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Know Theatre Presents One-Night Only Staged Reading of THE INVESTIGATION: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN TEN ACTS

KTC_The Investigation logoKnow Theatre presents a one-night only staged reading of
THE INVESTIGATION: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN TEN ACTS
by Robert Schenkkan
October 24 at 8 PM

We think you CAN handle the truth.

When the news cycle moves faster than a speeding bullet, sometimes you gotta take a moment to dig into the big stories to understand what the heck is really going on.

THE INVESTIGATION: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN TEN ACTS by Robert Schenkkan is a one-night-only staged reading of the fascinating (and surprisingly funny) dramatization of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, “The Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Election.”

Based on the findings of the Special Counsel himself, THE INVESTIGATION brings into vivid focus just what is at stake when self-serving interests threaten our democratic process.

Whether you’re a news junkie, or just trying to make sense of the chaos – this story is speaking to you.

Robert Schenkkan, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright and screenwriter behind All The Way (onstage at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Spring 2020), Hacksaw Ridge, The Quiet American, and more, brings his eye for action and ear for dialogue to this ripped-from-the-headlines dramatization of the most explosive report of the 21st Century.

The first SecondStage event of our 22nd Season, THE INVESTIGATION is in the capable hands of director Lauren Carr, the Ohio Governor’s Award-winning Director of Education and Outreach of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.

Lauren has assembled a cast of diverse and unexpected voices to shake up your perception of the political story of the decade. We can guarantee you’ve never seen President Trump like this!

Law Works, a bipartisan legal advocacy group, provides this script to dozens of theatres around the nation as part of an effort to ensure that everyone has access to the discoveries uncovered in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

If you can handle the truth, join us October 24 at 8 PM for this one-night-only live experience – the staged reading of THE INVESTIGATION: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN TEN ACTS.

Cast in Alphabetical Order

  • Erin Carr
  • Abi Esmena
  • Elliot Young

…additional cast TBD

Production Team

  • Director: Lauren Carr

Calendar Listing

  • Production:   Staged reading of THE INVESTIGATION by Robert Schenkkan
  • When: 8:00 pm   October 24, 2019
  • Where: Know Theatre of Cincinnati. 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. In historic Over-the-Rhine.
  • Tickets: $25 regular price tickets
  • $15 Rush tickets at the door 10 minutes prior to curtain (as available)

Tickets can be purchased by visiting knowtheatre.com or calling 513.300.5669

Know Theatre is Cincinnati’s Theatrical Playground. The Know showcases unexpected voices, new works, and plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic risks, creating work that is cutting edge and accessible.

Law Works engages bipartisan voices and educates the public on the importance of the rule of law, the role of the special counsel in the justice system, and the integrity of our judicial institutions.

Know Theatre’s work is made possible, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.  

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. 

Know Theatre is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater 

Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving.

 Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network. 

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STOP KISS Opens October 11 at the Dunham Arts Center

INNOV_Stop Kiss logoInnova Theatre, Cincinnati’s exciting new theatre company is pleased to kick off its third season with STOP KISS by Diana Son, directed by Jeff Nieman.  The play contains two stories, told in parallel in alternating scenes. The first story follows Callie and Sara as they meet and develop a friendship, and then begin a romantic relationship. The other story relates how that relationship is affected by a tragic event, which is not shown on stage. It’s a moving story of love first developing and then persevering.

Stephanie Klein, who plays Callie, says. “the message of this show is so important and relevant. As an LGBTQ person, I am fully aware of the tribulations we face.” Maddy Weinkam says, “It’s sad how pertinent it still is today, but I’m so glad to get to be a part of it.”

Director Jeff Nieman says that it was important to “create a place my cast felt safe and comfortable. A place that allows me to push them emotionally to reach the depths of these characters.”

Cast members include Stephanie Klein as Callie, Mandy Weinkam as Sara, Nicholas Dunker as George, Jamie Ball as Peter, Eric Thomas as Detective Cole, Trisha Cooper as Mrs. Winsley, and Rachel A. Smith as Nurse. It is directed by Jeff Nieman and produced by Denise A. Schnieders.

Show dates are Friday through Sunday October 11-13 and 18-20 at the Dunham Community Arts Center at 1945 Dunham Way. Cincinnati 45238. Tickets are available by calling 937-802-2637 or from the website innovatheatre.com.

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BLINK Opportunities at the Aronoff Center and Music Hall

CAA_Blink logoOctober 10-13, 2019
7:00 PM-11:00 PM

[CINCINNATI, OH] – The Aronoff Center and Music Hall will be open to the public during Cincinnati’s much-anticipated BLINK – one of the largest light, art, and projection mapping events in the nation – Thursday, October 10 to Sunday, October 13 from 7:00 PM-11:00 PM each night.  Restrooms will be available, and guests may purchase drinks and light snacks at the venues’ bars.  In addition, BLINK-inspired art installations/exhibitions may be experienced at both buildings.

Entry to the Aronoff Center and Music Hall is FREE and all are welcome.  New safety screening procedures will be in effect at both venues. CLICK HERE for more information about these procedures.

