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THE HOT WING KING at Human Race Theatre Company Runs June 3-14

THE HOT WING KING
Human Race Theatre Company
June 3-14
Loft Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Darnell Pierre Benjamin

It’s time for the annual “Hot Wang Festival” in Memphis Tennessee, and Cordell Crutchfield knows he has the wings that’ll make him king. Supported by his beau Dwayne and their culinary clique, The New Wing Order, Cordell is marinating and firing up his frying pan in a bid to reclaim the crispy crown. When Dwayne takes in his troubled nephew, however, it becomes a recipe for disaster. Suddenly a first-place trophy isn’t the only thing Cordell risks losing.

  • Pay What You Can Preview Tue, June 2 at 7:30pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 3-6 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 7 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Tue-Sat, June 9-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 14 at 2pm

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STEEL MAGNOLIAS at INNOVAtheatre Runs May 29-31

STEEL MAGNOLIAS
INNOVAtheatre
May 29-31
Dayton Polish Club

Cast: Rachel Brown as Truvy, Isadore Karrick as Shelby, Denise Schnieders as Annelle, Faith Whitt as Clairee & Kerry Simpson as Ouiser

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

  • Fri, May 29 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 30 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 31 at 3pm

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MAN OR MOUSE at Rivertown Players Runs May 29-31

MAN OR MOUSE
Rivertown Players
May 29-31
Whiskey City’s Liberty Theater [Lawrenceburg, Ind.]

Charlie Bump is so disillusioned with modern-day America (with its mass shootings, corporate greed, conspiracy theories, and governmental dysfunction) that he decides to leave the only home he’s ever known and emigrate to another country in hopes of finding a better future for himself and his son. It’s a comedy.

  • Fri, May 29 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, May 30-31 at 2pm & 7pm

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1776 at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre Runs May 27-June 21

1776
Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
May 27-June 21
[East Price Hill]

Directed by Tim Perrino
Music directed by Michael Kennedy
Choreographed by Jennifer Perrino

Cast: Josh Stothfang as John Adams, John Dorney as Benjamin Franklin, Tyler Owen Parson as Thomas Jefferson, Ryan J. Poole as John Dickinson, Christopher Wells as Edward Rutledge, Joseph O’Hair as Richard Henry Lee, Delaney O’Toole as Abigail Adams, Franny Bell as Martha Jefferson, Jamie Steele as John Hancock, Tyler Gau as Charles Thomson, Patrick Vaughn as Dr. Lymon Hall, Wayne Kirsch as Andrew McNair, Cassidy Steele as The Leather Apron/Painter, Phoenix Bills as The Courier, Jacob Schaub as Robert Livingston, Griffin Hatfield as Roger Sherman, Joey Witterstaetter as Samuel Chase, Gary Herman as Dr. Josiah Bartlett, Bob Allen as Stephen Hopkins, Patrick G. Diesman as Col. Thomas McKean, Caleb Freed as Caesar Rodney, Nathan Turner as George Read, Morgan Scharold as Joseph Hewes, John Herndon as James Wilson, Dave Woellert as Rev. John Witherspoon & Michael Meymann as Lewis Morris

It’s the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence… if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson as they attempt to convince the members of the Second Continental Congress to vote for Independence! With stirring songs like “Is Anybody There?”, “The Egg”, “He Plays the Violin”, “The Lees of Old Virginia” and more, 1776 reveals the failings and the ultimate nobility of our nation’s founders. Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with this classic show!

  • Wed-Sat, May 27-30 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 31 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 3-6 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 7 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 10-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 14 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 17-20 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 21 at 2pm

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ONE ACTS at Mount St. Joseph University Run April 24-25

ONE ACTS
Mount St. Joseph University Theatre Arts
April 24-25
Williams Recital Hall [Delhi Township]

Student directed and produced one-act plays.

  • Friday at 7pm
    SWAGGER by Eric Cole & HOTLINE by Cheryl Navo
  • Sat at 7pm
    SORRY, WRONG NUMBER by Lucille Fletcher

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