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THE BLIND DATE PROJECT Runs March 5-7

CAC_The Bling Date Project logoTHE BLIND DATE PROJECT
Presented by The Contemporary Arts Center at Know Theatre of Cincinnati
March 5-7
Over-the-Rhine

Cast: Bojana Novakovic & Jon Kovach on Friday, Darnell Pierre Benjamin on Saturday

A theatrical experiment, THE BLIND DATE PROJECT was created by Serbian/Australian actress, writer and producer Bojana Novakovic and Marc Winter, with the intention of learning about the social experiment of blind dating. Just like her character Anna, Novakovic, who sits alone in a bar, has no idea who her date will be until the show begins. Each date follows the same basic structure, in which karaoke is involved, but no two dates are the same.

The director provides each actor with a unique direction, defining what they would like each character to get out of the date. Guided only by text messages and phone calls from the director, each performance promises to be as unpredictable as it is dangerous. Premiering in Australia in 2012, the show aims to demonstrate the vulnerable, thoughtful, hilarious and humiliating moments that can happen on a first date.

  • Thu-Sat, March 5-7 at 8pm

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AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Runs March 27-29

SSCC_August Osage CountyAUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Presented by SSCC Theatre
March 27-29
Hillsboro

A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major new play that unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

Cast: Stormi Bledsoe, Bob Brown, Paula Campagna, Kendra Clisby, Coni Coleman, Benjamin Gullett, Hannah Hengler, Leslie Holmes, Mark Holmes, Bronwyn Jones, Bob Lambert, John Scott & Eric Silcott

  • Fri-Sat, March 27-28 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 29 at 3:30pm

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MUD NOSTALGIA Runs March 26-28

NKU_Mud Nostagia logoMUD NOSTALGIA
Presented by Northern Kentucky University
March 26-28
Highland Heights

Directed by Bruce Hermann

Performed by Sue Ott Rowlands

Professional actress, Sue Ott Rowlands, explores the rich tradition of the Appalachian region of the United States through the unique spiritual traditions of the mountain holiness religions, specifically the serpent-handling churches. Blending music, movement, and narrative, Ott Rowlands brings to life the story of a young holiness woman struggling to understand her life and her faith in light of a devastating act of betrayal. Having barely survived staggering abuse at the hands of her husband, she desperately seeks understanding – her own and ours. Handling snakes, she explains, is “one half faith in the Holy Spirit and one half faith in modern doctors.” Combining humor, traditional Appalachian music, and personal reflections on the nature of life and love, Mud Nostalgia offers a touching glimpse of the beauty of the spiritual faith and the tenacity of the human spirit.

  • Thu-Sat, March 26-28 at 8pm

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THE BREEZE BENDS THE GRASS on March 5-7

FT_Breeze Bends the GrassTHE BREEZE BENDS THE GRASS
Presented by Falcon Theater
March 5-7
Newport

In 1915, there were a handful of women artists. Four of them changed the rules: Painter Marie Goth; Metal Artist Janet Payne Bowles; Landscape Artist Selma Steele; and Ceramacists, The Overbeck Sisters.

At turns poignant and hilarious, THE BREEZE BENDS THE GRASS is a musical and visual pastiche of the lives and struggles of women artists amidst the Arts & Crafts movement of the early 20th century and is the collaboration of three award-winning writers: composer, Krista Detor; author, Arbutus Cunningham and playwright T.K. Lee. The director, Danielle Bruce and cast of performers are stellar and this traveling show is funded, in part, by the Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant and Women’s Way.

  • Thu-Sat, March 5-7 at 8pm

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ON WEAPONS AND WOUNDS On March 3

MISC_On Weapons and Wounds logoON WEAPONS AND WOUNDS
A Collection of Four Short Plays by A. K. Forbes
March 3
Fort Thomas

Directed by Patrick Downey

Cast: Joe Doscher, Nathan Henegar, Angela Klocke Forbes, Liberty Fraysure, Teresa Myers & Steve Myers

A one-night-only performance of four short plays by A. K. Forbes. Benefits The Village Players of Fort Thomas trip to Chattanooga for regional competition.

Tue, March 3 at 7:30pm

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