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Premiere ‘Summer Classics Season’ Announced for Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
Cincinnati’s Newest Performing Venue Scheduled to Open June 3, 2015
When the chorus sings the first line of THE PRODUCERS – “Opening night, it’s opening night!” – on June 3, 2015 at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, it will be true and historic on multiple levels.
Cincinnati Landmark Productions announced today the grand opening date and the premiere Summer Classics Season at the region’s newest performing arts venue.
The 2015 Summer Classics Season, presented by TriHealth, includes:
- THE PRODUCERS, June 3-21
- 1776, July 8-26
- 9 to 5, August 12-30
“I look forward to adding this sensational new venue to the Cincinnati performing arts landscape,” said Tim Perrino, executive artistic director of Cincinnati Landmark Productions. “This line up is the perfect summer-stock slate of great musicals, sure to bring thousands of people to this inaugural season and to the exciting Incline District. More than ever, this really is a neighborhood on the rise.”
The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater will be a brand new, purpose-built, 220-seat performing arts center and parking garage in the Incline District in East Price Hill. Located at the corner of Matson Place and West 8th Street, the $6 million project is slated to break ground in the coming weeks.
Subscriptions for the premiere Summer Classics Season – only $63 – go on sale to the public on November 3, 2014. Two special pre-sale opportunities will be available for 2014 Summer Classic Season subscribers and 2014-15 Covedale Center subscribers. Information for pre-sales will be mailed directly to those subscribers in advance of the on-sale date.
The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater will be programmed year-round by Cincinnati Landmark Productions, culminating in over 120 show nights. In addition to the Summer Classics Season, which will expand to four productions in future years, the venue will host a four-show Main Stage subscription season (September to May) designed to complement the Main Stage season at the Covedale Center, as well as one-night concerts, comedy events and cabarets. Information on those seasons will be announced in the coming months.
“We want to particularly thank TriHealth for its Summer Classic Season support,” Perrino said. “Having such an important community partner in the first season will help make the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater a success right out of the gate.”
Funding for the new theater/garage was provided by: New Market Tax Credit allocations from Cincinnati Development Fund and PNC, an economic development grant from the City of Cincinnati, capital funding from the State of Ohio, and private support from Warsaw Federal, Doug Ridenour, KB Partners LLC, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, Diane and Tom Brunst, the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation and many others.
Cincinnati Landmark Productions has been serving the West Side for over 30 years – first through its Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre program and then through its ownership and management of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts in West Price Hill. Since opening in 2002, the arts center quadrupled its subscribership. Attendance ballooned from 13,990 in the 2002-03 season to over 37,000 (representing 336 zip codes) in the 2013-14 season.
Donor programs and sponsorships for the new venue are still available. For more information about the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, call (513) 241-6550.
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LAC Announces 2015 Season
La Comedia Dinner Theatre in Springboro has announced its 2015 Season.
- PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES
Jan. 15-March 1 - SOUTH PACIFIC
March 5-May 3 - THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
April 10-24 - THE ADDAMS FAMILY
May 7-June 28 - Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID
July 8-Aug. 30 - The Church Basement Ladies in THE LAST (POTLUCK) SUPPER
Sept. 3-Oct. 31 - A CHRISTMAS STORY the Musical
Nov. 4-Dec. 31
For more information visit http://lacomedia.com/playbill/#2015.
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NET: New Season, New Digs
New Edgecliff Theatre: New Season, New Digs
Former St. Patrick’s Church in Northside.
CINCINNATI, OH – August 25, 2014 – After a two year search for a new home, New Edgecliff Theatre is moving to Northside for their 2014-15 Season: The Rest of the Story. The season will open with Douglas Carter Beane’s The Little Dog Laughed performed at The Hoffner Lodge (4120 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45223) and will continue with The 12 Dates of Christmas by Ginna Hoben and Race by David Mamet at their new home, the old St Patrick Church at 1662 Blue Rock St. “We’re very excited to be a part of what promises to be a vital new arts venue in the Northside community,” says Producing Artistic Director Jim Stump. “Plans for the facility we are moving into include a brew pub, music lounge and eventually a restaurant in the former rectory building.”
THE HOFFNER LODGE: Site of several theatrical productions, the Hoffner Lodge is the perfect entree to the Northside arts scene. According to Stump, “Our new venue still has some construction to be done and we wanted to perform our entire season in our new community home. The historic feel of the Hoffner Lodge is a great fit for New Edgecliff.”
The Hoffner Lodge is in the heart of the business and entertainment district of Northside, and is one of the many historic treasures designed by Cincinnati architect, Samuel Hannaford. More information on the Hoffner Lodge can be found at www.hoffnerlodge.com
NEW VENUE: Grayscale Cincinnati has been working since the summer of 2012 to create a multi-use performing arts facility and craft brewery in Cincinnati. Their efforts led them to Northside and redeveloping the former St. Patrick’s Church (1662 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati OH 45223) into a new music venue, creative live theater, bar/lobby, and craft brewery.
