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August 20, 2018 · 11:53 am

MY FAIR LADY Runs Sept. 14-30

DPH_logoMY FAIR LADY
Dayton Playhouse
Sept. 14-30
[Dayton]

Directed by Brian Sharp
Vocals directed by Tim Rezash
Conducted by Ron Kindell
Choreographed by Sandra Hyde

Cast: Sarah Viola as Eliza Doolittle, Brian Laughlin as Colonel Pickering, Jackie Pfeifer as Mrs Eynsford-Hill, Dodie Lockwood as Mrs. Higgins, David Shough as Henry Higgins, Drew Roby as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Brad Bishop as Alfred P. Doolittle, CJ Suchyta as– Bartender/Ensemble, Mark Sharp as Harry/Ensemble, Jim Spencer as Jamie/Ensemble,  Donna Bostwick as Mrs. Pearce, Angele Price as Mrs. Hopkins, Jamie McQuinn as Prof. Zoltan Karpathy, Benjamin Jones as Bystander/Ensemble, Steve Strawser as Lord Boxington/Ensemble, Karla Enix as Lady Boxington/Ensemble, Elainah Skaroupka as Flower Girl/Ensemble, Shana Fishbein as Maid/Ensemble, Stacey Brewer as Maid/Ensemble, Amber Pfeifer as Maid/Ensemble, Jamie Pavlofsky as Ascot Maid/Ensemble, Annie Sayers as Ascot Maid/Ensemble, Neve Barker as Maid/Ensemble, Cathy Long as Ensemble & Marabeth Klejna as Ensemble

Based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, the story of Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, showcases some of Broadway’s greatest songs, including, I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live, I’m Getting Married in the Morning, The Rain In Spain – just to name a few!  Higgins takes credit for Eliza’s success, but when she realizes that she no longer needs him, it breaks his pompous spirit and melts his heart as well.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 16 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 21-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 23 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 28-29 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 30 at 2pm

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August 20, 2018 · 11:29 am

DEARLY DEPARTED Runs Sept. 6-16

BVCT_Dearly Departed logoDEARLY DEPARTED
Brookville Community Theatre
Sept. 6-16
[Brookville]

Directed by Debbi Robbins

Cast: Junior Cruea as Raynelle, Brad Rarick as Raybud, Cathy Rarick as Lucille, James Nelson as Junior, Kerry Simpson as Suzanne, Shayna Stanley as Delightful, Cindy Cuny as Marguerite, Kendal Garrett as Royce, Michael Robinson as Reverend Hooker/Norval, Kathy DeVorak as Veda, Jodi Decker as Nadine, Garrett Hensley as Clyde/Announcer & Julie Zalar as Juanity,
The Joy of Life Singers/Ensemble: Tori Coss, Sheryl Koontz, William Fortner & Michelle Robinson

In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father’s funeral, the Turpin’s other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks himself silly as the funeral bills mount; Junior, the younger son, is juggling financial ruin, a pack of no-neck monster kids, and a wife who suspects him of infidelity in the family car; their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. As the situation becomes fraught with mishap, Ray-Bud says to his long-suffering wife, ‘When I die, don’t tell nobody. Just bury me in the backyard and tell everybody I left you.’ Amidst the chaos, the Turpin’s turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 6-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 9 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 13-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 16 at 3pm

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August 17, 2018 · 1:58 pm

INTO THE WOODS JR. Runs Sept. 14-30

THT_Into the Woods Jr logoINTO THE WOODS JR.
Town Hall Theatre
Sept. 14-30
[Centerville]

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The musical centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse and wind up changed forever. Recommended for ages 3 and up.

  • Fri, Sept. 14 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Sept. 15*-16 at 3pm
  • Fri, Sept. 21 at 7pm
  • Sat, Sept. 22 at 3pm & 7pm
  • Sun, Sept. 23 at 3pm
  • Fri, Sept. 28 at 7pm
  • Sat,-Sun, Sept. 29*-30 at 3pm
    *optional pre-show party available.

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August 17, 2018 · 1:40 pm

MARY’S MONSTER Runs Sept. 14-23

KTC_Marys Monster logoMARY’S MONSTER
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Sept. 14-23
[Over-the-Rhine]

Written and performed by Maggie Lou Rader
Directed by Jen Joplin

On a dark night near the end of her life, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrestles with ghosts: her dead children, her sister, her famous husband, her mother, and Frankenstein, her most famous creation. Death has loomed over her entire life, and now, shovel in hand, she will reckon with it, one way or another.

  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 16 at 3pm
  • Wed-Sat, Sept. 19-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 23 at 3pm

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August 17, 2018 · 12:49 pm

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Runs Sept. 7-16

XACT_To Kill a Mockingbird logoTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Xenia Area Community Theatre
Sept. 7-16
[Xenia]

Directed by Patrick Taylor

Cast: Shiloh Phipps as Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, Silas Yates as Jeremy “Jem” Finch, Michael Schumacher as Atticus Finch, Rachael Roebuck-Howard as Calpurnia, Christian Huffman as Charles Harris “Dill”, Joshua Neal as Tom Robinson, Olivia Eckler as Mayella Ewell, Harry Wayne Shepard as Bob Ewell, Carter Hume as Heck Tate, Ben Cronan as Judge Taylor/Walter Cunningham, Kyle Mercuri as Mr. Gilmer/Arthur “Boo” Radley, Charles Byrd as Reverend Sykes, Chery l Dern as Maude Atkinson, Janet Wasson as Stephanie Crawford, Dee Berdine as Mrs Dubose, Jim Buckner as Townsperson & Penelope Winter as Court Clerk

One of the most treasured novels of all time returns to the Playhouse stage for the first time in more than 20 years in this sweeping adaptation! Set in Depression-era Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird follows the precocious tomboy Scout and her brother Jem during one life-changing summer. They discover the true meaning of courage when their father, Atticus, a small-town lawyer, defends a black man accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winner is a timeless and timely tale of innocence lost and honor found.

  • Fri, Sept. 7 at 6pm (Opening night gala)
  • Sat, Sept. 8 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat. Sept. 14-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 16 at 3pm

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