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August 13, 2015 · 10:02 am

Caffeinated Conversations at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati

An energized behind-the-scenes discussion of all things theatre! 

ETC_Caffenated ConversationsThey say it takes a village…Get to know the village that makes Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati possible through our newest program, Caffeinated Conversations!

Join us on select Saturday mornings throughout our 2015-2016 season for a relaxed seminar on topics that range from how our talented designers create breathtaking scenery in a building originally built as a bank to our Producing Artistic Director’s play-selection process, as well as a tour of our scene shop. Enjoy a cup of joe and ask the questions you’ve long been yearning to ask our designers, stage managers, and technicians.

Cost:$15.00 for individual dates; $50.00 for the entire 5-part series. Hurry, space is limited!

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  • Designing In A Bank: September 26, 2015 @ 11:00 am
    Designing isn’t exactly easy and at ETC, it’s made even more challenging by the constraints of our building, which used to be a bank. During this Caffeinated Conversation, ETC’s Design Team discusses the challenges (and creative solutions) of working in a non-traditional space.
  • Getting to Know You: October 31, 2015 @ 11:00 am
    How is ETC’s season selected? How do you find local actors? What’s it like to direct a play or musical that deals with issues such as mental illness, economic disparity, or racial tensions? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers!
  • Behind the Scenes at ETC: February 13, 2016 @ 11:00 am
    Take a tour of our scene shop and discuss the ins and outs of making the on-stage magic happen with Production Manager, Matt Hollstegge, and Technical Director, Jack Murphy.
  • From Page to Stage: April 9, 2016 @ 11:00 am
    This show isn’t going to run itself- call the Stage Manager! At this Caffeinated Conversation, Equity Production Stage Manager Brandon T. Holmes discusses the ins and outs of managing a production from the first read-through to closing night.
  • E is for Education: May 21, 2016 @ 11:00 am
    It’s all fun and games…..and learning! Learn how Director of Education Ben Raanan works with local schools to integrate the arts into the curriculum.

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August 7, 2015 · 1:02 pm

POV: A Dance Exploration of Poverty, Homelessness, and Over-the-Rhine

Embark on a journey with Pones Inc. as we explore our city with a new perspective.

Pones logoOn the heels of its sold-out Fringe production, Shelter, Pones Inc. brings a new piece to Cincinnati audiences which investigates the dynamics of poverty in the Queen City. POV (previously titled ConverseNation) was presented at the CrisisArt Festival held in Arezzo, Italy in 2014, and premiered in Cincinnati in October 2014 as a demonstration of the powerful effect art can have on social change. The work was incredibly well-received on both international and local platforms, with audience members sharing how they “now question their own ideas of privilege,” and calling the work “A beautiful crescendo that invited me to play” and “Powerful, meaningful, sensual, poetic. Very good use of space, the best show I have seen in a long time.”

Through technology and careful listening, Pones company members interviewed a range of people, recording as many interviews as possible and creating POV as a dance piece with a documentary video component. The work is site-specific, taking the audience on a tour of Over-the-Rhine’s lesser-seen corners, using both natural and constructed spaces. “[The show] is visually striking and wonderfully innovative – taking the audience on an evening walk through the neighborhood that is the focus of the show, historic and diverse Over-the-Rhine.” Audiences begin at Washington Park and journey throughout OTR, seeing multiple dance vignettes and stopping off in various indoor spaces, such as NAST Community UMC, to view documentary video. The production involves collaborators such as the Young Professionals Choral Collective, local musician Preston Charles Bell III, Chicago’s hottest spoken word artist J. Evelyn, and local flash mob theatre collective Queen City Flash. Embark with us on this conversation about the economic inequality of our city, as we explore its manifestations with a new perspective.

Performances will take place September 11, 12, and 13 from 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Reservations can be made online, https://ponesinc.wordpress.com/productions/pov/ and tickets will be $15 per person, payable at the beginning of the performance via cash, check, or credit card.

Pones Inc. provides artistic opportunities for community growth by creating engaging new ways for audiences to experience dance.