One of the key elements of this project is the historic rehabilitation of a former center of community life and its architecture to its return as a new, vibrant cultural center for the community. They are honored to be part of the stewardship of such a fantastic piece of history. The fact that they’re adding new cultural and entertainment facilities in this location is also a primary factor. With a heavy focus on enhancing the urbanism of the city and by helping to reestablish central neighborhoods in Cincinnati, such as Northside, and creating density in appropriate locations, the hope is to continue to build the entire region in a natural and sustainable manner. The goal is to make Northside and Cincinnati a destination for culture and brewing tourism. More information on Grayscale can be found at http://www.grayscalecincinnati.com
THE 2014-15 SEASON: THE REST OF THE STORY
Last season featured stories that led characters in directions they did not expect. This season features storylines that defy the expectations of the audience – endings that not only surprise, but entice the audience to rethink their biases.
September 25–October 11, 2014 The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Lindsey Mercer: Can modern love survive in the face of our tabloid driven age? Where big stars jump around like heartsick schoolboys, audiences don’t care about true love. What we really love is all that dish! The players here include a hard-driving Hollywood agent, her budding screen idol client who could hit big if it weren’t for one teensy-weensy problem – she can’t seem to keep him in the closet or away from the cute rent boy who’s caught his eye and the rent boy’s girlfriend (wait, the rent boy has a girlfriend?). Will there be a happy ending as the final credits roll?
December 4-20, 2014 The 12 Dates of Christmas by Ginna Hoben, directed by Jim Stump: After seeing her fiancé kiss another woman at the televised Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mary’s life falls apart – just in time for the holidays. Over the next year, she stumbles back into the dating world, where “romance” ranges from weird and creepy to absurd and comical. It seems nothing can help Mary’s growing cynicism, until the charm and innocence of a five-year-old boy unexpectedly brings a new outlook on life and love. This heartwarming one-woman play offers a hilarious and modern alternative to the old standards of the holiday season.
April 9-25, 2015 Race by David Mamet, directed by Daryl Harris: Multiple award-winning playwright/director David Mamet tackles America’s most controversial topic in this provocative new tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations. Two lawyers, one black and one white, find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface. When the spotlight is turned on what we think but can’t say, dangerous truths are revealed, and no punches are spared. Select performances will feature a talk back/discussion session about the show.
About New Edgecliff Theatre:
The mission of New Edgecliff Theatre is to create a powerful artistic experience utilizing local professionals and stressing the fundamental communion between actor and audience.
Established by Michael Shooner in 1998, New Edgecliff Theatre is built on a concept of locally-produced professional educational theater that was the hallmark of the theatre department at the former Edgecliff College in the 1970s. Highlights have included American Buffalo, I Stand Before You Naked, Square One, Death of a Salesman, Equus, The Night of the Iguana, Proof and Bus Stop.
Jim Stump took over as Artistic Director at the 13th Season, putting together ambitious line-ups each season, directing and reviving New Edgecliff Theatre’s participation in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Last season, he assumed the role of Producing Artistic Director. More information about New Edgecliff Theatre can be found at www.newedgecliff.com
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CCM Announces 2014-2015 Studio Series
UC’S COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES
2014-15 STUDIO SERIES OF OPERA, MUSICAL THEATRE, DRAMA AND DANCE
With free admission and limited seating, CCM’s innovative and award-winning
Studio Series remains one of the hottest tickets in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, OH—The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is pleased to announce details for its 2014-15 Studio Series of opera, musical theatre, drama and dance productions.
This season’s Studio Series includes eight exciting productions showcasing CCM’s “rising stars.” The series opens in October with the energetic and award-winning musical Blood Brothers and concludes in April with the profoundly funny drama You’re Welcome (A Cycle of Bad Plays). Other highlights include Monteverdi’s masterful opera The Coronation of Poppea in February and the Dance Department’s annual Student Choreographer’s Showcase in March.
Tickets and Parking Information
All Studio Series performances are free and open to the general public, but reservations are required. Reservations can be made the week of each show by visiting the CCM Box Office in UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts or by calling 513-556-4183.
Unless otherwise noted, all Studio Series productions take place in CCM’s intimate and versatile “black box” performance space, the Cohen Family Studio Theater.
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates. For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
Additional Information
Titles and dates subject to change. For more information regarding CCM events, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or visit ccm.uc.edu.
