Category Archives: On Stage

May 25, 2016 · 5:58 pm

CFF16: PUNK’S NOT DEAD AND NEITHER IS SAM (YET)

CFF_Punks Not Dead logoPUNK’S NOT DEAD AND NEITHER IS SAM (YET)
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
MOTR
Over-the-Rhine 

Cast: Andy Simpson, Brandon Moore, Sam Rueff, Shelby Becker & Simon Nathaniel Powell

Guys! My friend Sam’s real sick – so listen. What if you only had one shot to pull off the most epic, punk as f*ck show ever, man? Nailing it would not only save “the kids,” get you the girl, free the orcas, make me famous and… Wait, what? What was the deal with Sam again? Anyway, would you do it, man? Join some good friends and – Shoeless Joe Jackson? – in this punk as f*ck catastrophe. 50 minutes.

  • Fri, June 3 at 7:45pm
  • Sun, June 5 at 8:30pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 7:45pm
  • Fri, June 10 at 6:30pm
  • Sat, June 11 at 7pm

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May 25, 2016 · 5:50 pm

CFF16: POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL

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Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Art Academy Commons
Over-the-Rhine 

Written and performed by Antonia Lassar
Directed by Angela Lassar

Can there be laughter in the healing process? The lives of survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders weave together in a wickedly funny and piercingly insightful one woman show about a community trying to heal after a sexual assault. In POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL, the personal is political, the political is personal. And the person is a clown. “Meet your new heroes”- Marie Claire Magazine. 60 minutes.

  • Thu, June 2 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 4 at 9:15pm
  • Sun, June 5 at 8:45pm
  • Tue, June 7 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, June 11 at 5:55pm

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May 25, 2016 · 10:04 am

CFF16: TESLA EX MACHINA

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Ricky Coates as Nikola Tesla. Photo by JMC Photography.

TESLA EX MACHINA
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
17 E. Court St.
Downtown

Written and performed by Ricky Coates

In 1892, the famed inventor Nikola Tesla awoke with partial amnesia. Using his incredible willpower, he pieced his life back, memory by memory. In this one-man biopic, Ricky Coates examines humanity and science using his trademark theatrical prowess. Featuring: tap dance, robots, historical figures Thomas Edison and Mark Twain, and live electrical wonders! “Ricky Coates is a bit of genius in a slick and muscled body” – Edmonton Journal. 60 minutes.

  • Thu, June 2 at 8:30pm
  • Sat, June 4 at 4pm
  • Tue, June 7 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, June 10 at 9:15pm

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May 24, 2016 · 6:33 pm

CFF16: PLEASE CALL ME CUPCAKE

CFF_Please Call Me Cupcake logoPLEASE CALL ME CUPCAKE
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

A mashup of Divine, Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Reggie Watts! This bizarre and hilarious drag queen performance uses vintage drum machines and synthesizers with stream of consciousness song lyrics to bring you into the strange mind of Cupcake Hawthorne. Performer Kevin Thornton is a veteran national fringe performer and 2010 New Faces winner at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. 60 minutes.

  • Mon, June 6 at 8:15pm
  • Tue, June 7 at 8:45pm
  • Fri, June 10 at 9:30pm
  • Sat, June 11 at 8:05pm

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May 24, 2016 · 6:43 am

CFF16: OTHER BOTHER

CFF_Other Bother logoOTHER BOTHER
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

Written by Derek Snow & Regina Pugh
Directed by Regina Pugh

Cast: Willemien Patterson Van Dartel, Maya Farhat, Justin Lee, Jodie Linver, Patrick E. Phillips, Regina Pugh & Samantha Russell

Others have infiltrated our daily existence. Others are irksome and tedious. Others believe weird stuff and do weird things. They’re cretins. Evolution has not solved this problem? Why? WHY? WHHYYYYYYY? We will get right down to the real nitty gritty. We will solve the problem. We will make the world a joyous place. Join us as we explore how to conquer the bother of another other. 45 minutes.

  • Wed, June 1 at 7:45pm
  • Thu, June 2 at 8:25pm
  • Sat, June 4 at 3:45pm
  • Wed, June 8 at 8pm
  • Fri, June 10 at 8pm

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