IN ELIZABETH’S GRACE
Presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
May 12
Downtown
Written by Joe Bobbitt
A young, successful miller, with damsel troubles, aspires to a play-writing career, as he becomes involved with the acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and, oh, yes, an up-and-coming playwright named Will Shakespeare. There is also a moving (literally) theater incident.
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SHREK The Musical
Presented by Playhouse South
May 8-17
Kettering
Directed by Becki Norgaard
Vocal direction by Lorri Johnson-Topping
Choregraphed by Annette Looper
Cast: Zach King as Shrek, Kyle Jones as Young Shrek, Alyssa Welker as Mama Shrek, Aaron Brewer as Papa Shrek, Esther Hyland as Fiona, Stephanie Penrod as Teen Fiona, Cate Shannon as Young Fiona, Mark Goodwin as King, Nancy Albert as Queen/Featured dancer, Jim Brown as Farquuad, Tia Seay as Donkey, Parisa Samavati as Dragon, Brent Hoggatt as Pinocchio, Mackensie Vonderbrink as Gingy, Aaron Eechaute-Lopez as Wolf/ Spinning Antelope/ Valet, Lisa Glover as Humpty Dumpty/ Blind mouse/ Featured Dancer, Angie Thacker as Mama Bear, Kurt Cypher as Papa Bear, Raef Norgaard as Baby Bear, Janelle Chamness as Fairy Godmother, Jamie Pavlofsky as Mama Duck, Mary Nunnery as Ugly Duckling, Serenity Earich as Baby Duckling, Emily Cypher as Elf, T.J. Montgomery as Peter Pan, Katelyn Byers as Tinkerbell, Xander Hildebrand as Arabian Princess, Lisa Newman as Queen of Hearts, Jess Jones as White Rabbit, Savannah Earich as Baby Rabbit, Kelsey Cypher as Little Red Riding Hood, Aaron Brewer as Mad Hatter, Alli Brown as Pig 1, Sammy Johnson as Pig 2, Leah Curran as Pig 3, Bobby Gray as Sugar Plum Fairy, Emma Gray as Gumdrop Fairy, Donna Cason as Wicked Witch 1, Cheryl Kayser as Wicked Witch 2, Aurora Nunnery as Cheshire kitten, Alicia Johnson as Female Pirate, Sara Bortz as Evil Stepmother, Jordan Eechaute- Lopez as Gnome/Bluebird, Nick Bellmayer as Lead Guard/ Featured Dancer, Tracie Puckett as Pied Piper/ Featured soloist, Amber Todd as Blind Mouse, Abby Land as Blind Mouse, Autumn Sanders as Tooth Fairy & Olivia Fogle as Ursula
Featured Dancers: (Duloc, Rats, Soldiers, other): Andrea Hansgen, Summer Lehman & Nicole Sword
A song-and dance-filled stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film. Instead of a knight riding a noble steed, the hero is Shrek, a swamp-dwelling ogre teamed up with a chatterbox donkey. And the princess? She’s the slightly temperamental Fiona. After Shrek rescues Fiona from a dragon-guarded tower, the two fall in love before she reveals there’s more to her than meets the eye. Other fairytale misfits add surprises: from a Gingerbread Man with an attitude to Three Blind Mice channeling their inner Dreamgirls.
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INDEPENDENCE
Presented by Unity Productions and Queen City Queen Theatre Collective
May 10-11
Over-the-Rhine
Directed by Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Cast: Alison Vodnoy Wolf, Cathy Springfield, Linnea Bond & Kaleigh-Brooke Dillingham
Barebones staged reading. A family comedy/drama set In small-town Independence, Iowa. Kess, Jo, and Sherry, differ on how to handle the surfacing of their mother, Evelyn’s mental health concerns. Each has their own struggles with mother; Kess’ sexuality, Jo’s surprise pregnancy, and Sherry’s finishing high school to leave home for good. Evelyn basks in her grown daughters’ return, denies any need of assistance, and each character deals with finding their own state of independence.
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CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
Presented by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
May 9-June 7
Eden Park
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
Cast: Charlotte Booker as Marty, Sam Gregory as Schultz, Mattie Hawkinson as Theresa, Ronete Levenson as Lauren and Andrew May as James
In this charmingly comic off-Broadway hit, unanticipated revelations result when five people enroll in a community center adult acting class. Over six weeks, seemingly silly theatre games unwittingly expose their innermost hopes and fears. Secrets are disclosed. Relationships begin and end. Real-life drama supplements the make-believe.
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Rick Kramer as Bela Zangler & John Woll as Bobby Child.
Coming to the Aronoff’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater on May 8-16.
CRAZY FOR YOU is the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be ex-fiancée, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include I Can’t Be Bothered Now,Bidin’ My Time, I Got Rhythm,Naughty Baby, They Can’t Take That Away from Me,But Not for Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me.
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