BLINK-RELATED INSTALLATIONS / EXHIBITIONS

ARONOFF CENTER – Weston Art Gallery
Emanate – This group exhibition features light-based works that include phosphorescent painting, neon sculpture, illuminated photography, video, and projection. Participating artists include Tom Bacher, Hank Hildebrandt and Erin Taylor, Diana Duncan Holmes and the late Timothy Riordan, C. Jacqueline Wood, Alice Pixley Young (all Cincinnati, OH); Christian Schmit (Lakeside Park, KY); Connie Sullivan (Ft. Wright, KY); Nate Ricciuto and Lindsay Deifik, Liz Roberts, Suzanne Silver, Todd Slaughter (all Columbus, OH, except Deifik who is in Philadelphia, PA); Anthony Luensman (Tucson, AZ); and Sarah Knobel (Potsdam, NY).

ARONOFF CENTER – north and south plaza punch windows
Cultivars (The Dead Don’t Die) – This exterior installation by Cincinnati artist C. Jacqueline Wood features a total of 27 large-scale illuminated representations of slide transparencies of Amaryllis flowers originally cultivated by the artist’s grandmother and photographed by her grandfather. Cultivars explores the roles of analogue media in the digital age, by resurrecting images taken long ago and re-contextualizing their meaning for today. The collected images represent not only the ephemeral life of these hybrid plants, but also the creative lineage of past generations.

ARONOFF CENTER – Fifth Third Bank Theater
Modern Hybrids x 8 – This video work by C. Jacqueline Wood originates from the original 18 images used to create Cultivars (The Dead Don’t Die) featured on the north and south plazas of the Aronoff Center. Projected on the east-facing windows of the Fifth Third Bank Theater entrance, the work utilizes the concept of hybrid cultivation to create variations on a short loop. These visual hybrids are created through digital editing featuring dissolves and compositing that reimagine the original botanical technique as a digital strategy.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles-based artist Chris Kallmyer will present the following two art installations at Cincinnati Music Hall.

MUSIC HALL – Springer Auditorium
All Possible Music – This new film contains within it all music that could ever happen ever. Kallmyer takes an expansive definition of music, including formal performances, imagined sonic situations, and reconfigured concerts described in handwritten scores that move across the screen and depict a world that is largely of speculative music: a blissful symphony for an audience of careful listeners, bangin’ dance music in a cabin set deep in the woods, a solo contrabass alone on a mountaintop, or avant-garde drum machines that heal the earth and its people.

MUSIC HALL – Lindner Grand Foyer
Crickets – One thousand beautifully-lit live crickets will be amplified throughout this expansive space. The crickets create a sound that points to memory, the passage of time, and the poetics of place.

BLINK
This free four-day arts event takes place in downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, spanning more than thirty city blocks and crossing the historic John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River. BLINK will turn the region into an outdoor art museum with large-scale projection mapping installations, murals, and immersive art.

For more information about BLINK 2019, visit blinkcincinnati.com.

BLINK is illuminated by ArtsWave and generously sponsored by The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation.

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Cincinnati Opera Presents Metropolitan Opera Star Stephen Costello in AN EVENING OF BEL CANTO ARIAS

Considered to be “among the world’s best tenors” (Daily Express, UK),
Costello performs opera favorites at Memorial Hall Oct. 29

co_logoCINCINNATI—Cincinnati Opera proudly presents world-renowned tenor Stephen Costello in a special concert event this fall.

On Tuesday, October 29, Costello will perform an evening of opera favorites from the bel canto (Italian for “beautiful singing”) era, including excerpts from The Elixir of Love, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, and more. The concert reunites Costello with Cincinnati Opera after his acclaimed performances as Rodolfo in La Bohème (2010) and Alfredo in La Traviata (2012). The event also celebrates the recent release of Costello’s first solo album, A Te, O Cara, a collection of bel canto arias by Donizetti, Verdi, and Bellini on the Delos label.

CO_Stephen Costello headshot“A prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact” (Associated Press), Stephen Costello stands “among the world’s best tenors” (Daily Express, UK). The Philadelphia-born artist came to national attention in 2007, when, aged 26, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut on the company’s season-opening night. Two years later, Costello won the opera industry’s prestigious Richard Tucker Award, and he has since appeared at many of the world’s most important opera houses and music festivals, including London’s Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, and the Salzburg Festival.

Tickets for Stephen Costello: An Evening of Bel Canto Arias begin at $35. To order, visit cincinnatiopera.org or call (513) 241-2742.

Cincinnati Opera presents
STEPHEN COSTELLO: AN EVENING OF BEL CANTO ARIAS

Date & Time:
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 | 7:30 p.m
A reception with the artist will follow.

Location:
Memorial Hall | Over-the-Rhine
1225 Elm Street | Cincinnati, OH 45202

Tickets:
$35-$55

To order:
cincinnatiopera.org | (513) 241-2742

Sponsored by The Peter G. Courlas & Nicholas Tsimaras Fund

About Cincinnati Opera 

Founded in 1920 and the second oldest opera company in the nation, Cincinnati Opera presents a thrilling season of grand opera every summer. The company’s repertoire includes beloved classics and contemporary masterworks brought to life by some of the world’s most dynamic performers and creative teams. 

