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IT Support Technician Sought by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

PIP_logoJOB POSTING
Cincinnati 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: IT Support Technician

Position Overview:
The IT Support Technician is responsible for performing basic network and workstation administration and troubleshooting tasks. This individual will be the first point of contact for helpdesk support related issues as well as providing system-level support and routine maintenance of existing operating systems, hardware, and applications. The IT Support Technician is a full-time position with benefits. Evening, weekend, and on-call hours are sometimes required.

Reports to: IT Manager

Position Responsibilities:

  • Resolves issues submitted to the IT helpdesk including: upgrades, MS Office, Desktop workstations, network, telecommunications, and CRM/ticketing application.
  • Provides updates, status and completion information to manager and/or users, via voice mail, e-mail or in-person communication. Escalates major problems to appropriate level.
  • Shares on-call responsibilities for the IT helpdesk with other members of the IT team based on the Service Level Agreement.
  • Assists with or installs hardware and peripheral components such as monitors, keyboards, desktop workstations, and thin clients.
  • Assists with or installs appropriate software packages and upgrades such as operating systems, device drivers, and office applications.
  • Maintains system documentation including an accurate asset database, and provides routine network clean-up.
  • Maintains confidentiality with regards to the information being processed, stored or accessed by the network.
  • Provides application training for end users as needed.
  • Monitors email and end point protection systems.
  • Assists in research and procurement of computer accessories and supplies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Technical Competencies:

  • Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 Server 2008R2/2012R2
  • Microsoft Office 365 (Office 2013/2016)
  • Active Directory, Group Policy, File and Print services
  • Remote Desktop Services/Terminal Servers
  • Troubleshooting of wired and wireless networks
  • Knowledge of Subnets and VLANs
  • Understanding of IT security best practices
  • Online Microsoft SharePoint

Education and Experience:

  • Associates Degree in a technical field or 1-2 years experience in similar role, or a combination of education and experience.
  • Relevant Certifications are desirable (A+, Network +, MCITP).
  • Strong troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to work within tight time constraints while under pressure.
  • Excellent organizational skills that can be applied to documentation.
  • Excellent customer service skills (courteous, tactful, professional demeanor).
  • Excellent written and verbal skills; experience presenting to groups preferred.
  • Demonstrated interest in the Theatre/Arts a plus.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, and walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly 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.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

To Apply:
Please send your cover letter, resume, and references to ITRecruiter@cincyplay.com by
June 23, 2017. No phone calls please.

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Auditions Announced for FRANKENSTEIN at Falcon Theatre

FT_logoFalcon Theatre announces auditions for FRANKENSTEIN, the first show of our 2017-2018 season.

Dates:  June 19 & 20, 2017
Time: 7-9pm
Location:  Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Street, Newport

Preparation:

  • Be prepared to read from the script.  Sides will be provided.
  • Bring a headshot and resume if available.

Appointments: None necessary.

Production Dates:  September 29 – October 14, 2017

Director: Paul Morris
Questions: Email Paul Morris at pitchmanpaul@gmail.com or call Falcon Theatre at 513.479.6783.

Casting Requirements:

  • Men ages 18-65
  • Women ages 20-45
  • Boy age 10-15 (one needed)
  • All ethnicities encouraged to audition.

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CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 6

I’m kicking off the second week of Fringe with three more production on Monday.

CFF_Pet FishFirst up is winner of the 2017 longest title award, pet fish are for killing by accident somehow it’s really quite inevitable from local new participant, Dehydrated Mermaid Productions:

Tabitha is questioning her relationship of nine years with Marc – with a “C.” Antioch is smugly secure in her relationship with grad school. And whiskey. Marla has a pet fish. Also, everything is terrible. What is love? Baby don’t hurt me.

Written by Sara Tripp Swartout and directed by Shelby Becker, the cast includes: Sarah Durham, Candice Handy & Erin Ward.

CFF_mOtherNext, Stacey Vespaziani of Odds and Ends Productions returns to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival for the 5th time this year with her new solo show, mOTHER:

What happens when you find yourself questioning a perceived norm and ultimately choose to step outside of it? This is the query that the solo show mOTHER examines through one woman’s first person journey of exploring and ultimately rejecting motherhood.

Her previous fringe shows include: BETTER/WORSE (2008), I TAKE IT BACK! (2007), RUNNING MY ASS OFF AND GETTING NOWHERE (2006) and BRITNEY SPEARS AND ALL THE OTHER SHIT WE DEAL WITH! (2005).

