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May 20, 2013 · 1:15 pm

CFF13: CATALINA

CFF_CatalinaCATALINA
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Art Academy Auditorium
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Enquirer | CityBeat |

CATALINA is a playful examination of the dynamics of women, theatre, and history, combining metatheatre, feminism, and pop culture. Catherine of Aragon, a.k.a Catalina, attempts to tell her story after having been overshadowed by her husband Henry VIII. Three actresses play a variety of women and men who supported or blocked her. Together, they examine how history and theatre pit women against each other, how history is written by the (male) winners, and the pitfalls of being a working actress. The play manipulates time and identity while commenting on the fact that the play itself was written by a male.

  • Wed, May 29 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 9pm
  • Wed, June 5 at 8:45pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, June 8 at 5:15pm

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May 20, 2013 · 12:28 pm

CFF13: BUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME

CFF_Butcher HollerBUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
MOTR PUB
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Behind the Curtain | CityBeat |

1973, West Virginia. Following a cave collapse, 5 coal miners struggle to survive the dwindling supply of oxygen, the lack of food and water, the unravelling sense of passing time, and, even more threatening, their own competing natures. Brutally weaving through family histories, complicated friendships, crooked politics, childhood visions, audacious hopes, eerie dreams, criminal addictions, and fervent spirituality in this run-of-the-mill Appalachian community, Butcher Holler Here We Come is a descent into the male psyche-in-crisis where secret desires, carnal urges, and hidden memories come boiling to the surface in a primitive territory of Earth that mirrors the subliminal mind.

  • Sat, June 1 at 3pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 8:30pm
  • Tue, June 4 at 8:30pm
  • Thu, June 6 at 8:30pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 7:30pm

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May 20, 2013 · 11:57 am

CFF13: AND THE RAND PLAYED ON, AKA THE HELL WITH EDUTAINMENT, LET’S HAVE FUN

CFF_And the Rand Played OnAND THE RAND PLAYED ON, AKA THE HELL WITH EDUTAINMENT, LET’S HAVE FUN
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Art Academy Auditorium
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: CityBeat |

As their next salvo in Democracy’s War on Capitalism and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce The Burying Beetles offer you “It’s a spelling bee, it’s Jeopardy, it’s Atheists-Play-Twister, it’s… and the RAND played on!” Straight outa television hell and riding on SPEED – with a capital S and a capital P and a capital E-E-D! – the amphetamine addicted philosopher cum novelist cum cult leader cum… oh… sorry… got-on-a-roll-but-it’s-ok-I’ll-stop-in-1,058-pages-and… wait… sorry… start again… Ayn Rand. She could have been a theme park but, hey, we got there first and now she’s a game show. Faster. Funnier. And nowhere near as loud.

  • Wed, May 29 at 9pm
  • Fri, May 31 at 9:15pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 8pm
  • Tue, June 4 at 9pm
  • Wed, June 5 at 7pm

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May 20, 2013 · 11:09 am

CFF13: AIN’T TRUE AND UNCLE FALSE

CFF_Aint TrueAIN’T TRUE AND UNCLE FALSE
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
1334 Main Street
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Behind the Curtain | CityBeat | Enquirer |

Step right up!!! Hear the story of how Pangea Park broke up into all the different types of parks we have today (including trailer-park!!) Learn how they make black-eyed peas by punching green peas!!! Hear a story about siamese twins who aren’t the same age!!! How about a the tale of a wall of taxidermied, mounted goldfish?!? Step right up!! Nationally acclaimed comedian, storyteller and musician Paul Strickland’s “Ain’t True and Uncle False” is a one man trailer park fantasy (with songs), as told to his dead grandfather for your enjoyment.

  • Fri, May 31 at 8:45pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 6:30pm
  • Mon, June 3 at 7:15pm
  • Wed, June 5 at 8:45pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 7:15pm

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May 20, 2013 · 10:37 am

CFF13: A.J. RAFFLES: AMATEUR CRACKSMAN

CFF_AJ RafflesA.J. RAFFLES: AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Elementz
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Enquirer | CityBeat |

The dashing A.J. Raffles offers woebegone school chum, Bunny, a solution to his financial troubles: a life of gentlemanly crime! This lavish production fills the streets of Victorian London with a cavalcade of characters performed by a supporting cast of hundreds one! There will be derring-do! There will be false mustaches! There will be almost no scenery! There will be a tragic love story! There may be nudity! After all, that’s what being an amateur cracksman is all about. Featuring: Justin McCombs as Bunny, Mark Maccora as A. J. Raffles, and Miranda McGee as All Of London. Based upon the short stories of E.W. Hornung.

  • Thu, May 30 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 7pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 7pm

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