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March 18, 2025 · 3:17 pm

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Runs April 17-27

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Queen City Productions
April 17-27
Art Center at Dunham [West Price Hill]

While driving on a rainy night, strait-laced lovebirds Brad Majors  and Janet Weiss  end up by chance at the castle of  Dr. Frank-N-Furter and his bizarre entourage and find that he’s having a party. This is no ordinary party. This is the unveiling of the doctor’s latest creation: Rocky Horror, a man-made Adonis that will give absolute pleasure. Over the course of the night, Frank seduces both Brad and Janet, Janet and Rocky become Biblically involved, and Dr. Everett V. Scott arrives looking for his nephew, Eddie.  This is an exceedingly grand visual and musical camp satire of the golden days of the B-movie horror and science-fiction genres. With a memorable, musical soundtrack to give audience participation a new meaning, this shall be a night that Brad and Janet and audience members will remember for a very long time. Join us for an exciting new take on this sexually kinky, rock ‘n roll world of a gender-bending scientist – and his time warped plans.

  • Thu, April 17 at 7:30pm (Denton Cast)
  • Fri, April 18 at 8pm (Transylvania Cast)
  • Sat, April 19 at 2pm (Denton Cast)
  • Sat, April 19 at 10pm Interactive/Audience Participation (Transylvania Cast)
  • Thu, April 24 at 7:30pm (Transylvania Cast)
  • Fri, April 25 at 8pm (Denton Cast)
  • Sat, April 26 at 2pm (Transylvania Cast)
  • Sat, April 26 at 10pm Interactive/Audience Participation (Denton Cast)

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March 18, 2025 · 3:15 pm

DURING/AFTER Runs April 4-12

DURING/AFTER
Falcon Theatre
April 4-12
[Newport]

Written by Wendy Vogel
Directed by Ed Cohen

Cast: Rick Grant as Lucas, Samantha Weil as Eden, Ryan Bowron as Aaron, Tristan Pianovski as Nate & Bill Keeton as James

Every decision we make sculpts our lives, inch by inch. Told through interweaving monologues and flashbacks, this world premiere examines choice and consequence, redemption and forgiveness in the stories of three men whose lives are connected in ways they could never conceive.

  • Fri-Sat, April 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 6 at 4pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 11-12 at 8pm

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March 17, 2025 · 3:31 pm

THE ST. JOHN PASSION PLAY Runs April 5-13

LCC_St. John Passion PlayTHE ST. JOHN PASSION PLAY
Lockland Christian Church
April 5-13
[Lockland]

In February 1917 America was at war.  Like other parishes throughout the United States, St. John the Baptist Church in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati had readily given its quota of men to the armed forces during World War I. Eight of them had already been killed in action.

Father Richard Wurth, Franciscan pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, was deeply saddened by the loss of these eight young men, and considered how he and his parishioners could merit a special protection of God for the others serving in active duty. He remembered how the wood-carving peasants of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps had escaped the Black Death in the 17th century by vowing to produce a Passion Play every ten years in thanksgiving.

With hope in his heart, Father Wurth decided on a similar strategy.  He produced Veronica, or the Holy Face, a play centered on the passion and death of Christ. After the third and final performance, he called all of the actors together backstage.  Realizing there had been no more battle-related casualties, they joined hands in thanksgiving. They solemnly pledged to present a passion play annually for the continued protection of those serving in the war. The following year, in 1918, The St. John Passion Play was established. Since that time, that promise has not been broken.

  • Sat, April 5 at 7pm
  • Sun, April 6 at 3pm
  • Sat, April 12 at 7pm
  • Sun, April 13 at 3pm (Veteran’s Appreciation Day)

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March 12, 2025 · 3:23 pm

THE WEDDING SINGER Runs April 16-May 11

THE WEDDING SINGER
Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
April 16-May 11
[East Price Hill]

Directed by Stacy Searle
Music directed by Ted Baldwin
Choreographed by Zac Holman

Cast: Cian Steele as Robbie, Trey Finkenstead as Sammy, Tyler Gau as George, Maria Zierolf as Julia, Jenny Herndon as Holly, Cassidy Perme as Linda, John Herndon as Glen, Emily Borst as Rosie & Mary Vosseberg as Angie
Ensemble: Mary Vosseberg, Carter Bechtol, Will Francis, Rand Geers, Worley Stidman, Zach Petrie, Annika Jonker, Elizabeth Travnik, Sara Cox, Karli Smith, Danielle Ullman & Emma Hunt

It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

  • Wed-Thu, April 16-17 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 18-19 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 20 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 23-24 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 25-26 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 27 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 30-May 1 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 2-3 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 4 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, May 7-8 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 9-10 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 11 at 2pm

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March 12, 2025 · 3:22 pm

THE NATCHEZ TRACE, BURNT TOAST OF BROADWAY and GUARDIAN ANGEL BLUES On April 15

THE NATCHEZ TRACE, BURNT TOAST OF BROADWAY and GUARDIAN ANGEL BLUES
Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
April 15
Aronoff Center Fifth-Third Bank Theatre [Downtown]

THE NATCHEZ TRACE by Jeremy Simmons
An old man tells his tale to a typist recording early American stories for the Library of Congress. He tells a shocking, thrilling tale of escape from slavery. His name is Ned Forrest. The year is 1856. Two men, Ned and Moses, escape their bondage on a Mississippi plantation during a fire as it destroys the river town of Natchez. Following an old trail along the river, under downpours and lightning storms, the men struggle through the wilderness while being hunted. Capture meant torture, possibly death. Evading disaster time and time again, often by the slimmest of margins, the two men find ways to work together and form a friendship as they fight to reach Mexico and their freedom. With waning strength Ned and Moses live face to face with fear, disillusionment and finally, redemption.

BURNT TOAST OF BROADWAY by Greg Hatfield
In a sparkling homage to Noel Coward, divorced theater duo Amanda and Edward bicker and banter their way through 1953 New York, sabotaging each other’s plans while searching for their next Broadway hit. Amidst witty repartee and undeniable chemistry, will they realize their potential for success lies in reuniting and reigniting their creative spark?

GUARDIAN ANGEL BLUES by Dave Doster
Dave Doster’s playlets include Thanks for Calling, Rushing for Pandas, The Obstacle Course, and The Last Out all produced by Gi60 (NYC and Leeds, UK), and can be found on YouTube. Dave has been writing weekly with NY/NJ based “Curtains On Fire” workshop and podcast since 2020.

  • Tue, April 15 at 7:30pm

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