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May 27, 2014 · 6:09 pm

PIP Summer Theatre Day Camp Offers Entertaining Educational Opportunities

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK SUMMER THEATRE DAY CAMP
OFFERS ENTERTAINING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

PIP(CINCINNATI) – Even with summer break on the horizon, it’s not too late to introduce young theatre fans to the engaging, entertaining and educational opportunities at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s 2014 Summer Theatre Day Camp, June 16 to Aug. 1.

Cincinnati’s Tony Award-winning theatre offers camp sessions in a new format this year for children entering grades three through 12. The full-day, one-week camp sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and each week’s session features acting and improvisation classes along with special classes based on different themes. The themes include: Broadway Bound (musical theatre), June 16-20; Theatre FUNdamentals (various theatre classes), June 23-27; Shakespeare & Swashbuckling (including stage combat and puppetry), July 7-11; Story to the Stage (theatrical improvisation, playwriting), July 14-18; La Commedia (circus training, clowning and comedy), July 21-25; and Backstage Pass (stage craft and design techniques), July 28-Aug. 1.

Parents can select the theme that interests their campers most or join us for multiple weeks and try them all. All experience levels are welcome. Classes are taught by the city’s best theatre professionals.

One-week, half-day Creative Dramatics camps are offered for children entering grades one and two (9 a.m. to noon or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., depending on the week chosen).

Register now for the best prices and for best availability. The Early Bird Special is $285 per full-day camp session, and $175 per Creative Dramatics session. Beginning June 2, each full-day camp session will cost $350 and each Creative Dramatics session will cost $225.

Register online at www.cincyplay.com or call the Playhouse Box Office at 513-421-3888. Also new this year, the Playhouse will offer Before Care (8-9 a.m.) and After Care (4:30-5:30 p.m.) for an additional cost of $30 each per week.

The Playhouse is supported, in part, by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals and businesses that give to ArtsWave. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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May 5, 2014 · 7:31 pm

Playhouse to Audition Children June 7 for 2014 A CHRISTMAS CAROL

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK TO AUDITION CHILDREN JUNE 7
FOR 2014 PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL

PIP(CINCINNATI) – The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will hold auditions on Saturday, June 7, for children interested in performing in the 2014 production of Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, presented by U.S. Bank. The show, an annual Tristate holiday tradition, celebrates its 24th year this season with performances running Nov. 26 through Dec. 28, 2014.

Nine area children will be cast to fill speaking and non-speaking parts in the production. Roles are available for boys and girls 8 to 13 years old. Additionally, the part of Tiny Tim requires a boy 6 to 8 years of age. Those cast in previous productions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL will need to audition again to be considered for this year’s show. To be eligible, children must not turn 14 before Dec. 28, 2014.

“Working with the children is what keeps me returning to this production year after year,” says Michael Evan Haney, who will direct A CHRISTMAS CAROL for his 22nd season. “It is a joy, year after year, to watch them gain confidence in rehearsal and achieve a wonderful fearlessness on the stage.”

Children should submit a resume of any experience to the Playhouse, along with a photograph (a good quality school or family photo is acceptable). The resume and photo must be submitted again even if they have been sent in the past. The resume must include exact birth date and height, as well as an email address and telephone number. At the audition, children will be asked to share a one-minute monologue, story or poem with an English accent.

Interested children must be available for all rehearsals, most of which are scheduled around school hours. Rehearsals for A CHRISTMAS CAROL begin in mid-November. Children must also be available for all performances of the show, which are scheduled Tuesdays through Sundays and include some weekday student and public matinees.

Photographs and resumes should be sent to the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, ATTN: AUDITIONS, c/o Michael Haney, P.O. Box 6537, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45206 or emailed to auditions@cincyplay.com. Email submissions are preferred. The deadline for consideration is June 1.

Those selected to audition will be contacted by telephone to schedule specific times. All auditions will be held at the Playhouse, located in Eden Park at the edge of Mt. Adams.

Adapted by Howard Dallin, A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a faithful retelling of Charles Dickens’ beloved tale of a miserly humbug’s redemption that is enjoyed each season by multiple generations of Cincinnatians. The heartwarming message and spectacular effects of A CHRISTMAS CAROL make the show one of the Playhouse’s most popular productions each season.

The Playhouse is supported, in part, by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals and businesses that give to ArtsWave.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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May 5, 2014 · 6:43 pm

CSC Announces New Arts Education Initiative PROJECT 38

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Announces their new Innovative Arts Education Initiative, PROJECT 38

Students of Project 38

Students of Project 38

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company has unveiled their new arts education initiative!

CINCINNATI, April 24, 2014 – Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to announce their new innovative arts education initiative titled PROJECT 38 which will launch next school year. Over the last 20 years, CSC has brought classical theatre and literature to life for over 200,000 students from 150 schools in more than 100 zip codes across three states. This close connection with students and educators has inspired them to take on this exciting new endeavor. This season, Cincinnati Shakespeare is also “completing the canon” by producing all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays. The 38 plays have served as the inspiration for the title of PROJECT 38.

