WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Sept. 9-Oct. 1
[Over-the-Rhine]
Directed by Brian Robertson
Cast: Phil Fiorini as Legionnaire/Mike, Connan Morrissey as Heidi & Sydni Charity Solomon as Debater
Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she embodies her teenage self in order to trace the founding document’s profound impact on not just her own life, but the past four generations of women in her family, starting with the first to set foot in America: a mail-order bride. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee, this boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. While Heidi and her companions debate, they tackle tough subjects and use adult language. Expect thoughtful discussion on sexual and physical violence; murder; slavery; mental health and suicide; homophobia; and sex, sexuality, and abortion. Bring an open mind, be ready to participate, and get excited for an entertaining refresher on the Constitution!
- In preview Sat, Sept. 9 at 7pm
- In preview Tue, Sept. 12 at 7pm
- Wed-Fri, Sept. 13-15 at 7:30pm
- Sat, Sept. 16 at 2pm & 7:30pm
- Sun, Sept. 17 at 2pm
- Tue-Fri, Sept. 19-22 at 7:30pm
- Sat, Sept. 23 at 2pm & 7:30pm
- Sun, Sept. 24 at 2pm
- Tue-Fri, Sept. 26-29 at 7:30pm
- Sat, Sept. 30 at 2pm & 7:30pm
- Sun, Oct. 1 at 2pm
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MSJ Theatre Arts is proud to announce the 2023-2024 season. Our season is a tale of identity, coming-of-age, and self-realization. In today’s society there are swaths of our world asking us to ignore our past mistakes and histories that make up so much of our country’s patchwork. These missteps if not taught and examined are destined to be repeated, but let’s challenge ourselves to look at them through a different lens. This season we look backwards…quite a bit. We hope that you will join us as we explore the trials that we go through personally, professionally, physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Shirley Lauro’s authentic look at the women who served in the Vietnam war is a heartfelt exploration of feminism in action with her courageous play, A PIECE OF MY HEART. This is a true tale of six women sent to Vietnam and their struggle to make sense of a war that irrevocable changed them and a nation that shunned them, a work with the music and soul of a tumultuous era in our history. Overall, more than 265,000 women served in the military during Vietnam — and approximately 10,000 military women served in-country during the conflict. Only 8 are memorialized on the Vietnam War Memorial. Six different points of view from six different routes that all happen to parallel and intersect at a variety of points and interludes.
In the spring, we will explore what it means to be female amidst the backdrop of medieval Nottingham with Adam Symkowicz’s MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD. A gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take of the classic tale. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads of motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually me) against greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? What is the cost of revealing your true self in a time of trouble? Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle in this play about selfishness, selflessness, love deferred and the fight. Always the fight. The fight must go on.
Join The Ghostlight Stage Company for our upcoming FREE workshop event: Sustainable Singing Workshop with Anna Mosoriak.
CONGRATULATIONS to the cast of NIGHTFALL WITH EDGAR ALLEN POE
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