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August 22, 2022 · 11:13 am

A Supernatural Evening with Ghost Hunter Amy Bruni | Mon., Oct. 24 | Music Hall Ballroom

CAA_Amy Bruni logoLIFE WITH THE AFTERLIFE:
A Supernatural Evening with Ghost Hunter
Amy Bruni

October 24, 2022
Music Hall Ballroom

Tickets on sale Friday, August 26 at 10:00 AM

CALENDAR INFORMATION

WHAT: LIFE WITH THE AFTERLIFE: A Supernatural Evening with Ghost Hunter Amy Bruni

WHEN: Monday, October 24, 2022 – 7:00 PM

WHERE: Music Hall Ballroom

PRICE: $45.00 | $35.00.  10% Group Discount (10 or more). Additional service fees may apply.

INFO: Paranormal investigator, author, podcaster and star of Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters, Amy Bruni shares hair-raising tales from her countless hours hunting ghosts at America’s most haunted locations.  Amy shares her unique approach to interacting with the spirits of the dead and those who encounter them. By the end of the night, you will question everything you thought you knew about the spirit world, and life after death.

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale Friday, August 26 at 10:00 AM

  • www.CincinnatiArts.org
  • (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
  • Aronoff Center Ticket Office
  • Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157

CINCINNATI, OH – Paranormal investigator, author, podcaster and star of Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters, Amy Bruni, shares hair-raising tales from her countless hours hunting ghosts at America’s most haunted locations on Monday, October 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM at the Music Hall Ballroom. Seating will be cabaret style with tables and chairs. Drinks and concessions will be available for purchase.

Amy will discuss her unique approach to interacting with the spirits of the dead and those who encounter them. By the end of the night, audience members will question everything they thought they knew about the spirit world and life after death. The event is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2022-23 Season.

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 26 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group discount tickets for 10 or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157.

Amy Bruni started her professional ghost hunting career just over a decade ago, but her experience with ghosts started when she was very young. She started working professionally as a paranormal investigator in 2007, when she began appearing on Ghost Hunters, of which she starred in 116 episodes. Now, she’s the co-star and executive producer of The Travel Channel’s Kindred Spirits, one of the longest-running and highest-rated paranormal television shows, which is currently airing its sixth season and is in pre-production for its seventh. Amy is also the host of the wildly popular Haunted Road podcast, which just wrapped its second season and is in pre-production for its third. In support of these shows, Amy has appeared at numerous conventions, like San Diego and New York Comic Cons, and has many event appearances planned in 2022 and 2023. In addition, Amy is the owner of Strange Escapes, a company offering paranormal excursions to some of America’s most notoriously haunted destinations. A native of northern California, Amy now lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her young daughter.

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

SEASON SPONSORS: AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY HONDA DEALERS, LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS: 21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Fairfield Inn & Suites Cincinnati Uptown/University Area, Graphic Village, Heidelberg Distributing, Kinley Cincinnati, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, TriHealth

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August 22, 2022 · 10:12 am

2022-23 Miami Theatre Season Shines

MU_logoMiami University Theatre announces a season of new and contemporary work that reminds us of the power of community. Working together, we can overcome the most challenging of obstacles and reach new heights of understanding.

In Melanie Marnich’s play These Shining Lives, the women of the Radium Dial factory discover their jobs are slowly destroying their lives. Together they fight for justice, and for their lives to have a greater meaning. The play runs September 28 – October 2  in Gates-Abegglen Theatre, with direction by Cincinnati director, actor, and playwright Torie Wiggins. The design team includes seniors Lauren Lewis (scenery) and Jenna Wrona (lighting), with visiting assistant professor of theatre Lisa Martin-Stuart designing costumes.

Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald invite you into their home in Sharon Pollock’s Angel’s Trumpet. Truths are revealed as the literary couple squares off using weapons of their past, present, and their projected future. Senior Charlotte Perez directs, with designs by junior Jonathan Erwin (scenery), senior Maura Kesterson (costumes), and senior Sydney Cain (lighting). Angel’s Trumpet runs October 26-30 in Studio 88 Theatre. Performances on October 28 and 29 will also be live streamed.

Movement connects the individual performances of Miami Moves, a collection of student-choreographed work curated by visiting assistant professor of theatre Ashley Goos. The eclectic riffs on human movement will feature the lighting design of assistant professor of theatre Marly Wooster. It runs November 12-18 in Gates-Abegglen Theatre.

The Independent Artist Series returns in February, The slate for this free annual festival of student-driven work will be announced in November.

The season comes to a frenzied finale with the British farce The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. Laugh along as the Cornley University Players carry on with a 1920’s murder mystery as everything literally falls apart around them. Associate professor of theatre Lewis Magruder directs the chaos while Miami University Theatre’s technical director Curtis Mortimore and guest designer Brian Seckfort team up to design scenery. Visiting assistant professor of theatre Lisa Martin-Stuart designs costumes.

