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July 20, 2017 · 3:18 pm

Carnegie Announces 2017-2018 G.E.T. Together Series, Collaboration of Gallery, Education, and Theatre Departments

TC_logo_newCOVINGTON, KY– The Carnegie is thrilled to announce the return of the G.E.T. Together Series, a collaborative, interactive series bringing together the talents of The Carnegie’s Gallery, Education, and Theatre departments.

The Carnegie’s 2017-18 G.E.T. series will kick off in October with Drinking About Art: The Banksy Debate, a humorous debate and drinking game pitting two local artists against each other to debate the merits and mystique of noted street artist Banksy. In November, The Carnegie will kickoff the holiday season with Holiday Artisan Market and Kids’ Fair, a one-of-a-kind artisan market featuring handmade goods for sale from local artists. The season closes in June with GIANTS IN THE SKY, a family day featuring a performance by the Camp Carnegie All-Stars.

“Last year’s G.E.T. Series events were an absolute blast,” said Carnegie Theatre Director Maggie Perrino. “It was so cool to see theatre patrons, gallery patrons, and education families mingling at these new events, meeting new people, and becoming an even bigger part of The Carnegie family.”

The Carnegie’s 2017-18 G.E.T. Together Series

Drinking About Art: The Banksy Debate | Friday, Oct 13, 2017 | 7:30pm
Tickets: $21 Adults, $18 Students, includes complimentary drink

Following the success of last year’s Bob Ross Debate, The Carnegie is hosting Drinking About Art: The Banksy Debate. Two local artists will be pitted against one another to humorously debate the merits and mystique of Banksy. But that’s not all. This “art lecture” is also an interactive drinking game with improv, secret words, prizes, and so much more!  A pre-event happy hour with light hors d’oeuvres and late night DJ and dance party are included.

Holiday Artisan Market | Saturday, November 25, 2017 | 1-6pm
Tickets: $5 each, $15 for a family of four

The Carnegie will kick off the holiday season with a one-of-a-kind Artisan Market featuring handcrafted gifts and unique finds made by local artists. There won’t be mass produced goods or the same old selection here. Attendees are invited to support independent art makers and purchase gifts you can feel good giving. While the adults shop, kids can make crafts, play games, and belt out a few Christmas tunes on the Otto M. Budig stage. In addition to the art selection there will be food and beverage offerings.

GIANTS IN THE SKY Family Day  | Saturday, June 2, 2018 | 2pm
Tickets: $16

The Camp Carnegie Student All-Stars will take to the stage for some giant fun in the musical GIANTS IN THE SKY, a Beat by Beat Press production. The magical story explores the world of giants who live above the clouds. Ever since they left Earth a long time ago, the Giants made a life up above where their job is to keep the sky beautiful. But there is one curious giant who wonders what life is like on Earth, so she steals a key to the locked up “beanstalk” and embarks on an adventure down below. After the show, families are invited to join in miniature making, star designing, cloud sculpting, bubbles on the lawn, cookie decorating and more. Children and adults alike will be able to enjoy being a giant for a day.

Ticketing
Tickets for the 2017-18 G.E.T. Together Series are now on sale. Tickets may be purchased through The Carnegie Box Office at 859.957.1940, open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5pm, or online at http://www.thecarnegie.com.

About The Carnegie G.E.T. Together Series
The Carnegie G.E.T. Together series is a collaborative effort from The Carnegie’s Gallery, Education, and Theatre Departments. The interactive series has something to offer audiences of all kinds, and showcases talent from Northern Kentucky and beyond.

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 ArtsWave, City of Covington, Cincinnati Wine Festival, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, and the Kentucky Arts Council.

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July 20, 2017 · 3:10 pm

DECADES REWIND | Thu.-Fri., August 17-18 | Aronoff Center – Jarson-Kaplan Theater

The Guaranteed Sing-Along Hit Concert Experience

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Aronoff Center – Jason-Kaplan Theater
Thursday, August 17 &  Friday, August 18

(Cincinnati, OH) — Experience the greatest music of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s with Decades Rewind – a brand new theatrical concert extravaganza featuring a live fourteen-piece band performing medleys of hit songs spanning thirty years – plays the Aronoff Center‘s Jarson-Kaplan Theater for two performances on Thursday, August 17 and Friday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $35 – $55 and are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS (2787), and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at 650 Walnut Street, downtown.

Featuring over sixty songs, Decades Rewind effortlessly blends unique medleys from the most prominent decades in music history and “had the audience singing along, dancing in their seats and down the aisles” (Examiner) all night long. This fully-live concert experience features an eight-piece rock band and six vocalists surrounded by rock-and-roll stage lighting, poignant videos of American culture, and over one-hundred costume changes. From Aretha to Zeppelin, Decades Rewind delivers an unforgettable soundtrack and pays tribute to the biggest and best hits of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s.

