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Scene Shop Administrative Assistant Sought by Playhouse in the Park

PIP_logoCincinnati Playhouse in the Park is an equal opportunity employer and encourages inquiries about this position from a broad spectrum of candidates reflecting the diversity of the community we serve.

Job Title: Scene Shop Administrative Assistant

Reports to: Technical Director
Position Overview: Responsible for the coordination and execution of logistical and clerical duties necessary to the function of the Scene Shop, Props Shop, and Paint Department.

Position Responsibilities include:

  • Research, order and track materials, tools, and hardware for all shops
  • Maintain inventories of physical and digital materials for all shops
  • Maintain orderly financial filing system
  • Maintain and track petty cash
  • Maintain a list of vendors for supplies, equipment, repairs, rentals, etc.
  • Maintain balanced budgets and prepare weekly budget reports for Scenic Department Heads, Production Management, and Finance
  • Provide logistical support for all shop personnel
  • Track and process labor needs including time card management, scheduling extras/overhires, and planning for non-typical work schedules
  • Contract rentals, including forklifts, dumpsters, & trucks
  • Update safety logs
  • Coordinate building maintenance needs including safety inspections, repairs, stocking vending machines, dumpster removal, etc.
  • Schedule and track maintenance and repairs of tools, hardware, and office equipment
  • Generate workflow schedules for each production including key dates, duration of each production process, and detailed build and load-in schedules.
  • Track and report labor hours
  • Prepare memos, emails, and reports
  • Other duties as assigned

Competencies include:

  • Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience (BA in Theatre/Production Management preferred)
  • Self-motivated and detail oriented
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel & Outlook (proficiency with accounting software, such as QuickBooks, preferred)
  • Ability to adapt to and quickly learn new procedures
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • A valid driver’s license and good driving record
  • Working knowledge of scenic construction processes is preferred.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The position also requires the ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, climb a ladder and bend as necessary. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This is a full-time, seasonal, non-exempt position with an expected start date of July 2019. Benefits include medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, and 401k/403b pension plans.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

To Apply:
Submit your cover letter and resume with three references to:
Sharon Weber
Human Resources Manager
Email to: sharon.weber@cincyplay.com
No phone calls, please.
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2019

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2019-2020 Season Announced by CenterStage Players

CSPOH_logoCenterStage Players is delighted to announce their 2019-2020 season!

Our season opens with THE ELEPHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance and directed by Tom Peters. The story of John Merrick during his stay at London’d Whitechapel Hospital under the care of Sir Frederick Treves, a surgeon, in 1880. Premiering in London in November of 1977, the production moved to Broadway in 1979 and ran until 1981, winning the Tony Award for Best Play (among others).  The play was adapted for a 1982 broadcast on ABC and a radio play by the BBC in 1988.
September 27-29 and October 4-6, 2019

Next up, we present MARVIN’S ROOM by Scott MacPherson and directed by Julie Jordan. Premiering at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in 1990, it won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding play in 1992. Bessie, a strong-willed woman, takes care of her bedridden father and eccentric Aunt Ruth. After Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia, her estranged sister, Lee, comes to visit and to be tested as a possible bone marrow donor for her sister. The reunion between the sisters is initially uncomfortable, aggravated by the difficult behavior of Lee’s two sons. The two women eventually confront their shortcomings as sisters, reach out to each other, and arrive at an understanding about the importance of family.
November 15-17 and 22-24, 2019

In the new year, we are presenting a new play written by local playwright Fred Rothzeid and directed by R. Chris Lee. In MOMUS AND APHRODITE, Momus, God of Satire, Blame and Criticism, travels with Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, Passion and Beauty, to Athens, Ohio in search of a man willing to die out of love for her.  Hilarity ensues.  Does love conquer all?  More importantly, can two Greek gods actually find happiness in Athens, Ohio?
March 13-5 and 20-22, 2020

Put on your shoulder pads, grab your Walkman and peg your jeans. We will wrap up the season with HEATHERS: The Musical . With book, lyrics and music by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy,  Amanda Borchers will be directing this bitingly satirical romp through high school during the golden age of MTV. You know. When they played music!  Hey, what’s your damage? This dark comedy is based on the 1988 cult classic movie, Heathers and was adapted to the stage in 2013.  After playing to sold out crowds in Los Angeles during previews, it moved to Off-Broadway in spring of 2014.
May 1-3 and 8-10, 2020

For more information, check out our website at centerstageplayersinc.com or follow us on Facebook!

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The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati Presents SLEEPING BEAUTY

World-premiering at the Taft Theatre this spring!

CT 2018-19 Season Poster 02

Aurora as imagined by Nate Xopher: illustrator, cartoonist, and creator of the comic, The Wyld.

CINCINNATI:  The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s world-premiere production of SLEEPING BEAUTY wakes up the Taft Theatre April 27-May 6, 2019.

A clever take on the classic fairy tale, this new rock musical comedy is packed with humor, heart and a powerful message!

