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2015-2016 Saturday Morning Children’s Series Announced by Covedale Center for the Performing Arts

The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
Announces the 2015/2016 Saturday Morning Children’s Series

CCPAArtReach Touring Productions – Treasure Island                                      Sept. 12, 2015
Written by Chris Stewart
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest.” Arrgh, matey! It’s time to unfurl your sails and set course for-Adventure! Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece about pirates, mutiny, and long-lost treasure comes to life in a NEW adaptation from ArtReach! Join cabin boy Jim Hawkins on his incredible journey across the high seas to find the location of Captain Flint’s treasure. But dare he trust the words of the Hispaniolas’s cook, the one-legged Long John Silver? With cross-curricular connections and a strong anti-bullying message, this show reinforces math, science, and literature, with a healthy dose of trust and friendship thrown in to boot!

Mad Cap Puppets – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow                            Oct. 24, 2015
The lanky schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, can’t decide what’s worse in the glen of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman or the silliest of ghosts, the horseless headman. To complicate matters, Ichabod unwittingly vies with the local brute, Brom Bones, for the affections of Katrina Van Tassal. Ichabod endures a series of pranks and ghost stories, only to find himself on the ride of his life in this hilarious version of Washington Irving’s classic short story.

We Duet All –  Santa’s Frosty Follies                                                Nov. 14, 2015
A Holiday Musical Revue!  “There’s no business like SNOW business! This spectacular review features that “hoofer from way back” (Rudolph), the “rockin’, rollin’ snow man” (Frosty), “the lovely lady in white” (Suzy Snowflake) and the star of our show, Santa Claus! With loads of humor and contemporary music, join Santa and his friends in some Holiday Hoop-la for all ages.  Then join us for the Santa Claus parade and photos. Sure to win your heart over and put you in the Christmasspirit!

Frisch Marionette Co. –  Peter and the Wolf & The Frog Prince    March 19, 2016
A Symphonic Double-Bill! PETER and THE WOLF & The FROG PRINCE! Adapted and narrated for marionettes, PETER and THE WOLF tells the story of a little boy who captures a ferocious wolf.   THE FROG PRINCE is the Grimm brothers’ famous tale of the princess who kissed a frog and found a prince!  See the most incredible handcrafted puppets of Frisch Marionette Company act out Sergei Prokofiev’s musical tale and the music of Dmitri Kabalevsky.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions – Upside Down Fairytales             May 7, 2016
What if Cinderella had never lost her glass slipper?  What if Sleepy Beauty didn’t fall asleep?  And what if Rumpelstiltskin couldn’t spin straw into gold?  You’ll have to see our special presentation to find out.

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Show times for all performances are 11am.

The Subscription Packages feature the low, Subscriber-only price of $25.00 for five shows. Single tickets are: $6.00 each.  Packages are now on sale.  Single tickets now on sale.

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THE TRIALS OF ROBIN HOOD Runs Aug. 7-15

BPI_The Trail of Robin Hood logoTHE TRIALS OF ROBIN HOOD
Beechmont Players Inc.
Aug. 7-15
Anderson Township

Directed by Lynne Aronson

Cast: Boyang Zhang as Lusty/Silly Robin Hood; Shannon Raidy as Maid Marian; Matt Thomas as King’s Deer/Archery Butt; Claudia Rose Wright as Janice; Caitlyn Maurmeier as Lady Ellen/Lady Lucy; Gabby Arvizu as Nancy, Maid Marian’s Lady-in-Waiting, Sister Stephanie; Amanda Prell as Billy, Maid Marian’s Lady-in-Waiting, Sister Elena; Merrie Stewart as Danni, Maid Marian’s Lady-in-Waiting, Sister Agatha; Matt Santeler as Will Scarlet/Willa Scarlet, Scarlet Will; Michael Fruhwirth as Soldier to Sheriff of Nottingham; Cindy Rumke as Esmerelda of Locksley/Abbess; Libby Jonas as Honest Dave the Tinker; KC Cartwright as Sheriff of Nottingham; Dan Tudor as Prince John & Sam Wright as Guy of Gisborne

Back from the Crusades, King Richard sifts through conflicting stories to figure out what happened in his absence. Told from the testimony of Robin himself, Maid Marian and Prince John, this family-friendly comedy combines three different stories into one hilarious trial.