On the evening of April 23rd, CSC unveiled this new initiative called PROJECT 38. In this program, CSC will collaborate with 38 different area schools. Each school will be given one of the 38 plays in Shakespeare’s canon. Then, over the course of the year, teaching artists from CSC will go out to each of the schools and work with the students and faculty on bringing that play to life in various ways. This could be through a traditional production, a monologue or scene, or a dance piece, or music piece, a mural, etc.- anything the students & school can conceive of and feel passionately about. It will culminate in the PROJECT 38 festival at the end of the school year which will become a multi-day celebration in which all the students will gather, and share what they’ve created with each other, their schools, family and friends and with the community at large.

To celebrate the launch of this project, each of the schools chosen for the inaugural year selected one student representative to appear in a group performance piece at CSC’s Revel & Feast gala on April 23, 2014. This performance featured lines and scenes from each of Shakespeare’s 38 plays. The audience reaction was overwhelming as these students brought to life the entirety of Shakespeare’s canon and truly embodied the spirit of what PROJECT 38 will become!

The list of the first 38 schools selected is below. This program will be offered to 38 schools each season at no additional cost to the school. For information about how to support or get involved with PROJECT 38, please contact Jeanna Vella, Director of Education and Communications at jeanna.vella@cincyshakes.com or 513.381.2273 ext. 3202, or visit www.cincyshakes.com.

Inaugural PROJECT 38 School List:

  • Aiken High School
  • Anderson High School
  • Archbishop Moeller High School
  • Bellevue High School
  • Boone County High School
  • Campbell County High School
  • The Cincinnati Waldorf School
  • Cincinnati Christian High School
  • Clark Montessori
  • Covington Catholic High School
  • Covington Latin School
  • Dixie Heights High School
  • Elder High School
  • Finneytown High School
  • Hamilton High School
  • Indian Hill High School
  • Kings High School
  • Lakota West High School
  • Leaves of Learning
  • Lebanon High School
  • Mercy Montessori
  • Milford High School
  • Mother of Mercy
  • Notre Dame Academy
  • Oak Hills High School
  • Ohio Virtual Academy
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
  • The Seven Hills School
  • South Dearborn High School
  • St Thomas School
  • St Ursula Academy
  • Sycamore High School
  • New School Montessori
  • Turpin High School
  • Ursuline Academy
  • Villa Madonna Academy
  • Walnut Hills High School
  • Wyoming High School

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April 18, 2014 · 9:20 pm

QCP Announces Auditions for Disney’s TARZAN

MISC_AuditionsQueen City Productions announces auditions for their summer production of Disney’s TARZAN.

Auditions will be held on the following dates:

  • Thursday, May 8th from 6:30-9:30pm
  • Friday, May 9th from 6:30-9:30pm

Invited callbacks will be Saturday, May 10th from 1-5pm
Auditions will be held at Thomas More College, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, Ky 41017

  • Auditionees should be at least 6 years old.
  • Those auditioning should come prepared a piece of a song that best represents your vocal ability as well as your personality. Your song should be from a Broadway musical or something from the Disney repetoire. All those auditioning will be asked to read from the script and to do some dance/movement exercises so please dress appropriately.
  • Audition appointments can be made by calling 513-922-4420 or by emailing us at queencityproductions@yahoo.com. Audition slots will be every half-hour. Walk-ins will gladly seen, and placed into the next available slot.

Disney’s TARZAN is the stage musical adaptation of the hit film. It features all of the hit songs as well as many great new musical numbers. There are lots of roles for all ages. There are two lead/feature roles for young performers as well as ensemble roles for youth performers.

Peformances will be:
Friday, July 25
Saturday, July 26
Sunday, July 27

All rehearsals and performances will be at Thomas More College. For more information please call 513-922-4420 or email queencityproductions@yahoo.com.

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April 14, 2014 · 10:19 am

THE WIZARD OF OZ Runs May 9-11

CTM_Wizard of OzTHE WIZARD OF OZ
Presented by The Children’s Theatre of Mason
May 9-11
Mason

Official cast list |

Join Dorothy on her timeless adventure through the beautiful, magical and dangerous Land of Oz. It is a journey filled with unlikely heroes… a homesick orphan farm girl, a brainless scarecrow, a heartless man of tin, and a cowardly, fearful lion. Together they must face haunted forests, ferocious flying monkeys, an army of enslaved warriors and an evil sorceress, the Wicked Witch of the West. Will this ragtag group of travelers succumb to the dark powers of the witch, or will they emerge victorious and appear before the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz to be granted the rewards they so strongly desire? All will be answered… in a city made of emerald in a land somewhere over the rainbow.

  • Fri, May 9 at 7pm
  • Sat, May 10 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, May 11 at 2pm

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