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May 15, 2016 · 10:10 am

POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL Coming to Cincy Fringe

New Solo Show Finds Laughter in Healing after Sexual Assault
The Cincinnati Fringe presents: POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL: June 2 ­ June 11 

Cincinnati, OH­ – POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is a one­-woman/ half­-clown/ half­monologue/all-feminist critique of the sexual assault crisis on college campuses. The play weaves the lives of survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders into the story of a community struggling to heal after assault. Through clowning, the show surpasses the victim/villain dichotomy and welcomes an open-­hearted conversation about healing.

“Meet your new heroes… An opportunity for communities to come together to laugh, heal, and  learn.” – Marie Claire Magazine

CFF_Post Traumatic Super Delightful logoPLAYING IN THE ART ACADEMY COMMONS FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY:

June 2 at 7pm
June 4 at 9.15pm
June 5 at 8.45pm
June 7 at 7.30pm
June 11 at 5.55pm

Tickets are $15 and available at cincyfringe.com  Run time: 60min, no intermission

After premiering at the 2015 FRIGID New York Festival to overwhelming audience response, POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL has spent the last year touring colleges and festivals around North America. The play and creative team have received national attention, being featured by  Marie Claire Magazine and Autostraddle  and working with Glamour Magazine  to mentor  winners of their Top Ten College Women Competition.

“POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is a play that demands to be heard at schools, crisis centers, and theatres across the country.” – Theater Is Easy

The team of collaborators behind this play came together to shatter the mold survivors are forced to fit into and explore how assault affects an entire community. Rape doesn’t happen in a vacuum. How is everyone hurt by one assault? Is it safe to laugh together? Can laughter create connection? Who is accountable? In Post Traumatic Super Delightful, the personal is political, the political is personal. And the person is a clown.

Playwright/performer Antonia Lassar is joined by director Angela Dumlao (award­-winning  director in the 2014 EstroGenius Festival; assistant director of Naked Angels’ SeaWife),  dramaturg Kati Frazier (Former Literary Director of All For One; playwright of Patronage, Fall  2015 at Random Access), scenic and costume designer Sam Garcia  (Glutton For Punishment,  EstroGenius Festival; dramaturg for STEIN­-DRAG at Target Margin Theater Lab), lighting  designer Darielle Shandler (Assistant Production Manager for The Civillians’ Pretty Filthy), stage  manager Olivia Hull, production assistant Molly Jones, cinematographer Sierra Garcia, and  educational programming coordinator Ashley Renee Thaxton .

POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL is in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival at the Art Academy Commons June 2 at 7pm, June 4 at 9:15pm, June 5 at 8:45pm, June 7 at 7:30pm and June 11 at  5.55pm. Tickets are $15 and available at cincyfringe.com. Please visit   www.PTSDtheplay.com  for more information.

Follow POST TRAUMATIC SUPER DELIGHTFUL on social media at @PTSDtheplay!

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May 15, 2016 · 9:43 am

Mariah MacCarthy’s BABY MAMA at Cincinnati Fringe Festival

CAPS LOCK THEATRE

BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE
as part of the 13th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival
May 31 – June 11, 2016

“Hilarious, gross, heartbreaking, courageous.” -Upworthy

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What:
Caps Lock Theatre presents Mariah MacCarthy’s BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE

Artists:
Written and performed by Mariah MacCarthy.
Directed by Sara Lyons.

Where:
Over-the-Rhine Community Church 1310 Race St Cincinnati, OH 45202

When:

  • Thursday, June 2, 8:15pm
  • Friday, June 3, 6:30pm
  • Sunday, June 5, 3:30pm
  • Wednesday, June 8, 7:00pm
  • Saturday, June 11, 7:20pm

Tickets & Passes:
www.cincyfringe.com

Websites/Twitter:
mariahmaccarthy.com @MariahMacCarthy
capslocktheatre.com @CapsLockTheatre

About BABY MAMA: ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO GIVE HER CHILD TO GAY PEOPLE
Baby Mama tracks one birth mother’s true adoption journey, from conception to placement with the gay couple of her dreams—while still living her life, dating, and attending the occasional orgy. From adoption agencies to vaginal discharge, from burlesque to good-byes, this up-close-and-personal night of storytelling is everything about those ten months you ever wanted to know (and probably plenty that you didn’t). Bring hankies.