  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 7-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 9 at 3pm
  • Fri, Aug. 14 at 8m
  • Sat, Aug. 15 at 3pm & 8pm

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Runs Aug. 7-9

THT_Beauty and the Beast logoBEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Town Hall Theatre
Aug. 7-9
Centerville

Directed by Sydney Lanier

Official cast list |

Beauty has two unpleasant sisters with equally nasty husbands who are up to no good! When a poor widow stumbles onto the castle and innocently plucks a forbidden rose, the Beast sentences her to death, but first allows her to return home and bid farewell to her family. After Beauty agrees to go to the Beast’s castle to spare her mother’s life, her siblings hatch a plot to rescue her and steal the Beast’s treasure. There’s just one thing…they hadn’t counted on enchanted furniture! Ages 4 and up. 

  • Fri, Aug. 7 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Aug. 8-9 at 3pm

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Flash Mob-Style Theater Add Puppetry to the Mix

QCF_Abroad logo(CINCINNATI) – Queen City Flash, Cincinnati’s flash mob-style theater company, continues its four-play cycle with THE COMPLETE TOM: 3. ABROAD as told by three actors and an array of puppets. Based on the works of Mark Twain and adapted by Trey Tatum, 3. ABROAD runs July 17 through 26, 2015. All performances begin at 8 p.m. Directed by Bridget Leak, this production is produced with assistance from SDC Foundation’s 2015 Denham Fellowship.

Join your favorite characters on a trans-Atlantic voyage in this family-friendly production as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and Jim set sail in a Jules Verne-like airship. This production includes original artwork by Cincinnati native Daniel Beard, Boy Scouts of America founder and Mark Twain illustrator. THE COMPLETE TOM: 3. ABROAD reunites the works Tom Sawyer Abroad with another adventure found in Life On the Mississippi and related footnotes from Twain’s Chapters from My Autobiography.

The show features local actors Dave Powell, Rico Reid and Trey Tatum, with set and puppet design by Trey Tatum.

All performances are flash mob-style, meaning tickets can be reserved based on the date, time and accessibility level of your choice. At 4:00 p.m. the day of the show, an email will be sent to ticket holders with a map and parking instructions to the secret location. All performances are outdoors. Tickets are free to the public and can be reserved at www.QueenCityFlash.com starting Wednesday, July 8. For additional questions about accessibility, please email queencityflash@gmail.com.

Roderick Whitney, Jr. and Kyle Daniels in THE COMPLETE TOM: 2. HUCKLEBERRY during the Flash Mob-style performance at Bellevue Park; May 2015. Photo by Jake Lauten.

Roderick Whitney, Jr. and Kyle Daniels in THE COMPLETE TOM: 2. HUCKLEBERRY during the Flash Mob-style performance at Bellevue Park; May 2015. Photo by Jake Lauten.

THE COMPLETE TOM: 1 ADVENTURES was presented in August 2014, and 2. HUCKLEBERRY was presented in April 2015. The final installment, 4. DETECTIVE, will be presented in August 2015.

The Denham Fellowship is an annual award given to directors, particularly women directors, to further develop their directing skills by providing financial support for the Director’s fee for a particular project. This fellowship was established in October 2006 by Mary Orr Denham as a bequest to the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) in honor of her late husband, Reginald H.F. Denham.

Queen City Flash is a new theater company dedicated to open access to the arts and expanding audiences’ sense of theatricality by untethering the arts from physical space, prohibitive costs and traditional notions. Through flash mob-style theater, artists and communities combine to transform environments and unite over stories, picnics and sunsets.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Runs July 23-25

EYT_Annie Get Your Gun logoANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Encore Youth Theatre
July 23-25
Hamilton

Directed by Chris Beiser
Produced by Lynn Huff and Diane Noonan

Official cast list

Rough-and-tumble Annie Oakley is the best shot around. A backwoods gal, Annie uses her skill to support her family by selling the game she hunts. When she’s discovered by Buffalo Bill and persuaded to join his Wild West Show, Annie is plucked from obscurity and becomes the toast of Europe. Annie meets her match in Frank Butler, Buffalo Bill’s leading man and star marksman. She falls head over heels for Frank, but soon eclipses him as the main attraction in the show. Her success with a gun makes trouble for Annie’s chance at romance.

  • Thu-Fri, July 23-24 at 8pm
  • Sat, July 25 at 2pm & 8pm

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