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August 15, 2024 · 5:15 pm

HOT DAMN! IT’S THE LOVELAND FROG! Runs Sept. 5-7

HOT DAMN! IT’S THE LOVELAND FROG!
Hugo West Theatricals
Sept. 5-7
Loveland Stage Company

Book, music and lyrics by Michael D. Hall and Joshua Steele

Directed by Kevin Crowley
Music Direction by Steve Goers
Produced by Joshua Steele

Cast: Randy Lee Bailey as Clem Stank, Bethany Xan Kerr as Randi Mae Stank, Ed Cohen as Alvin Schwartzman, Deondra Means as Police Chief Roy Barkley, Paul Morris as Jeb Schmidt, Cian Steele as Luke Honeywell, Chloe Esmeier as Dharla Barkley, Linsey Rogers as The Old Woman/Fiddle, Chris Stewart as Asst. Professor Schroeder Kipling, Tom Highley as Peepaw, Steve Goers on Keyboards, Bill Jackson on Bass/Banjo & Tom Steele on Guitar

Something is lurking in Loveland, the Sweetheart of Ohio, where the disappearance of a community outcast has rekindled the hysteria surrounding America’s most alluring cryptozoological phenomenon: The Loveland Frog. Join Luke Honeywell and a smokin’ bluegrass band on a riotous river adventure with maniacal moonshiners, a strange professor and crooked cops as they rescue Peepaw from the wondrous and elusive Loveland Frog. Based on real accounts.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 5-7 at 7:30pm

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August 15, 2024 · 5:15 pm

BUS STOP Runs Sept. 5-15

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Brookville Community Theatre
Sept. 5-15
[Brookville, Oh.]

Directed by Sherron Henry

Cast: Kailee Hoskins as Elma Duckworth, Anne VanDercook as Grace Hoylard, James Nelson as Will Masters, Erica Flory as Cherie, Alain Alejandro as Dr. Gerald Lyman,
Carl: Derek Combs as Carl, Kendal Garrett as Bo Decker & Zeke Williford as Virgil Blessing

In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner. All roads are blocked, and four or five weary travelers are going to have to hole up until morning. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse in a sparkling gown and a seedy fur-trimmed jacket, is the passenger with most to worry about. She’s been pursued, made love to and finally kidnapped by a twenty-one-year-old cowboy with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong bull. The belligerent cowhand is right behind her, ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana. Even as she’s ducking out from under his clumsy but confident embraces, and screeching at him fiercely to shut him up, she pauses to furrow her forehead and muse, “Somehow deep inside of me I got a funny feeling I’m gonna end up in Montana.” As a counterpoint to the main romance, the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver at last find time to develop a friendship of their own; a middle-age scholar comes to terms with himself; and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets her first taste of romance.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 5-7 at 7pm
  • Sun, Sept. 8 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 12-14 at 7pm
  • Sun, Sept. 15 at 2pm

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August 14, 2024 · 5:23 pm

FAT HAM Runs Sept. 6-22

FAT HAM
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Sept. 6-22
[Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Darnell Pierre Benjamin

Cast: Geoffrey Warren Barnes II* as Tio, Jasimine Bouldin as Opal, Burgess Bryd* as Rabby, Je’Shaun Jackson as Juicy, David Everett Moore* as Rev/Pap, Malik Smith as Larry & Marva Williams-Parker as Tedra

Weeks after his father’s funeral, Juicy, a queer Black man, finds himself at a barbeque with his family and friends. But here’s the rub: the barbeque is a wedding reception for his mother and his uncle. When the ghost of Juicy’s father appears like a specter out of the smoke, demanding vengeance for his murder, Juicy learns revenge is a dish best served “char-cold.” This sweet and spicy reimaging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet serves up a feast of drama, with loyalty, identity, and power dynamics on the menu in what the New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.” 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner. Content Advisory: This production includes strong language, mature themes, sexual content, and mild violence.

  • In preview Wed-Thu, Sept. 4 & 5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 6-7 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, Sept. 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 14 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun Sept. 15 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Sept. 19-20 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 21 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun Sept. 22 at 2pm

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*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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August 14, 2024 · 5:22 pm

ROCK OF AGES Runs Sept. 6-15

ROCK OF AGES
CenterStage Players
Sept. 6-15
Arts Center at Dunham [West Price Hill]

Directed by Allie Webber
Produced by Fred Hunt

Cast: Jodi Zerbe as Sherrie Christian, Joelle Reid as Justice Charlier, Keilah Boone as Waitress #1, Niki Rasmussen as Sherrie’s Mother/Ensemble, Faith Goetz-Isaac as Regina Koontz, Anna Wesselman as Constance Sack/Dance Captain, Nick Dunker as Drew Boley, Sean Walker-Mize as Lonny Barnett, Justin Stallkamp as Dennis Dupree, Rick Hunt as Stacee Jaxx, Monroe Granhart as Sherrie’s Father/Club DJ/Ensemble, Jacob Gildenblatt as Franz Klineman, Darren Lee as Hertz Klineman, Vernon Burchett as Mayor/Jakeith Gill & Brandon Stout as Joey Primo/Ensemble
Ensemble: Lauren Rinner, Meghan Moore & Nathan Courtney

It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 6-7 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 8 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 12-14 at 7:30pm

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August 14, 2024 · 5:20 pm

THE KAPLAN NEW WORK SERIES Runs Sept. 6-15

THE KAPLAN NEW WORK SERIES
Cincinnati Ballet
Sept. 6-15
Aronoff Center for the Arts Jarson-Kaplan Theater [Downtown]

Experience four world premiere commissions from choreographers Darrell Grand Moultrie, Christian Denice, Caroline Dahm, and Gustavo Ramirez. Staged in the intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center, the contemporary series is a perennial patron favorite.

Darrell Grand Moultrie has created and staged works for dance companies across the world including American Ballet Theatre, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. The Harlem, New York-based choreographer also served as a choreographer on Beyoncé’s record-breaking The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

Christian Denice is a dancer and choreographer originally from Los Angeles, California. As a choreographer, he has created new works for such companies and organizations as Moving Arts with dancers of Cincinnati Ballet and Kansas City Ballet, Chamber Dance Project, Odyssey Dance Theatre, and DanceWorks Chicago.

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano is one of Spain’s most internationally recognized choreographers. Gustavo Ramírez has been commissioned to create works for some of the most representative dance companies all around the world, including Ballet Hispánico, Jacob’s Pillow, Nederlands Dans Theater, Hubbard Street Dance, Scottish Dance Theatre, among others. He is the recipient of numerous international awards for his work.

Caroline Dahm is a professional dancer and choreographer from Los Angeles, California. She has set original works on the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kansas City Ballet, Musical Theater Heritage, Newport Contemporary Ballet, and Wylliams-Henry Contemporary Dance Company, among others.

  • Fri, Sept. 6 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 7 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 8 at 1pm
  • Wed-Fri, Sept. 11-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 14 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 15 at 1pm

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