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August 25, 2022 · 12:24 pm

IT’S NOT A TRIP, IT’S A JOURNEY Runs Sept. 23-Oct. 9

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10/4 – NOTE: Due to a case of Covid-19 within the production, all remaining performances will be offered as VIDEO ON DEMAND ONLY.

it’s not a trip, it’s a journey
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Sept. 23-Oct. 9
[Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Daryl Harris

Cast: Ariel Mary Ann as Willie, Angelique Archer as Frankie, A.J. Baldwin as Rain & Jasimine Bouldin as June

Please note that masks will be required for all audience members during the run of it’s not a trip it’s a journey. Read more about our health and safety policies.

Get in the car with your four best friends – we’re about to change our lives. June, Frankie, Rain, and Willie set out on a cross-country journey that tests their identities and strengthens their bonds as they explore their own ways of being Black, femme, and American in this National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Rated PG-13 for language and adult themes.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 25 at 3pm
  • Wed-Sat, Sept. 28-Oct. 1 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 2 at 3pm
  • Wed, Oct. 5-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 9 at 3pm

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August 25, 2022 · 12:06 pm

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE Runs Sept. 23-Oct. 8

FT_The Half-Life of Marie Curie logoTHE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE
Falcon Theatre
Sept. 23-Oct. 8
[Newport]

Directed by Ted J. Weil

Cast: Tara Williams as Marie Curie & Tracy M. Schoster as Hertha Ayrton.

In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette. The Half-Life of Marie Curie revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.

  • Fir-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, Oct. 6-8 at 8pm

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August 25, 2022 · 10:56 am

VIOLET Runs Sept. 23-Oct. 2

NKU_Violet logoVIOLET
NKU SOTA Theatre & Dance
Sept. 23-Oct. 2
Corbett Theatre [Highland Heights]

Directed by Jamey Strawn
Music directed by Scot Buzza

As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward ax blade when her father was chopping wood, leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she travels across the Deep South in 1964 towards a miracle – the healing touch of a TV evangelist who will make her beautiful. Although she may not succeed in having the scar on her face healed, Violet is able to repair those scars that are lying deeper than her skin. Winner of the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Violet is a moving musical featuring show-stopping anthems ranging from American roots to folk to gospel.

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

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August 24, 2022 · 9:11 am

THE MOUSETRAP Runs Sept. 23-Oct. 2

WSU_The Mousetrap logoTHE MOUSETRAP
Wright State University
Sept. 23-Oct. 2
Festival Playhouse, Creative Arts Center [Dayton]

Directed by Jason Podplesky

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in the history of western theatre. This most classic of murder mysteries, written by the queen of the art form, is set in an old English country home, filled with surprising twists and turns as we all try to figure out…whodunnit! Wright State’s production is led by guest director Jason Podplesky, with scenic design by guest Dick Block (associate head of drama, Carnegie Mellon University).

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 23-24 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 25 at 2pm
  • Fri, Sept. 30 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 1 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 2 at 2pm

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August 24, 2022 · 9:03 am

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL Runs Sept. 23-25

ACTUP_Spongebob logoTHE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL
Acting Up
Sept. 23-25
Mason High School Theater

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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Acting Up will for the fall of 2022! Adapted from the iconic Nickelodeon series, The SpongeBob Musical will transport the audience to a familiar underwater world. The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world!

  • Fri, Sept. 23 at 7pm
  • Sat, Sept. 24 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, Sept. 25 at 2pm

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