Tickets for Miami University Theatre productions can be purchased through the Miami University Box Office in Nellie Craig Walker Hall, (513) 529-5000 or at MiamiOH.edu/Tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door in the Center for Performing Arts.

Miami University instructors are invited to include a Miami University Theatre production as a  course requirement. Students will receive tickets at the discounted price of $6 per ticket, and the instructor will receive two free tickets. To participate in the curricular discount program, contact the box office and provide the course number.

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August 19, 2022 · 2:42 pm

The Carnegie Announces Departure of Theatre Director, Maggie Perrino

TC_Maggie PerrinoCOVINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2022) – Today, The Carnegie announced that long-time Theatre Director Maggie Perrino will leave to pursue a new position as the artistic director of the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati. She will finish out the summer season with The Carnegie and is set to change positions in early September.

Since starting with The Carnegie in 2015, Perrino has successfully grown The Carnegie’s theatre program and distinguished herself in the region’s theatre community. Under Perrino’s leadership, The Carnegie theatre navigated audiences and performers through the pandemic. During this time Perrino founded The Carnegie’s Creative Disruption Committee, an artist-driven consortium dedicated to creating live theatre opportunities during the pandemic and included outdoor productions throughout the Greater Cincinnati region.

More recently, Perrino originated The Carnegie’s Summer Theatre Series. This new repertory series is the region’s only summer stock style programming and proudly creates summer employment opportunities for local theatre professionals and college students.

“Maggie has left an amazing mark on our organization and will forever be a part of The Carnegie family.” said Carnegie Executive Director Kim Best. “Maggie’s passion and experience make her perfect for her new position and SCPA is lucky to be gaining such an accomplished artist and educator. Everyone at The Carnegie wishes her the best of luck in this next endeavor.”

Efforts are currently underway to fill the theatre director position. More information can be found at thecarnegie.com/now-hiring/.

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About The Carnegie
The Carnegie is Northern Kentucky’s largest multidisciplinary arts venue providing theatre events, educational programs and art exhibitions to the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. The Carnegie facility is home to The Carnegie Galleries, the Otto M. Budig Theatre, and the Eva G. Farris Education Center. More information about The Carnegie is available at http://www.thecarnegie.com or by calling (859) 491-2030.The Carnegie is supported by the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from the Kentucky Arts Council, City of Covington, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and Cincinnati International Wine Festival.

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August 19, 2022 · 11:47 am

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE Makes Regional Premiere at Falcon Theatre

FT_The Half-Life of Marie Curie logoScience Made Them Remarkable. Friendship Made Them Resilient.

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE By Lauren Gunderson

Makes Regional Premiere at Falcon Theatre

“A 90-minute slice of history brimming with wit and wisdom.” – NewYorkStageReview.com

Production Begins September 23 through October 8, 2022

(Newport, KY) — Falcon Theatre opens its’ 2022-2023 season with the Regional premiere of playwright Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie, a compelling new play about renowned scientist Marie Curie and radical engineer Hertha Ayrton—and the friendship that strengthened their resolve to pursue their ambitions.

In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette. The Half-Life of Marie Curie revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.

Filled with snappy back-and-forth dialogue, this two-woman play is directed by Falcon Theatre Producing Artistic Director, Ted J. Weil, and features Tara Williams (Marie Curie) and Tracy M. Schoster (Hertha Ayrton).

Performances are September 23, 24, 29, 30 and October 1, 6, 7, 8 at 8:00 PM EST. Ticket prices are $28 for adults and $15 for students with valid ID. Visit falcontheater.net for details and to reserve your seats.

Health and Safety Information
In keeping with our policy of putting safety first and also responding to national and local health and safety guidelines, Falcon will no longer require vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests of our patrons. Masks are welcome and strongly recommended, but not required. Please read through all our health and safety guidelines here for full details, which will be updated with all the latest changes so check back before coming to the theater to ensure you understand the current safety guidelines.

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August 18, 2022 · 10:10 am

2023 Season Announced by Brookville Community Theatre

BVCT_logoBCT is proud to announce our 38th season!

ENCHANTED APRIL
(Comedy-Drama)
by Matthew Barber
Directed by Sara Bortz
Auditions: December 27th & 28th at 7pm
Performances: February 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26

DEARLY BELOVED
(Comedy)
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten
Directed by Debbi Robbins
Auditions: February 28th & March 1st at 7pm
Performances: April 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30

GREASE
(Musical)
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Directed by James Nelson
Auditions: April 25th & 26th at 7pm
Performances: June 29, 30, July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16

**Due to new licensing restrictions, we will not be able to perform Mamma Mia as previously announced**

PLAZA SUITE
(Comedy)
by Neil Simon
Directed by James Nelson
Auditions: July 11th & 12th at 7pm
Performances: September 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17

STUCK AT HOME
(Comedy)
by Brian Starchman
Directed by Bonnie Bertelson
Auditions: September 19th & 20th at 7pm
Performances: November 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19

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