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July 13, 2016 · 6:08 am

Falcon Welcomes Sir Pat-Trick & Mike Woodward

FT_logoLooking for something a little different? This weekend, we are hosting Sir Pat-Trick, Magical Entertainer at Falcon Theatre for a limited engagement!

A Little Night Magic, featuring Sir Pat-Trick and Illusionist Mike Woodward will present a family-friendly magic show perfect for all ages.

About Sir Pat-Trick:
Sir Pat-Trick has been turning heads with his award winning stage act. With numerous awards under his belt it is no wonder he has become a seasoned professional, even allowing him to receive two standing ovations at The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas and being asked to perform at The World Famous Magic Castle in Los Angeles California. Also Sir Pat-Trick has had articles about him being coached by Joanie Spina, Former Lead assistant and Artistic Director to David Copperfield, written about him in Magic Magazine, a worldwide publication for Magicians. His background in theater has enhanced his career in stage production and performances. He is a proud member of the Society of American Magicians, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Magician Alliance of Eastern States, and the Covington Royal Academy of Prestidigitation. He combines different theatrical disciplines such as comedy, slap-stick, audience participation, storytelling with traditional magic that will guarantee to make any show a memorable one and his charming style will surely put a smile on your face

About Mike Woodward:
Mike Woodward became interested in magic as a small child and has been performing since that time. Mike’s early performances were usually for church groups, birthday parties, and civic organizations in the Central Kentucky area. Over the years, Mike’s performances have grown to include Colleges, Major Corporations, and Conventions throughout the US, with an occasional appearance in Canada, China and Mexico.

This limited engagement runs July 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. and a special matinee performance at 2 p.m. on July 17. Tickets are $20 for VIP (including a soft drink and gift), $15 for adults and $10 for children and available at alittlenightmagic.com or at the door.

All performances are at Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Street, Newport, Kentucky.

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July 10, 2016 · 8:04 am

Cincinnati LAB Theatre Premieres New Works

CINCINNATI LAB THEATRE ANNOUNCES
2016 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

August 4 – 13, 2016

FT_logoCINCINNATI, July 7, 2016 — Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s New Works Festival will present two fully staged workshop productions and two original play readings in a rotating festival repertoire over two weekends, August 4 – August 13, 2016.  All performances will be presented at Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St, Newport, KY.

Cincinnati LAB Theatre, now in its third producing season, is thrilled to find a permanent home and begin an exciting new partnership as a division of Falcon Theatre.  Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s past productions include Buckeye by Elizabeth a. Harris, An Evening with Stephen Crane by Phil Paradis, and Identity: An Evening of Three Twenty-Minute Plays.

Part of Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s mission is to provide area playwrights with opportunities to develop their work through a traditional workshop process, while utilizing some of the area’s finest professional actors. Cincinnati LAB Theatre’s New Works Festival is comprised of three different series that will present new and innovative works in various stages of development, encourage open and honest discussions, and allow audiences an inside look into the creative process.

WORKSHOP SERIES:   The New Works Festival Workshop Series will present two brand-new worskhop productions written by local playwrights:

CHASE THE DRAGON by Kirk Sheppard.  Peter wants to make a difference; his chosen career path should allow him to do so.  But sometimes people run from their past, and other times they chase it. CHASE THE DRAGON is a brand-new play by Kirk Sheppard that explores the lives of at-risk youth and what happens when we don’t have a handle on our own history.  Directed by Jared D. Doren.  Cast:  Carter Bratton, Rupert Spraul, Bob Allen, Tess Talbot and Henry Howland.  Performances August 4, 6, and 12, 2016, at 8pm.

JUDAS by Elizabeth a. Harris.  A betrayer, an outcast, a pariah, the lowest of the low: This is Judas. Or is it? How would our views of Christianity and the Messiah change if we discovered Judas was actually Jesus’ most trusted disciple? JUDAS, a new play by Elizabeth a. Harris, based on the Gospel of Judas, examines the limits of love and self-sacrifice and asks the question: “What would you do if the person you loved most in the world asked you to perform the ultimate betrayal for the good of all humanity?”  Directed by Elizabeth a. Harris.  Cast:  Brian Berendts and Derek Snow.  Performances August 5, 11, and 13, 2016 at 8pm.

