Category Archives: On Stage

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR Runs May 3-19

LSC_The Red Velvet Cake WarTHE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
Loveland Stage Company
May 3-19
[Loveland]

Directed by Mark Culp
Produced by Tom Cavano & Jill Gornet

Cast: Peggy Allen as Gaynelle Verdeen Bodeen, Cathy Judge as LaMerle Verdeen Minshew, Jeff Hamilton as Aubrey Verdeen, Lauren Rinner as Peaches Verdeen Belrose, Nancy Rzonca as Jimmie Wyvette Verdeen, Trisha Cooper as Cee Cee Windham, Justin Hanks as Newt Blaylock, Niki Rasmussen as Elsa Dowdall, Tricia Chandler as Bitsy Hargis, Nate Huitger as Sheriff Grover Lout, Charlie Rader as Purvis Verdeen & Linda Roll as Mama Doll Hargis

In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the three Verdeen cousins—Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette—could not have picked a worse time to throw their family reunion. Unfortunately, they face an uphill battle as a parade of wildly eccentric Verdeens gathers on the hottest day of July, smack-dab in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin hilariously out of control when a neighbor’s pet devours everything edible, a one-eyed suitor shows up to declare his love, and a jaw-dropping high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. As this fast-paced romp barrels toward its uproarious climax, you’ll wish your own family reunions were this much fun!

  • Fri-Sat, May 3-4 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 5 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 10-11 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 12 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 17-18 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 19 at 3pm

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DEAR WORLD Runs May 3-19

TDW_Dear WorldDEAR WORLD
The Drama Workshop
May 3-19
Glenmore Playhouse [Cheviot]

Directed by Dennis Murphy
Music directed by Linda Abbott
Produced by Valeria Amburgey

Cast: Lisa Breithaupt as The Countess Aurelia, Jen Drake as Madame Constance, Jody Hart as Madame Gabrielle, Jerry Wiesenhahn as The Sewerman, Christy Carson as Nina, Kevin Rife as Julian, Micheal Kiser as The Prospector, Kent Smith, Robert Weidle & Donald George Huening II as The Presidents, Tim Breithaupt as The Sergeant, Ray Lebowski as The Waiter & Tim Zang as The Mute

DEAR WORLD is a Jerry Herman musical (Hello, Dolly, La Cage au Folles) based on the novel The Mad Woman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. With beautiful songs, it focuses on the Countesses Aurelia, who deviously schemes to stop businessmen from drilling for oil in the Parisian neighborhood of Chaillot. The forces of idealism, love and poetry win over those of greed, materialism and science.

  • Fri-Sat, May 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 5 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 12 at 2pm
  • Thu, May 16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 17-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 19 at 2pm

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THE OTHER PLACE Runs May 3-18

23-24_FTSeason_Final_SocialBannersTHE OTHER PLACE
Falcon Theatre
May 3-18
[Newport]

Directed by Piper N. Davis

Cast: Elizabeth Durham as Julianna, David Levy as Ian, Anna Hazard as The Woman & Ben Dudley as The Man

Just as Juliana Smithton’s research leads to a potential breakthrough, her life takes a disorienting turn. During a lecture to colleagues at an exclusive beach resort, she glimpses an enigmatic young woman in a yellow bikini amidst the crowd of business suits. One step at a time, a mystery unravels as contradictory evidence, blurred truth and fragmented memories collide in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod.

  • Fri-Sat, May 3-4 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 9-11 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 16-18 at 8pm

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STRING OF PEARLS Runs May 3-11

MLT_String of PearlsSTRING OF PEARLS 
Middletown Lyric Theatre
May 3-11
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Betty Coulter, Pam Fugett, Karen Griesinger, Claudia Kasvin, Abbie Miller, Karen Oehler, Mary Beth Benken-Riesenberg, Gail Rudolph & Sawyer Schafer

Spanning more than 35 years, our play explores the possibilities that open up in the lives of an array of women as they come into contact with a certain strand of pearls. While the pearls have been stolen, bought, bestowed, unstrung and nearly lost follow their story as the pearls touch the lives of mothers and daughters, sisters and friends, even husbands and wives as they weave a deeply affecting story of love and loss.

  • Fri-Sat, May 3-4 at 8pm
  • Fri, May 10 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 11 at 3pm

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DEATH BY FATAL MURDER Runs May 3-11

BPI_Death by Fatal MurderDEATH BY FATAL MURDER
Beechmont Players
May 3-11
Anderson Center [Anderson Township]

Directed by jef brown
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer

Cast: Natasha Boeckmann as Nancy Allwright, Ryan Bowron as Squadron Commander Roger (Stiffy) Allwright, Jessie Faye as Ginny Fahrquar, John Conrard as Enzo Garibaldi, Alicia Friedman as Blodwyn Morgan, Michael Ireland as Inspector Pratt, Susan E. Smith as Miss Joan Maple & Collin Wenzell as Constable Thompkins

Inspector Pratt’s record of crime detection at Bagshot House in not enviable. In his two previous visits, chronicled in Murdered to Death and Secondary Cause of Death, the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on, helpless and hopeless! Now he is back and, as usual, chaos reigns supreme.

  • Fri-Sat, May 3-4 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 5 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 9-10 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, May 11 at 2pm

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