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January 8, 2019 · 2:15 pm

FIRST DATE to Open at Footlighters, Inc.

PrintJust in time for Valentine’s Day, Footlighters Inc. will open the hilarious musical comedy First Date on Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Directed by longtime director Jerry Wiesenhahn, this production will take place at The Stained Glass Theatre, 802 York Street in Newport, Kentucky.

When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious evening of dinner and possible romance. As the date unfolds, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening- their inner critics take on a life of their own as other restaurant patrons transform into friends, relatives, and exes who all have opinions regarding how the evening is going. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?

First Date marks Jerry Wiesenhahn’s directorial return to Footlighters after choreographing last year’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Previously at Footlighters he directed Little Women, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and served as choreographer for How to Succeed in Business Without Trying.  Other directing projects in Cincinnati have included Young Frankenstein, Inherit the Wind, and Around the World in 80 Days, which will represent the state of Ohio in April 2019 at the Region III AACTFest in Kokomo, IN.

Performances:

  • Thursday-Saturday, February 14-16 at 8pm
  • Sunday, February 17 at 2pm
  • Thursday-Saturday, February 21-23 at 8pm
  • Sunday, February 24 at 2pm
  • Wednesday- Saturday, February 27- March 2 at 8pm

Tickets: $22 each and are available at (859) 652-3849 or FootlightersTickets@gmail.com.

The Footlighters, Inc. has been producing quality community theater shows in the Greater Cincinnati area for over 54 years. The group was established in 1963 by a small group of community theater volunteers who wanted to bring theater opportunities to the west side of Cincinnati. In 1987, the group bought the Salem United Methodist Church in Newport and transformed it into The Stained Glass Theatre. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark. In September of 2018, Footlighters added an ADA ramp to the front of their building to complement the elevator installed in September of 2017, allowing access for all patrons with limited mobility. For more information, please visit www.footlighters.org or become a friend on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Footlighters-Inc/287519888305.

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January 8, 2019 · 1:46 pm

Jeff Tweedy – WARM Tour | Wed., April 17 | Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom

JEFF TWEEDY – WARM TOUR
APRIL 17, 2019 – CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL BALLROOM

JEFF TWEEDY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 2019 US TOUR DATES
WATCH PERFORMANCE ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! ON JANUARY 9 

Tickets on sale Friday, January 11 at 7:00 PM

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Photo by Whitten Sabbatini.

PRAISE FOR WARM 

“WARM jettisons the cryptic mystery that marked Wilco’s best work and gets down to what matters in the most direct terms: family and creativity, life and death, sadness and hope, all rendered with weary empathy.”  — Wall Street Journal 

“A moral guidebook from a songwriter who sings with such compassion that even his simplest advice (‘Don’t forget to brush your teeth’) can make your eyes well up.” — Pitchfork 

“[WARM is] proof that Jeff Tweedy’s non-Wilco detours have become more than mere side projects to fill gaps between albums but rather, precious, intimate portraits of a songwriter who’s willing to openly display more of his scars than ever before.” — Rolling Stone

PRAISE FOR LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK)

“Let’s Go is especially enlightening, a rock ‘n’ roll book that quietly dismantles what we expect from rock ‘n’ roll books.” — Pitchfork 

“One of the best and most revealing memoirs in years.” — The Ringer

“Let’s Go shows how Tweedy’s prolific and musically varied career is the result of a restless creative streak that helped him find meaning and a place in the world.” — The Washington Post

CINCINNATI, OH – Jeff Tweedy has just announced additional US tour dates in support of his album, WARM, released this past November via dBpm Records. His WARM Tour plays the Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM. The show is part of Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2018-19 Presenting Season.

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 11 at 7:00 PM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center and Music Hall Ticket Offices.

Additionally, Jeff Tweedy will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 9, performing songs off WARM.  Jeff’s last television appearance was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, shortly before the release of his intimate and wryly honest memoir (and New York Times Bestseller) LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK).  Since then, he’s sold out an East Coast and Midwest book tour, played four consecutive sold-out shows at Largo, and has garnered astounding praise for WARM, receiving “Best New Music” by Pitchfork and being included on many year-end lists such as Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Wall Street Journal, and Aquarium Drunkard.

