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January 14, 2025 · 6:59 pm

LOVEFEST 3 On Feb. 11

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Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
Feb. 11
Fifth Third Bank Theater [Downtown]

A Ten-minute play festival and fundraiser showcasing the health and wellness community efforts and spotlight local Women of Impact during Heart Month with the Cincinnati Area Heart Association.

The plays by CPI members chosen to be performed as staged readings are:

  • MIXED DOUBLES by Liz Coley
  • RUNNING AGAINST TIME by Doug Decatur
  • ONE NIGHT STANDS by Dave Doster
  • LAST CALL by Rose Vanden Enyden
  • SEVENTEEN by Terri Foltz
  • A SECOND CHANCE by Camilla McMahon
  • HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS by Fred Rothzeid
  • RONCO PRODUCTS by Charles Stephan
  • Tue, Feb. 11 at 7:30pm

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January 14, 2025 · 6:47 pm

I NEED THAT Runs Feb. 8-March 2

I NEED THAT
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Feb. 8-March 2
[Over-the-Rhine]

Written and directed by Theresa Rebeck

Cast: Kenneth Early as Foster, Maggie Lou Rader as Amelia & David Wohl as Sam

Award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck (Bad Dates, NBC’s Smash) directs her new hilarious, heartfelt, and human play about a curmudgeonly father, his exasperated daughter, his patient best friend, and life’s messes following its successful Broadway run. Sam doesn’t get out much. Actually, he doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his things—his many, many things. But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must clean up his property or face eviction, he’s forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two. After decades of knowing each other, Sam and his companions have no problem being candid with each other, using adult language and touching on some tough topics like PTSD and other mental illnesses, death and suicide, racism, and violence, all while humorously trying to clean up life’s messes.

  • In preview Sat, Feb. 8 at 7pm
  • In preview Tue, Feb. 11 at 7pm
  • Wed-Fri, Feb. 12-14 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 15 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 16 at 2pm
  • Tue-Fri, Feb. 18-21 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 22 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 23 at 2pm
  • Tue-Fri, Feb. 25-28 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, March 1 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 2 at 2pm

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January 13, 2025 · 6:45 pm

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD Runs Feb. 7-22

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Feb. 7-22
[Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Piper N. Davis

In a cubicle in small town Idaho, two single dads unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile worlds. Keith, a mortgage broker and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker seeking to buy a plot of land that belonged to his family many decades ago, realize they share a “specific kind of sadness.”

At this desk in the middle of America, “loan talk” opens up into a discussion about the chokehold of financial insecurity and a bond over the precariousness of parenthood. With humor, empathy, and wrenching honesty, Hunter commingles two lives and deftly bridges disparate experiences of marginality.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 7-8 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 9 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, Feb. 12-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 16 at 2pm
  • Mon. Feb. 17 at 7:30pm
  • Wed-Sat, Feb. 19-22 at 7:30pm

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January 13, 2025 · 6:39 pm

ELEEMONYNARY Runs Feb. 7-15

ELEEMONYNARY
Beechmont Players, Inc.
Feb. 7-15
Gabriel’s Corner [Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Kate Brauer-Bell
Produced by Noah Moore

Cast: Alejandra Decima as Echo, Alaska Stoughton as Artie & Elizabeth Hickerson as Dorothea

Eleemosynary probes into the delicate relationship of three singular women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie’s daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect—and sensitivity—whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea. As the play begins, Echo is caring for Dorothea, who has just had a stroke. During the course of the play, Echo tries to bring the three women together. Eleemosynary presents fragmented vignettes of the lives of the three women as they struggle to define themselves both as individuals and as part of a family unit. This poignant and mature study of familial relationships highlights the human need for connection and forgiveness.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 7-8 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Feb. 9 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Feb. 13-14 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 15 at 2pm

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January 13, 2025 · 6:26 pm

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY Runs Feb. 6-16

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
Brookville Community Theatre
Feb. 6-16
[Brookville, Oh.]

Directed by by Kendal Garrett

Cast: Rhonda Lynn Lampley as Lilly Petty, Twink Futrelle as Jessica Suba, Honey Raye Futrelle as Erica Flory, Frankie Futrelle Dubberly as Rachel Smith, Dub Dubberly as James Nelson, Gina Jo (G.J.) Waverly as Kailee Hoskins, Justin Waverly as Zeke Williford, Geneva Musgrave as Sheryl Koontz, John Curtis Buntner as John Wysong, Iney Dubberly as Debbi Robbins, Raynerd Chisum as Othniel Shupert, Davya Davidson as Ashley Rickert & Buck Strickland as Zach Rickert

The Futrelle sisters are in a heap of trouble. Their beloved hometown of Fayro, Texas, is in danger of disappearing, and it’s up to the sisters to save it from extinction by luring a salsa manufacturing factory to town. To seal the deal, Honey Raye, who leads the Chamber of Commerce, makes promises to woo the salsa company rep to choose Fayro. So now it’s up to her sisters and the citizens of Fayro to pull together, turn her promises into reality and save their town using their Southern strength and ingenuity, which is a recipe for total hilarity.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 8 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 8 at 3pm

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