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January 12, 2021 · 11:00 am

GARFIELD: THE MUSICAL WITH CATITUDE Runs Jan. 21-Feb. 14

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Costume rendering by TCT’s Resident Costume Designer, Jeff Shearer.

GARFIELD: THE MUSICAL WITH CATITUDE
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
Jan. 21-Feb. 14 | Streaming begins Jan. 28
Red Bank Road Theatre [Oakley]

In this musical adaptation of everyone’s favorite sarcastic tubby tabby, Garfield awakens to find his birthday – the most important day of the year – has fallen on a Monday. The horror! To make matters worse, all his friends – Jon, Odie, Arlene, and even his nemesis, Nermal – have completely forgotten it’s his big day. Only his beloved teddy bear, Pookie, understands his disappointment. Feeling rejected, Garfield leaves the comforts of home but soon realizes in the outside there’s no T.V., the food is garbage (literally), and animal control is always just around the corner.  In the end, Garfield learns little things like, you know, the value of friendship and that “home is where the heart – and the food – is.”

  • Thu-Fri, Jan. 21-22 at 7pm
  • Sat, Jan. 23 at 11am, 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, Jan. 24 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Thu-Fri, Jan. 28-29 at 7pm
  • Sat, Jan. 30 at 11am, 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, Jan. 31 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Thu-Fri, Feb. 4-5 at 7pm
  • Sat, Feb. 6 at 11am, 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, Feb. 7 at 2pm & 5pm
  • Thu-Fri, Feb. 11-12 at 7pm
  • Sat, Feb. 13 at 11am, 2pm & 5pm
  • Sun, Feb. 14 at 2pm & 5pm

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January 4, 2021 · 12:05 pm

THE SELFISH GIANT and THE HAPPY PRINCE Online Jan. 23 via Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati

IATC_logoFrom Ireland Oscar Wilde’s best loved short stories
Adapted for the Stage
THE SELFISH GIANT & THE HAPPY PRINCE

Friday January 23, 2021 at 7PM

  “A Virtuoso Performance, Hungerly Appealing, A tonic for our times”      Irish Independent

Accompanied by a haunting musical score
With poet/ actor/ story teller Gary Jermyn
Actors/ Story tellers  Michael James Ford and Bairbre Ni Chaoimh

One show only!!  Performance is Virtual online to your home. There is limited social distanced seating in the Irish Center Theater on The Big Screen. Reservations a must for theater seating!

Tickets $15 per person.  Help keep the arts alive at the Irish Heritage Center with your ticket orders.

Go to www.IrishCenterofCincinnati.com and click on the Box Office tab OR call the Irish Center at 513-533-0100

Award-winning actors feature Selfish Giant Puppets in the first performance; Great for children and adults of all ages.

Consider becoming a member of the Irish Heritage Center. The Center welcomes all ages and ethnicities and provides a wide range of programming including Theater, Music, Art Exhibits, Dance, Genealogy, Celebrations & Commemorations.

Contained within its 44,000 square feet of space are an Irish Pub, Library, Museum, , Children’s Room, Tea Room and more. Space Rentals are available for private events as are leased office areas.

Want to book a Tea, Help with Travel to Ireland, buy from the Irish shop, attend  Drive in Concerts, celebrate Bloomsday, Mardi Gras, or St. Patrick’s Day? It’s all available here! Volunteer opportunities are available too.

Come and join in the fun as pandemic restrictions lift. We want to meet you!!

Maureen Kennedy
Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati, Co-Founder
The Irish American Theater Company, Founder
3905 Eastern Avenue
Cincinnati Ohio 45226
Irish Center 513-533-0100

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December 15, 2020 · 12:34 pm

Cast Members Needed for Play Reading at Beechmont Players

BPI_logoBeechmont Players is going to hold another ZOOM play reading on Sunday afternoon, January 10th from 2-4pm. It will be an as-yet-unpublished dramedy (see below) sent to us by acclaimed playwright Michele Lowe, who wrote THE SMELL OF THE KILL which Steve Phelan directed for BPI four years ago.  

Please email Steve at stevephelan7588@gmail.com  if you are interested in taking a role (and which role(s) you are interested in). Steve will cast this first-come, first serve, but will try to give preference to people who haven’t participated yet, so we all get a chance to join in the fun!  Once cast, an electronic copy of the script will be emailed to each cast member.

ZOOM readings aren’t the same as live, but they provide a great chance to experience unknown shows, practice your acting skills, and socialize with your theater buddies.  And we hope they’ll be a reminder of why we started working with Beechmont Players in the first place!

Just want to watch?  Put the date on the calendar and let Steve know. He will make sure you receive the ZOOM link! Zoom link will also be available via our social media pages!

Mezullah, 1946
A spunky young woman tries to carve out a career and a life in the chaotic period following the end of World War II. Mezullah is the last woman working at a Boeing aircraft factory.  The men want her out, but she doesn’t want to go.  Meanwhile, friends and relatives try to resolve relationships that include a ghost and a woman hunting her missing (soldier) husband.

