Category Archives: On Stage

February 3, 2022 · 11:54 am

BRIGHT STAR Runs March 4-20

TDW_Bright Star logoBRIGHT STAR
The Drama Workshop
March 4-20
Glenmore Playhouse [Cheviot]

Directed & produced by Dennis Murphy
Music directed by Linda Abbott
Choreographed by Denise Schnieders

Cast: Stefanie Adams as Alice Murphy, Peyton Hahn as Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Nicholas Dunker as Billy Cane, Megan Horton as Margo Crawford, Forrest Fairley as Mayor Dobbs, Lisa Breithaupt as Mama Murphy, Bob Brunner as Daddy Murphy, Clare Hingsbergen as Lucy Grant, Rob Bucher as Daryl/Max, Joe Ward as Stanford Adams & Kent Smith as Daddy Cane
Ensemble: Lysha Ingle Broad, Amy Eyers, Chris Eyers, Denise Schnieders & Kimmie Ann Thierauf

Set against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge mountains in the 1920s and ‘40s, Bright Star tells a sweeping, tuneful tale of love, loss and re-birth. The story and music beautifully combine to draw you into this heartwarming musical that features a bluegrass-based, Grammy-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.

  • Fri-Sat, March 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 6 and 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 11-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 13 and 2pm SOLD OUT
  • Thu, March 17 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 18-19 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 20 at 2pm

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February 3, 2022 · 11:20 am

PIPPIN Runs March 3-6

CCM_Pippin logoPIPPIN
UC College-Conservatory of Music
March 3-6
Patricia Corbett Theatre [University Heights]

Directed by Eric Santagata,
Music directed by Roger Grodsky
Choreographed by Katie Johannigman

With an infectiously unforgettable score, Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to be extraordinary. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day.

2/3/22 – Covid Policy (scroll down)

  • Thu-Fri, March 3-4 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, March 5 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 6 at 2pm

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February 3, 2022 · 11:06 am

BLUE STOCKINGS Runs Feb. 9-13

CCM_Blue Stockings logoBLUE STOCKINGS
UC College-Conservatory of Music
Feb. 9-13
Patricia Corbett Theatre [University Heights]

Directed by Susan Felder

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the backdrop of women’s suffrage in 1896 Britain. Tess Moffatt and the other first-year women of Girton College are determined to win the right to graduate, but little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way. The play follows them in their fight to change the future of education.

2/3/22 – Covid Policy (scroll down)

  • In preview Wed, Feb. 9 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Fri, Feb. 10-11 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 1 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 13 at 2pm

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February 2, 2022 · 11:08 am

THE MOUSETRAP Runs March 4-13

SCT_The MousetrapAgatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP
Springboro Community Theatre
March 4-13
Springboro Performing Arts Center

Directed by Craig Smith

Cast: Carly Laurette Risenhoover-Peterson as Mollie Ralston, Zachary White as Giles Ralston, Aaron Joseph Brewer as Christopher Wren, Misty White as Mrs. Boyle, John Hamilton as Major Metcalf, Cora Ceipek as Miss Casewell, Scott Madden as Mr. Paravicini & Tommy Balaj as Detective Sergeant Trotter

After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soons becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, who arrives on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This record-breaking murder mystery from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

2/2/22 – Mask required

  • Fri-Sat, March 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 6 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 11-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 13 at 2pm

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February 2, 2022 · 10:50 am

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Runs March 4-13

DPH_August Osage County logoAUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Dayton Playhouse
March 4-13
[Dayton]

Directed by Jamison Meyer

Cast: Michael Taint as Beverly Weston, Becky Howard as Violet Weston, Mandy Shannon as Barbara Fordham, Steven Gogol as Bill Fordham, Meghan Hohman as Jean Fordham, Katie Gainey-West as Ivy Weston, Christine Chait as Karen Weston, Dawn Roth Smith as Mattie Fae Aiken, Brent Eresman as Charlie Aiken, Nathan Evans as Little Charles Aiken, TBD as Johnna Monevata, Lance Westendorf as Steve Heidebrecht & Steve Mongelli as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau

The recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play delves into a family tragedy that causes tensions to run high and secrets to leak. The Weston women are forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the smothering heat of August.

2/2/22 – COVID Response Policies

  • Fri-Sat, March 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 6 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 11-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 13 at 2pm

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