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March 7, 2019 · 11:42 am

MACBETH Runs April 5-May 4

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Kelly Mengelkoch as Lady Macbeth. All photos by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

MACBETH
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
April 5-May 4
[Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Miranda McGee

When the noble Scottish Lord Macbeth sees a path to power open up before him, he is determined to trod that path to its bloody end, consequences (and maybe himself) be damned. With his ruthless wife at his side, the two plot a Machiavellian course to put and to keep Macbeth on the Scottish throne. Shakespeare’s heart-pounding thrill ride of a play is a harrowing exploration of ambition, morality, tyranny and corruption. This production contains adult situations and violence. It is not suitable for children under 13.

  • In preview Wed-Thu, April 3-4 at 7:30pm. All seats $43.
  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 11-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 14 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, April 18-19 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, April 20 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 25-27 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 28 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 2-3 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, May 4 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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March 7, 2019 · 11:05 am

FAHRENHEIT 451 Runs April 5-14

XACT_Fahrenheit 451 logoFAHRENHEIT 451
Xenia Area Community Theatre
April 5-14
[Xenia]

Directed by Mike Taint

Cast: Eric Mishne as Fireman Guy Montag, Geoff Burkman as Captain Beatty, Casey Haller as Clarisse, Melissa Henry-Young as Mildred (“Millie”), Amy Magnus as Mrs. Hudson, Dee Berdine as Professor Faber, Trenton Napier as Fireman Holden, Jeremy Holtgrave as Fireman Black, Trenton Napier as Paramedic, Jeremy Holtgrave as Paramedic, Edith Waugh as Helen, Judi Early as Alice, Jamie McQuinn as Aristotle, Zan Holtgrave as Tolkien, Brenna Riethmiller as Bronte, Paula Cronan as Rostand, Deidre Root as Dostoevsky, Paula Cronan as St. Exuperey, Ben Cronan as Tolstoy, Brenna Riethmiller as Wilde, Deidre Root as Carroll, Judi Early as Plato, Deidre Root as Melville & Harry Shepard as Robert Louis Stevenson

Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper ignites. With simple sets and uncomplicated staging, this powerful drama is about the inner struggle of Guy Montag, a fireman. Montag has worked as a civil servant for ten years burning books, but lately he has become increasingly unsure about what he is doing and about his vegetable-like existence. It is not until he meets 16-year-old Clarisse, who is filled with strange ideas, that he is led into a dangerous and highly combustible situation. Now he must choose between continuing his nonexistent existence and risking everything for the right to think.

  • Fri, April 5 at 6:30pm (Opening night gala)
  • Sat, April 6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 14 at 3pm

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March 7, 2019 · 10:40 am

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS Runs April 5-13

TCP_Over the River and Through the Woods logo2OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
Tri-County Players
April 5-13
Evendale Community Church 

Directed by Allie Webber

Cast: Robert Buchtman, Kevin Clarisey, Marcia Grant, Courtney Jones,
Christopher Koonce & Gloria Sigman

Faithfully, Nick goes “over the river” to Grandma’s house every week for Sunday dinner. When he is offered an important promotion in Seattle, Washington, Nick threatens to break this routine by a distance of some 2,800 miles! Frank, Aida, Emma, and Nunzio are heartbroken at the prospect of their beloved grandson raising a family all the way across the country — or worse, not raising a family at all! Besides the usual tactics of emotional blackmail, in order to keep him safe at home, these wily elders cook up a matchmaking scheme, inviting lovely nurse Caitlin O’Hare over for Sunday dinner. Will the prospect of true love keep Nick from moving across the country?

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 7 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, April 11-13 at 8pm

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March 6, 2019 · 10:20 am

FIX ME, JESUS Runs April 5-13

MLT_Fix Me Jesus logoFIX ME, JESUS
Middletown Lyric Theatre
April 5-13
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Betty Coulter as Grandmother, Melodie LaNicca as Mrs. Craig, Megan Rehberg as Annabell, Jef Smith as Dr. Maxwell Feld, Emma Sweeten as Young Annabell & Amanda West as Mother

In a Dallas Texas, Neiman Marcus changing room, on the most important day of her life, Annabelle Armstrong frantically searches for the perfect dress. A rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, Annabelle is trapped in the Reagan eighties. Her political career, love affair, finances, and family relations are in crisis; and strong-minded characters from her past begin to appear from behind the changing room mirror. FIX ME, JESUS is a dark comedy—the hilarious, timely, and poignant story of a woman who finds herself at the epicenter of history and politics, struggling for personal independence and social justice against the lifelong theft of her own power. This production contains adult language.

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 8pm
  • Fri, April 12 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 13 at 3pm & 8pm

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March 6, 2019 · 10:01 am

DARKNESS DAWNS Runs April 5-13

PLOTT_Darkness Dawns logoDARKNESS DAWNS
P.L.O.T.T. Performers
April 5-13
The Schoolhouse Restaurant [Camp Dennison]

Cast: Sharon Rose Tyahur, Cathy Woodruff, Elaine Griffin Michael, Nan Bongiani, Anne LaMar, Sharon Faye Hollon, Renee Maria & Chris Hayslett

The Seven Deadly Sins can actually prove to be the lucky seven. Wrongs become rights as no’s become yes’s. Losses become wins and lies become truths. Crooked roads become straight highways. This becomes that as empty hearts become full. In the end, the darkness will dawn. Interactive dinner show.

  • Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 6:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 12-13 at 6:30pm

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