Cincinnati Opera’s 2020 100th Anniversary Summer Festival takes place June 18 through August 1, 2020, and features Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, the world premiere of William Menefield and Sheila Williams’s Fierce, Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, the world premiere of Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s Castor and Patience, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. The 2020 season is made possible with support from ArtsWave, Ohio Arts Council, The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund, and many generous individuals, corporations, and foundations. 

Cincinnati Opera’s mission is to enrich and connect our community through diverse opera experiences. 

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Don’t BLINK and Miss CASPER! He’s Haunting TCT’s Prices this Friday with a 24-hour Ticket Sale

TCTC_Casper Ghost Uncles

Joey Logan as Uncle Fatso, Sam Johnson as Uncle Stretch & A. James Jones as Uncle Stinky. Photo by Julia Fowler.

CINCINNATI:  It’s a treat – no trick!  The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s world-premiere of CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL flies into the Taft Theatre October 12-October 21, 2019 and kicks off TCT’s 100th birthday celebration season, but first Casper is haunting our prices for 24-hours only!

This Friday, October 4, patrons can get any orchestra seat for just $20 each for the first weekend of shows only, a savings of up to $15 per seat!

First weekend performances include:

  • Saturday, 10/12 at 2 PM
  • Sunday, 10/13 at 2 PM
  • Sunday, 10/13 at 5 PM

“Coming downtown to see BLINK?” asks Kim Kern, Managing Director and CEO. “We encourage you to add this to your family’s itinerary and make more memories together.”

Families are also encouraged to “test-drive” their Halloween costumes and wear them to the performances.

Everyone’s favorite friendly ghost, and his hilarious uncles, have embarked on the biggest Halloween adventure of their… after-lives. Filled with songs that will get you in the spirit, CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL is spooktacular fun for the whole family!

Casper’s one-day flash sale is THIS FRIDAY, October 4.

To take advantage of this offer, patrons can select ANY orchestra seat and purchase THIS FRIDAY.

*Offer valid October 4, 2019. Valid on tickets in Price Level 1 & 2; fees apply; other restrictions may apply; may not be combined with other offers; not valid on previously-purchased tickets.

Ideal for ages 4 and up.

Book and lyrics by Stephen Cole. Music by Matthew Martin Ward. Adapted by TCT and Roderick Justice. By special arrangement with Universal Theatrical Group. Directed by Roderick Justice. Choreographed by Eric Byrd.

Complete showtimes for CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL include:

  • Saturday, October 12 at 2 PM* (this performance is signed for the hearing impaired)
  • Sunday, October 13 at 2 PM and 5 PM
  • Wednesday, October 16 at 12:15 PM (this is a Sensory-Friendly performance)
  • Friday, October 18 at 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, October 19 at 2 PM and 5 PM
  • Sunday, October 20 at 2 PM

All of The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s Broadway-style MainStage productions, including CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL, are performed in the historic Taft Theatre, 5th and Sycamore Streets in Downtown Cincinnati. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for tickets, or visit the TCT Box Office at 4015 Red Bank Road, Cincinnati, OH  45227, Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays from 10 AM to 4 PM and Tuesdays/Thursdays from 10 AM to 7 PM to purchase tickets in person with reduced fees.

Public subscriptions for the entire 2019-2020 season available now at www.thechildrenstheatre.com.

School performances of CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL will be held October 15-18 and October 21, 2019 during the daytime hours.

The sensory-friendly performance of CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL on October 16 is intended for individuals on the autism spectrum, as well as children (and adults) with other special needs who may benefit.  To create a sensory-friendly performance, the show is performed in a welcoming, supportive environment for those with sensory challenges.  Slight adjustments to lighting and sound are made and effects such as fog, strobes, and lights that extend into the audience are minimalized.  A downloadable Social Narrative (in Word format) is made available on the TCT website one week before the performance.  At the theater, TCT provides an area staffed by specialists in the field where patrons can take a break from the performance if necessary, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has trained staff on hand.

For details about how to purchase tickets to TCT’s School or Sensory-Friendly performances, visit www.thechildrenstheatre.com.

And don’t miss The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s brand-new Podcast, Audio Footlights. Hosted by Producing Artistic Director, Roderick Justice, listeners will get to know the actors and actresses in each show. This podcast is designed to look at the shows we produce, and to ignite, impact, and inspire all of our young listeners to have a lifelong love of theatre. Flex your imagination and join us!  This free TCT Podcast runs about 8 minutes, and is currently available on iTunes as well as Stitcher, SoundCloud, GooglePlay, TuneIn, and Spotify!

Here’s a link to SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/tctcincinnati.

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s production of CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL is made possible by the generosity of Production Sponsor Edyth B. Lindner and TriHealth; Season Sponsors H.B., E. W. and F. R. Luther Foundation and the Charles H. Dater Foundation; and ArtsWave and the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign.  The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.  Media sponsors are LOCAL 12 and Q102.  Sea of Smiles Pediatric Dentistry is TCT’s Ticket Envelope Season Sponsor.  First Watch: The Daytime Café is TCT’s Crown Club Sponsor.

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