Disco? Funk? Rock ? Motown? Pick your favorite and you are sure to hear it in this show.  Decades Rewind starts in the ‘80s and “Rewinds” back to the ‘60s.  This is the story of “your life” through music and video. You will remember your first dance, your first date, and your first kiss, all while being entertained with non-stop music.  The show’s talented entertainers are world class, award-winning vocalists, and will not be happy until they have everyone singing along with all the hits from the past! This trip back in time will have you remembering the good old days, and will leave a smile on your face!

Based in Tampa, Peter Gatti and Mark Blinkhorn are the co-founders of Decades Rewind. With their shared vision, Decades Rewind made its stage debut in November 2015. Since then, the hit production has toured all across Florida and is currently enjoying its first national tour.  Visit Decades Rewind for more information.

Watch and share the Decades Rewind promo video HERE.

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July 18, 2017 · 7:12 pm

The Human Race Theatre Company to Present ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END

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Jennifer Joplin.

(Dayton, OH) —The Human Race Theatre Company (HRTC) announces a special spring 2018 production of Allison Engel and Margaret Engel’s ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END in the 54-seat performance space at its Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center. Dayton’s own Erma Bombeck takes center stage in this touching one-woman comedy titled after her long-running newspaper column and directed by Heather N. Powell. Human Race Resident Artist Jennifer Joplin stars as the literary icon whose candid commentary on life as a woman, spouse and mother made her the champion of suburban housewives everywhere and her newspaper columns a mainstay on kitchen refrigerators for over thirty years. Full of personal anecdotes and sprinkled with plenty of Bombeck’s famous one-liners, it’s a charming biography that proves “if you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.”

“I’m thrilled this funny and poignant play is coming to Dayton, Erma’s hometown,” said Teri Rizvi, founder and director of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton. “Her wit and wisdom have stood the test of time — and remind us that the foibles of family life will always make us laugh.”

Special preview performances of ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END for the Bombeck Writers’ Workshop are Thursday, April 19 – Sunday, April 22. The public preview performance is Thursday, April 26. Opening night is Friday, April 27.

Director Powell helmed HRTC’s 2015 production of Steel Magnolias at the Loft Theatre, as well as the company’s touring productions of Change and A Dickens of a Time. Joplin is a Wright State University graduate who has appeared in dozens of productions at HRTC and throughout Cincinnati.

Performance and special event information
Tickets for the April 26 – May 13 performances of ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END are currently only available to 2017-2018 Eichelberger Loft Season subscribers and will go on sale to the general public for $25 starting November 21. Seating is general admission.

All performances are in The Human Race’s Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center, located at 116 North Jefferson Street, 2nd floor, in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Show times for Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End are 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.

More information on ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END is available at www.humanracetheatre.org.

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2017-2018 marks the 31st season for The Human Race Theatre Company, “Dayton’s Official Professional Theatre Company.” Founded in 1986, The Human Race moved into the Metropolitan Arts Center in 1991, taking up residence in its current home, the 212-seat Loft Theatre. In addition to the Eichelberger Loft Season, The Human Race produces new works development and special event programming. Under the direction of President and Artistic Director Kevin Moore, the company also maintains education and outreach programs for children, teens and adults, as well as artist residencies in area schools and a summer youth program. Human Race organizational support is provided by the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District, Culture Works, the Shubert Foundation, the Erma R. Catterton Trust Fund, the Jesse & Caryl Philips Foundation, the Virginia W. Kettering Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The 2017-2018 Sustainability Sponsors are the ELM Foundation, Anne F. Johnson, Steve and Lou Mason, and Morris Home. The 2017-2018 Loft season sponsor is the Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of the Dayton Foundation, with additional support from Premier Health.

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July 18, 2017 · 6:43 pm

Gaslight Theater Players Celebrates 50 Years with STEEL MAGNOLIAS

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Angela Woodall, Regina Waters, Kara Sulzer, Judy Littlefield, Allison Vail & Alexandra Waters.

The Gaslight Theater Players are celebrating 50 years with their production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling.  This charming play, with southern wit, fashion, and a whole lotta hair is directed by Jessica Faye and Lori Bowling.

The fun begins at the Gaslight Theater on E State St. On August 11, 12, 18 & 19.

Performances will begin at 8pm and ticket prices are $10 for regular admission and $8 for Seniors.

For more information please view our Facebook page or visit our website at www.gaslighttheaterplayers.com .

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July 18, 2017 · 6:34 pm

Smash the Patriarchy with Know Theatre’s New Comedy MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD

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Directed by Alice Flanders
July 28 – August 19, 2017

The future is female…but so was the past!

Know Theatre proudly kicks off our 20th Anniversary Season with a tale that flips the script on a legend you only think you know.

Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads a motley group of Merry Men (very few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. 

