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April 1, 2022 · 10:18 am

HELLO, DOLLY! Runs April 29-May 15

DPH_Hello Dolly logo5/12/22- Due to some positive Covid cases in the cast and orchestra and the required period of isolation, Dayton Playhouse is cancelling the HELLO, DOLLY! performances scheduled for Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14. Refunds for these performances will be promptly processed.

HELLO, DOLLY!
Dayton Playhouse
April 29-May 15
[Dayton]

Directed by Brian Sharp

Cast: Tina McPhearson as Dolly Levi, Ron Maurer as Horace Vandergelder, Chris Nelson as Cornelius Hackl, Kevin Willardson as Barnaby Tucker, Logan Richardson as Irene Molloy, Hayley Penchoff as Minnie Fay, Bryan Schuck as Ambrose, Alicia Walton as Ermengarde, Tamar Fishbein as Ernestina, Michael Plaugher as Rudy/Maitre’d/Chorus, Donna Bostwick as Mrs. Rose/Chorus, John Wysong as Chef/Chorus & Mark Sharp as Chef/Judge/Chorus
Chorus: Abigail Cafallaro, Shana Fishbein, Marabeth Klejna, Jamie Pavlofsky, Dovie Pettitt, Ella Stevens, Jeffrey Murphy & Krissy McKim O’Mallley

Dolly, the famed New York City matchmaker, receives her toughest challenge yet when rich grump Horace seeks a suitable wife. She successfully matches many others in the city, including Horace’s niece and two clerks, but everything seems to go wrong when it comes to matching Horace. Dolly finally realizes that maybe she’d like to marry Horace herself, but only if her late husband will send her a sign – and if Horace himself will have her.

  • Fri-Sat, April 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 8 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 13-14 at 8pm Performances cancelled
  • Sun, May 15 at 2pm

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March 31, 2022 · 10:44 am

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Runs April 29-May 8

SCT_The Drowsy Chaperone logoTHE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Springboro Community Theatre
April 29-May 8
Springboro Performing Arts Center

Directed by Aaron Joseph Brewer
Music & vocal direction by Judy Mansky
Choreographed by Kara Castle

Cast: Nick Bellmyer as Man in Chair, Lindsey Cardoza as the Drowsy Chaperone, Caitie Gutierrez del Arroyo as Janet van de Graaff, Stephen Gogol as Robert Martin, Tommy Balaj as George, Ben Essex as Aldolpho, Shanna Camacho as Mrs. Tottendale, John Hamilton as Underling, Steven Sloan as Feldzieg, Emily Hughes as Kitty, Cora Ceipek as Trix, Madison Stapleton as Gangster 1 & Lilly Robillard as Gangster 2
Ensemble: Sam Bergman, Kurt Cypher, Amber Todd, Misty White & Gabrielle Witherspoon

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

  • Fri-Sat, April 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 8 at 2pm

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March 31, 2022 · 10:26 am

SYLVIA Runs April 29-May 7

VP_Sylvia logoSYLVIA
Village Players
April 29-May 7
[Fort Thomas]

Directed by Steven Ducker
Produced by Nathan Henegar

Cast: Molly Sexton as Sylvia, B.J. Simpson as Greg, Jen Fischer Davis as Kate & Jack Kremer as Tom/Phyllis/Leslie

Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.

  • Fri-Sat, April 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 5-7 at 8pm

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March 30, 2022 · 9:54 am

RAGTIME Runs April 29-May 7

CMT_Ragtime logoRAGTIME
Cincinnati Music Theatre
April 29-May 7
Aronoff Center Jarson Kaplan Theater [Downtown]

Directed by Chad Brinkman
Music directed by Joshua Goines
Choreographed by David Choate
Produced by Jacqlyn Schott, Eric Bardes, Aubrey E. Wilson & Madelaine Wilkerson

Cast: Roger Dumas, Jr as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Sharisse Vernelle Santos as Sarah, Brian Anderson as Father, Brian Richardson as Grandfather, Kate Mock Elliott as Mother, Brett Gregory Parr as Younger Brother, Paul Hahn as Little Boy, Annie Jennings as Little Girl, Jamie Sivrais as Tateh, Burt McCollom as Willie Conklin, Aubrey E. Wilson as Emma Goldmoon, Amanda Marasch as Evelyn Nesbit, John Sloan as Henry Ford, Kyle Fisher as Harry Houdini, John Michael Durnil as J.P. Morgan & Julia M. Lawrence as Sarah’s Friend
Ensemble: Amy Grace Curtis, Austin Hoard, Caitlin Fry, Charles McClinon, Garret Klaas, Jonah Human, Katey Blood, Katie Reindl, Madelaine Wilkerson, Nathan Henegar, Sally Modzelewski, Sarah Andrews, Sharon Ann Shelton & Tosha Gibson

At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair and what it means to live in America.

  • Fri-Sat, April 29-30 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, May 4-7 at 7:30pm

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March 29, 2022 · 9:24 am

SOMETHING ROTTEN! Runs April 28-May 15

FLI_Something Rotten promo

Jackie Miesle as Portia, Robert Breslin as Shakespeare & Katelyn Reid as Bea.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! 
Footlighters, Inc.
April 28-May 15
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]

Directed & choreographed by Jerry Wiesenhahn
Vocal direction by Paul Chiappone
Music direction by Charles Wilhelm,
Produced by Cathy Lutts and Kristen Vincenty

Cast: Fred Tacon as Nick Bottom, Jeremy Robison as Nigel Bottom, Robert Breslin as Shakespeare, Katelyn Reid as Bea, Jackie Miesle as Portia, Cody Hendershot as Nostradamus, Jeff Richardson as Brother Jeremiah, Royce Louden as Shylock & Rob Bucher as Lord Clapham
Ensemble: Megan Archibald, Taylor Benner, Evan Blanton, Adrianna Boris, Jules Breslin, Marypat Carletti, Jeff Centrello, Kat Falk, Katie McCarthy, Ruby Sanchez, Kristin Santeler, Matt Santeler, Mary Stone, Rebecca Wall, Aaron Whitehead & Rob Workley

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

  • Thu-Sat, April 28-30 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 5-7
  • Sun, May 8 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 12-14 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 15 at 2pm

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