Category Archives: On Stage

September 30, 2011 · 3:01 pm

TROUBLE IN MIND runs Oct. 27-Nov. 6

TROUBLE IN MIND
Presented by Northern Kentucky University
Oct. 27-Nov. 6
Highland Heights

Reviews: Enquirer | CityBeat | BTC |

A powerfully incendiary satiric play based on the conflict of not compromising one’s artistic integrity. Trouble in Mind follows the journey of a mixed-raced cast in 1955 as they embark upon rehearsals for a racially charged play. This tightly wrapped work is a manic roller coaster of suppressed emotions on the edge of free-fall. Childress, who became the first female winner of the Obie Award, pokes knowing fun at actors’ complaints, directors’ frustration and even with the well-meaning efforts of theater professionals to overcome their racial feelings.

Directed by Mark Hardy

  • Thu-Sat, Oct. 27-29 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 30 at 3pm
  • Tue-Sat, Nov. 1-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 3pm

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Articles: Cincinnati Enquirer |

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September 30, 2011 · 2:46 pm

HAIRSPRAY runs Oct. 27-Nov. 13

HAIRSPRAY
Presented by Wright State University
Oct. 27-Nov. 13
Dayton

Reviews: Dayton Most Metro |

In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show.[1] When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s. -Wikipedia

  • Thu, Oct. 27 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 28-29 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Nov. 2-3 at 7pm
  • Fri, Nov. 4 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 5 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 2pm
  • Fri, Nov. 11 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 12 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 13 at 2pm

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Articles: Dayton Daily News |

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September 28, 2011 · 10:12 pm

CORAM BOY runs Oct. 26-30

CORAM BOY
Presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music
Oct. 26-30
University Heights

Reviews:  Enquirer | BTC |

At its heart is the story of two boys from very different backgrounds. Alexander Ashbrook is from a rich household and is a musical prodigy, while Meshak Gardner is the impoverished, mentally-damaged son of a wicked and violent man. Their very different life journeys become inextricably bound-up during their troubled passage into adolescence. Alexander’s search for personal and creative freedom is almost engulfed by the vortex of dirty and dangerous currents horribly familiar to Meshak, and found almost everywhere in this so-called age of enlightenment.

Directed by Richard Hess

Cast list: Bennett Bradley as Mrs. Lynch, Bailie Breault as Isobel Ashbrook, William Brown as Meshak Gardiner, Cameron Jamarr Davis as Doctor Smith, Mack Harden as George Frederick Handel, Claron Hayden as Otis Gardiner, Brynn Langford as Mrs. Hendry, Graydon Long as Sir William Ashbrook, John Patrick Maddock as Thomas Ledbury, Molly Massa as Mrs. Milcote, Clifford Nunley III as Mr. Claymore, Ty Olwin as Alexander Ashbrook, Callie Schuttera as Melissa Milcote, Hope Shangle as Lady Ashbrook, Shaun S. Sutton as Toby, Sarah Vargo as Miss Price & John Garrett Walters as Aaron Dangerfield

  • Wed, Oct, 26 at 8pm (preview)
  • Thu-Fri, Oct. 27-28 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 29 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm

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September 28, 2011 · 10:06 pm

BETTER LIVING runs Oct. 26-30

BETTER LIVING
Presented by Miami University
Oct. 26-30
Oxford

Acclaimed Canadian playwright George F. Walker portrays a blue-collar family living in the East End of Toronto. Their home renovations, séances, and attempts to piece together their fragmented family unit are all turned upside down when their long estranged, survivalist father returns home.

  • Wed-Fri, Oct. 26-28 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 29 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm

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September 28, 2011 · 9:51 pm

ABIE’S IRISH ROSE runs Oct. 14-23

ABIE’S IRISH ROSE
Presented by Dayton Playhouse
Oct. 14-23
Dayton

Abe “Abie” Levy, brings home as his bride Rosemary Murphy, whom he met in France during the war. To appease his father, Abie introduces Rosemary as “Rosie Murphyski”. Papa Levy is fooled until Rosie’s father, Patrick Murphy, arrives. A comic war erupts. Abie and Rose, having been married by a Methodist minister, are married again by a rabbi to please Papa, and a third time by a Catholic priest to satisfy the Irish contingent. Will the birth of twins bring peace to the family or add to the insanity?

  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 16 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 21-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 23 at 2pm

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