As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? What is the cost of revealing your true self in a troubled time? 

Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle.

Making her MainStage directing debut is Managing Director Alice Flanders, at the helm of this action-packed new comedy.

We asked Alice what made her jump at the chance to direct Marian, straight off the heels of its world premiere with New York’s Flux Theatre Ensemble in 2016. Here’s what she had to say:

“Playwright Adam Szymkowicz takes a script that we are so used to seeing we don’t even notice it anymore, and he turns it on its head. 

We get a Robin Hood whose background is the unexpected. We get a merry band of humans, some of which are men, some of which are women, and some of which are trying to figure out where they fall between the two. We get a boatload of representation, and representation in the media matters.”

And lucky for us, Alice has assembled a blockbuster cast for this swashbuckling adventure.

Taking on the iconic title role is Maggie Lou Rader, who wowed Know audiences as pioneering astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in 2016’s Silent Sky.

Says Rader:

“There’s so much to love about this show, the cast is delightful, the script is a riot, and we’ve been having a ball putting this story together for the stage. 

But perhaps most importantly, representation is important and this show gives a platform for so many people to step into the story of Robin Hood and the Merry Men who may not have had the opportunity before. 

I think every child pretends he or she is Robin Hood at some point and I still can’t quite grasp how lucky I am to embody both Robin and Maid Marian at the same time.”

Joining her to bring the outlaws of Sherwood Forest to life are a diverse and hilarious group of local talents – some familiar, and some new to Know fans!

Cincinnati Fringe Festival Producer Chris Wesselman returns to the MainStage for the first time since 2015’s All Childish Things as the lovable and loyal Little John. Fans of the Cincy Fringe will also recognize Leah Strasser in her Know MainStage debut. A founding member of perennial Fringe favorites Homegrown Theatre Company, Leah plays Alanna Dale, whose desire to join the Merry Men gets her into adventures she never imagined!

Also making their Know MainStage debuts are Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Geoffrey Barnes, Brandon Burton, and Candice Handy; former Playhouse in the Park Acting Interns Greg Mallios and Ernaisja Curry, and former Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Acting Apprentice Samantha Russell.

And making his triumphant return to the Know after 2016’s smash-hit comedy The Fisherman’s Wife is Cal Harris, as greedy Prince John!

But beyond the cast, the fights in this story are a character unto themselves! And we are fortunate to have fightmaster Jonn Baca working with us to keep the swash in our buckle. Know fans will remember the excitement of Baca’s fights in 2016’s Pulp and 2015’s Hearts Like Fists, as well many others at the Know and as countless other productions around the region!

Why kick off our 20th Anniversary season with this uproarious tale of derring-do?

Says Artistic Director Andrew Hungerford,

It just felt right to begin this season with a brand new play that reinvents an old story in such delightful ways. At the Know, we have a history of hollowing out traditional narratives for new works. That we can do it while simultaneously celebrating love and individuality (and giving the patriarchy what-for) is deeply satisfying and so much fun.

So, come smash the patriarchy with us and experience the legend of Robin Hood as you’ve never seen it before!

MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD is brought to you with support from Marilyn Scripps, and runs July 28 – August 19 on the MainStage.

Cast in Alphabetical Order

  • Geoffrey Barnes* as Sheriff/Friar Tuck
  • Brandon Burton as Lenny/Guard #2
  • Ernaisja Curry as Shirley/Tommy of No Consequence
  • Candice Handy as Will Scarlet
  • Cal Harris as Prince John
  • Greg Mallios as Theo/Tanner/Guard #1
  • Maggie Lou Rader as Marian
  • Samantha Russell as Much/Lucy
  • Leah Strasser as Alanna Dale
  • Chris Wesselman as Little John

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.

Production Team

  • Director – Alice Flanders
  • Lighting & Scenic Designer – Andrew Hungerford
  • Assistant Director, Scenic Charge & Prop Designer – Sarah Beth Hall
  • Costume Designer – Noelle Wedig
  • Sound & Video Designer – Doug Borntrager

 

Calendar Listing

Production:   MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD by Adam Szymkowicz

When:

  • 8:00pm July 28, 29; August 2, 3, 4, 5; 9, 10, 11, 12; 16, 17, 18, 19
  • 3:00pm  July 30; August 6*, and 12
    *A pre-show brunch is available on this date with purchase of $35 “Brunch + Show” tickets in advance. Deadline for brunch reservation is January 30. Brunch provided by Water Tower Fine Wines

Where:

Know Theatre of Cincinnati. 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. In historic Over-the-Rhine.

 Tickets:

  • $25 regular Price
  • $15 Rush tickets at the door 10 minutes prior to curtain (when available)
  • FREE walk-up tickets are available on Wednesdays, as part of Know’s Welcome
    Experiment     initiative. Advance reservations to Welcome Experiment performances are $5.00.

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

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. 

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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