Category Archives: On Stage

ART
Village Players
Feb. 23-March 2
[Fort Thomas]

Directed by John Leo Muething
Produced by Katie Jensen and Aimée Ward

Cast: Keith Cassidy as Marc, Eric Thomas as Serge & Jay Dallas Benson as Yvan

How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc’s best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It’s about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn’t have the proper standard to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, though burdened by his own problems, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. Eager to please, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting. Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various failures. As their arguments become less theoretical and more personal, they border on destroying their friendships. At the breaking point, Serge hands Marc a felt tip pen and dares him: “Go on.” This is where the friendship is finally tested, and the aftermath of action, and its reaction, affirms the power of those bonds.

• Fri-Sat, Feb. 23-24 at 8pm
• Sun, Feb. 25 at 2pm
• Thu-Sat, Feb. 29-March 2 at 8pm

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YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Fairfield Footlighters
Feb. 23-25
Fairfield Performing Arts Center

Directed by Mark Lunsford
Produced by Abby James

Cast: Erin Speno-Stout as Alice Sycamore, Justin Huddilston as Tony Kirby, Ginny Johnson as Penelope Sycamore, Bob McClain as Paul Sycamore, Saul Caplan as Martin “Grandpa” Vanderhof, Leah Armbruster as Essie Carmichael, Brice Hamilton as Ed Carmicheal, Kevin Noll as Mr. Kirby, Jodi Strother as Mrs. Kirby, Bree Paxton as Rheba, Clayton Eschenbrenner as Donald/G-Man, Kent Wrampelmeier as Boris Kohlenkhov, Joe Schneider as De Pinna, Gary Bracknell as Wilbur Henderson/G-Man, Gabi Homonoff as Gay Wellington & Maggie Winsted as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina

The family of Martin Vanderhof lives “just around the corner from Columbia University — but don’t go looking for it.” Grandpa, as Martin is more commonly known, is the paterfamilias of a large and extended family of charming eccentrics. His granddaughter, Alice, is an attractive and loving girl who is still embarrassed by her family’s idiosyncrasies. When Alice falls for her boss, Tony, a handsome scion of Wall Street, she fears that their two families – so unlike in manner, politics and finances – will never come together. But why be obsessed by money? After all, you can’t take it with you…

• Fri, Feb. 23 at 7:30pm
• Sat, Feb. 24 at 2pm & 7:30pm
• Sun, Feb. 25 at 2pm

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