JUDITH, DELIVER US is a folk musical set in a 1920s coal town and deals with issues of fair labor practices and autonomy of person and place.
This show is slated to premiere in late 2025 and is in-development. Creative team includes Hannah Gregory as playwright, composer, and lyricist; Jen Joplin as director; and Cary Davenport as music director/arranger and additional composition.
CINCINNATI, OH – Warm your holiday spirits with NO PROMISES Vocal Band and their beloved annual “Christmas with No Promises” tour. The “Best of Cincinnati” winners stoke the midwinter hearth with seasonal favorites from Joni Mitchell and A Charlie Brown Christmas, joining selections by Andy Williams, the Temptations, *NSYNC and more. Guest artists Buck Hinman, Paul Phillips and Chancellor Waye lend thrilling lead vocals to a heart-warming, family-friendly program.
“Christmas with No Promises” will include four public performances at venues across Greater Cincinnati:
St. Columban Parish Thursday, December 5, 7:30pm
894 Oakland Road | Loveland (45140)
60m Family-Length Program
A freewill offering will be accepted; no reservations required
Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre Wednesday, December 18, 7:30pm
801 Matson Place | Price Hill (45204)
Full-Length Program with Two Sets
Tickets $25 | Purchase Online or 513.241.6550
Community of the Good Shepherd Thursday, December 19, 6:30pm
8815 East Kemper Road | Montgomery (45249)
60m Family-Length Program; Ends One Hour Prior to Bengals Game
A freewill offering will be accepted; no reservations required
The Carnegie Saturday, December 21 7:30pm
1028 Scott Boulevard | Covington (41011)
Full-Length Program with Two Sets
Tickets $25 | Purchase Online or 859.957.1940
New Friends & New Music for 2024
Now in its tenth season (including a pandemic-era digital concert in 2020), “Christmas with No Promises” has become a holiday tradition for vocal music lovers across Cincinnati, drawing thousands of listeners to the annual series of concerts at the Tri-State’s popular venues and sacred spaces.
Highlights of this year’s tour include:
Three outstanding young singers making their Christmas debuts with No Promises. WLWT-TV executive producer Buck Himan is the newest guest artist to NO PROMISES, bringing with him a passion for barbershop-style singing honed through international competition. Recent Xavier University graduate Chancellor Waye is a bass singer who directed of his university’s a cappella group, Harmon-X, on his way to a degree in choral education. And NO PROMISES’ newest fulltime singer is also the new Director of Choirs at St. Xavier High School: Joey Pace. Similarly coming to the group by way of barbershop music, Joey sings with the Southern Gateway Chorus and enjoys publishing multi-track a cappella recordings.
The return of NO PROMISES Christmas favorites. These selections will include:
The first post-pandemic performance of Harry Connick, Jr’s. whimsical “I Think I Saw Ol’ Santa.
The first public performance since 2015 of NO PROMISES’ lovely and complex “A Charlie Brown Christmas” medley, featuring Vince Guaraldi’s “Skating” and “Christmas Time Is Here.”
A re-imagining of the group’s long-time, show-closing ballad “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” featured in the musical MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and featuring NO PROMISES’ own Broadway veteran, Dr. David Baum.
The first “Christmas with No Promises” performance of the group’s “Boy Band Medley,” which debuted with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra featuring hits by *NSYNC, Boyz 2 Men and Cincinnati favorites 98 Degrees. This piece will be performed at the December 18 and 21 programs.
About NO PROMISES
NO PROMISES is a Cincinnati-based professional a cappella ensemble bringing exhilarating vocals and breathtaking harmonizations to jazz and popular music favorites from 1940s classics to today’s jams. Citybeat “Best of Cincinnati” winners in 2017 and 2022, the group has entertained at festivals, concert series, stadiums and performing arts centers throughout the state. Its members have graced the stages of Broadway, fronted major symphony orchestras, and backed the likes of Jim Messina, Steve Winwood, Kenny Loggins and POCO. In their day-to-day lives, the men of NO PROMISES are clinical psychologists, concert promoters, therapists, choir directors, real estate moguls and hairdressers with a passion for fine a cappella singing.
In 2024, NO PROMISES was honored to make their debut at Great American Ballpark, performing the national anthem for two Cincinnati Reds games. During the year prior, the group premiered a newly commissioned work as part of Cincinnati May Festival’s 150th anniversary season, and joined Broadway veteran Sally Wilfert in concert at historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. 2021 saw the ensemble’s debut of “The Boy Band Diaries,” a collaboration with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra featuring male vocal hits spanning the past century. The group’s numerous other collaborators and guest artist appearances have included the Gem City Chorus, the Southern Gateway Chorus, the Sycamore Community Singers, the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, the Queen City Sisters, the Three Bald Guys and the Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project. NO PROMISES has released three recording projects: A No Promises Christmas (2016), All Wet (2018) and The Nines (2019), as well as the pandemic-era virtual concert, NO PROMISES Saves Christmas.
