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March 23, 2013 · 11:19 am

Three Short Holocaust Stories On April 9

CPI_3 Holocaust StoriesThree Short Holocaust Stories
Presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
April 9
Downtown

Written and directed by Kalman Kivkovich

FULL CIRCLE

Cast: Xander Wells as German Boy 1, Brody McKinnon as German Boy 2, Drue Larkin as Jewish Girl, Michael Loos as Gestapo, David Bezona as Hans, Joe Markesbery as Alfred], Megan Marshall as Carol & Chessie Vigran as Alma

A Hitler-Youth boy spares the life of a Jewish Girl. Forty-five years later, distinct generations entwine against all odds.

ONE SIMPLE DIGIT

Cast: Dennis Blom as Moishe, Jim Rogers as RONI, Arnie Shayne as HENRY & Charlie Goetz as Pinek

An Israeli born-again Jew, a taxi driver, helps an elderly American tourist, a Holocaust survivor, to start a new life.

SARALE

Cast: David Bezona as Announcer, Drue Larkin as Sarale, Michael Loos as David/Bernek, Chris Bishop as Bogdan, Adrianne Underhill as Malina, Charlie Goetz as Judge & Arnie Shayne as Jewish Official

A Jewish man in Nazi-occupied Poland pays his former Polish employee to shelter his 12-year-old daughter from the Nazis’ claws while he and the rest of the family relocate to the near-by Jewish ghetto. The girl’s uncle, a Holocaust survivor, learns her unexpected fate in a most bizarre way.

  • Tue, April 9 at 7:30pm

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March 20, 2013 · 4:30 pm

OF MICE AND MEN Runs April 5-14

MCP_Of Mice and MenOF MICE AND MEN
Presented by Mason Community Players
April 5-14
Mason

Directed by Rich Schmaltz
Produced by Tessa Catlin

Cast: George Milton-Larry Catlin, Lennie Small-Matt Lisa, Slim-Gary Glass, Candy-Joel Lind, Carlson-Fred Hunt, Curley-Randy King, Curley’s Wife-Bethany Atchison, Crooks-Terry Reid, Whit-Brendan Fookes & The Boss-Larry Hirth

OF MICE AND MEN is Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s classic tale of desperation and loneliness during the Great Depression. At the fringe of society, a small group of outcasts try to find their own place in the world; a home of their own. At a time when even the wealthy and privileged felt hardship, Of Mice and Men depicts the struggle of an unlikely pair in a time when it was every man for himself. Please note that this play contains language and themes that may not be appropriate for children.

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 7 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 11-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 14 at 2pm

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March 20, 2013 · 2:26 pm

PARADE Runs April 5-21

TC_ParadePARADE
Presented by The Carnegie
April 5-21
Covington

Reviews: Enquirer | Talkin’ Broadway | CityBeat |

Local media coverage: Enquirer article |

Directed by Dee Anne Bryll & Ed Cohen
Music direction by Steve Goers

Cast: Leo Frank-Collin Kessler, Lucille Frank-Jenny Hickman, Jim Conley-Noah Ricketts, Mary Phagan-Alison Bagli, Frankie Epps / Young Solider-Eric Geil, High Dorsey-Matt Hill, Governor John Slaton-Ben Biggers, Tom Watson-Nate Irvin, Judge Roan / Old Soldier-Thomas Knapp, Mrs. Phagan-Sarah Bishop, Britt Craig-Charlie Meredith, Minola “Minnie” McKnight-Kimber Sprawl, Newt Lee-Blaine Krauss, Luther Rosser / Mr. Peavy-John McGill, Riley-Kameron Richardson, Angela-Raven Thomas, Iola Stover-Lawson Young, Monteen-Emily Trumble, Essie-Taylor Alexander, Sally Slaton-Katie Wesler, Officer Ivey-Connor Deane & Detective Starnes-Tyle Huckstep

In the sweltering intolerance of 1913 Atlanta, northerner and Jewish factory manager Leo Frank is wrongfully accused of murdering of a 13-year-old girl under his employment. As press frenzy and public outrage whip his trial into a referendum, Frank’s only hope lies in a brave crusade by the southern wife he never understood, among a people that never understood him. The 2000 Tony Award winner for “Best Book” and “Best Score,” PARADE is a transformational story of a country at odds with its declarations of equality, brought to life by the remarkable talent of CCM’s musical theatre program.

  • Fri*-Sat April 5-6 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 7 at 3pm
  • Fri**-Sat, April 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 14 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 19-20 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 21 at 3pm
    *Performance includes ASL interpreting and closed captioning
    **Performance includes closed captioning only

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March 20, 2013 · 12:59 pm

David Mamet Festival Runs March 22-April 6

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David Mamet Festival
OLEANNA and SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO
March 22-April 6
Downtown

Mamet Fest is professionally produced, focusing on the work of perhaps the most celebrated contemporary American playwright David Mamet. Mamet Fest: Part One includes perhaps Mamet’s best known work, OLEANNA (1992). Inspired by the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings, this taut drama explores the gray areas of a relationship between a pre-tenure college Professor and a young female student. It is paired with SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO (1976), a raucous, sometimes bawdy dissection of the relationships of four twenty-somethings, living and loving in a “big city by a lake” during the summer of 1976. It is the play that brought him his first national recognition.

OLEANNA

Cast: Lyle Benjamin as John & Becca Howell as Carol

  • Fri-Sat, March 22-23 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 29-30 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 7pm

SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO

Cast: Nate Netzley as Dan Shapiro, Mackenzie Durham-Smith as Bernard Litko, Dani Farris/Samantha Isler as Deborah Solomon & Amanda Monyhan as Joan Webber

  • Fri-Sat, March 22-23 at 9:15pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 29-30 at 9:15pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 9:15pm

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March 20, 2013 · 12:30 pm

9 TO FIVE THE MUSICAL Runs March 7-April 28

LAC_9 to 59 TO FIVE THE MUSICAL
Presented by La Comedia Dinner Theatre
March 7-April 28
Springboro

Reviews: Talkin’ Broadway | Dayton Examiner |

Local media coverage: JournalNews article |

From multiple Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dolly Parton, comes 9 To 5: The Musical, a production based on the hit movie about three ladies who are “just a step on the boss man’s ladder.”

When their plan to get even with their egotistical, lying, bigot of a boss spins wildly out of control, the situation becomes hilarious and the laughter is non-stop!

  • Thu, March 7 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 8-9 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, March 10 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, March 13-14 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 15-16 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, March 17 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, March 20-21 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 22-23 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, March 24 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, March 27-28 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 29-30 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, March 31 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 3-4 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 7 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 10-11 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 12-13 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 14 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 17-18 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 19-20 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 21 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 24-25 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 26-27 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 28 at 10:30am 7 5:30pm

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