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September 6, 2018 · 10:07 am

2018-2019 Season Announced by Oxford Area Community Theatre

OXACT_logoTHE OTHER PLACE
Oct. 19-21
Directed by Mike McVey

Juliana Smithton is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man and her own health is in jeopardy. But in this brilliantly crafted work, nothing is as it seems. Piece by piece, a mystery unfolds as fact blurs with fiction, past collides with present and the elusive truth about Juliana boils to the surface.

THE 39 STEPS
Feb. 15-24
Directed by Mike McVey

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic and excitement of live theatre. This Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, nearly 100 zany characters (played by a talented cast of 4), and amazing feats of theatre wizardry. A riotous blend of virtuoso performances, some good old-fashioned romance, and wildly inventive stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure.

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE 
April 19-29
Directed by R. Scott Shriver

Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Throw in the sassy maid Cassandra (who can predict the future), and a lovely aspiring actress named Nina, who somewhat worried Masha, and you end up with comedy unending.

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August 29, 2018 · 12:36 pm

Xavier University Theatre Launches 2018-19 Season with Regional Premiere of MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY

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Kelsey Schwarber, Aiden Dalton, Nora Weisz, Andrew Leonard and Matthew Wilkinson. Photo by by Jonathan Gibson.

(CINCINNATI, AUG. 29, 2018) — Xavier University Theatre will open its 2018-19 season with the regional premiere of Anne Washburn’s critically-acclaimed dark comedy MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, which runs Sept. 7 to 9 in Xavier’s Gallagher Student Theatre. A
tribute to live theatre, the power of storytelling and the enduring legacy of Bart Simpson,
MR. BURNS is an animated exploration of how stories change over time as the pop culture icons of one era evolve into the mythology of another.

Following the collapse of civilization, a collection of survivors begins to gather and regroup. Without electricity or other distractions, they share campfire stories, using their collective memory to piece together the plot from the “Cape Feare” episode of TV’s The Simpsons. Seven years later, this and similar tales have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society desperately trying to hold onto the past in order to make sense of its future.

MR. BURNS was named one of the best 25 American plays of the last 25 years by The New York Times, which called the script “brilliant” and guaranteed to “leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas.” The Xavier cast features Aiden Dalton (Sam), Cassie Delicath (Jenny), Andrew Leonard (Matt), Gigi Relic (Edna), Kelsey Schwarber (Maria), Cat Sholtis (Quincy), Nora Weisz (Colleen) and Matt Wilkinson (Gibson).

The show is helmed by Xavier’s Director of Theatre Stephen Skiles. Other creative team
members include Scot Buzza (music director); Joe Beumer (set and lighting designer); Jessica Pitcairn (costume designer); Steven Stapleton (sound designer); Lydia Reagan (props designer); Annie Mayer and Rachael Petranek (choreographers); and Joe Leonard (technical director). The stage manager is Emi Suarez. Assistant stage managers are Trever McKenzie and Carly Mulert.

Performances for MR. BURNS will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. Reservations for the show and all other productions in this year’s season are available now through the Xavier University Theatre Box Office. Tickets are $18 for adults and $13 for students, as well as Xavier faculty and staff. Limited seating is available. To purchase tickets, visit www.xavier.edu/theatretickets or call 513-745-3939.

Announcing the 2018-19 Season

MR. BURNS is the first in Xavier University Theatre’s nine-show season. The lineup includes an eclectic mix of premieres, a new adaptation by a Xavier University alumnus directed by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s former Producing Artistic Director and the reunion of a performer with the show that earned her a Tony Award nomination. The schedule features:

URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann; Book and lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Stephen Skiles
Oct. 19 – 21, 2018

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. From among the people, a hero will rise as the founder of a revolution intended to lead them all to freedom! Winner of three Tony Awards, URINETOWN is a hilarious satire of capitalism, bureaucracy, corporate greed and even musical theatre itself.

DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD
By Bert V. Royal
Directed by Xavier student Hannah Sgambellone
Nov. 16 – 18, 2018

DOG SEES GOD is a haunting and hopeful play that pushes teen angst to its limits. Following the loss of his beloved dog, CB finds himself questioning the existence of an afterlife, until a chance meeting with a bullied fellow student sets into motion a friendship with life-changing ramifications.

ANTIGONE (BORN AGAINST.)
By Sophocles
Translated and adapted by Xavier alumnus Griff Bludworth
Directed by former Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Producing Artistic Director Ed Stern
Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2018

A new take on Sophocles’ tragedy, ANTIGONE (BORN AGAINST.) blurs the lines between
adaptation and translation while placing contemporary issues of oppression front and center. Classical figures become recognizably human in this clash between justice and discrimination that is at once timeless and horrifically timely.

ROMEO AND JULIET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Craig Wesley Divino
Feb. 8 – 10, 2019

Shakespeare’s most popular romance, ROMEO AND JULIET are theatre’s original star-crossed lovers, two teens from feuding families whose forbidden love sparks tragic results.

NEXT TO NORMAL
Music by Tom Kitt; Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Directed by Stephen Skiles
Feb. 22 – 24, 2019

Winner of three Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, NEXT TO NORMAL follows the
typical American suburban family whose lives are anything but normal. The musical takes audiences into their complex world of crisis and mental illness with love, sympathy and heart.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
By Eve Ensler
Directed by Xavier student Ellie Conniff
March 2, 2019

Built from hundreds of interviews with women of all ages, races and backgrounds, this Obie Award-winning play introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices for a powerful and empowering discussion about sexuality, relationships and feminism.

THE OXFORD COMMA
By Liba Vaynberg
Directed by Amelia Pedlow
March 22 – 24, 2019

In the first year of implementation of a new honor code at a small private school in California, little has changed for Charlotte, George and Karen, who sit around the teacher’s lounge and gossip about their colleagues. But, when the lines between friends and lovers — as well as teachers and students — starts to blur, everyone must decide what’s real and reportable and what isn’t. Xavier University Theatre commissioned the world premiere of this compelling story.

COMPANY
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth
Directed by Pamela Myers
April 12 – 14, 2019

The season concludes with Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s look at the challenges and rewards of contemporary relationships, COMPANY. From theatre’s most renowned composer, COMPANY is widely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show will be directed by Tony Award nominee Pamela Myers, who made her Broadway debut as Marta in the show’s original cast.

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August 29, 2018 · 9:45 am

CCM Announces 2018-2019 Studio Series of Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre and Opera

CCM_logoCINCINNATI, OH — The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music presents 11 exciting productions as part of its 2018-19 Studio Series of Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre and Opera. This annual series of performing and media arts events features CCM’s acclaimed “stars of tomorrow” in a collection of scaled-down stagings set in the Cohen Family Studio Theater and other intimate performance spaces.

The studio series opens in October with Eurydice, a reimagined take on the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. October also sees the return of the 48-Hour Film Festival, which showcases eight student-created short films produced over the course of a single weekend. In November, CCM’s Musical Theatre program celebrates its 50th anniversary with Stephen Schwartz’s golden hit from the Off-Broadway season of 1971, Godspell. The fall studio series concludes with two world-premieres produced by the Opera Fusion: New Works Lab in partnership with Cincinnati Opera.

The series continues in February 2019 with two opera productions — Johann Strauss’ classic Die Fledermaus and William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight. CCM’s popular Dance Student Choreographer’s Showcase and TRANSMIGRATION Festival of Student-Created New Works both return in March. CCM presents the Cincinnati premiere of Yeast Nation in April and the series concludes later that month with Association of Controlled Dreamers, which was commissioned during CCM’s 2017 Summer Playwrights Workshop.

The complete 2018-19 Studio Series lineup is listed below. Titles and dates are subject to change.

TICKETS AND PARKING INFORMATION
All Studio Series performances are free and open to the general public, but reservations are required and seating is limited. 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.

