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June 26, 2015 · 2:26 pm

RAGTIME Runs July 17-26

CAST_Ragtime logoRAGTIME
Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre
July 17-26
Fort Thomas

Directed by Jason Burgess

Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States in the early 20th century: African Americans, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; upper-class suburbanites, represented by Mother, the matriarch of a white upper-class family in New Rochelle, New York; and Eastern European immigrants, represented by Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. Historical figures in the stories include Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman.

  • Fri-Sat, July 17-18 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 19 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 24-25 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 26 at 2pm

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June 26, 2015 · 10:24 am

TARZAN Runs July 9-19

EPDM_Tarzan logoTARZAN
Epiphany Players Drama Ministry
July 9-19
Centerville

Directed and choreographed by Megan Wean Sears

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Washed up on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan’s life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribes territory and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan struggles to navigate a jungle thick with emotion as he discovers his animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts.

  • Thu-Sat, July 9-11 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 12 at 2:30pm
  • Thu-Sat, July 16-18 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 19 at 2:30pm

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June 24, 2015 · 1:58 pm

HUNDRED DAYS Runs July 24-Aug. 22

KTC_Hunderd Days logoHUNDRED DAYS
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
July 24-Aug. 22
Over-the-Rhine

Directed by Anne Kauffman
Choreographed by Sonya Tayeh

Cast: Abigail Bengson as Sarah, Shaun Bengson as Will, Jo Lampert as Max, Colette Alexander – Cello, Brian Koch – Kit drummer, Lindsey Augusta Mercer – Vocalist/Instrumentalist & James Creque – Vocal/Guitar
Dancers: Sarah Emmons, Katie Farry, Courtney Howard & Jacob Thoman

A folk rock odyssey written by and starring husband and wife duo Shaun and Abigail Bengson. HUNDRED DAYS is the fierce, triumphant story of a young couple who fall in love, only to have their time together cut short by a fatal illness. With the brash intensity of youth, they decide to try and live the 100 days they have left together as though it were the 60 years they had imagined they would have. Know Theatre is thrilled to be a part of the next stage in the development of a wildly inventive new musical, originally commissioned by Z space in San Francisco, that blends the simple magic of storytelling with a no-holds-barred concert.

  • Fri-Sat, July 24-25 at 8pm
  • Sun, July 26 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, July 30-Aug. 1 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 2 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Aug. 6-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 9 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Aug. 13-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 16 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Aug. 20-22 at 8pm

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June 24, 2015 · 1:24 pm

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA [ABRIDGED] Runs July 24-Aug. 15

Miranda McGee, Geoffrey Barnes & Justin McCombs. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

Miranda McGee, Geoffrey Barnes & Justin McCombs. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA [ABRIDGED]
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
July 24-Aug. 15
Downtown

Directed by Jeremy Dubin

Cast: Miranda McGee, Justin McCombs & Geoffrey Barnes

The brilliant (and deranged) minds that reduced all of 38 of Shakespeare’s plays into one madcap evening of theater do it again, this time reducing centuries of American history! In THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA [ABRIDGED] watch as three actors, who may or may not have passed their high school History class, take you on a whirlwind historical tour sending up many of our nation’s greatest hits and misses. Audiences raved about the hilarious The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and are sure to rave again as we lovingly lampoon the land of liberty.

  • In preview, Wed-Thu, July 22-23 at 7:30pm. All seats $25.
  • Fri-Sat, July 24-25 at 7:30pm
  • Thu-Sat July 30-Aug. 1 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Aug. 2 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Aug. 6-7 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Aug. 8 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Aug. 9 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Aug. 13-14 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Aug. 15 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Aug. 16 at 2pm
    *added performances

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June 24, 2015 · 12:22 pm

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Runs July 24-26

SSCC_25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee logoTHE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
SSCC Theatre
July 24-26
Hillsboro

Directed by Rainee Angles
Music directed by David White
Produced by Rainee Angles & Abraham Martin

Cast: Cindi Anderson, Lydia Bolitho, Micaela Countryman, Celia Griffin, Benjamin Gullett, Bob Lambert, Ryan Oates, Zebadiah Pickering-Polstra, & Eric Silcott

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of [potentially made-up] words hoping to never hear the soul crushing, pout inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.

  • Fri-Sat, July 24-25 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 26 at 3:30pm

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