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March 11, 2022 · 10:43 am

FOOLSFEST: An Evening of Eight 10-Minute Plays On April 12

CPI_logoFOOLSFEST: An Evening of Eight 10-Minute Plays
Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
April 12
Aronoff Center Fifth Third Bank Theater [Downtown]

New Voices Series presents its Spring festival of ten-minute play readings.

  • APRIL IS NOT FOOL by Eric Thomas
    Four suspects. Three weapons. Two languages. One corpse… but who is it?
  • HUMANOID TRAFFIC STOP by Roger Collins
    A routine traffic stop turns into anything but routine as two passengers, two police officers and their humanoid-assistant find themselves on a fantastical road to one foreseeable future.
  • I AM NOT A SHOE by David Hughes
    You clean your toenails with a salad fork.
  • INTERVIEW WITH A FOOL by Teri Foltz
    When a Shakespearean Fool shows up at an employment agency, the Office Manager has trouble finding him a job until he learns of his skill set.
  • MISFIT MANSION by Traci Taylor
    Where it Pays to Be Weird
  • SELF RESPECT: A BURIAL by Roger Brookfield
    Two gravediggers have the unusual but well-paid assignment of burying individual self-respects before they can cause environmental harm.
  • THE FOOL by Sanjay Puligadda
    An absurd comedy examines the travails of human existence through the eyes of the audience
  • THE TASTE TEST by Liz Coley
    For a single winery owner, finding the perfect man is a matter of taste.

3/11/22 – Health and Safety Guidelines

  • Tue, April 12 at 7:30pm

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March 11, 2022 · 10:22 am

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED and YOUR NEGRO TOUR GUIDE Runs April 9-May 7

ETC_I Shall Not Be Moved and Your Negro Tour Guide promoI SHALL NOT BE MOVED and YOUR NEGRO TOUR GUIDE
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
April 9-May 7
[Over-the-Rhine]

The riveting play I Shall Not Be Moved is by Cincinnati native and emerging young playwright Isaiah Reaves. This one-woman show thrillingly recounts the story of Reaves’s grandmother, nationally recognized Civil Rights pioneer Betty Daniels Rosemond and her beautiful, horrifying, and trailblazing journey through the American South as one of the first Freedom Riders during the 1960s. Audiences far and wide will experience the internal conflicts and joys of a dark-skinned Black woman’s fearless battle for equity and equality. Please note: after this performance concludes (approximate run time is 1 hour), there will be an intermission after which Your Negro Tour Guide will be performed. No additional ticket is required.

Written by Isaiah Reaves
Directed by Torie Wiggins
Featuring Samantha Russell as Betty

The updated one-woman stage adaptation of Your Negro Tour Guide draws heavily from columns and National Public Radio commentaries collected in Kathy Y. Wilson’s book, Your Negro Tour Guide: Truths in Black & White based on her former CityBeat column. Throwing a glaring light on misguided notions of natural Black beauty, Black homophobia, intra-racial bigotry, and other cultural stereotypes, this play allows us, once and for all, to laugh at every secret we’ve held against and sideways glance we’ve cast at “The Other,” whoever they happen to be. Please note: this performance will begin after the intermission that follows I Shall Not Be Moved. No additional ticket is required.

Written by Kathy Y. Wilson
Adapted by Kathy Y. Wilson, Torie Wiggins & Jeff Griffin
Directed by Jeff Griffin
Featuring Torie Wiggins

Content warning: This production contains mature language and content, including themes of racism and racial slurs, physical assault, sexual identity, homophobia, and misogyny.

3/11/22 – Health & Safety

  • In preview Sat. April 9 at 7pm
  • In preview Tue, April 12 at 7pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 13-14 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 15 at 8pm
  • Sat, April16 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 17 at 2pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 19-21 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 22 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 23 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 24 at 2pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 26-28 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 29 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 30 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Tue-Thu, May 3-5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, May 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 7 at 2pm & 8pm

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March 10, 2022 · 10:29 am

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Runs April 8-30

CSC_Comedy of Errors promo2THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
April 8-30
[Over-the-Rhine]

What do you get when you mix love triangles, a jealous wife, a vindictive mistress, a deranged doctor, and not one, but TWO sets of identical twins separated at birth? Well, it can only be The Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare’s silliest, screwiest, and slapstickiest comedy returns to the CSC stage, this time with a Sin City twist. Inspired by golden era Las Vegas, this music filled production will be packed with cool cats, rat packs, showgirls, wise guys, and more!  So place your bets, roll the dice, and check it out, but remember- what happeneth in the theater, stayeth in the theater.

  • In preview Wed-Thu, April 6-7 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 8-9 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 14-16 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 17 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 21-23 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 24 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, April 28-29 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, April 30 at 2pm* & 7:30pm
    *ASL interpreted

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March 10, 2022 · 9:50 am

SOMETHING ROTTEN! Runs April 8-10

CS_Something RottenSOMETHING ROTTEN!
Clark State Theatre Arts
April 8-10
Performing Arts Center, Kuss Auditorium [Springboro]

Directed by Troy M. Berry and Josh Compston
Music directed by David Weimer
Choregraphed by Celina Schroer

Cast: Jimmy Straley as Nick Bottom, Cory Mitchell as Brother Jeremiah, Ellie Donnelly as Beatrice Bottom, Natalie Berry as Portia, TJ Montgomery as William Shakespeare, Ian Williams as Nigel Bottom, Ted Froats as Thomas Nostradamus, Steve Morgenstern as Shylock, Anthony Reed as Minstrel, and Ryan Hester as Lord Clapham/Master of Jusice
Troupe: Chris Hazel as Robin, David Snyder as Peter Quince, Lucas Sansom as Snug, Windom Mesure as Tom Snout, Anthony Reed as Francis Flute, & Aiden Sutter as Horatio
Ensemble: Tiffany Adams, Kara Bragg, Dawn Chance, Emma Francis, Abbie Hawke, Rachel Hill (Parker), Amy Jaskowiak, Chelsea Jenkins, Sasha Kozlova, Annie Nereng, Abbie Stamper, Lindsey Tomlin

Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten!
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.

  • Fri-Sat, April 8-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 10 at 2pm

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March 10, 2022 · 9:34 am

THE MUSIC MAN Runs April 7-May 21

LAC_The Music Man logoTHE MUSIC MAN
La Comedia Dinner Theatre
April 7-May 21
[Springboro]

Fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. The Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with old and young alike.

  • Thu-Fri, April 7-8 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, April 9 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 10 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, April 14-15 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, April 16 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 17 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, April 21-22 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, April 23 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, April 24 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, April 28-29 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, April 30 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 5-6 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, May 7 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, May 8 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 12-13 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, May 14 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, May 15 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 19-20 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, May 21 at 5:30pm

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