CCM’s 2018-19 STUDIO SERIES
Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre, Opera

8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11
8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13
• Studio Acting Series •
EURYDICE
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Susan Felder, director
Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists and breathtaking poetry, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story. CCM and the Cincinnati opera will also present an operatic version of this play in November.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Acting Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman and Margaret Straub

7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28
•Studio Acting Series •
5TH ANNUAL CCM 48-HOUR FILM FESTIVAL
Richard E. Hess, producer
Join us for our annual celebration of original student film work. After random team placement, student writers, actors, directors, editors and composers have 48 hours from 7 p.m. on Friday night to 7 p.m. on Sunday night to create original short films. With more than 100 UC student participants, eight short films will be screened.
Location: MainStreet Cinema, UC’s Tangeman University Center
Admission: FREE

8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10
• Studio Musical Theatre Series •
GODSPELL
Book by John Michael Tebelak
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Conceived and Originally Directed by John Michael Tebelak
Katie Johannigman, director and choreographer
Stephen Goers, musical director
Based on the gospel according to St. Matthew, Godspell is a perennial audience favorite, telling the well-known parables with comedy, improvisation and theatre games. Featuring the international hit, “Day by Day,” Godspell sports an eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville. By turns hilarious and moving, Godspell is a solid gold hit from the Off-Broadway season of 1971.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
• Opera Fusion: New Works Lab •
A collaboration between CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera in partnership with LA Opera and the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater’s New Works Program
Co-Artistic Directors Robin Guarino and Marcus Küchle
EURYDICE
Matthew Aucoin, composer
Sarah Ruhl, librettist
Funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera present a public reading of this new, original work that reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice through the eyes of its heroine. CCM Acting presents the original play of Ruhl’s Eurydice in October.
Location: Wilks Studio, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street
Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 5. Please contact the Cincinnati Opera box office for tickets at 513-241-2742 or www.cincinnatiopera.org.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6
• Opera Fusion: New Works Lab •
A collaboration between CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera in partnership with Santa Fe Opera/San Francisco Opera’s “Opera for All Voices” Program
Co-Artistic Directors Robin Guarino and Marcus Küchle
POSTVILLE: HOMETOWN TO THE WORLD
Music by Laura Kaminsky
Postville: Hometown to the World is the latest piece by composer Laura Kaminsky and filmmaker Kimberly Reed, known for their partnership on the critically acclaimed opera As One, concerning the journey of a transgender person, which was featured in Cincinnati Opera’s 2018 Summer Festival. Their new work takes place in Postville, Iowa, which bills itself as the “Hometown to the World,” but which is known for a massive 2008 raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency at a Kosher meat-packing plant, in which over a tenth of the town’s population was arrested and deported. This new work was created for the “Opera for All Voices” program, which is led by Santa Fe Opera and San Francisco Opera, and includes the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Sarasota Opera and Seattle Opera. It is Kaminsky and Reed’s second work to participate in Opera Fusion: New Works, following their opera Some Light Emerges, which had a short residency in September 2016.
Location: Wilks Studio, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street
Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 5. Please contact the Cincinnati Opera box office for tickets at 513-241-2742 or www.cincinnatiopera.org.

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10
• CCM Opera d’arte– Undergraduate Opera Series •
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Music and libretto by Johann Strauss
Kenneth Shaw, director
Amy Johnson, co-producer
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
Matthew Worth, assistant stage director
Updated to free and frivolous 1920s Vienna, this most popular operetta returns to CCM with its captivating melodies and a few wry surprises!
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24
• Studio Opera Series •
DINNER AT EIGHT
Music by William Bolcom
Libretto by Mark Campbell
TBA, conductor
Audrey Chait, director Dinner at Eight is a comic opera by composer William Bolcom and librettist Mark Campbell, based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. It is a Depression-era comedy of manners in which the wife of a once-affluent shipping magnate plans a society dinner for an assortment of wealthy or well-born acquaintances. Eventually, the guests’ tangled and intimate connections to one another are revealed. The original play opened in 1932 on Broadway at the Music Box Theater, and inspired a star-studded film adaptation the following year.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal
Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith

