Category Archives: On Stage

September 14, 2022 · 9:46 am

CSO PROOF: SUN DOGS On Oct. 14-16

CSO_Sun Dogs logoCSO PROOF: SUN DOGS
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 14-16
Music Hall – Springer Auditorium [Over-the-Rhine]

Inspired composer and filmmaker pairs create short-format films with new music performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with conductor and CSO Creative Partner, Matthias Pintscher. Produced in collaboration with Liquid Music as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial: World Record, Sun Dogs seeks to understand the natural world that can’t be touched or measured. Typically a composer responds to a director’s ideas in a film scoring capacity, or a filmmaker is given music to respond to visually, but Sun Dogs explores how stories can be told with music and film from equal footing.

  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 14-15 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 16 at 6:30pm

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September 13, 2022 · 9:12 am

CREEPS and THE SMOKING ROOM Runs Oct. 7-9

VFPA_Creeps and the Smoking Room logoCREEPS and THE SMOKING ROOM
Vulcan’s Forge Performing Arts
Oct. 7-9
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati [Oakley]

CREEPS explores the lives of five men trapped in a vassal institution posing as a rehabilitation center (CREEPS uses adult themes and mature language).

THE SMOKING ROOM is a fun filled excursion into a world where some famous people diagnosed with mental illness meet some famous people with some “crazy” (at the time) ideas.

  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 7-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 9 at 3pm

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September 13, 2022 · 8:48 am

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Runs Sept. 22-24

LP_The Vagina Monologues logoTHE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Lumos Players
Sept. 22-24
Lakeview United Methodist Church [Maineville]

Directed by Corey McOsker-Nieman
Produced by Amy Haake

Cast: Jennifer Martin, Jess Link, McKenzie Kugler, Ashley Herbert, Nicole Forbus & Laurie Barber

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES was written in 1996 by Eve Ensler and is meant to begin conversations about women’s sexuality, sexual violence and the stigmas around them.

However, this idea of the female experience being tied exclusively to people with a vagina is clearly dated, but we hope to use this piece to begin important conversations about gender, reproductive rights, transphobia and voter rights in our own community.

Please join us for this moving production and a continued conversation with the staff and cast following the performance.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 22-24 at 7:30pm

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September 9, 2022 · 8:50 am

THE CAR RIDE On Oct. 11

CPI_The Car Ride logoTHE CAR RIDE By Michael Defrancesco
Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
Oct. 11
Aronoff Center Fifth-Third Bank Theater [Downtown]

The Car Ride is about a couple taking a trip when suddenly a woman jumps into the back seat of the car. The ensuing journey will have an indelible impact on their lives.

About the Author: 
Michael Defrancesco grew up in Cincinnati and attended a Catholic seminary. Having had a keen interest in theater and after attending a summer drama program at UC, he sought and was awarded a Rockefeller grant to the University of Cincinnati’s Theater Arts program, where he earned an M.A. in Theater Arts. He became more interested in writing than acting, and engaged in that off and on over a number of years. In the past dozen years, he has written four plays: three full length and two as one-acts. His first CPI staged reading was a full-length play, The Circle, held last January. He is married with three children.

  • Tue, Oct. 11 at 7:30pm

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September 8, 2022 · 10:21 am

Disney’s DESCENDANTS the Musical Runs Oct. 8-16

TCTC_Disney Descendants logoDisney’s DESCENDANTS the Musical
The Chidren’s Theatre of Cincinnati
Oct. 8-16
Taft Theater [Downtown]

Cast: Lyndsey Adams as Grimhilde (Evil Queen), Jeremiah Plessinger as Coach, Royal Guard, Photographer, Henry Howland as Doug, Kanai Nakata as Jay, Brittany Hayes as Fairy Godmother, Jordan Darnell as Jane, Christian Arias as Chad, Tina DeAlderete as Snow White and Tourney Player, Dain Page as Jafar, Kyndra Dyanne Jefferies as Cruella, Mackenzie Ruff as Evie, Savannah Slaby as Mal, Rodger Pille as Maurice, Marissa Poole as Maleficent, Thomas Les Smith as Carlos, Michelle Wells as Queen Belle, Kayla Stroud as Audrey, Payton Trout as Ben & Justin Glaser as King Beast
Ensemble: Chris Logan Carter, Adrianna Catalano, Brooke Chamberlain, Marlo D’Ascenzo, Courtney Duncan, Ian Timothy Forsgren, Madelynn Glenn, Diana Hutchinson, Edrico Evans Pritchett, Anthony Nocero & Zach Treinen

It is present-day, and in the kingdom of Auradon, all of Disney’s beloved heroes and royalty are living happily ever after, safe from the terrifying villains and troublesome sidekicks they have banished to the magic-free Isle of the Lost. That is until Ben, the benevolent teenage son of Belle and King Adam (The Beast), offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of the evilest villains. Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos – the children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Cruella De Vil, and Jafar – are welcomed to Auradon Prep to attend school with the children of their parents’ sworn enemies. Now entering a completely foreign world and way of life, the four Villain Kids have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good? Ages 4 and up.

  • Sat, Oct. 8 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, Oct. 9 at 2pm
  • Fri, Oct. 14 at 7pm
  • Sat, Oct. 15 at 11am & 2pm
  • Sun, Oct. 16 at 2pm

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