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September 1, 2022 · 10:25 am

BLACK COFFEE Runs Oct. 6-9

TCP_Black Coffee logoBLACK COFFEE
Tri-County Players
Oct. 6-9
Bell Tower Arts Pavilion [Evendale]

Directed by John Vanderplough
Produced by Burt McCollom

Cast: James Ball as Dr. Carelli, Tom Keating as Tredwell, Susan Schapiro as Miss Caroline Amory, Adam Carter as Richard Amory, Alicia Kahn as Lucia Amory, Abby Farmer as Barbara Amory, John Dorney as Edward Raynor, Bob Buchtman as Sir Claud Amory, Darren Lee as Hercule Poirot, Randy Fabert as Capt. Hastings, Mike Williams as Dr. Graham/Officer Johnson & Rick Stein as Inspector Japp

Accomplished physicist Sir Claud Amory has constructed a workable formula for one of the most deadly weapons known to man – the atom bomb. Hercule Poirot, with the help of Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp, is called in after the formula is mysteriously stolen and Sir Claud is callously murdered.

  • Thu-Sat, Oct. 6-8 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 9 at 3pm

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September 1, 2022 · 10:06 am

THE TAMING Runs Sept. 30-Oct. 8

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Village Players
Sept. 30-Oct. 8
[Fort Thomas]

Directed by Betsy Bossart
Produced by Jen Fischer Davis

Cast: Katie Jensen as Katherine/George & Martha Washington/Dolley Madison, Heather Abbott as Bianca/Intern/Charles Pinckney, Catherine Cook as Patricia/James Madison, Rachel Baker as Stage Manager/Miss America Announcer/Victoria “The Knife” Castelliano

Tweetering, pandashrews, and undying giddiness for James Madison — what else could you expect to find at a Miss America pageant? In this hilarious, raucous, all-female “power-play” inspired by Shakespeare’s Shrew, contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator’s aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blogger who will do anything for her cause. Well, that and a semi-historically-accurate ether trip. Here’s lookin’ at you, America.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 2 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Oct. 6-8 at 8pm

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August 31, 2022 · 11:22 am

TCHAIKOVSKY & ROUSE: FINAL SYMPHONIES On Sept. 30-Oct. 2

CSO_Final Symphonies promoTCHAIKOVSKY & ROUSE: FINAL SYMPHONIES
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Louis Langrée, conductor

Louis Langrée leads powerful farewells by two great symphonists. “I have put my whole soul into this,” Tchaikovsky said of his Sixth, a work full of drama and beauty. Christopher Rouse’s Sixth, which he knew would be his last, was commissioned by the CSO and posthumously premiered in 2019. Like Tchaikovsky’s Sixth, this is music that is highly personal and opts for intimacy, finishing in darkness. Said Rouse: “great forms and great concepts always have something new to offer.”

  • Fri, Sept. 30 at 11am
  • Sun, Oct. 2 at 2pm

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August 31, 2022 · 11:16 am

VARIETY! Runs Sept. 30-Oct. 1

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The Story Collective of Cincinnati
Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Mason Community Playhouse

Cast: Jonah Adae, Marianne Adae, Will Ellis, Justin Hanks, Gabe Hoyer, Susan Jung, David Karsner, Ally Knizner, Tom Long, Tony Mann, Caroline Rakestraw, Jocelyn Sluka & Terry Webb

Take a step back in time to the 1970s, the era of classic variety shows and comedy hours, with The Story Collective’s original production, VARIETY! This parody will place audiences in a fictional television studio of a hit variety show and give them a primetime view of hilarious sketches, musical numbers, and all of the behind the scenes antics of the larger than life personalities putting it together! Appropriate for the whole family!

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at 7:30pm

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August 31, 2022 · 11:10 am

RABBIT HOLE Runs Sept. 16-18

XU_Rabbit Hole logoRABBIT HOLE
Xavier University Theatre
Sept. 16-18
Gallagher Student Center Theatre [Evanston]

Directed by Patrick Phillips
Produced by Stephen Skiles

Cast: Erin Bonham as Becca, Andrew Normington as Howie, Regan Utrup as Regan, Anna Kahle as Nat & Parker Culp as Jason

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, RABBIT HOLE examines the couple’s bittersweet search for comfort in an empty house full of tragic reminders. Adult situations, content and language.

  • Fri, Sept. 16 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 17 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 18 at 2pm

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