About Mariah MacCarthy
“Sweet and boisterous…an adventure and an event…and a lot of fun, too.” -The New York Times on MacCarthy’s Mrs. Mayfield’s Fifth-Grade Class of ’93 20-Year Reunion

Mariah MacCarthy’s work has been developed and presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rattlestick, Primary Stages, Culture Project, New Dramatists, La MaMa, HERE, Dixon Place, The Brick, Atlantic Stage 2, Fringe NYC, various New York apartments, all over the country, and Paris. Indie Theater Hall of Fame, Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences, two New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations, 20 Looking Glass Forum Awards, FringeNYC “Outstanding Performance,” nominee for the prestigious Playwright of New York fellowship, and Kate Bornstein once called her “f***ing brilliant.” Executive Artistic Director of Caps Lock Theatre, Associate Artistic Directorat-Large of The Brick, and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Obie award-winning Youngblood. mariahmaccarthy.com

About Sara Lyons:
Sara Lyons is a Brooklyn-based theatre artist. As a director, recent projects include Kirya Traber’s Overheard (Dixon Place, BAAD, others), Pilot’s Wings (Fordham U), Life After (HERE Arts Center), The Garden Party (Organs of State), and more with Culture Project, EST, Cherry Lane, Primary Stages, The Lark, BAX, Ars Nova, and more in NYC and around the country. She has performed original work at LaMaMa, PS 122, and with Organs of State. As a teaching artist with Opening Act, she devises new work with NYC high schoolers and has previously worked with students of all ages across the five boroughs as well as in South Africa, Mexico. Alum, EMERGENYC at NYU’s Hemispheric Institute, DirectorsLabChicago, UWisconsinMadison. MFA Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. Say hi at sara-lyons.com!

About Caps Lock Theatre:
Caps Lock Theatre does funny, ugly, human plays. We like plays where people are at both their worst and their best; where people screw each other—or themselves—over, and have to find a way to deal with it; where people’s hearts hurt, or open, or blossom. We also believe in fun. Our plays will probably make you laugh. Probably more than once. And, we believe in creating art by whatever means necessary. If we are fortunate enough to piece together enough resources for lavish sets and fabulous special effects, awesome. If (more likely) we have to make work on a shoestring budget, on-the-fly, in an unconventional location, then we’ll do that and still knock your socks off. capslocktheatre.com

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May 15, 2016 · 8:01 am

HOME BREW THEATER at The Drama Workshop

TDW_Home Brew Theatre logoMay 20-22, The Drama Workshop is hosting HOME BREW THEATRE, featuring a six-pack of shows from six local playwrights. The six plays are:

BREAKING GULF NEWS, by Phil Paradis, has a big oil CEO facing off with the United States Coast Guard on a national news broadcast.

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, DOC, by Clint Bramkamp, details the experiences of a writer seeks professional help, where everything may not be exactly as it appears.

BREAKING AND ENTERING, by A. K. Forbes, shows what happens when a couple tries to spice up their marriage with a little role playing.

A SILLY AFTERNOON IN FRANCE, by Andy Simpson, takes place in a sidewalk café with two exceptionally civilized patrons.

THE OFF CHANCE, by Teri Foltz, explores the chances of a horoscope really coming true.

THANK YOU, by Roger Brookfield, focuses on an older couple musing on their neighbors’ tryst.

And what would a home brew theatre be without brew? After each performance, we will hold a reception featuring the beers of Christian Moerlein Brewery. All proceeds benefit the TDW “Fix the Roof” fund!

HOME BREW THEATRE features the acting talents of Valeria Amburgey, Betsy Bossart, Craig Branch, R.J. Bryant, Rob Bucher, Jimmy Bussey, Victoria Covarrubias, Adam Drake, Kevin Dunaway, Samantha Isler, Bill Keeton, Sig Maley, Jazz McMullen, Brady Reilly, and Ian Tinney.  The shows are directed by Kat Reynolds, and produced by Clint Bramkamp.

Seating is limited, and reservations for this unique event are strongly recommended. Tickets are $10 each, and may be ordered by phone at (513) 598-8303 or purchased online at www.thedramaworkshop.org.

