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August 30, 2011 · 11:10 am

EDGAR runs Sept. 23-24

EDGAR: A MESMERIC PASSAGE INTO THE LIFE OF EDGAR ALLEN POE
Presented by Springfield StageWorks
Sept. 23-24
Clifton

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential and mysterious characters in literature. His work and the enigma of his life have captivated a wide range of audiences. His most popular works have been showcased in countless television shows & parodies, films, stage productions, and school auditoriums.

Imagine the mystery revealed; seeing Poe for not only his work and his fame, but for who he really was. This production is a multi-faceted adventure. Transforming the stage from the very beginning with a multimedia presentation of Poe from birth to his final day; then that very presentation transforms into live action as POE himself takes the stage.

Directed by Wayne Justice

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm

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August 30, 2011 · 10:54 am

SUPERIOR DONUTS runs Sept. 9-18

SUPERIOR DONUTS
Presented by The Clifton Players
Sept. 9-18
Clifton

CityBeat review | BTC review | Enquirer review |

Arthur Przybyszewski (Kevin Crowley) owns a decrepit donut shop in the uptown neighborhood of Chicago.  Franco Wicks (Brandon Anderson) is a black teenager who is his only employee and wants to change the shop for the better, while Max Tarasov (Michael Bath) wants to tear it down to expand his DVD store.  This comedy-drama, set in the heart of one of Chicago’s most diverse communities (much like Clifton, where the play will be performed), explores the challenges of embracing the past, keeping up with the future, and the redemptive power of friendship and community.

Directed by Cathy Springfield
Cast:  Michael Bath, Kevin Crowley, Buz Davis, Pam Shooner, Brandon Anderson, Reggie Willis, Pepper Sweeney, Carol Brammer and Carter Bratton

  • Fri-Sun, Sept. 9-11 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sun, Sept. 16-18 at 7:30pm

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August 25, 2011 · 10:17 am

DEATH OF A SALESMAN runs Sept. 22-Oct. 2

DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Presented by Wright State University
Sept. 22-Oct. 2
Dayton

Dayton Most Metro review |

Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize winning play of 1949 is widely considered to a cornerstone of American letters. A caustic attack on the “American Dream” of materialism, DEATH OF A SALESMAN is a three-act play, centering on the main character, Willy Loman.

At age sixty-three, Willy has been a traveling salesman all his life. Despite his hard work and grueling schedule, the Lomans have always lived on the edge of poverty and Willy has always been an underling in his company. Yet Willy constantly tells himself and his family that the “big break” he deserves is just around the corner. He has raised his two sons, Biff and Happy, to also believe that somehow life has cheated them and insists that one day they will get their due. Linda, Willy’s dutiful wife, lives under the thin veneer of denial that her husband has so long tried to keep from collapsing.

  • Thu, Sept. 22 at 7pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 25 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Sept. 28-29 at 7pm
  • Fri, Sept. 30 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 1 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 2 at 2pm

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August 24, 2011 · 11:21 am

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER runs Sept. 16-18

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Presented by Acting Up
Sept. 16-18
Mason

Mark Twain’s classic story comes to exuberant musical life in this Broadway adaptation of America’s favorite book. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER is the irresistible story of a fourteen-year-old boy growing up in the heartland of America. This Broadway musical version of Mark Twain’s immortal novel is set in 1840 in St. Petersburg, Missouri, a bustling town on the banks of the Mississippi River. In the course of the story, Tom matches wits with his stern Aunt Polly, falls in love with the beautiful, feisty Becky Thatcher, and goes on the adventure of his life with Becky and that irresistible renegade, Huckleberry Finn.

  • Fri, Sept. 16 at 7pm
  • Sat, Sept. 17 at 2pm (ASL) and 7pm
  • Sun, Sept. 18 at 2pm

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August 23, 2011 · 10:05 am

DANCING AT LUGHNASA runs Sept. 23-Oct. 1

DANCING AT LUGHNASA
Presented by The Village Players
Sept. 23-Oct. 1
Fort Thomas

DANCING AT LUGHNASA is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. The action of the play is told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he remembers the five women who raised him, his mother and four maiden aunts.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 25 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at 8pm

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