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March 2, 2016 · 6:22 am

A RAISIN IN THE SUN Runs March 9-13

MU_A Raisin in the Sun promoA RAISIN IN THE SUN
Miami University Theatre
March 9-13
Studio 88 Theatre [Oxford]

Directed by Paul K. Bryant Jackson

Cast: Jalana Phillips as Ruth Younger, Taylor Edwards as Travis Younger, Brenton Sullivan as Walter Lee Younger, Jada Harris  as Beneatha Younger, Myka Lipscomb as Lena Younger, Anthony Thompson as Joseph Asagai, Josh George as George Muchison, Justin Hogue as Bobo, Mario Formica as Karl Lindner & Alisha Boykin as Mrs. Johnson

“What happens to a dream defered? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

  • Wed-Sat, March 9-12 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 13 at 2pm

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March 2, 2016 · 6:00 am

VANITIES Runs April 2-10

SC_Vanities logoVANITIES
Stagecrafters Inc.
April 2-10
Sharonville Cultural Arts Center

Directed by Karen Vanover

Cast: Sharon Cardona, Rebecca Coots & Mandy Goodwin

One of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history, VANITIES is a bittersweet comedy that is an astute, snapshot sharp chronicle of the lives of three Texas girls. In 1963, Joanne, Kathy and Mary are aggressively vivacious cheerleaders. Five years later in their college sorority house, they are confronting their futures with nervous jauntiness. In 1974, they reunite briefly in New York. Their lives have diverged and their friendship, which once thrived on assumption as well coordinated as sweater sets, is strained and ambiguous.

  • Sat, April 2 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 3 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 8-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 10 at 3pm

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March 1, 2016 · 6:50 am

THE WILD PARTY Runs April 1-9

D2D_The Wild Party promoTHE WILD PARTY
Dare to Defy Productions
April 1-9
Mathile Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Mackensie Vonderbrink
Music Direction by Lorri Topping
Choreography by Lisa Glover

Cast: Natalie Sanders as Queenie, Zach King as Burrs, Desmond Thomas as Black, Laura Ellen Moore as Kate, Samantha Creech as Madeline True, Hayley Penchoff as Mae, A.J Breslin as Eddie, Brennan Paulin as Phil, Jeffery Mack as Oscar, Lisa Glover as Nadine, Courtney Dortch as Dolores, Jamal Cann as Max, T.C Schreier as Sam, Grant Warden as Jackie & Danielle Kubasky as Featured Chorus

It’s the roaring 20s and beautiful young Queenie cannot find a lover able to satisfy her desires – until she meets Burrs, a vaudevillian clown with a voracious appetite for women. The dark musical moves on to an exciting wild party that spins fatally out of control. The score is filled with a number of notable high spots like “Let’s Raise the Roof,” “The Juggernaut,” and “The Life of the Party.” Adult content.

  • Fri, April 1 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 2 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Fri, April 8 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 9 at 2pm & 8pm

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March 1, 2016 · 6:41 am

RURAL FREE DELIVERY Runs April 1-9

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Hannah Rahe Goodman, Liberty Fraysure , Burgess Byrd & Leah Heisel Grande.

RURAL FREE DELIVERY
WIT-Women in Theatre
April 1-9
St. John United Church of Christ [Bellevue]

Written by Grace Epstein
Directed by Marta Backman Hyland

Cast: Leah Heisel as Hava, Burgess Byrd as Shirese, Hannah Goodman as Lyla & Liberty Fraysure

In this dramatic comedy, a lesbian couple has moved from a northern U.S. climate to a small, western Kentucky homestead. Hava (played by Leah Heisel) is a Jewish biologist at a local university and the very pregnant Shirese (Burgess Byrd) is an African-American English teacher at the same university. Joined by Hava’s straight sister, Lyla (Hannah Goodman), and a middle-aged, all-things-Kentucky, hands on woman (Liberty Fraysure), the four of them are both prepared and unprepared for 25 inches of snow, the onset of labor, and the secret about Lyla’s mother.

  • Due to stuff that happens, “Rural Free Delivery” by Grace Epstein is postponed until October 2016.

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March 1, 2016 · 6:27 am

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Runs April 1-9

MTG_The Importance of Being Earnest logoTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Milford Theatre Guild
April 1-9
Milford

Directed by Ian Tinney
Produced by R&R Productions

Cast: Stephen Beck as Lane/Merriman, Stormi Bledsoe as Gwendolen Fairfax, Adrianna Boris as Cecily Cardew, Nick Castle as Algernon “Algy” Montcrieff, Becky Cole as Miss Prism, Kelly Geoppinger as Lady Bracknell, Michael R. Kiser as John “Jack” Worthing & Kent F. Smith as Dr. Chasuble

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym (“Ernest”) for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

  • Fri-Sat, April 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 3 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 8-9 at 8pm

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