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2024-2025 Season Announced by Northern Kentucky University

Howard Crabtree’s WHEN PIGS FLY
Sept. 27 – Oct. 6, 2024
5/3 Bank Theatre – Aronoff Center

When Pigs Fly  follows Howard, who struggles to put on a lavish musical revue over numerous obstacles, including the near-mutiny of his cast and the nagging memory of his evil high school guidance counselor, who told him he’d succeed only “when pigs fly.” Filled with gorgeous gowns, sappy torch songs, and toe-tapping music, this campy musical revue will have you laughing till the cows… er, pigs come home!

THE WOLVES
5/3 Bank Theatre – Aronoff Center
Oct. 24 – Nov. 3, 2024

From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, The Wolves follows a team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. The Wolves is a portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.

ANYTHING GOES
Corbett Theatre
Nov. 15 – 23, 2024

Anything Goes is set aboard the ocean liner S. S. American, where nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England. Her pal Billy Crocker has stowed away to be near his love, Hope Harcourt, but the problem is Hope is engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Joining this love triangle on board the luxury liner are Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin and his sidekick-in-crime Erma. With the help of some elaborate disguises, tap-dancing sailors and good old fashioned blackmail, Reno and Martin join forces to help Billy in his quest to win Hope’s heart.

HENRY V
Strauss Theatre
Feb. 13 – 23, 2025

After an insult from the French Dauphin, King Henry V of England invades France to claim the throne he believes should be his. Henry stops an assassination plot, gives powerful speeches, and wins battles against the odds. In the end, he woos and marries the Princess of France, linking the two nations.

DANCE ’25: HOMECOMING
Corbett Theatre
Feb. 28 – Mar. 2, 2025

A moving evening of world-premiere choreography, this year’s concert, under the talented guidance of Professor Jeri Gatch, strikes a more familial tone with its theme: Homecoming. What could be more appropriate after a year-and-a-half of touring productions to off-site venues due to the renovation of NKU School of the Art’s theatres, than welcoming us back to campus and creating a stellar line-up of guest choreographers who include NKU dance alumni. With styles ranging from ballet to street dance, African dance to musical theatre, this concert has something for everyone to enjoy.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Corbett Theatre
Apr. 25 – May. 4, 2025

Jesus Christ Superstar, based on the Gospels, depicts the last seven days of Jesus’ life. Apostle Judas Iscariot fears Jesus’ followers will attract Roman ire. Priests Caiaphas and Annas plan to crush Jesus’ movement. In Jerusalem, Jesus finds the temple overrun by merchants and tells people to heal themselves, calmed by Mary Magdalene. Judas betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, leading Roman soldiers to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus is sent to Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, and King Herod, who condemns him to death on the cross.

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2024-2025 Season Announced by Xavier University

Tickets are now on sale for Xavier Theatre’s 2024-25 season
https://xaviertheatre.ludus.com

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
October 11 – 20, 2024
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

Directed by Stephen Skiles
Music Directed by Scot Buzza
Choreographed by Jenna Treinen

What’s the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 50 years. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot, Jesus Christ Superstar follows the last week of Jesus Christ’s life. Loosely based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus Christ Superstar features music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.


THE CHOREOGRAPHERS’ WORKSHOP
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase

Choreography by Gracie Phlipot, Kyra Sander, Reilly Somerville & Brianna Starkey
Physicality and movement are some of the greatest indicators of emotion and play a key role in storytelling. Through a range of styles including hip hop, contemporary, theatre jazz, and more, experience multiple stories told solely through movement.


NO EXIT
By Jean-Paul Sartre
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase

Directed by Erin Bonham

NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sarte is a gripping, existentialist play that follows the fates of three individuals damned to a hellish fate of their own design. The story is thrilling, enlightening and presents a mirror to audiences about untold facets of our human condition.


JANITOR’S CLOSET
By Reece Niederhausen
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase

Directed by Tate Clemons

Ethan, a lonely gay student at Saint Albans Academy, is attempting to make it out of his junior year alive by hiding away in a janitor’s closet for as long as he can. However, when his ex-best friend Allie reveals a big secret, hiding may not be a viable option. JANITOR’S CLOSET is a World Premiere production written by senior Xavier Theatre Education student Reece Niederhausen.


PIPPIN
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
February 14-23, 2025
Gallagher Student Center Studio Theatre

Directed & Choreographed by Carolyn Guido Clifford
Music Directed by Erin McCamley

Join the enigmatic Leading Player and their magical troupe as they lead Pippin and the audience on an immersive journey through a contemporary club scene. Experience Pippin’s struggle to find their place in this dazzling and intoxicating world.


SUMMER SLAY-CATION!
By Trey Tatum
March 28 – April 6, 2025
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

Directed by Bridget Leak

They say that summer camp closed down after that rash of murders – or, maybe – they say the government performs secret experiments at an underground bunker in those woods – or, maybe – they say all these animal carcuses as the result of creatures that stalk long after sundown. Either way, whoever enters those woods comes out changed, if at all
Part play, part game, Summer Slay-cation! is a story where the audience decides what terrible things happen in the wilderness, and then struggles to bring themselves back to civilization.

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2025 Summer and Fall Productions Announced by The Carnegie

The Carnegie is excited to share the spectacular lineup of shows coming to the stage in Summer and Fall 2025

Witness the soul-stirring power of resilience and redemption in THE COLOR PURPLE, a beloved musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Experience a heartfelt and humorous tribute to a country music legend in ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE featuring many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits.

