11:45 am

Casts Announced for SORRY, WRONG NUMBER and HITCH-HIKER at Loveland Stage Company

LSC_logoLoveland Stage Company presents AN EVENING OF MYSTERY featuring two one acts on April 26-May 5. Directed by Glenna Knapp and produced by Gregory Carl Smith.

Meet the Cast of SORRY, WRONG NUMBER:

  • Telephone Operator #3….. Evangeline Perkins
  • Sergeant Duffy……Joe Moreland
  • Chief Operator…….Ann Barfels
  • George…….Sam Slyder
  • Mrs. Stephenson…..Brooke Bobbit
  • Telephone Operator #2……..Nicole Cornelius
  • Delivery Person……..Alex Few
  • Hospital Clerk…….Emma Lay
  • Operators #1 & 5……..Jenna Schroeder
  • Man #1………Kent Slyder
  • Western Union Official…….Piper Garman

Meet the cast of THE HITCH-HIKER:

  • Emma Lay ……….. Filling Station Attendant
  • Elizabeth Vandergrift ……..Mrs. Whitney
  • Alex Few ….. Albuquerque Operator
  • Heather Geary … Proprietor’s Wife
  • Steve Geary …… Roadside Proprietor
  • Lee Vest ….. Ronald Adams
  • Jenna Schroeder ……. New York Operator
  • Ann Barfels …… Mrs. Adams
  • Evangeline Perkins …. Long Distance Operator
  • Piper Garman …… Girl Hitch-Hiker
  • Brenna Lambert …… Local Operator (not shown)

For more information visit www.lovelandstagecompany.org.

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