LISTEN TO WARM –
https://linktr.ee/wilco

WATCH “I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE” VIDEO –
https://youtu.be/zz2v2Ix7FwE

WATCH “SOME BIRDS” VIDEO –
https://youtu.be/H2nqD7kgNPA

PURCHASE LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK) –
https://bit.ly/2NRbBlW

JEFF TWEEDY TOUR DATES (new dates in bold)
Thu. Jan. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Jan. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Jan. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Jan. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Feb. 27 – Iowa City, IA @ Englert Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Feb. 28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Fri. March 1 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Auditorium w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Sun. March 3 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. March 4 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Thu. March 7 – Germantown, TN @ Germantown Performing Arts Center w/ Buck Meek
Fri. March 8 – Birmingham, AL @ Lyric Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Sat. March 9 – Macon, GA @ Hargray Capitol Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. March 11 – Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall w/ James Elkington [SOLD
UT]
Tue. March 12 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon w/ James Elkington
Thu. March 14 – Tampa, FL @ Tampa Theatre w/ James Elkington
Fri. March 15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Parker Playhouse w/ James Elkington
Sun. March 17 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live Theatre w/ James Elkington
Tue. March 19 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ James Elkington [SOLD OUT]
Wed. March 20 – Nashville, TN @ James K. Polk Theater w/ James Elkington
Thu. March 21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre w/ James
Elkington
Sun. March 31 – Columbus, OH @ Davidson Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. April 1 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater w/ Buck Meek
Wed. April 3 – Toronto, ON @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Thu. April 4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland w/ Buck Meek
Sat. April 6 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center w/ Buck Meek
Mon. April 8 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington
Tue. April 9 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington
Wed. April 10 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre w/ James Elkington
Fri. April 12 – Savannah, GA @ Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Sat. April 13 – Decatur, GA @ Amplify Decatur/Decatur Square
Sun. April 14 – Chattanooga, TN @ Walker Theatre w/ James Elkington
Tue. April 16 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall w/ James Elkington
Wed. April 17 – Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom w/ James Elkington
Thu. April 18 – Champaign, IL @ Virginia Theatre w/ James Elkington

WILCO TOUR DATES
Wed. June 12 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Thu. June 13 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Sat. June 15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Sun. June 16 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso [SOLD OUT]
Tue. June 18 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef Club
Wed. June 19 – Rouen, FR @ Le 106
Thu. June 20 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
Sat. June 22 – Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES @ Azkena Rock Festival
Fri. June 28 – Sun. June 30 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival 

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CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS 

SEASON SPONSORS:  AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY HONDA DEALERS, FURNITURE FAIR, LOCAL12 WKRC, The  P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:  21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Courtyard Marriott & Residence Inn-Rookwood, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Hyatt Regency-Cincinnati, Macy’s, Pepsi, Prosource, Skyline Chili, TriHealth, Ultimate Air Shuttle, USI

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 600,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.6 million students. For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.org.

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January 8, 2019 · 12:39 pm

August Wilson’s Modern American Classic, FENCES to Open at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

The Director and creative team of CSC’s hit production of A Raisin in the Sun return for this powerful classic 

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Torie Wiggins as Rose and Crystian Wilshire as Cory. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

Cincinnati, January 1, 2019 – Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its 25th Anniversary Season at The Otto M. Budig Theater with August Wilson’s “Fences”, directed by Christopher V. Edwards and features “ranney” [sic] as Troy Maxson, Torie Wiggins as Rose and Crystian Wilshire as Cory. This production is generously sponsored by Frost Brown Todd, BB&T, and Johnson Investment Council.

Set against the backdrop of 1950’s Pittsburgh, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama tells the story of Troy Maxson, a one-time star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man, holding court and expounding on life from the chair in his backyard. Due to his race, Troy was denied his shot at the Big Leagues, so when his son Cory wants his own chance to play ball, Troy’s bitterness and resentment threaten to tear their relationship apart.

“Fences” is the sixth play in The American Century Cycle by August Wilson.  Each of the ten plays is set in a different decade of the 20th century, and all but one take place in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, where Wilson was born in 1945. “Fences” was initially presented as a staged reading at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 1983 National Playwrights Conference. It opened on April 30, 1985, at the Yale Repertory Theatre in a production directed by Lloyd Richards, and the following year, the Richards-helmed Broadway premiere won every major accolade, including the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the John Gassner Outer Critics’ Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. That production, which featured James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson, ran for 525 performances and set a record for a non-musical Broadway production by grossing $11 million in a single year.  The Wall Street Journal said “Fences” had “a moving story line and a hero almost Shakespearian in contour.”

