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August 5, 2014 · 12:00 pm

OUR TOWN Runs Sept. 5-14

XACT_Our TownOUR TOWN
Presented by Xenia Area Community Theatre
Sept. 5-14
Xenia

Directed by Mike Taint

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Set at the turn of the 20th century, the play reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Xenia, Ohio, U.S.A. The play focusses particularly on the lives of George Gibbs, a doctor’s son, and Emily Webb, the daughter of a newspaper editor. Act I takes place in 1901 and depicts a typical day in the town. Act II, which takes place in 1904, shows the wedding of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Act II, which takes place in 1913, depicts the interaction between Grover’s Corners dead townspeople and the living ones.

  • Fri, Sept. 5 at 6:30pm
    Opening night gala
  • Sat, Sept. 6 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 7 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 14 at 3pm

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August 5, 2014 · 11:49 am

PHONE WHORE On Sept. 5

MISC_Phone WhorePHONE WHORE
Presented by Leapin’ Lizard Lounge
Sept. 5
Covington

Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever….

A slice-of-life comedy/drama, PHONE WHORE won the award for Best Female Solo show at the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival, Pick of the Fringe – Drama at the 2011 Victoria Fringe Festival, Critics’ Choice at the 2013 Houston Fringe Festival, and it was an official selection of the 2012 Zoofest Festival in Montréal. The play invites audiences in for an unflinching look at taboo, fantasy, and the place of “deviant” desires in society today. Mature audiences only. Q&A with artist follows.

  • Fri, Sept. 5 at 8pm

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August 5, 2014 · 10:50 am

RENT Runs Sept. 5-6

D2D_Rent1RENT
Presented by Dare to Defy Productions
Sept. 5-6
Dayton

Directed by JJ Parkey
Music directed by Ian Benjamin
Choreographed by Edward Carignan

Cast: Bobby Mitchum as Mark Cohen, Mark Beyer as Roger Davis, Lisa Glover as Mimi Marquez, Paige Dobkins as Maureen Johnson, Shawn Storms as Joanne Jefferson, Isaac Tobler as Tom Collins, Mike Embree as Angel Schunard, Mathys Herbert as Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III
Ensemble: Marcus Bedinger, Jamal Cann, Haylee Dobkins, Zach King, Danielle Kubasky, TC Schreier & Mackensie Vonderbrink

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today.

  • Fri, Sept. 5 at 8pm
  • Sat, Sept. 6 at 2pm & 8pm

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August 4, 2014 · 12:51 pm

HE KEEPS ME SINGING Runs Sept. 4-Nov. 1

LAC_He Keeps Me Singing_logoHE KEEPS ME SINGING
Presented by La Comedia Dinner Theatre
Sept. 4-Nov. 1
Springboro

If you liked SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, you’ll love HE KEEPS ME SINGING! Last seen on stage in I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, the Singing Hatfield Family will tickle your funny bone and touch your heart while singing and playing those great old gospel standards.

Orval and Opal are joined by Reverend Virgil Hathaway, their granddaughters, and the rest of the Hatfield clan at the “Sinsperation ’52” revival under the tent at their small town church in Oklahoma. Songs like “How Great Thou Art,” “Just As I Am” and “Love Lifted Me” are the musical setting in this down-home, musical about faith and family.

  • Thu, Sept. 4 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 5-6 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 7 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Sept. 10-11 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 12-13 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 14 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Sept. 17-18 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 19-20 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 21 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Sept. 24-25 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 26-27 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 28 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 1-2 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 3-4 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 5 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 8-9 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 10-11 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 12 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 15-16 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 147-18 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 19 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 22-23 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 24-25 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Oct. 26 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Thu, Oct. 29-30 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at 5:30pm

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August 4, 2014 · 11:48 am

MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET Runs Sept. 4-21

Lauren Ashley Carter as Ruth, Kyle Nunn as Jimmy, Jennifer Joplin as Beverly & Wendy Barrie-Wilson as Clara. Photo by Scott J. Kimmins.

Lauren Ashley Carter as Ruth, Kyle Nunn as Jimmy, Jennifer Joplin as Beverly & Wendy Barrie-Wilson as Clara. Photo by Scott J. Kimmins.

MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
Presented by Human Race Theatre Company
Sept. 4-21
Dayton

Directed by Richard E. Hess

Cast: Wendy Barrie-Wilson as Clara, Lauren Ashley Carter as Ruth, Jennifer Joplin as Beverly & Kyle Nunn as Jimmy

Sixty years ago, Grandpa Nowak had a vision of the Virgin Mary in his Buffalo, New York barbershop and had an unusual statue of her made to commemorate the miracle. For decades, his family has faithfully tended to his quirky shrine—a source of hope and inspiration in an otherwise run-down part of town. That is until a deathbed confession knocks them for a loop in this hilarious hit comedy that proves when it comes to local legends, there’s more than meets the eye.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 4-6 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 7 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, Sept. 9 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, Sept. 10-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 14 at 2pm 
  • Tue, Sept. 16 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, Sept. 17-20 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 21 at 2pm

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