Founded in 2008, Pones Inc. has collaborated with over 200 artists and 100 art and service organizations. The company creates site-specific performances through a fusion of movement and dance with other art forms. Pones Inc. performers use their bodies to speak their minds and uses its signature pedestrian-inspired movement to spark collaboration, connection, and community. Pones Inc. believes that art creates powerful change.

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August 5, 2015 · 12:06 pm

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Coming to the Arts Center at Dunham

Petrea Whittier as Puck with fairy played by Kyle Brumley. By Mikki Schaffner Photography.

Petrea Whittier as Puck with fairy played by Kyle Brumley. By Mikki Schaffner Photography.

CINCINNATI, OH – August 6, 2015 —  The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will offer a free family-friendly performance of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Arts Center at Dunham (1945 Dunham Way Cincinnati, OH) on Saturday, August 15 at 2:00 pm. The performance is part of the 2015 FREE Shakespeare in the Park Tour.

Set in a traditional Elizabethan design with lush costuming for the fairies and Athenian lovers, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare shows what happens when feuding fairies meddle in the love lives of human couples. Comical adventures, mistaken identities, and a silly play-within-a –play are part of the mayhem that ensues. In this whimsical forest, a happy ending is guaranteed for both sprites and mortals alike.

Admission to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare in the Park Tour is free. Reservations are not required but can be made online at www.sunsetplayers.org. Arriving early is recommended for best seating.  Special thanks to Kroger as the Community Sponsor.

About Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is a professional theatre company dedicated to bringing Shakespeare and the classics to life for audiences of all ages. Located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, CSC produces a dozen mainstage productions each season. The repertoire is made up of the works of William Shakespeare, literary adaptations and contemporary classics. CSC performs on a Small Professional Theatre contract with Actors’ Equity Association. Cincinnati Shakespeare is a member of the Theater Communications Group and the Shakespeare Theater Association.  Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Education and Outreach Programs reached nearly 30,000 young people and underserved community members last season by taking Shakespeare into schools, parks, community centers and by hosting educational matinees of mainstage productions at its home on Race Street. Last season, CSC was proud to become one of the first five theaters in the United States to “Complete the Canon” by producing all 38 plays by William Shakespeare. CSC is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible.  Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to be Cincinnati’s stage for the classics!

About the Arts Center at Dunham
The Arts Center at Dunham is a fine arts center for the west side of Cincinnati. Housed in one of the three remaining buildings of what was the first municipally owned tuberculosis sanatorium in the United States, the Arts Center includes a 350-seat performance venue as well as extensive studio and programming space. The Arts Center is located in the Dunham Recreation Complex. See what is happening at the Arts Center at Dunham on Facebook.

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August 4, 2015 · 3:38 pm

Music Hall Open House and LEGO® Scale Model | August 5-9 | Music Hall

CAA_Lego Music HallMusic Hall Open House
During LumenoCity Week 

Open House Includes Mini-Tours and
LEGO® Scale Model of Music Hall and Washington Park

August 5-7 • 4:00-6:00 PM
August 8-9 • 3:00-6:00 PM
Music Hall

CINCINNATI, OH – How many LEGO® does it take to build the façade of Music Hall and Washington Park?  Bring your family and find out for yourself when a 1/50 scale-model LEGO® replica of these iconic Over-the-Rhine landmarks goes on display in the Music Hall Foyer this Wednesday-Friday, August 5-7 from 4:00 PM-6:00 PM and Saturday-Sunday, August 8-9 from 3:00 PM-6:00 PM.  During these times, guests can also take advantage of a Music Hall Open House and tour many of the venue’s interior spaces.

Both events are FREE and open to the public.

The Music Hall and Washington Park scale model was built by local LEGO® enthusiast, Mark Clark.  According to Mark, “The Music Hall building alone in its original full form took 900 hours to build over 7.5 months.  Washington Park took a few months to build while the OTR brownstones have been sporadically built over the last year.  I wouldn’t even venture to guess how many bricks are in it now!”

