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SHAWNEE LIVING HISTORY TOUR Staged Preview Readings on May 20-21

CFTI_logoCaesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc will present staged preview readings of its new historical outdoor theatre production, the Shawnee Living History Tour, on Saturday May 20, 200 at 7:00 PM and on Sunday May 21, at 2:00 PM at the Xenia Area Community Theater 45 E. Second Street Xenia, Ohio 45385. Admission is free.

All American Indian roles will be read by Tribal Citizens of federally recognized American Tribes.

For more information please email info@caesarsford.com. Please also visit our new website www.caesarsfordtheatre.org.

Support for Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc comes from the Ohio Arts Council, Culture Works, Greene County Department of Development, National Endowment for the Arts, The Dayton Foundation, Greene County Parks & Trails, and our individual supporters. Thank You!

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2023 Southwest Regional OCTAFest Excerpt Schedule

ACT_logoThe 2023 Southwest Regional OCTAFest excerpts are almost here! 

Join all your friends at Parrish Auditorium, 1601 University Boulevard Hamilton, OH 45011 in the heart of Miami University Hamilton’s campus, to watch Greater Cincinnati’s amazing community theater community strut their stuff at the annual excerpts! This year’s excerpt schedule is as follows: 

Friday, June 16:

  • 5:00pm Registration begins
  • 7:15pm Tri-County Players A View From the Bridge
  • 8:15pm Mariemont Players Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy
  • 9:15pm CenterStage Players The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
  • 10:15pm Cincinnati Music Theatre Kinky Boots

Saturday, June 17:

  • 7:30am Registration begins
  • 8:15am Fairfield Footlighters Love/Sick
  • 9:15am Sunset Players Be My Baby
  • 10:15am Village Players of Fort Thomas Holidazed
  • 11:15am The Footlighters, Inc. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
  • 12:15pm Lunch Break
  • 1:15pm The Drama Workshop Radium Girls
  • 2:15pm Loveland Stage Company Twelfth Night
  • 3:15pm Beechmont Players The Matchmaker
  • 4:15pm Mason Community Players Nunsense 

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BORED TEACHERS COMEDY TOUR | Fri., Sept. 22, 2023 | Aronoff Center

CAA_Bored TeachersThe Bored Teachers Comedy Tour is the Self-Care
Teachers Need in Their Lives Right Now!

More than ever, teachers need an outlet to kick back and laugH
at the trials and tribulations of daily classroom life.

September 22, 2023
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

Tickets on sale Friday, May 19

CALENDAR INFORMATION

WHAT:                Bored Teachers: We Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Comedy Tour

WHEN:                Friday, September 22, 2023 – 7:30 PM

WHERE:              Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

PRICE:                 $55.00 | $45.00 | $35.00. 10%-off groups of ten or more. Additional service fees may apply.

VIP TICKETS – $75.00 | $65.00 | $55.00. VIP Tickets include a souvenir Bored Teachers Comedy Tour lanyard/badge and priority access (skip the line!) to a Meet-and-Greet available to all audience members, where you can take photos and get autographs with your favorite teacher-comedians.

INFO:                  The biggest entertainment platform for teachers in the world, Bored Teachers presents the funniest teacher-comedians in the nation all on one stage. Their hilarious skits have amassed hundreds of millions of views on the internet, and they’re all joining comic forces for a night of laughter you do not want to miss.

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale Friday, May 19 at 10:00 AM

  • www.CincinnatiArts.org
  • (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
  • Aronoff Center Ticket Office
  • Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157

[Cincinnati, OH] – The biggest entertainment platform for teachers in the world, Bored Teachers presents the funniest teacher-comedians in the nation all on one stage. Their hilarious skits have amassed hundreds of millions of views on the internet, and they’re all joining comic forces for a night of laughter you do not want to miss. The Bored Teachers: We Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Comedy Tour makes a stop at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM. The show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2023-24 Season.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 19 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. For groups of ten or more, call (513) 977-4157. Applicable services fees may apply. Special VIP tickets are available for purchase and include a souvenir Bored Teachers Comedy Tour lanyard/badge and priority access (skip the line!) to a Meet-and-Greet available to all audience members, where you can take photos and get autographs with your favorite teacher-comedians.

With more than five million followers across social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube), Bored Teachers has 20+ million views every month of their viral comedy videos. The tour includes the most hilarious and well-known teacher comedians in the business with millions of combined followers as well. This comedy powerhouse is making its way around the country with 120+ shows booked so far this year! Teachers everywhere need a night of laughter, and the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour is the perfect fix. For a complete listing of all tour stops, visit the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour page.