Director Christopher V. Edwards returns to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for the third time to direct this production after helming CSC’s popular productions of “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Othello”. Mr. Edwards says “It has been a pleasure working with Cincy Shakes over the past three years and being a part of the tremendous growth during the process.  Though I work with a my own company in Boston, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Cincy Shakes has become an artistic home away from home.  I am proud of the work I have been able to do with the amazing company of resident actors, the creative designers and the hardest working staff in show-biz.  The company shares a commitment to telling stories that are relevant, intellectually engaging and viscerally compelling.”  Mr. Edwards is currently the Artistic Director of Actors Shakespeare Project (ASP) in Boston, MA.  Prior to ASP, he was the Artistic Director of Nevada Conservatory Theatre (NCT) in Las Vegas.  Prior to Las Vegas, Chris was the Associate Artistic Director, Director of Education and Apprentice Training Program with The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) in NY.  Chris has worked in London’s West End, Off-Broadway, The National Theatre of Oslo in Norway, John Houseman’s The Acting Company, HERE Arts Center, The Helix in Ireland, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Flea Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Hip-Hop Theatre Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, SOHO Rep, the Guthrie Theatre and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company to name a few. Chris received an M.F.A. from the U. of MN in Association with the Guthrie Theatre.

The creative team is made up of Shannon Moore (Scenic Designer), Justen N. Locke (Lighting Designer), and Douglas J. Borntrager (Sound/Video Designer) who worked together with Mr. Edwards on CSC’s powerful production of “A Raisin in the Sun”. They are joined by newcomer Kendra Johnson making her CSC debut as the Costume Designer for “Fences”.

Troy Maxson is portrayed by “ranney” [sic] in his CSC debut.  He has appeared in several of August Wilson’s other works including as Doub in American Stage Theatre’s “Jitney” (Outstanding Lead Role in a Play – Theatre Tampa Bay); Sterling in AST’s “Radio Golf” (Outstanding Feature Role in a Play – TTB), and Boy Willie in Center Theatre Company’s “The Piano Lesson” (Critic’s Choice for Best Actor – Creative Loafing).  He is joined by Torie Wiggins, playing his wife Rose, and Crystian Wiltshire as his son, Cory.  Torie and Crystian recently appeared on CSC’s stage together in “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Fences runs January 25- February 16, 2019 with performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM, as well as Saturday February 16 at 2:00 PM.  Preview performances are Wednesday, January 23 and Thursday, January 23 at 7:30 PM and tickets are $30.  Advance sale single ticket prices start at $28.  Day-of Student Rush tickets are $14 and may be purchased thirty minutes before a show with a valid student ID if available. This production is a part of this season’s subscription package. Visa, Discover, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Ticketing fees apply.  To purchase tickets or for more information, call the CSC Box Office at 513.381.BARD (2273) ext. 1, or go online at http://www.cincyshakes.com.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, and Sunday, Feb. 10 bring your younger kids (4+) for artist-led childcare DURING the performance! The “Playdate” program is only $15 and free for subscribers. The option to add this program will be available as you are buying tickets for either of these show dates. Activities will range from storytime to theatre games and crafts. Share the great benefits of CSC’s programming with your children: Playdate will style activities to correspond with each production, so even your youngest can join in the discussion on the ride home!

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is located at The Otto M. Budig Theater at 1195 Elm Street in OTR, adjacent to Washington Park.  There are many parking spaces available on the street and in nearby lots and garages- for more information visit http://www.otrchamber.com/pages/WheretoPark.

CSC also offers Valet Parking for every performance! Make reservations for $15 in advance when purchasing tickets or visit www.cincyshakes.com/parking. Purchasing in advance guarantees a spot at the discounted rate of $15 (vs. $20+ at the curb).  Valet is available right at the corner of 12th and Elm Street in front of the theater and begins approx. 1.5 hours before a performance. Cars can be picked up for up to one hour following a performance. (After one hour, you will need to arrange pick up with the valet service directly.) The valet will have your name on the list after you purchase- it’s that easy!

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About Cincinnati Shakespeare Company:
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is a professional theatre company dedicated to bringing Shakespeare and the classics to life for audiences of all ages.  In the summer of 2017, the theater relocated to the Otto M. Budig Theater, a brand new facility in OTR. CSC’s repertoire is made up of the works of William Shakespeare, literary adaptations, and contemporary classics.  CSC performs on a Small Professional Theatre contract with Actors’ Equity Association. Cincinnati Shakespeare is a member of the Theater Communications Group and the Shakespeare Theatre Association.  Each year, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Education and Outreach Programs reach over 50,000 young people and underserved community members each season by taking Shakespeare into schools, parks, community centers and by hosting educational matinees of mainstage productions.  In 2015, CSC was proud to become one of the first five theaters in the United States to “Complete the Canon” by producing all 38 plays by William Shakespeare. CSC is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible.  Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to be Cincinnati’s stage for the classics!

