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Tickets will go on sale later this week for the spooky, experimental, and utterly Fringey double-bill of 13 DEAD DREAMS OF EUGENE from Paul Strickland & Erika Kate MacDonald and A ZOMBIE ODYSSEY from Ricky Coates & Sadie Bowman!

13 DEAD DREAMS OF EUGENE comes to us from Paul Strickland & Erika Kate MacDonald, perennial Cincy Fringe hitmakers who never disappoint in their theatricality or creativity.

This unsettling shadow play with music is based on a true story, and was originally developed for the Minnesota Horror Fest in 2016!

1929, a dead body is found and placed on display in hopes of identification. That’s when the “Dead Dreams” began.  Experience the shared recurring nightmares that haunted the sleepy town of Sabina OH, and the stranger-than-fiction story of “Eugene.”

Running in rep with 13 DEAD DREAMS OF EUGENE is A ZOMBIE ODYSSEY, a spooky and unexpected trilogy about the humanity of a zombie that’s a unique blend of physical theater and radio drama, unfolding in 3 episodes.

It’s puppets, robots, philosophy, fights, blood, guts, sex, and dark laughsfrom Ricky Coates, the artist behind the 2016 Cincy Fringe’s Tesla ex Machina and Sadie Bowman, a longtime Fringe artist (who Fringe fans know & love as the former face of the Channel Fringe Hard-Hitting Action News Update!)

These two thrillers take over the Know MainStage October 21 – November 4.
Tickets will go on sale later this week!

Rehearsals, under the direction of Tamara Winters, start next week for our next MainStage adventure, THE ARSONISTS by Jacqueline Goldfinger, which is part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere and opens September 22.

And we are thrilled to finally announce our cast!

You’ll recognize Erin Ward from her comedic work with OTRimprov, and her short-form work on our Underground stage in many rounds of Serials! – but we’re proud to give her her MainStage debut in this fiery new drama!

And joining her is Jim Stark*, a newcomer to Cincinnati stages but a veteran around the region, who has appeared Indiana Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Carolina Rep, and more.

*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association under a Special Appearance Agreement.

THE ARSONISTS is part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, and is a beautiful father/daughter story of heartbreak and redemption.

Featuring live music from the folk/Americana tradition and high theatricality, this new play will leave you breathless.

Because when arson’s your job, things get lost in the fire…

Performances run Sept. 22-Oct. 14. For more information visit http://knowtheatre.com/season-20/the-arsonists/