The cast (descriptions and ages are given just to guide character and perspective):

Women:

  • Mezzulah Steiner–19 
  • Mary Steiner—Mezzulah’s mother, late 30s 
  • Suzannah Hart– Mezzulah’s aunt, early 30s 
  • Clementine Flynn—- Crazy war widow, early 20s.  Doubles as Sally Cauley
  • Elvira Glass—-early 20s, doubles as Mrs. Bates 

Men:

  • Isaiah Benson—Drifter who’s sparking Mary Steiner, late 30s 
  • Horace Steiner—- Mezzulah’s  father, 19,  Doubles as Man #1 
  • Charlie Steiner—-Mezzulah’s uncle and factory foreman.Doubles as the Reverend .
  • Errol Hart—-Suzannah’s husband, early 30s.  Doubles as Man #3 
  • Fist—Sweet on Mezzulah, early 20s.  Doubles as Man #2

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November 30, 2020 · 9:02 am

DRUNK SANTA X-MAS SPECTACULAR Runs Dec. 4-Jan. 31

CSC_Drunk SantaDRUNK SANTA X-MAS SPECTACULAR
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Dec. 4-Jan. 31
[Online | DVD | Clifton | Mariemont]

This holiday season, Cincinnati’s favorite saucy Aussie Santa Claus-y is back in her very own, brand new holiday video extravaganza- The DRUNK SANTA X-MAS SPECTACULAR!

Get your jolly on from the comfort of your own living room, as Santa and the gang deliver a sleighful of lovingly irreverent holiday hijinks right down your chimney and onto your screen of choice. Jam-packed with special guests, musical numbers, and more, The Drunk Santa X-mas Spectacular is the one-size-fits-all gift that keeps on giving. So you better be good, for goodness sake! Nah, just kidding- do whatever the heck you want, it’s 2020!

Available online from Dec. 4-Jan. 31
$20 per person (honor system)

DVD available via pickup or mail from Dec. 4-18
$50

  • Fri, Dec. 4 at 7:30pm (Esquire)
  • Sun, Dec. 6 at 3pm (Esquire)
  • Wed, Dec. 9 at 7:30pm (Esquire)
  • Sun, Dec. 13 at 12:30pm (Mariemont)
  • Wed, Dec. 16 at 7:30pm (Esquire)
    More dates to be added based on interest.

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November 9, 2020 · 11:24 am

The Drama Workshop Releases A BETTER PLACE

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Scott Unes & Susie Unes in A BETTER PLACE.

The Fourth Video in TDW’s Home View Theatre Series

[Cheviot, OH, November 9] — A Better Place, the latest installment of The Drama Workshop’s Home View Theatre video series is now available!  The short film is based on an award-winning play by Eric Thomas and is directed by Scott Unes. Scott also stars in the video, playing a man who’s having trouble getting over a breakup. He asks for a ride from a rideshare driver, played by Susie Unes. She agrees to take him on a voyage of the heart to get him to a better place, emotionally.

Of her character, Ms. Unes says, “There is a spiritual aspect to the Driver, in that she ultimately understands where she needs to take the Rider, but she first needs to feel the different emotions that he needs to experience.” Actor/director Scott Unes says of the film, “I chose the work because I like the dynamics between the two characters. I wanted to show the character of the Rider turning inward and being led by the Driver on an inner journey.”

The theatrical staging of A Better Place was produced at The Drama Workshop as part of Home Brew Theatre in 2019. Tickets to stream the video of A Better Place can be purchased at www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview.

A Better Place is the fourth installment of The Drama Workshop’s Home View Theatre series. Other offerings, all still available online, include Stranded Traveler, written and directed by Eric Thomas, a play about someone asking for money at a bus stop who is challenged to be honest about the request. It features Chris Bishop and Stephanie Klein.   Local Legends was directed by Alexa Justice and features seven local storytellers relaying their favorite ghostly tales.  Some of the stories are related to Cincinnati history. The storytellers are Adrianna Marie Boris, Jeb Brack, Greg Hand, Kat Jones, Kat Klockow, Carolmarie Stock and Bill Stringer. A Paranormal Investigation into The Raven, written and directed by Dennis Murphy, features Besty Bossart and CJ Bossart. Ms. Bossart plays the host of a paranormal investigation show, who is trying to get to the bottom of why a lovelorn man is being tortured by a phantom raven.

Two offerings remain in the six-video series. Amanda Emmons-Shumate will direct Denise’s Do-Over which will be released in early December. This comedy about video dating was written by Susan Decatur and features Peggy Allen, Chris Bishop, Rob Bucher, Kristy Rucker, Jim Swartwout and Jim Waldfogle.  It is an online adaptation of the play that appeared on The Drama Workshop’s stage as part of Home Brew Theatre in 2019. The final video in this series will be The Gift of the Magi adapted for the screen and directed by Dennis Murphy and starring Ray Lebowski, Anna Hazzard and D’Waughn Hazzard.

Tickets for any of the Home View productions can be purchased at www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview or by calling the box office at (513)598-8303. Single videos are $5 or you can subscribe to the whole series for only $25.

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