About The 2018-2019 25th Anniversary Season:
The season is generously sponsored by The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation.  The 25th Anniversary sponsor is the The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, JR./U.S. Bank Foundation.  This season is funded by ArtsWave.  Cincinnati Shakespeare Company receives operating support from The Ohio Arts Council, the Shubert Foundation.  The season’s marketing design sponsor is POSSIBLE. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program/organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Production dates and information on the season are available online at www.cincyshakes.com.

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January 4, 2019 · 1:34 pm

Cast Announced for SWING! at The Carnegie

tc_swing logoThe Carnegie Announces Cast and Production Team for
SWING!

The Carnegie is pleased to announce the cast and production team for SWING!, playing weekends March 30 – April 14, 2019.

CAST LIST:

  • Sarah Viola
  • Bethany Xan Jeffery
  • DeAndre Smith
  • Dave Wilson
  • John Woll
  • Renee Stoltzfus
  • Trase Milburn*
  • Franchesca Montazemi
  • Collin Newton
  • Grace Vetter
    *dance captain

Featuring the RL Big Band live onstage with Band Leader, Randy Linville

Production Team:

  • Director/Choreographer- Tracey Bonner
  • Music Director- Xan Jeffery
  • Set Designer- Tyler Gabbard
  • Lighting Designer- Elanor Eberhardt
  • Costume Designer- Catherine Schmeal
  • Stage Manager- Emily Coffey
  • Asst. Stage Manager- Amellia Adkins

About SWING:
Original Concept by Paul Kelly
Original Direction and Choreography by Lynn Taylor-Corbett

When: Playing Weekends March 30 – April 14, 2019

Description: High energy beats and fast-paced dance moves are hallmarks of swing music, which exploded out of pre-war Harlem’s hotbed of youth culture and became a worldwide phenomenon. The genre crossed racial and cultural barriers to bring us popular dances like the Lindy Hop, the Jive, and more. SWING! celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilarating songs of the period. But as this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, swing was never a time or place.- it has always been a state of mind. 

Ten Performances:
Saturday, March 30, 7:30pm ● Sunday, March 31, 3pm
Friday, April 6, 7:30pm ● Saturday, April 7, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 8, 3pm
Friday, April 12, 7:30pm ● Saturday, April 13, 7:30pm ● Sunday, April 14, 3pm

SWING! Presented through special arrangement with R&H Theatricals 

Where: The Carnegie | 1028 Scott Boulevard | Covington, KY 41011

Tickets: Tickets may be purchased through The Carnegie Box Office at (859) 957-1940, open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5pm, or online at www.thecarnegie.com.

Content Advisory: Please note this production is appropriate for all ages.

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 www.thecarnegie.com or by calling (859) 491-2030.

The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from Cincinnati Wine Festival, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation. The Carnegie is also supported by the generosity of more than 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. The 2018-19 Carnegie Theatre Series is presented by the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation. Additional support comes from the Kentucky Department of Tourism.

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January 3, 2019 · 2:45 pm

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Presents High-Flying Comedy RIPCORD, January 19-February 16, 2019

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(Cincinnati, OH) Start the new year with a showdown! Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is pleased to present the regional premiere of Ripcord by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Shrek the Musical). This uproarious new comedy sets two spirited senior citizens against each other in a head-to-head battle of wits and wagers, leading to discoveries about friendship, forgiveness, and free falling. Playing January 19-February 16 and directed by D. Lynn Meyers. Production Sponsor is the Schueler Group.

A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate at Bristol Senior Living Facility. So, when cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with happy-go-lucky Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman…by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet quickly escalates into a high-flying, dangerous game of one-upmanship in this deliciously inappropriate new comedy, perfect for warming up the winter.

“I love David Lindsay-Abaire’s solid message in this play that life is never over,” says Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “He shows us how to celebrate life and wraps it up in an incredibly funny—darkly funny—world where everybody can find their place. Ripcord is a parable about how we need to seize every day and live our lives to the fullest.” She adds, “Often the world makes us shut down and pull back. This play says, ‘Take a leap!’”

