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June 28, 2023 · 7:19 pm

2022-2023 Orchid Awards for Fairfield Footlighters

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  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kayla Swelbar
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Cathy Judge
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Chase Engel
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Jacob Campbell
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Jeff Carter
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kevin Noll
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Debbie Johnson
  • Excellence in Direction – Kate Brauer-Bell
  • Excellence in Producing – Anna Brown & Dan Schindler
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Shelby Carter

GOOD PEOPLE

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Alicia Friedman
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Gail Rudolph
  • Excellence in Direction – Darren Lee
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Good People’
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Neil Geoppinger

LOVE/SICK

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Bree Paxton
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Maggie Winstead
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Sammy Haven
  • Excellence in Direction – Chase Engel
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – D&G Designs
  • Excellence in Properties – Marijo Farley

MAMA WON’T FLY

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Darren Lee
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Lyndall Murray
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Debbie Johnson
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – D&G Designs
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Geoff Werbin
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Cathy Woodruff
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Denise Schnieders
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Mama Won’t Fly’
  • Excellence in Producing – Melissa Noll
  • Excellence in Properties – Dan Schindler & Jeanne Schindler

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June 28, 2023 · 7:10 pm

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Runs July 14-30

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Kincaid Regional Theatre
July 14-30
[Falmouth, Ky.]

A Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, four legends, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. Word soon leaked out of an impromptu jam session. A newspaper man who was there wrote, ‘This quartet could sell a million.’ Soon, they were dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation.

  • Fri-Sat, July 14-15 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 21-22 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 23 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 28-29 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 30 at 2:30pm

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June 28, 2023 · 7:09 pm

MEAN GIRLS: High School Edition Runs July 14-23

CAST_Mean GirlsMEAN GIRLS: High School Edition
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
July 14-23
Turpin High School [Forest Hills]

After years in the making, Mean Girls: The Musical hits the stage with the favorite characters from the movie, powerful music, and timely pop culture and news references. Janis Sarkisian and Damian Hubbard welcome the audience to their “Cautionary Tale”: Cady Heron is the new girl at North Shore High School in Chicago, desperate to fit in and find friends. Janis and Damian befriend the new girl, and when The Plastics set their sights on Cady, Janis convinces naive Cady to be their “friend” in order to bring down Queen Bee Regina George’s reign. Along the way, Cady loses herself, her friends, and her crush, all for the chance to be popular and loved. When dethroned Regina gets revenge by releasing the Burn Book, Cady is brought down and must mend her broken relationships with Janis, Aaron, and even Regina. With dynamic songs for young performers, Mean Girls is an anthem to friendship, loyalty, girl power, and being true to yourself.

  • Fri-Sat, July 14-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 21-22 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 23 at 2pm

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June 28, 2023 · 7:07 pm

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Runs July 13-30

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Mariemont Players Inc.
July 13-30
[Walton Creek]

Directed by Elizabeth Leigh Taylor

Cast: Muyumba Kalubi, Ariel Underwood, Juls Marie Lawrence, Phillip Latham & Charles McClinon

The musical is a tribute to the black musicians of the 1920s and 1930s who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness, and ethnic pride, and takes its title from the 1929 Waller song “Ain’t Misbehavin.'” It was a time when Manhattan nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom were the playgrounds of high society and Lenox Avenue dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat known as swing. Five performers present an evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs that encapsulate the various moods of the era and reflect Waller’s view of life as a journey meant for pleasure and play.

  • Thu-Sat, July 13-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, July 20-21 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, July 22 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 23 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, July 27-29 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 30 at 2pm

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June 27, 2023 · 5:48 pm

CHICAGO Runs July 13-16

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Wilmington College Community Summer Theatre
July 13-16
Boyd Cultural Arts Center Heiland Theatre [Wilmington]

Directed by J. Wynn Alexander
Music directed by Matt Spradlin
Choreographed by Cole Haugh

Cast: Tricia Heys as Velma Kelly, Jessica Chase as Roxie Hart, Bryan Wallingford as Billy Flynn, Cherie Cooper-Darragh as Matron “Mama” Morton, Mary Alexander as Mary Sunshine, Andrew Conarroe as Amos Hart, Molly Stewart as Liz, Hannah Roberts as Annie, Tonja Ruther as June, Rainee Angles as Hunyak, Jennah Blair as Mona, Dessie Rogers as Kittty, Tadeo Palafox as Harry, Matt Purkey as the judge, Amex Rhinehart as Aaron and the doctor, Duncan Pickering-Polstra as the court clerk, Timothy Larrick as Sergeant Fogarty, Zebadiah Pickering-Polstra as Martin Harrison & Shawn Thomsen as Fred Casely.
Dance ensemble: Lindsay Lydy, Carissa Preston, Josie Heys, Damien Harris, Colin Wood, Gary Smith & Cole Haugh

CHICAGO is a dazzling and satirical look at fame, justice and the media machine. Set in 1920s Chicago, this “musical vaudeville” follows Roxie Hart, a past-her-prime wannabe celebrity, and her idol, the famed double-murderess and aging nightclub performer, Velma Kelly. When both acquire the same lawyer, tensions mount as they vie for the spotlight and the headlines.

  • Thu-Sat, July 13-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2:30pm

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