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May 15, 2016 · 7:45 am

One-Man Nikola Tesla Biopic Electrifies 2016 Cincy Fringe

The only show this year to feature robots, tap dance, and rivalry with Thomas Edison!

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Ricky Coates as Nikola Tesla. Photo by JMC Photography.

OVER-THE-RHINE, MAY 31-JUNE 11: In 1892, the famed inventor Nikola Tesla awoke with partial amnesia. Using his incredible willpower, he pieced his life back, memory by memory. Cincinnati Fringe will be hosting the premier run of energetic original theatrical biography, Tesla Ex Machina. Seattle writer-actor Ricky Coates examines science and humanity through a virtuosic one-man performance, featuring charismatic live demonstrations of some of Tesla’s most renowned experiments, framed by a touching exploration of memory, family, and what it means to be human in an age of technology.

Born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Ricky received his BFA from the University of Arizona and has been working as a professional actor for over 15 years. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington and tours the world with his original plays. Ricky strives to break the conventional approach to solo-work and touring shows. He loves creating physical, intelligent, and entertaining theatrical productions with “nerdy” themes. He has received critical and audience acclaim for his one-man play Death of Brian: A Zombie Odyssey.

“Ricky Coates is a bit of genius in a slick and muscled body” – Edmonton Journal
“Coates gives a gut-munching master class in physical commitment” – Orlando Weekly

TESLA EX MACHINA
By Ricky Coates
17 E. Court

Thursday – June 2 – 8:30PM
Saturday – June 4 – 4:00PM
Tuesday – June 7 – 7:30PM
Wednesday – June 8 – 7:30PM
Friday – June 10 – 9:15PM

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May 13, 2016 · 6:44 am

CHARLIE’S GIRLS/2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival

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Photo by Chris Hughes.

InBocca Performance is pleased to announce their production for the Know Theatre’s 2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, CHARLIE’S GIRLS:

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Photo by Chris Hughes.

‘These were your children; you threw them out and I took them in.’ Charles Manson, Gardener of the Haight, tended to the Flower Children. In a time of free love, why was war their first, last, and only hope? In the shadow of the horrific murders of 1969, Charlie’s Girls explores the space in which the impressionable prey becomes the merciless predator. Join us as we relive the infamous crime and the end of not only the Summer of Love, but the innocence of a nation.

All performances are at Gabriel’s Corner (1425 Sycamore St., Cincinnati) on the following dates and times:

  • Wednesday, June 1st at 7:45pm
  • Friday, June 3rd at 9:15pm
  • Saturday, June 4th at 9:15pm
  • Monday, June 6th at 7:15 pm
  • Saturday, June 11th at 5:30pm

All tickets and passes can be purchased via the Cincinnati Fringe Festival website: www.cincyfringe.com.

InBocca Performance utilizes experimental theatre methods to create devised works, which build actors’ craft and produce a unique experience for the audience. Actors (ranging in ages from 8 to adulthood) construct their own scenes, choreograph dance segments, and work with diverse musical genres, all under general direction from Caroline Stine. Ms. Stine, a graduate of Highlands High School, received her Bachelor degree from Butler University, and her masters in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University in Boulder, CO. She received theatrical training in Italy and Russia and recently participated in the Crisis Arts Festival in Arezzo, Italy. She is currently teaching at Northern Kentucky University and Notre Dame Academy.

History of the Company
InBocca Performance humbly began as the Cliffview Players in Caroline Stine’s basement in 1997 on Cliffview Avenue. It then moved to her backyard in 1999, and became a main stage company in 2008. Notable past performances for the Ft. Thomas Community Theatre at Highlands High School were Peter Pan in 2008 and Into the Woods in 2010. Caroline began working with young actors to devise theatrical pieces in the summer of 2011 at The Village Players in Ft. Thomas, KY. In 2012, they created The Maid of Orleans an emotionally charged production about Joan of Arc. In the summer of 2013, they created Romeo y Margarita, a story that combined the lyricism of Shakespearean verse with the romance of the Spanish language. Since 2013, they have expanded to create art within the greater Cincinnati area. This includes a sellout production of Swan Lake: A Waking Dream performed at The Southgate House Revival last winter and a piece in the 2015 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, My Twisted Face, which addressed the concept of rape as a part of our society. This winter, they presented a collaboration with Say Yes Dance and Nicole Hershey to create

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