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June 28, 2018 · 1:23 pm

NEWSIES Runs July 27-Aug. 5

CASA_Newsies logoNEWSIES
Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy
July 27-Aug. 5
[Avondale]

Directed by Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Music directed by Melody Wallace
Choreographed by Maria Broderick

Cast: Paige Genevieve Ambach as Katherine Plumber, Chloe Baron as Henry/Featured Dancer/Darcy,
Breanna Brandenburg as Albert/Elmer/Featured Dancer/Dance Captain, John Cerimele as Mr. Jacobi, Cayce Cobaugh as Davey, James Covarrubias as Buttons/Scab/Goon, Bella DeJesus as Romeo, Nicholas Delfino as Nunzio/Photographer/Goon, Sara Detwiler as Les, Kaitlin Diersing as Tommy Boy/Bunsen/Goon, Meghan Dincler as Mike/Scab/Goon, Laura Dinn as Finch/Featured Dancer, William Forgham as Snyder, Grace Goodwin as Jo Jo/Featured Dancer/Nun/Bowery Beauty, Cecilia Gries as Dance Captain/SPECS/Featured Dancer, Meg Griffin as Joseph Pulitzer/Goon, Amy Helms as Spot Conlon/Featured Dancer, Allie Houston as Nun/Hannah/Bowery Beauty/Delancey Brother, Taylor Lindsey as Seitz, Carley Millette as Splasher/Goon, Gabrielle Mouch as Race/Featured Dancer, Ryan Smith as Medda Larkin, Nick Swope as MUSH/Cop/Bill/A SCAB, Katie Tierney as Stage Manager/Pulitzer’s Guard/Goon/Mayor, Nick Wasserbauer as Jack Kelly, Cristina Whyte as Crutchie & Emily Wolfe as Ike

Most people familiar with Newsies will rave about it due to its spectacular dancing and catchy songs. What many do not realize is that it is based upon actual events of the 1899 newsies strike started and run BY CHILDREN! Newsies were as young as 4 years old, but most of the members of the “first newsies union” were between 11-15 years of age. It lasted about 2 weeks and actually ended with results of a successful compromise. This story speaks so loudly and clearly to today’s generation. Just like the students who founded March for our Lives, the real newsies of 1899 “challenged our whole generation to stand up and demand a place at the table.” There were many more strikes to follow until finally in 1938 Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • Fri-Sun, July 27-29 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sun, Aug. 3-5 at 7:30pm

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June 28, 2018 · 11:58 am

LAVENDER AND OLD LACE Runs July 27-Aug. 5

SPP_logoLAVENDER AND OLD LACE
St. Paul Players
July 27-Aug. 5
[Reading]

Cast: Michelle Knoechelman Cockerham as Miss Mary Ainslie, Chris Schingledecker as Jane Hathaway, Rachel Thorman as Ruth Thorne, Kimberly Coulehan as Bernice Carlton, Nate Marvin Huitger as Carl Winfield, Mary Benken/Sonnia Richards as Sophrony Trotter, Randy Blake as Dr. Howard Patterson, Sarah Papin as Hepsey, David Hill as Joe Pendleton & Dennis Eling as James Ball.

Mary Ainslee, a charming and gracious little lady, is a tradition in her little New England village. She never leaves her house and every night a lamp burns in her attic window. As an accommodation to her neighbor, Miss Ainslee agrees to take in her neighbor’s young niece, Ruth and they become warm friends. Carl Winsfield, young newspaper reporter with eye trouble, comes to the village. Carl falls a victim to Miss Ainslee’s charm and falls in love with Ruth. They become engaged. Carl has an accident which causes him to lose his eyesight. It is then that Miss Ainslee steps forth and fights heroically to help Carl regain his lost vision. Why should Mary Ainslee lavish so much care on a strange boy? In the last act, in a scene of poignant beauty, Mary Ainslee reveals why she has lived such a strange life. Includes dinner.

  • Fri-Sat, July 27-28 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 29 at 1pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 3-4 at 7pm
  • Sun, Aug. 5 at 1pm

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June 27, 2018 · 10:17 am

trueBLUE on July 23

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trueTHEATRE
July 23
Memorial Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

True Theatre finishes their 8th season of evenings of true, personal storytelling using the theme “BLUE and hear how one woman dealt with one piece of bad news from her doctor after another. Hear from a man whose generosity got the better of him and a another woman who experienced the worst case of “middle child syndrome” you can imagine. Hear from one man combated the stresses of life in the most unusual way and a woman who fell in love with a Marine. Try and guess how each one of these stories fits the theme “blue”, then come down and find out if you guessed right.

  • Mon, July 23 at 7:30pm

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June 27, 2018 · 9:46 am

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST Runs July 27-Aug. 4

Canterville Ghost 3THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
Beechmont Players Inc.
July 27-Aug. 4
Anderson Center

Directed by Steve Phelan
Produced by Cathy Roesener

Cast: Mark Waldfogle as Oscar Wilde/The Canterville Ghost, Tim Carney as Lord Canterville, Eric Day as Hiram B. Otis, Jennifer Keith as Lucretia Tappan Otis, Hannah Richardson as Virginia Otis, Trent and Thomas Stricker as Chip and Charlie Otis, Josiah Taylor as The Duke of Cheshire & Jan Costello as Mrs. Umney

A family friendly ghost story adapted from the comic master Oscar Wilde about an American family who buys an English manor, ghost and all.

  • Fri-Sat, July 27-28 at 8pm
  • Sun, July 29 at 3pm
  • Fri, Aug. 3 at 8pm
  • Sat, Aug. 4 at 3pm & 8pm

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June 27, 2018 · 9:21 am

DEAD MAN WALKING Runs July 27-29

SSCC_Dead Man Walking logoDEAD MAN WALKING
SSCC Theatre
July 27-29
Southern State Community College Auditorium [Hillsboro]

Directed by Rainee Angles

Cast: Paula Campagna as Helen Prejean, Ryan Elrich as Herbie/Guard 2/Troy, Kevin Evans as Hilton Barber/Man 1, Xander Hardin as Jim/Reporter 2, Madison Hatfield as Sr. Colleen/Marybeth Percy/Woman 3, Emma Horick as Hope Percy/Female Guard/Woman 1, Bronwyn Jones as St. Marie Augusta Neal/Lucille Poncelet/Prejean’s Mother, Andrew Marler as Matt Poncelet, Quinn Pickering-Polstra as Chaplain Farley/Man 2/Warden Hartman, Zebadiah Pickering-Polstra as Clyde Percy/Trapp/Governor Fredericks, Kara Russell as Reporter 3/Emily Percy/Nurse, Eric Silcott as Luis Montoya/Earl Delacroix/Doctor, Shane Taylor as Guy Gilardi, Walter Delacroix, Sergeant Beliveau, Matthew Waits as Guard, Mitch, Mirabeau/Man 3 & Sarah Wuellner as Reporter 1/Mrs. Delacroix/Woman 2

Based on the successful book and film, Sister Helen Prejean, a catholic nun, receives a letter from a death row inmate by the name of Matthew Poncelet. Poncelet was sentenced to Louisiana’s death row for killing two young teenagers. Although Poncelet was sentenced to death, Carl Vitello, his accomplice, was sentenced to a lesser sentence of life without parole. Poncelet, as depicted by the press, is a volatile criminal who often makes references regarding Hitler as a role model. By becoming Matt’s spiritual advisor, Helen is able to get inside the mind of a convicted killer. With letters and visits, Prejean is able to discover and understand a man that the rest of the world only views as a cold-blooded killer.

  • Fri-Sat, July 27-28 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 29 at 3pm

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