The impulsive but courageous Princess Aurora (who prefers “Rory”) doesn’t quite fit in with the other princesses in ‘Princess School.’  After meeting her prince by kissing a frog (because how else do you meet guys in Princess School) Rory sets out on her own to discover all the Kingdom has to offer. Along the way, she encounters her evil Fairy Godmother, the Magnificent Magnilda, who placed a curse on Rory when she was a child, causing her to fall into a deep sleep. This sleeping beauty will awaken only with a kiss from her prince. Once she is fully awake and ready to rock, the feisty Princess Rory begins a whirlwind quest to save her Princess Schoolmates: Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, the Snow Queen and Rapunzel, and defeat Magnilda.

Story and book by Ken Jones, music by Jamey Strawn and lyrics by Christine Jones.  The show will be directed by Ken Jones and choreographed by Eric Byrd.  In addition, Kevin Frisch and the Frisch Marionette Company are designing at 20-foot dragon appearing in the production.

The creators of Sleeping Beauty previously wrote TCT’s 2016 production of Snow White and the Dancing Dwarfs, and TCT’s 2013 holiday production of The Day Before Christmas as well as other successful shows including:  Burgertown, CHURCH GIRLS, and A. LINCOLN: A Pioneer Tale.

Showtimes for SLEEPING BEAUTY include:

  • Saturday, April 27 at 2 PM* (this performance is signed for the hearing impaired)
  • Sunday, April 28 at 2 PM and 5 PM
  • Friday, May 3 at 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, May 4 at 2 PM and 5 PM
  • Sunday, May 5 at 2 PM

All of The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s Broadway-style MainStage productions, including SLEEPING BEAUTY, are performed in the historic Taft Theatre, 5th and Sycamore Streets in Downtown Cincinnati. Tickets start at $10.  1-800-745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com.

School performances of SLEEPING BEAUTY will be held April 30-May 3 and May 6, 2019 during the daytime hours.  For details about how to purchase tickets to TCT’s school performances, visit www.thechildrenstheatre.com.

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s production of SLEEPING BEAUTY is made possible by the generosity of Production Sponsor P&G; Season Sponsors H.B., E. W. and F. R. Luther Foundation and the Charles H. Dater Foundation; and ArtsWave and the generosity of almost 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign.  The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.  Media sponsors are LOCAL 12 and Q102. 

CAST

  • Narrator/Bishop…Brandon Bentley
  • Ensemble…Evan Blust
  • Ensemble…Cammi Caldwell
  • Grinhilda, Little Mermaid…Jordan Collins
  • Trinhilda, Cinderella…Lauren Everett
  • Prince Phillip …George Ivan
  • Ensemble…Alyssa Johnson
  • Prince Christopher…Sam Johnson
  • Prince Edward…A. James Jones
  • Prince Charming…Evan Koons
  • Prince William…Matt Krieg
  • Ensemble…Kevin Lausche
  • Ensemble…Caleb McKenzie
  • Prinhilda, Snow Queen…Ashley Morton
  • Ensemble…Claire Northcut
  • Brinhilda, Snow White…Mikayla Renfrow
  • Queen Genevieve …Ella Rivera
  • Ensemble…Kara Scullin
  • King Charles, Prince Frederick…Spenser Smith
  • Drinhilda, Rapunzel…Renee Stoltzfus
  • Aurora…Jenna VanWeelden
  • Magnilda the Magnificent…Michelle Wells

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FIX ME, JESUS Runs April 5-13

MLT_Fix Me Jesus logoFIX ME, JESUS
Middletown Lyric Theatre
April 5-13
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Betty Coulter as Grandmother, Melodie LaNicca as Mrs. Craig, Megan Rehberg as Annabell, Jef Smith as Dr. Maxwell Feld, Emma Sweeten as Young Annabell & Amanda West as Mother

In a Dallas Texas, Neiman Marcus changing room, on the most important day of her life, Annabelle Armstrong frantically searches for the perfect dress. A rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, Annabelle is trapped in the Reagan eighties. Her political career, love affair, finances, and family relations are in crisis; and strong-minded characters from her past begin to appear from behind the changing room mirror. FIX ME, JESUS is a dark comedy—the hilarious, timely, and poignant story of a woman who finds herself at the epicenter of history and politics, struggling for personal independence and social justice against the lifelong theft of her own power. This production contains adult language.

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 8pm
  • Fri, April 12 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 13 at 3pm & 8pm

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DARKNESS DAWNS Runs April 5-13

PLOTT_Darkness Dawns logoDARKNESS DAWNS
P.L.O.T.T. Performers
April 5-13
The Schoolhouse Restaurant [Camp Dennison]

Cast: Sharon Rose Tyahur, Cathy Woodruff, Elaine Griffin Michael, Nan Bongiani, Anne LaMar, Sharon Faye Hollon, Renee Maria & Chris Hayslett

The Seven Deadly Sins can actually prove to be the lucky seven. Wrongs become rights as no’s become yes’s. Losses become wins and lies become truths. Crooked roads become straight highways. This becomes that as empty hearts become full. In the end, the darkness will dawn. Interactive dinner show.

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 6:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 12-13 at 6:30pm

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