DISCOVERY SERIES:  The New Works Festival Discovery Series will complement our Workshop Series productions.  Guest speakers and/or panelists will lead pre-show discussions that focus on social themes and current topics related to the productions.  Pre-performance lectures are scheduled on Thursday, August. 4 (CHASE THE DRAGON) and Thursday, August 11 (JUDAS) at 7pm.

PLAY READING SERIES:  The New Works Festival Play Reading Series will present readings of new plays currently under development by local playwrights.

3SOME by Brian Griffin.  Expectations are shattered and lives are changed when three strangers meet one evening and get something none of them bargained for. Saturday, August 5, 2016 at 5:30pm.

MEDUSA IN YOU by Valetta Anderson.  The murder of the innocents is something no people forget.  And the innocents are every woman’s child, whatever age and swaddled in any color of skin.  Saturday, August 12, 2016 at 5:30pm.

Single Tickets and 2016 New Works Festival All-Access Pass

Single tickets to the 2016 Cincinnati LAB Theatre New Works Festival may be purchased online in advance or at the door.

Workshop Series:

  • $15 Adult – General Admisssion per performance
  • $10 Student – General Admission per performance

Play Reading Series:  

  • $5 – General Admission per performance

Discovery Series:

  • Pre-performance lectures are free and open to the public.

All-Access Pass

  • Save $15 and experience all that Cincinnati LAB Theatre has to offer this season!  2016 All-Access Passes are on sale now for $25.  2016 All-Access passes allow general admission entry for passholders into all 2016 Cincinnati LAB Theatre New Works Festival events.

To purchase Single Tickets or a 2016 ALL ACCESS Pass online please visit:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/762706

About Cincinnati LAB Theatre
Cincinnati LAB Theatre is an organization for established and emerging playwrights and performers in the Greater Cincinnati area and is dedicated to a collaborative creative process that will present established works of drama and develop new plays through a traditional workshop model. Cincinnati LAB Theatre will provide a solid platform for artists to cultivate, strengthen, and hone their artistic crafts and talents and offer quality theatre for Cincinnati audiences.

Cincinnati LAB Theatre is a division of Falcon Theatre.

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July 8, 2016 · 6:46 am

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Presents the 10th Annual FREE Shakespeare in the Park Tour

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Kyle Brumley as Romeo & Aiden Sims as Juliet. By Mikki Schaffner Photography.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to present the tenth annual FREE Shakespeare in the Park summer tour at local parks around Cincinnati and beyond this summer!

CINCINNATI, July 6, 2016— Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to announce the dates of the 2016 FREE Shakespeare in the Park Tour! This year’s tour has over 30 performances stops (and growing) across three states of brand new productions of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” throughout the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area at local community parks and venues.  These performances are FREE and open to the public.  The cast features six actors from CSC Resident Ensemble.  Following the Park Tour, these shows will travel and tour to local schools, community centers, venues and other performing arts locations through May 2017.  Last year, CSC’s FREE Shakespeare in the Park tour had nearly 10,000 people in attendance!

The productions this year will incorporate some exciting and some brand new costume and scenic design. MACBETH directed by Kristin Clippard is set in a Scottish wilderness, inspired by the Pict warrior tribes of medieval Scotland. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM directed by Caitlin McWethy is hip-hop infused with original music created in collaboration with Elementz.  ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Jeremy Dubin is set in modern day featuring a superhero costume ball for the Capulets’ party where Juliet meets Romeo for the first time. All shows will have actors voices amplified on microphones and speakers.  Both shows are suitable for children and families of all ages and are under 2 hours each.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is constantly working to expand their reach even further into the region. We have one of the largest programs for free outdoor Shakespeare in the nation, both in number of stops and the size of the region we reach. For a complete list, including show titles and info on the venues, visit this page: http://cincyshakes.com/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park/  

Admission to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare in the Park Tour is free and there is no ticket or RSVP required.  All performances are open to all and are general admission, open seating.  Arriving early is recommended for best seating and lawn chairs and blankets are recommended.  For questions regarding inclement weather or for details and rules regarding outside food and drink (including or excluding alcohol), please contact the individual parks and venues.