The Music Hall Open House, created to enhance the LumenoCity guest experience, will include:

  • Free history-themed mini-tours by the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall
  • Free ghost-themed mini-tours by Cincinnati Research & Paranormal Studies

MAIN FOYER: 

  • LEGO exhibit by local model-maker Mark Clark (see bio below), whose original model included the façade and auditorium of Music Hall. His most recent project (which is quite large at 10’ x 18’) has modified that model, retaining the façade, losing the auditorium, and dramatically expanding the areas surrounding Music Hall to now include Washington Park, Elm and Race Streets, streetcars, and a model of the Albee Theatre.
  • Information from the City of Cincinnati about the streetcar project, which will run along Elm Street in front of Music Hall (and along Race Street across Washington Park) in the near future.

CORBETT TOWER:  Display of historic art-carved decorative panels from the original Music Hall pipe organ, accompanied by a documentary by local film maker Melissa Godoy about the restoration of the panels.

BALLROOM:  The “Mighty Wurlitzer” pipe organ from the Albee Theatre will be on display. This spectacular instrument has been fully restored to its original glory, and is at home along with the many other architectural artifacts of the Albee Theatre.  NOTE:  The Ballroom will be closed on Saturday for a private event.

“We’re excited to have Mark Clark’s amazing display back at Music Hall, and extend our thanks for his efforts in creating something as unique as the building itself,” said Scott Santangelo, Director of Operations, Music Hall. “ We’re also grateful to the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall and the Cincinnati Research and Paranormal Studies groups, who will have volunteers on hand to welcome visitors and share stories about this National Historic Landmark, one of the country’s most recognizable (and apparently haunted!) theaters. Music Hall belongs to our community, and we look forward to our guests stopping by for a visit!”

MARK CLARK
Born in Western Kentucky in 1967, Mark moved to Cincinnati in 1972, attended Princeton schools from grades K-12, and graduated in 1985.  He attended The Ohio State University for three years, where he majored in aerospace engineering, and transferred back to the University of Cincinnati, where he finished his degree in computer systems engineering.  Mark lives in Mason with his wife Mary and daughter Ashley, and has been involved in Cincinnati technology, consulting, and various start-ups since 1993.  His love for the hobby of building with LEGO® was rekindled in 2012 with two LEGO®-kit Christmas gifts from his mother and his wife, and he has been hooked ever since.  Mark joined a local LEGO® User’s Group (OKILUG: Ohio Kentucky Indiana LEGO® User’s Group)  to learn and share with other like-minded LEGO® enthusiasts and builders.  Mark first discovered the magnificence of Music Hall at the age of six, when he attended Cincinnati Ballet’s Frisch’s Presents The Nutcracker.  He has been touring and showing the model for two years and has talked to thousands of people about the building’s history and heritage.

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August 3, 2015 · 11:45 am

Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience | Fri., October 30 | Aronoff Center

Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience
From TLC’s Long Island Medium

Aronoff Center
Friday, October 30th 7:30pm

– Tickets go on-sale Friday, August 7th at noon –

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Theresa Caputo.

Theresa Caputo, psychic medium and star of the hit TLC show, Long Island Medium, will be appearing live at the Aronoff Center on Friday, October 30th at 7:30pm. Theresa will give interactive readings to audience members throughout the show and will also share personal stories about her life and her unique gifts.

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 7th at noon and can be purchased at CincinnatiArts.org, 513.621.ARTS, or the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Tickets start at $39.75 (plus applicable service charges) and are subject to change. Purchasing a ticket does not guarantee a reading.

The highly-rated show Long Island Medium follows Theresa’s life as a typical Long Island wife and mom with one very big difference…she can communicate with the dead. Since she cannot “turn off” this gift, messages from departed loved ones can come through at any time. The local car mechanic, manicurist or cashier at the bagel shop may find themselves receiving a spontaneous reading from Theresa as she goes about her day. The unique challenges that her special abilities create for her husband of 22 years, Larry, and her two children, aged 20 and 24, and how they cope, are also a main theme on the show.

Theresa’s second book titled “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” was released in September 2014 and debuted at #9 on the NY Times Best Seller List. Her first book titled “There’s More to Life Than This” debuted in the fall of 2013.

Theresa has been a practicing medium for 10 years and is a certified medium with the Forever-Family Foundation, an organization dedicated to connecting science with the afterlife. She helps individuals find closure by connecting them with their departed loved ones. For Theresa, this is not just her job… this is her life. Learn more about Theresa at theresacaputo.com.

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