CCM 2014-15 STUDIO SERIES
Opera, Musical Theatre, Drama, Dance
- 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9
- 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10
- 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11
• Studio Musical Theatre Series •
BLOOD BROTHERS
Book, Music and Lyrics by Willy Russell
Vince DeGeorge, director and choreographer
Steve Goers, musical director
Now in its 30th year in London’s West End, Blood Brothers is the haunting story of the Johnson twins, separated at birth and brought together by the power of friendship. A tale of superstition, class distinction and adolescent love loosely based on The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas, Blood Brothers was the winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1983. Heart-warming and tragic, Blood Brothers is a contemporary parable, punctuated by an energetic score of pop-rock songs.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Oct. 6. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
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- 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24
- 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25
- 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26
• Opera Cabaret Lab •
BADEN-BADEN 1927
Music by Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith
Mark Gibson, conductor
Francis Rabalais, director (mentored by Emma Griffin)
Student TBA, music director
CCM Opera will present a mini recreation of the legendary Baden-Baden Festival of Contemporary Music performance of July 17, 1927. During the original composer-organized summer festival, four one-act operas were presented in one evening. For this recreation, CCM will be presenting two one-acts: Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny-Songspiel and Paul Hindemith’s Hin und zuruck (There and Back). All performances will be piano accompaniment only.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Oct. 20. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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- 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6
- 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7
- 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8
• Studio Drama Series •
SPEECH AND DEBATE
Written by Stephen Karam
Richard E. Hess, director
Written by Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Stephen Karam, Speech and Debate feels ripped from today’s headlines. What begins as a story of on-line stalking quickly snowballs into a play that is part mystery, part coming-of-age story; a smart comedy and an insightful reflection of what it means to be young in America today.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Nov. 3. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub
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- 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
- 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21
- 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22
• Studio Opera Series •
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)
Music by Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto by Francesco Busenello
English Translation by Geoffrey Dunn
Brett Scott, conductor
Emma Griffin, director Love, power, morality, corruption… Monteverdi’s final masterpiece, The Coronation of Poppea, is often described as his greatest achievement, combining mythic and very human themes and featuring some of his most glorious music. One of the first operas to use historical events and people, it tells the story of Nero’s infatuation with the young and beautiful Poppea as she tries to make him divorce his wife Ottavia and take her as his new queen and empress of Rome. The Coronation of Poppea is a rich, complex and thoroughly modern work; a world populated by ruthless and all-too-human characters where lust and ambition ultimately triumph over virtue.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 16. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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- 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11
- 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12
- 7 p.m. Friday, March 13
• Studio Drama Series •
TRANSMIGRATION 2015
A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Richard Hess, coordinator
Brant Russell, producer
TRANSMIGRATION, so named for “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” is a festival of new works created by the acting students in CCM Drama. Six teams of actors craft and perform five original 30-minute shows. Performed simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. “Thanks to the drama program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music,” observed CityBeat’s Rick Pender, “theater fans were offered a jolt of onstage vitality.”
Location: CCM Village
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 9. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub
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- 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11
- 8 p.m. Thursday, March 12
- 8 p.m. Friday, March 13
- 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14
• Studio Dance Series •
DANCE STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHER’S SHOWCASE
Deirdre Carberry and Andre Megerdichian, directors
Come experience the next generation of emerging choreographers as CCM dance majors take the stage with exciting and diverse new works.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 9. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
The Dance Department gratefully acknowledges the support of the Corbett Endowment at CCM
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- 8 p.m. Thursday, April 9
- 8 p.m. Friday, April 10
- 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 11
• Studio Musical Theatre Series •
MUSICALS REDUX: 110 IN THE SHADE
Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Book by N. Richard Nash
Vince DeGeorge, director and choreographer
Steve Goers, music director
CCM’s award-winning Musicals Redux series returns with a gem from the storehouse of forgotten American musicals. Based upon the play The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash, 110 in the Shade tells the tale of Lizzie Curry, a forthright “old maid” living on a ranch with her father and brothers in the American southwest. When a charismatic conman posing as a rainmaker promises to bring relief to the drought-stricken area, he awakens new feelings of love and self-discovery in the heart of the lonely woman. With a lush score by the composers of The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade is a lovely reminder of the “Golden Age” of American Musical Theatre.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 6. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
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- 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23
- 8 p.m. Friday, April 24
- 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25
• Studio Drama Series •
YOU’RE WELCOME (A CYCLE OF BAD PLAYS)
Written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
Developed by Oliver Butler
Made by the Debate Society
Brant Russell, director
You’re Welcome is a collection of five small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. The plays are about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater. They’re about theater. Kind of the last word on theater. This is You’re Welcome—five plays that pretty much nail it. You’re welcome!
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 20. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub
Season subject to change—rights pending. For more information regarding CCM events, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu.
Nationally ranked and internationally renowned, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is a preeminent institution for the performing and media arts. CCM offers the benefits of a professional training conservatory within the setting of a comprehensive public university. The school’s roster of eminent faculty regularly receives distinguished honors, and its alumni go on to notable success in the performing and media arts. CCM is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio. All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, please visit us online at ccm.uc.edu. UC’s College-Conservatory of Music: The Season is Yours – Get Swept Away!
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