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July 8, 2016 · 6:39 am

Cincinnati Shakespeare Has Got Your Evening Booked with Laughs and Literature at ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED)

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Miranda McGee, Justin McCombs & Geoffrey Warren Barnes. Photo taken at Joseph Beth Booksellers by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

“English class meets Monty Python” –The Washington Post

CINCINNATI, July 6, 2016— Cincinnati Shakespeare Company begins its 2016-2017 season with the hilarious ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor playing July 22-August 13, 2016.  This production is directed by CSC Producing Artistic Associate, Jeremy Dubin and features Cincinnati Shakespeare Resident Ensemble members Miranda McGee, Justin McCombs and Geoffrey Barnes.  This hilarious recap of world literature reunites the entire cast of last year’s hit comedy “The Complete History of America (abridged),” which was also directed by Mr. Dubin.

ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) was originally produced by Reduced Shakespeare Company. It is an uproarious roller-coaster ride through a comically compact compilation of the world’s greatest literature!  Three actors cover over ninety books in ninety minutes from 1984 through Wuthering Heights.  Everyone from the illiterate to the literati will love this refresher of literature’s greatest hits including Alice in Wonderland, Das Capital, Don Quixote, Green Eggs and Ham, Little Women, Paradise Lost, Pride and Prejudice, The Tale of Genji, the Tao Te Ching, The Three Musketeers, The Wizard of Oz, and so many more! Audiences who have loved our productions  of “The Complete History of America (abridged)” and “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” are sure to love our next installment in this zany collection.

ALL GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED) runs from July 22 to August 13. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 7:30 and Sunday performances are at 2:00, with an additional 2:00 performance on the final Saturday. Tickets cost $22-$42. Preview performances are scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, and Thursday, July 21, and preview tickets are $25.  If available, $14 student rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before a show with a valid student ID.

The theater is currently located at 719 Race Street, downtown Cincinnati, two blocks west of the Aronoff Center. Visa, Discover, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted.  Ticketing fees may apply.  Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups as well as AAA members.  To purchase tickets or for more information, call the CSC Box Office at 513.381.BARD (2273) ext. 1, or go online at www.cincyshakes.com.

 

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June 30, 2016 · 6:12 am

Diogenes Theatre Company Remounts Their Acclaimed Production of TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992

Torie Wiggins reprises her tour de force performance in Anna Deavere Smith’s Tony Award nominated one-woman show about the L.A. riots.

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Torie Wiggins. Photo by Daniel R Winters Photography.

CINCINNATI – June 29, 2016 – Diogenes Theatre will remount TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992by Anna Deavere Smith on Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s Underground stage from July 18 to 21. Torie Wiggins, who received critical acclaim for her performance will once again perform the one-woman show, and Brian Isaac Phillips returns to direct.

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 played on Broadway for 72 performances beginning in April 1994.  Smith, who gathered the many interviews, performed the piece on Broadway at the Cort Theatre.  The play is set in a documentary style with characters telling their perspective of various events around Los Angels in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict and the riots that followed.  The play is delivered verbatim, just as the real individuals shared their experiences with Smith as she interviewed them.  Figures who are known to the public, such as congresswoman Maxine Waters, former police chief Darryl Gates and Reginald Denny, the truck driver who was attacked at a traffic light during the riots, are all portrayed in the piece.  Other less know persons are also portrayed including a Korean store clerk, an anonymous juror, bystanders and gang leaders.

The remounting of the Diogenes production coincides with Cincinnati’s hosting of the NAACP convention.  The theme of the convention this year is: “Our Lives Matter, Our Votes Count.”  The NAACP convention was last held in Cincinnati in 2008.  Considering both ‘08 and this year are election years, a major goal of the convention is to create thought provoking conversation.

Torie Wiggins says of performing the one woman show: “As much as I love and respect the rich variety of this piece, it’s unfortunate that it is still so timely.  My hope is that it reaches people in such a way that change is inspired and advocated, whether socially or mentally.  I believe this piece has the ability to do both.”

The design team features Alice Flanders as stage manager, costume design by Amanda McGee, sound design by Doug Borntrager, and lighting design by Dan Winters.

Performances will be on July 18 at 2:00pm and July 19, 20 and 21st at 8:00pm.  All performances will take place on Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s Underground stage.

Diogenes Theatre Company is a small professional theatre performing the best of comedy and drama in intimate studio settings .

For more information and tickets, visit – www.diogenestheatrecompany.com/ and https://know.tixato.com/buy/twilight-los-angeles-1992.

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