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THE GHOST GIRL and LILY BLOSSOMS on Jan. 14

CPI_Ghost Girl and Lily Blossoms logoTHE GHOST GIRL and LILY BLOSSOMS
Cincinnati Playwright Initiative
Jan. 14
Aronoff Center Fifth Third Bank Theater [Downtown]

THE GHOST GIRL by 18-year-old Ariel Rodgers opens Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative’s 2020.  A boy and his father move into a home that proves to be haunted by a pursued and frightened girl.  How the boy-ghost relationship plays out will surprise you.

LILY BLOSSOMS – The title says it all — by Greg Hatfield, comprises the second part of the evening:  a magazine writer covering gardening has a back-and-forth with a married colleague and ends up changing beats.

  • Tue, Jan. 14 at 7:30pm

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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Runs Jan. 11-26

tc_joseph logoJOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
The Carnegie
Jan. 11-26
[Covington]

Directed & choreographed by Maggie Perrino
Music directed by Spenser Smith

Cast: Tia Seay as Narrator, Frankie Chuter as Joseph, Kyle Taylor as Rueben, Kate Stark as Simeon/Mrs. Potiphar, Michael Wright as Levi, Ashley O. Morton as Nephtali, Mattison Sullivan as Issachar, Emma Moss as Asher, Caleb Redslob as Dan/Potiphar, Chloe Price as Zebulum, Cian Steele as Gad, Maddie Vaughn as Judah, Geoffrey Hill as Benjamin & Sean P. Mette as Jacob/Pharoh
Teen Ensemble: Fiona Blanchet, Sylas Craven, Chloe Esmeier, Jaden Martin, Madeline Moore, Sara Moore, Sam Olt & Mark Schutzman
Children’s Choir: Charlie Lindeman, Gracie Manning, Elliot Martin, Jackson Schabell, Athena Updike & Kit Valentine

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers, and the coat of many colors. Featuring a beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber score, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT offers fast-paced, back-to-back musical numbers sure to delight the whole family. “Any Dream Will Do,” “One More Angel in Heaven,” and “Go, Go, Go Joseph,” are just a few of the favorites you’ll enjoy in this inspiring, upbeat tale for the ages.

  • Sat, Jan. 11 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Jan. 12 at 3pm
  • Fri, Jan. 17 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Jan. 18 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Jan. 19 at 3pm
  • Fri, Jan. 24 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Jan. 25 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Jan. 26 at 3pm

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EVELYN IN PURGATORY Runs Jan. 10-26

MPI_Evelyn in Purgatory logoEVELYN IN PURGATORY
Mariemont Players Inc.
Jan. 10-26
Walton Creek Theatre

Directed by Jennifer Keith
Produced by Betsy Bossart & Patrick Kramer

Cast: Heather Abbott as Evelyn, Cathy Ross as Lila, Aimée Ward as Candace Metzger, Evan Blanton as Toby Fleming, Chuck Ingram as Fred Disalvo, Chessie Vigran as Roberta Burke & Robert Weidle as Mr. Atwood

When a complaint is filed against one of the 70,000 teachers in New York’s public schools, they’re sent to a Reassignment Center, one of a series of empty offices in the Department of Education Building. There, they sit and wait for their case to be reviewed. Usually for months. Sometimes for over a year. A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” where she encounters a group of teachers, some guilty, some not, who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom. Over the course of the school year, these colleagues form an unlikely alliance, reminding each other of forgotten passions, emerging to face life outside in unexpected new directions. They also learn French and workshop a screenplay.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 12 at 2pm
  • Thu, Jan. 16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 17-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 19 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Thu, Jan. 23 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Jan. 24 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 25 at 3pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 26 at 2pm

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE Runs Jan. 10-19

XACT_Glass Menagerie logoTHE GLASS MENAGERIE
Xenia Area Community Theatre
Jan. 10-19
[Xenia]

Directed by Mike Taint

Cast: Kyle Mercuri as Tom Wingfield, Amy Taint as Amanda Wingfield, Kristin Curby as Laura Wingfield & Ben Evory as Jim O’Connor, The Gentleman Caller

Awarded Best Play in 1945 by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and acclaimed as Williams’s first great Broadway success, this emotionally devastating portrait of hope is a memory of Saint Louis in 1937.  Tennessee Williams’s autobiographical play introduces audiences to Tom Wingfield, an aspiring poet who toils in a shoe warehouse to support his overbearing mother, Amanda, and debilitatingly shy sister, Laura after being abandoned by their father. Amanda, originally from a genteel Southern family, regales her children frequently with tales of her idyllic youth and the scores of suitors who once pursued her.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 10-11 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 17-18 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Jan. 19 at 3pm

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CHARLOTTE’S WEB Runs Jan. 10-19

SCT_Charlottes WebCHARLOTTE’S WEB
Springboro Community Theatre
Jan. 10-19
Springboro Performing Arts Center

Cast: Sophia Schafer as Fern Arable, Andrew Wright as John Arable, Jordan Head as Martha Arable, Nick Barter as Avery Arable, Kirsten Cox as Homer Zuckerman, Hannah Pittenger as Edith Zuckerman, Ali McDonald as Lurvy, Shelby McCoy as Wilbur, Camden Garris as Templeton, Julia Kirk as Charlotte, Bethany Scearce as Goose, Kate Tamme as Gander, Sophia Shenk as Sheep & Makayla Pindroh as Lamb
Chorus members (narrators): Emma Hagerman, Sam Johnson & Aivy Do

The Children’s Literature Association named this “the best American children’s book of the past two hundred years,” and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling and utterly practical theatrical presentation. All the enchanting characters are here: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the “miracle” of her web in which she writes, “Some pig.” It’s the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan 10-11 at 7pm
  • Sun, Jan. 12 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 17-18 at 7pm
  • Sun, Jan. 19 at 2pm

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