About the Cast

Dale Hodges (Abby Binder) has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 1974. She returns to Ensemble Theatre, where she was last seen in The Humans as well as Outside Mullingar, Other Desert Cities, Grey Gardens, and Mrs. Mannerly. She performed last spring in Noises Off with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and has performed regularly in productions at Playhouse in the Park including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Wit, King Lear, To Kill a Mockingbird, and 23 years of A Christmas Carol. Ms. Hodges has worked on Broadway in Equus and Benefactors, off-Broadway in Top Girls and A Woman in Mind, and in regional theatres around the country, including 15 summers with Peterborough Players in New Hampshire.

Pamela Myers (Marilyn Dunne) returns to Ensemble Theatre, where she was last seen in the 2005 and 2010 productions of Cinderella. As the first graduate from the Musical Theatre Program at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, she was cast in Company, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She performed in the 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods and starred in the regional premiere of Sondheim on Sondheim at Great Lakes Theatre Festival. Ms. Myers also helped create and performed in Sondheim Originals at the Eugene O’Neill Center. She starred in productions of Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, I Do! I Do!, Annie Get Your Gun, and Steel Magnolias in regional theaters around the country. She appeared in In Performance at the White House: A Salute to Broadway, Showstoppers on PBS, and guest starred on TV in Happy Days, Alice, Major Dad, and Sha Na Na in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Ryan Wesley Gilreath (Scotty) is a New York-based actor and recently played Deputy Sutherland in the film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron, and Forrest Mars in The Food that Built America for The History Channel. His other TV and film credits include TURN: Washington’s Spies, AMC;  American Genius, National Geographic; Gold Fever, Discovery Channel; and the pilot Guilty (opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr.), Fox. His other theatre credits include Burning Desire (starring alongside Lou Diamond Phillips), Seven Angels Theatre; Mary’s Wedding, Next Fall, Other Desert Cities, and Tribes, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; A Christmas Carol, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Ears on a Beatle, Human Race Theatre Company; and Deathtrap, Florida Repertory. 

Lisa DeRoberts (Colleen/Woman in White) was last seen at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in Cinderella (2010) and Snow White. She was recently seen as Susan Swayne in Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride at Know Theatre of Cincinnati and Vibrata in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She appears in the feature films The Old Man and the Gun and My Days of Mercy.

Justin McCombs (Benjamin/Lewis/Clown) has been an actor, teaching artist, and sometime stage manager in Cincinnati for twelve years. In addition to his Ensemble Theatre debut in last season’s This Random World, his favorite productions include Henry V, Death of a Salesman, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, The 39 Steps, and One Man Two Guvnors with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company as well as Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s Silent Sky and Pulp.

Carter Bratton (Derek/Zombie Butler/Masked Man) makes his Ensemble Theatre debut with this production. He is a founding member of Untethered Theater and The Clifton Players at The Clifton Performance Theatre, where he has appeared in and produced many productions. His favorite credits include Guest Artist, Small Engine Repair, The Realistic Joneses, August: Osage County, The Irish Curse, Red Light Winter, Superior Donuts, and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. His film and TV credits include Mindhunter, The Old Man and the Gun, My Days of Mercy, and Chain of Command. 

Production team includes D. Lynn Meyers (Producing Artistic Director), Brian c. Mehring (Set & Lighting Designer), Jack Murphy (Technical Director), Matthew Hollstegge (Production Manager), Shannon Rae Lutz (Properties Master & Design Assistant), Matt Callahan (Sound Designer), Reba Senske (Costume Designer), Kelly Yurko (Wig & Makeup Designer), and Drew Fracher (Safety Consultant). Production Stage Manager is Brandon T. Holmes. Assistant Stage Manager is Lexi Muller.

Performance Information
Performances run Tuesday through Sunday. Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 pm; Friday and Saturday, 8:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 pm; and Sunday, 7:00 pm. A complete calendar of performances is available online at www.ensemblecincinnati.org.  

Ticket Prices
Ticket prices start at $35 for adults; student tickets are $28; and children are $24. Half-Price Rush Tickets: All remaining tickets for the current day’s performance(s) are available two hours prior to each show time for half-price (discount does not apply to children’s tickets) when purchasing by phone or in person. $15 Student Rush Tickets: Students may purchase up to two $15 student rush tickets two hours prior to show time with valid student I.D. Available in person only.

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2018-2019 Season Presenting Sponsor is the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation. Additional support provided PNC.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a professional theatre dedicated to producing world and regional premieres of works that often explore compelling social issues. We fulfill our mission through our stage productions and educational outreach programs that enlighten, enliven, enrich and inspire our audiences.

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