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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Village Players Presents Standup Comedian LEE HARDIN

VP_Lee HardinVillage Players of Fort Thomas presents a fun evening of CLEAN COMEDY, one night only, Friday, May 26, 8pm.

Lee Hardin comes from Nashville, Tennessee, and has shared the stage with performers such as Henry Cho and Nate Bargatze. Lee also has appeared on The Mike Huckabee Show as well as DryBar Comedy with his own comedy special. It’s a clean show — everyone’s welcome!

Tickets are just $20.

Click here for tickets.

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TAYLOR TOMLINSON – The Have it All Tour | 2nd Show Added -Thu, Oct. 12 | Aronoff Center

SECOND SHOW ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND

CAA_Taylor TomlinsonTAYLOR TOMLINSON ADDS 30+ U.S. DATES TO
2023 THE HAVE IT ALL TOUR, INCLUDING
OCTOBER 13 AT THE ARONOFF CENTER 

“a comic with the confidence of a star” – New York Times 

“a show’s worth of perfectly crafted punchlines” – Esquire 

NEW PERFORMANCE:  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 

TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 9

LOS ANGELES, CA — Taylor Tomlinson has announced a second Cincinnati performance of her blockbuster The Have it All Tour at Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM.  Tickets are currently on sale for her originally announced performance on Friday, October 13.

Ticket for the added performance go on sale Friday, June 9 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group tickets for 10 or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157.

Recognized by The New Yorker for her “quicksilver candor,” the California native has been mining everything from her childhood to her dating escapades for an entirely new live show on the heels of her second hour-long special, Look at You, streaming now on Netflix. 

As in Look at You, the only comedy special of 2022 hitting ‘best of’ lists across Vulture, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York TimesNew York Magazine reassures audiences they’re in for an exceptional live comedy experience: “Watching Tomlinson gives you the same comfort as a Swift concert or a Broadway show that’s been on for years. This is a professional. This performance will be ultra produced. You do not need to be anxious.”

2023 THE HAVE IT ALL TOUR DATES

May 10 – 11                          PARAMOUNT THEATRE                                       OAKLAND, CA *

MAY 12                                  SAROYAN THEATRE                                              FRESNO, CA *

MAY 13                                  PARAMOUNT THEATRE                                       OAKLAND, CA *

MAY 31 – JUNE 2                 DE VOS PERFORMANCE HALL                           `GRAND RAPIDS, CA *

JUNE 3 – 4                             RIVERSIDE THEATER                                             MILWAUKEE, WI *

JUNE 8 – 9                             PIKES PEAK CENTER                                             CO. SPRINGS, CO *

JUNE 10 – 11                        THE MIDLAND THEATRE                                      KANSAS CITY, MO *

AUGUST 18                           QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE                              VANCOUVER, BC

AUGUST 25                           SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM   CALGARY, AB

AUGUST 26                           NORTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM  EDMONTON, AB

SEPTEMBER 8                       KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS                            PHILADELPHIA, PA

SEPTEMBER 9                       RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL                                    NEW YORK, NY *

SEPTEMBER 14 – 15            WYNN LAS VEGAS                                                LAS VEGAS, NV

SEPTEMBER 16                     CELEBRITY THEATRE                                            PHOENIX, AZ

SEPTEMBER 22                     BUELL THEATRE                                                    DENVER, CO

OCTOBER 6                           ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL                `PORTLAND, OR

OCTOBER 7                           ECCLES THEATER                                                  SALT LAKE CITY, UT

OCTOBER 13                         ARONOFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS                    CINCINNATI, OH

OCTOBER 14                         FOX THEATRE                                                        DETROIT, MI

OCTOBER 19                         FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS      SPOKANE, WA

OCTOBER 20                         PARAMOUNT THEATRE                                       SEATTLE, WA

NOVEMBER 3                       THE BROWARD CENTER                                      FT. LAUDERDALE, FL*

NOVEMBER 4                       TAMPA THEATRE                                                  TAMPA, FL *

NOVEMBER 5                       DUKE ENERGY CENTER FOR THE ARTS             ST. PETERSBURG, FL*

NOVEMBER 9                       RYMAN AUDITORIUM                                         NASHVILLE, TN

NOVEMBER 18                     CAPITAL ONE HALL                                              TYSONS, VA +

* CURRENTLY ON SALE
+ SPECIAL TAPING

For more information, visit ttomcomedy.com or follow her on Facebook @TaylorTomlinsonComedy and on Instagram and Twitter @taylortomlinson. 

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