CFF_Nine Short Plays logoI end the night with NINE SHORT PLAYS FOR THE THEATRE, written and directed by Joe Stollenwerk:

A fast-paced and fun collection of short pieces that explore various facets of theatre, performance, and storytelling, ranging in topics from race and casting to falling in love with theatre, and from Henrik Ibsen to Shirley Bassey. It is an eclectic collage in a variety of styles from realism to meta-theatre, autobiography to absurdism, parody to poignancy, including group pieces and monologues.

The cast includes Burgess Byrd, Joe Hornbaker, Barbara Karol, Mindy Seibert & Tara Williams.

Stollenwerk’s previous fringe entry was CATALINA in 2013. Long time local theater patrons may remember Joe as the Artistic Director of the late, great Ovation Theatre Company for nearly a decade. Most recently, Stollenwerk wrote the acclaimed adaptation of THE HANDMAID’S TALE presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati in early 2015.

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CFF17: My Fringe Show Rankings

Updated 6/11/17 8:15am

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Katie Mitchell as Larry and Rory Sheridan as Keagan in LARRY 13:2 from Muwhahaha Productions. Photo by Erika NJ Allen.

I have reached that point in the Fringe Festival where I become woefully behind in reviews vs. productions I’ve seen.

Below I am ranking the shows I’ve attended to date, based on a number of criteria from the voices in my head. 🙂 Please understand that differences between shows in the rankings can be infinitesimal.

Links to reviews added as they become available.

  1. LARRY 13:2 | Review
  2. GOD OF OBSIDIAN | Review
  3. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NICOLE JACOBS, PART 1: THE SISTER | Review
  4. GEN AND MABEL
  5. BALLS OF YARNS
  6. LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN
  7. BUSTED BUMPERS AND OTHER METAPHORS 
  8. 8 X 10
  9. IS THAT ALL THERE IS? | Review
  10. THE PINK HULK: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within 
  11. WHERE THERE WERE WOODS
  12. WHITE PRIVILEDGE
  13. SPY IN THE HOUSE OF MEN
  14. ROMEO + JULIET + ANYBODYS
  15. pet fish are for killing by accident somehow it’s really quite inevitable
  16. VELVETEEN: OR HOW TO BE REAL
  17. MY DARLING DILOPHOSAURUS | Review
  18. ZELDA AND HADLEY: TOGETHER AT LAST
  19. SUMATRAN RHINO
  20. THE MONSTER SONGS
  21. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL 
  22. TOTALLY UNTRUE STORIES – TOTALLY UNLIKE ANY NOCTURNAL FLYING INSECT
  23. KATES
  24. BED (A FEVER DREAM)
  25. mOTHER
  26. HOME
  27. INVISIBLE GIRL
  28. NINE SHORT PLAYS FOR THE THEATRE
  29. VAPERS AT THE GATE
  30. FIGHT FOR 52¢   

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CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 5/Saturday Sell Outs

I’m finishing out the first week of Fringe with three more performances by three new participants.

CFF_The Pink Hulk_1x1First up is THE PINK HULK: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within

What’s the first thing Valerie does when she’s diagnosed with cancer for a second time? She tries to get laid. Battling breast cancer after fighting off lymphoma, Valerie’s afraid she might lose “the girls” and takes them out for one last hurrah. Does she succeed? Come see it to find out! This sexy, adventurous solo show follows the triumphant journey of one woman seeking her own “hulk-like” strength to find her superhero within!

PINK HULK is written and performed by Valerie David out of New York City.

CFF_Lady Macbeth and Her Pal MeganNext, it’s Cornfed Productions from Iowa City, IA bringing LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN to Cincinnati.

When comedian Megan Gogerty is informed that she can’t play Lady Macbeth – because Lady Macbeth is a tragic figure of powerful darkness, and Megan is the human equivalent of a golden retriever – she sets out to prove them all wrong. Silly, theatrical, and complex, Megan attempts to answer the question, “What’s it like to be a woman comedian?” Spoiler: it’s murder.

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Dr. Dour & Peac. Photo by Kintz.

I wrap up the day at the family-friendly THE MONSTER SONGS with Dr. Dour and Peach from Washington, D.C.

Dr. Dour pours forth tales both horrible and wondrous in a torrent of musical stylings. And Peach helps. Together they deliver never-before-told tales of lovesick mummies, giant lizards, bargain-hunting zombies, and other hapless creatures of the night in a cabaret cocktail of original songs. The mysterious is scrutinized. The strange is eternalized. And the dangerous is epitomized in song. Dr. Dour (vocals, 10-string touch-guitar) and Peach (cello, banjo, cute) elucidate all.

Announced at last night’s news, eight performances SOLD OUT on Saturday. They were:

Congratulations to all.

Happy Fringing!

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