The members of NO PROMISES are Joshua Steele (resident of Kennedy Heights), Kaeden Kass (Mt. Airy), Joey Pace (Clifton), David Baum (Montgomery), Jeff Grooms (Cold Spring, KY) and Nat Comisar (Symmes Township). Buck Hinman (Walnut Hills), Paul Phillips (Tempe, AZ) and Chancellor Waye (Mason) join the group as guest artist for the 2024 “Christmas with No Promises” tour. Individual bios available at www.nopromisesvocalband.com/lineup/.
Cincinnati, OH- Returning to the stage once again, The Walnut Hills High School Theatre Department is eager to welcome audiences to their one acts festival, a production of 3 student-directed one act plays! The show runs November 21st-23rd, 2024 at 7 p.m. and November 23rd at 2p.m.
The one acts festival this year will consist of 3 pieces; A Trip to the Moon by Tracy Wells directed by Elijah Cook and Jonathan Rubin, The Mystery of the Silver Backed Hairbrush: A Whodunnit in One Act by Burton Crane directed by Andrew Canter, and Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy directed by Noa Jaffee and Jonas Warner.
This production and the entire WHHS Theatre Season is graciously sponsored by:
The Walnut Hills High School Class of 1964 Performing Arts Fund
Wings Walnut Hills Theatre Boosters
WHHS Parent Association
Solution Roofing
Riverview Heating and Cooling
Pepper and Family
Featuring, in A Trip to the Moon, William Crone as Man/Jimmy/Carl, Clara Quintaba as Randy/Woman/Sarah, Sumner Bailey as Brett/Meadow/Cindy, Lenora Cable as Maureen/Suzanne/Lisa, Tuula Hicks as Chris/Gladys/Jeff, Red Brock as Dad/Jessie/Mailman, Mia Kline as Mom/Mother/Mary, and Milan Shah as Jackie/Paula.
In Bad Auditions by Bad Actors, Katherine Hoffman as CD, Levi Singer as Roger, Ivy Syroney as Melissa/Josie/Catherine/Charlize/Meg, Tahirih Fananazapir as Coach/Joe/Martin/Agent/Josh/Edmund, and Willa Turpin as Amy.
In The Mystery of the Silver-Backed Hairbrush, Riya Pasare as J. Grewsome Smith, Amelia Hoops as Murderer, Eleanor Faye as Minnie, Cecily Winner as Flossie, Red Kinnear as Chesterton, and Adina Morvay as Dobson.
Directed by Andrew Canter, Noa Jaffee, Jonas Warner, Elijah Cook, and Jonathan Rubin Technical Director/Scenic Designer- Helen A. Raymond-Goers Festival Producer- Mike Sherman Production Stage Managers- Norah Boehm, Adah Mosher, and Naima Jones Assistant Stage Manager- Easton Taylor Production Manager- Nyla Shahanavaz Costume Designer- Riley Coleman Lighting Designer- Eleanor Jackson Head Electrician- Abbie Kershner Props Designer- Eden Kraus Props Manager- Peri Brenner Sound Designer- Violet Garitson Marketing and Publicity Head- Adelaide Linser Co-Hair and Makeup Designers- Piper Hawkins and Aunna Phillips
Dayton, Ohio – November 14 – Share pure holiday magic with your family, classroom or children’s group when Sinclair Theatre presents ‘TWAS, A Holiday Musical, live on stage from December 19-22 in Blair Hall Theatre, building 2, on Sinclair’s downtown Dayton campus. Tickets cost only $8 and are available online at www.sinclair.edu/tickets. Groups of 20 or more ordering online save all ticketing fees.
New music and dance has been added to this extravaganza which highlights many holidays including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Las Posada, while emphasizing “kindness all year through.” Add some snow, a “visitor in red” and a sing-along, and you’ve created memories for children of all ages.
Written by local playwright, Patti Frankhouser Celek, ‘Twas is based loosely on the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. This story features family pets left home alone on Christmas Eve. They discover that families celebrate the holiday season in many ways, and although different, we’re all “One Big Rescue Family.”
In addition, this 45-minute presentation is American Sign Language Shadow Interpreted, which means the interpreter follows the character onstage (instead of being placed to one side) creating a seamless experience for Deaf and Hard of Hearing patrons as well as a truly unique event for everyone.
“We’re so proud to have made our holiday children’s show more and more inclusive since we began offering it in 2014,” says Gina Neuerer, Chair of Theatre and Dance and Show Producer. “It’s a joy to see families return year after year and be able to expand the educational opportunities to include multiple cultures.”
Directed by Gina Kleesattel with choreography by Rodney Veal, cast includes both student and community actors: Edward Folkerth, Ayauna Goodwin, Janiece Carver, Olivia Burchfield, Adalia Gaynier, Neveah Webb, Hannah Ramey, Shae Trauthwein, and Saul Caplan. Shadow interpreters are: Amy Crissman, Madison Janson, Kristen Weaver, Olivia Rose Parrish, and Bethany Crank.
JUDITH, DELIVER US is a folk musical set in a 1920s coal town and deals with issues of fair labor practices and autonomy of person and place.
Directed & conceived by BRIAN ANDERSON
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 