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June 23, 2023 · 6:11 am

THE OLD FRIENDS ACOUSTIC TOUR Starring Ben Rector | Fri., Nov. 3, 2023 | Aronoff Center

CAA_The Old Friends Acoustic TourThe Old Friends Acoustic Tour
Starring Ben Rector

November 3, 2023
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets on sale Friday, June 23

CALENDAR INFORMATION

WHAT:                The Old Friends Acoustic Tour Starring Ben Rector

WHEN:                Friday, November 3, 2023 – 8:00 PM

WHERE:              Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

PRICE:                 $80.00 | $65.00 | $50.00. 10%-off groups of ten or more. Additional service fees may apply.

INFO:                  Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Rector has amassed more than a billion streams across all platforms, and his records have topped numerous Billboard charts. His last two records landed at #1 on Billboard’s US Folk and #2 on Billboard’s US Rock and US Indie charts.

 TICKET INFORMATION – on sale Friday, June 23 at 10:00 AM

[Cincinnati, OH] – Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Rector brings his Old Friends Acoustic Tour to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 8:00 PM. The show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2023-24 Season.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 23 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Applicable services fees may apply.

Ben Rector has amassed more than a billion streams across all platforms and has performed on numerous late-night and morning TV shows including Conan, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Live with Kelly and Ryan, and The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In addition, he has been a celebrity mentor on American Idol alongside Ryan Tedder, Jewel, Brian McKnight, Jason Aldean, and more.

His records have topped numerous Billboard charts, with his last two records landing at #1 on Billboard’s US Folk and #2 on Billboard’s US Rock and US Indie charts. Rector has built a dedicated touring base, regularly selling out theaters and amphitheaters across the country, including three consecutive nights at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Fifteen years after starting his career writing songs and touring in his Honda Accord on the weekends, Rector found himself at home and at the piano in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The alchemy of life’s big questions, more downtime than he’d had in a decade, and those now all-too-familiar “unprecedented times” resulted in his career album: The Joy of Music. The project includes a breathtaking short film (featuring seven songs brought to life with stunning cinematography), inviting listeners and viewers to visit a dream world that communicates Rector’s creative process and his reckoning with his job as an artist. He is led through the film’s chapters by his new friend Joy, a muppet monster he created with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. In this fantastic and dream-like landscape, we see and hear Rector overcome a deep-seated fear of failure, dancing and singing his way through the journey of rediscovering the joy of music.

Ben Rector Online:

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

SEASON SPONSORS:  AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, TRI-STATE CHEVY DEALERS

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:  21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Fairfield Inn & Suites Cincinnati Uptown/University Area, Harlan Graphics, Heidelberg Distributing, Kinley Cincinnati, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, TriHealth

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June 21, 2023 · 11:45 am

Director Submissions for 2024-2025 Season Sought by Beavercreek Community Theatre

bctBeavercreek Community Theatre is accepting submissions from potential directors for our 2024-2025 season. If you are interested, please submit the show/shows (musical or play) you would like to potentially direct, along with your contact information (email and phone number).

If you have not previously directed for BCT, please also include a director’s resume. Email to bctheatre@bctheatre.org. Deadline for submissions is Friday July 28, 2023 at 5 pm.

All submissions will be reviewed by the BCT play selection committee and a slate of shows will be submitted to the board of directors for approval.

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June 21, 2023 · 5:51 am

2024 Season Titles Announced by Mason Community Players

MCP_sm logoPROOF
Catherine has inherited her late father’s mathematical brilliance, but she is haunted by the fear that she might also share his debilitating mental illness. She has spent years caring for her now-deceased father, and upon his death, she feels left alone to pick up the pieces of her life without him. Caught between a new-found connection with Hal, one of her father’s former students, and the reappearance of her sister, Claire, Catherine finds both her world and her mind growing increasingly unstable. Then Hal discovers a groundbreaking proof among the 103 notebooks Catherine’s father left behind, and Catherine is forced to further question how much of her father’s genius or madness will she inherit. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, David Auburn’s Proof is a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daughters, the nature of genius, and the power of love.

TIMELESS: A Musical Revue

Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE
Successful businessman Joe Benjamin has admittedly had a wonderful life. He has a successful business selling boxes while living with his family in their beautiful Long Island mansion. Joe, being a devout religious man, attributes all of his success and happiness to the big “G” himself: God. But when an eccentric messenger from God visits Joe all hell breaks loose! Joe, God’s favorite servant, is being put to the test; he must either renounce his faith in God or suffer severe consequences. The jokes and tests of faith fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary morality tale like no other in this hilarious comedy.

SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE!
Tom is a nervous school teacher about to start his first day of teaching. He tries to relax with a little TV when various characters representing facets of his personality materialize from the television set. Tom is hesitant at first to accept their help, but with a little friendly prodding, they help Tom see how great a teacher he has been all along! Reviving the catchy, playful Saturday morning hits of the 70s, Schoolhouse Rock Live! is both educational and enjoyable for everyone!

Agatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP
A timeless tale of “whodunnit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers at Monkswell Manor during a blizzard. But a police sergeant unexpectedly arrives, worried that a murderer-at-large is among the guests of the Manor. Before he can investigate, one of the guests is killed, starting an investigation into the lives and histories of everyone there. One of them is the killer, and another one of them may be next. Will the police be able to solve the case before another “mouse” falls? The world’s longest continuously running play for over 60 years, The Mousetrap continues to delight and intrigue mystery lovers of all ages.

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June 21, 2023 · 5:51 am

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Comes to Life

SRMTC_Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryLocal Youth Actors perform the classic story June 30 – July 1

Williamstown, KY – Stage Right Musical Theatre Company is thrilled to present “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” through their arts education program “Rising Stars Academy” June 30
and July 1st at Grant County High School’s Theatre.

For three weeks, 25 young artists ages 8-18 have worked together with industry professionals to bring Roald Dahl’s classic story to life in a fun and inventive way. The program is headed by local artist Mikinley Grace Lustenberg, who serves as the production’s director as well.
“For eight years Stage Right has done what it does best: provide high-quality arts education to the young artists of Grant County and the surrounding region,” Artistic Director John Siedenberg II said, “We’ve reached hundreds of families through our summer camps and we can’t wait for Grant County to see what these young artists have been working on this summer.”

The program, beginning in 2016 allows students of all levels to work together to bring a production to life. Some students have been performing since they were little while others are joining Stage Right to make their performing debut.

“These young artists not only experience the thrills of performing,” Siedenberg said, “they also develop crucial life skills throughout the experience. Public speaking, responsibility, perseverance, and teamwork are only a few of the things our students gain when they join one of these productions.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is dramatized by Richard R. George and based on the book by Roald Dahl. It follows the familiar story we all know and love:

“Roald Dahl’s classic story about a young boy named Charlie, a magical factory, and the mysterious owner of it. Oompa Loompas, A Chocolate River, and some peculiar squirrels all await you behind the gates of Willy Wonka’s factory this summer. Purchase your GOLDEN TICKET and join us for an adventure of a lifetime.”

Performances for the show will be:

  • June 30 at 7:30
  • July 1 at 3:30 and 7:30

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be presented at Grant County High School’s theatre.
Tickets can be purchased at the door.

For more information about Rising Stars Summer camp please email education@StageRightMTC.org

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June 21, 2023 · 5:50 am

Village Players Presents RELATABLE AND INFLATABLE (THE BEACH BALL CHRONICLES) June 23, 24, 25

VP_Relatable and InflatableJune 19, 2023, Fort Thomas, KY— Village Players of Fort Thomas proudly presents their annual program of six new plays by local authors this weekend Friday and Saturday, June 23rd and 24th at 8 pm., and Sunday June 25th at 2pm. Tickets are $15 and available online in advance or at the door prior to performance. Drue Harris is directing all six plays and Tessa Killen is the stage manager.

“It was a really fun challenge to put these very different plays into a cohesive form,” says director Drue Harris. “The settings run the gamut, from a dressing room, to a car, to a beach. And with each play being only about 10 minutes long, we had to be creative, not only about the set, but also about the props and costumes.”

Angela K. Forbes, the group’s president and chair of its playwriting group, puts it this way: “The focus of our short play productions is on actors bringing new works to life. We’re very fortunate to have cultivated a community of talented writers and we’re very proud to bring their new plays to local audiences.”

Tickets are $15.00 and available online at villageplayers.org.

Relatable and Inflatable features the work of playwrights Bill Brohaugh, Roger Collins, Rose Vanden Eynden, Teri Foltz, A.K. Forbes, and Lisa Holt; as well as the talents of local actors Autumn Ashford, C.J. Bossart, Ryan Bowron, Ashley Gore, Katie Jensen, Sherry McCamley, Elaine Michael, Kathryn Muck, Fred Murrell, Tara Ruggles, and Ella Wesselman.

Relatable Inflatable (The Beach Ball Chronicles) Features Six New Plays:

Griping in the Green Room by Roger Collins
Hedwyn – Katie Jensen
Osian – C.J. Bossart
Jim – Ella Wesselman

A Day at the Beach by Teri Foltz
Owen – Ryan Bowron
Holly – Tara Ruggles
Mother – Elaine Michael

Sandcastle by Teri Foltz
Margie – Kathryn Muck
Annie – Ashley Gore
Ellery – C.J. Bossart

Monster Talent by Bill Brohaugh and Lisa Holt
Pat – Autumn Ashford
Aaron – Fred Murrell
Voice – Ella Wesselman

Love Potion #1 by Rose Vanden Eynden
Robin – Autumn Ashford
Wiz – Sherry McCamley

A Purpose-Driven Beach Ball by A.K. Forbes
Candace – Kathryn Muck
Troy – Ryan Bowron
Jim – Fred Murrell
Nancy – Sherry McCamley

Village Players of Fort Thomas is a vibrant community theatre, continually producing plays and musicals for almost 60 years. Our productions range across a spectrum of periods and styles, presented in our intimate, three-quarter-thrust performance space in the heart of Fort Thomas, Kentucky. We stage innovative and of-the-moment works alongside beloved classic pieces while serving as an incubator for new talent, ideas, and writing. Each season features four mainstage shows, including a family-friendly winter production, as well as a summer production of original short plays produced by the New Works branch of the group.

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