GREASE is the word! With its iconic songs and dazzling dance numbers, you’ll be singing and dancing in your seat.

Let’s do the time warp again! Our smash-hit production of THE ROCKY HORROR will return for an encore just in time for Halloween 2025.

Join us for a season of extraordinary theatre that celebrates the human spirit, the power of music, and the joy of storytelling. We can’t wait to see you at the theatre!

Tickets will go on sale soon.

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2024-2025 Season Announced by Know Theatre of Cincinnati

Know Theatre of Cincinnati Announces the
2024–2025 Season
MainStage Season 27 is the first under the helm of new
Producing Artistic Director, Bridget Leak

MAINSTAGE

CAMP SIEGFRIED by Bess Wohl
Directed by Bridget Leak
Regional Premiere
September 13–28, 2024

Two teenagers fall in love at Summer Camp on Long Island, while slowly being indoctrinated by the political right. It’s 1938, the world is on the brink of war, and this wholesome summer camp is exclusively for American youth of German descent. From the playwright of “Grand Horizons,” (sold out run at Ensemble Theatre last season), comes a new story about the terrifying allure of fascism.

First Love. Third Reich.
Rated: PG-13

DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE by A.J. Baldwin & Alexx Rouse
Directed by Tatiana Godfrey
World Premiere
December 6–22, 2024

A shot-for-shot remake of the perennial action classic, set inside the suburban home of a family on the brink of collapse.

It’s Christmas Eve and Lane has invited her estranged husband, Mac, back home to provide a “normal Christmas” to their kids. But when Mac picks Die Hard for the family’s movie night, the classic “Is this a Christmas Movie?” debate takes on a life of its own.

It doesn’t take long for an R-rating and a bunch of blood to expose old wounds and rekindle arguments, and Mac and Lane must grapple with what’s appropriate for their family and the holiday. By the time the explosions start, life is mirroring art and soon an office building full of terrorists feels like a much safer room to be in.

This Holiday Season, one family will risk it all to make it to Christmas morning together … or die hard trying.
Rated: PG-13

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Piper N. Davis
Regional Premiere
February 7–22, 2025

In a cubicle in small town Idaho, two single dads unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile worlds. Keith, a mortgage broker and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker seeking to buy a plot of land that belonged to his family many decades ago, realize they share a “specific kind of sadness.”

At this desk in the middle of America, “loan talk” opens up into a discussion about the chokehold of financial insecurity and a bond over the precariousness of parenthood. With humor, empathy, and wrenching honesty, Hunter commingles two lives and deftly bridges disparate experiences of marginality. From the playwright of the Oscar-nominated film, The Whale.

A story of hope in a world that feels out of control.
Rated: PG

BLERDS by J. Corey Buckner
Directed by Derek Snow
World Premiere
April 4–19, 2025

BLERDS follows three Black middle school nerds as they set off across Washington, DC, on a quest to reach a Star Wars Convention and meet the coolest Jedi in the galaxy: Samuel L. Jackson.

A world premiere coming-of-age journey in the spirit of The Goonies and Stand By Me from J. Corey Buckner. An adventure quest about Black family joy and the perils of the very real world around them, as told through the lens of Star Wars fandom.

Not so long ago… three young teens set out on a quest to meet their idol.
Rated: PG

The 22nd Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival
May 30–June 14, 2025

A 15-day celebration of curated new work and uncensored live performance from local, national, and international indie theatre artists. The Cincy Fringe is Cincinnati’s Summer Theatre Party.

SERIALS!
January 27, February 10 & 24, March 10 & 24, 2025

15-minute episodes of five different plays, every two weeks, for a total of five installments. Follow five shows each week as they try to find an ending!

Performance Times
All evening performances are at 7:30pm, matinee performances are at 2pm.

Ticket Prices

  • Mainstage Subscription : $250
    • Grants one ticket for each MainStage production plus entry to all five Serials! performances. Subscribers also receive discounted drink prices, a MainStage ticket for one guest and discounted ticket prices for guests.
  • “Under 35” Subscription: $100
    • One entry to each MainStage show (must show ID to qualify)
  • Flex Pass : $120
    • Four MainStage tickets in any combination ($160 value)
  • Single tickets : $38
  • Welcome Wednesdays: Each Wednesday during a MainStage production we offer Free Walk-Up tickets and $15 advance reservation tickets.

We are Know Theatre of Cincinnati: where artists and audiences can come together to produce and experience work that you haven’t seen before. We strive to build a community around viscerally theatrical, exciting new works.

The 22nd Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival is made possible by a generous partnership with our neighbor the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Know Theatre is supported by the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the annual ArtsWave Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding 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 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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2025 Season Announced by La Comedia Dinner Theatre

GHOST the Musical
Jan. 10-Feb. 9

JERSEY BOYS
Feb. 13-March 23

INTO THE WOODS
March 27-May 4

CHILDREN OF EDEN
May 8 – June 15

MATILDA the Musical
June 26-Aug. 10

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Aug. 14-Sept. 14

LEGALLY BLONDE the Musical
Sept. 18-Oct. 26

SCROOGE the Musical
Nov. 1-Dec. 28

For more information visit www.lacomedia.com.

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