8 p.m. Thursday, March 7
8 p.m. Friday, March 8
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9
• Studio Dance Series •
DANCE STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE
Judith Mikita, director
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. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13
7 p.m. Thursday, March 14
7 p.m. Friday, March 15
• Studio Acting Series •
TRANSMIGRATION 2019
A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Richard E. Hess and Brant Russell, producers
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 students in CCM Acting. 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 [Acting] program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music, theatre fans were offer a jolt of onstage vitality,” observed CityBeat’s Rick Pender.
Location: CCM Village
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

8 p.m. Thursday, April 4
8 p.m. Friday, April 5
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6
• Studio Musical Theatre Series •
YEAST NATION
Book and lyrics by Greg Kotis
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Vince DeGeorge, director and choreographer
Henry Lewers, musical director
In the year 3,000,458,000 B.C., the salt-eating yeasts are the only living creatures on earth, and they’re up against a food shortage, a strange new emotion called “love” and the oppression of a tyrannical king. When the king’s dreamer of a son ventures out of the known yeastiverse, the yeasts’ story – and ours – is changed forever. An area premiere from the creators of Urinetown and The Sting.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

8 p.m. Thursday, April 25
8 p.m. Friday, April 26
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27
• Studio Acting Series •
ASSOCIATION OF CONTROLLED DREAMERS
Written by MJ Kaufman
Brant Russell, director
A young, charismatic senator pursues policies that could have long-lasting repercussions for public education. A group of college students tries every technique available to them to change his mind, from occupying his lawn to collective lucid dreaming. What is the nature of activism? How do we hold legislators accountable? And what is the young senator’s mysterious twin up to?
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Acting Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman and Margaret Straub

A preeminent institution for the performing and media arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (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 http://ccm.uc.edu.

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August 16, 2018 · 1:13 pm

2019 Summer Season Announced by Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre

All Musical  Season Features Dancing Queens, Church Girls and Seven Brides

WFIT_Sign at nightCincinnati Landmark Productions announced this week its four-show Summer Classics Season at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.

The 2019 Summer Classics Season, presented by TriHealth, includes:

  • MAMMA MIA, May 1-26, 2019
  • CHURCH GIRLS, June 5 – 30, 2019
  • PIPPIN, July 10 – August 4, 2019
  • SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, August 14 – September 8, 2019

The popular series expanded from three productions to four in 2018. This follows Cincinnati Landmark Productions’ decision to expand the runs of each production from three weeks to four weeks in 2016. Officials say the record attendance numbers in the 2018 summer season have justified the expansion.

“The 2018 Summer Classics Season has been a run-away success,” said Tim Perrino, Executive Artistic Director for Cincinnati Landmark Productions. “We broke our own summer attendance record again, and with the all-musical lineup we have planned for 2019, I expect we’ll do it again.”

The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater is the purpose-built, 229-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 opened on June 3, 2015.

Subscriptions for the 2019 Summer Classics Season – only $96 – are now on sale.

Subscribers to the 2018 Summer Classics Season will have their seats held for renewal until March 1, 2019. All seats not renewed by that time will be released. Tickets to individual shows go on sale on April 1, 2019.

The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater is programmed year-round by Cincinnati Landmark Productions, culminating in over 120 show nights. In addition to the Summer Classics Season, the venue hosts the three-show District Series season (September to May), an edgier slate of productions designed as an alternative to the concurrent Marquee season at the Covedale Center.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions has been serving the West Side for over 35 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.

For more information about the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, visit www.clpshows.org or call (513) 241-6550.

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More about the 2019 Summer Classics Season at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater:

MAMMA MIA
May 1 – May 26, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; Book by Catherine Johnson

The ultimate feel-good show! ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father, bringing three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek island paradise they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. Non-stop laughs, explosive dance numbers and mega-hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” “Knowing Me/Knowing You” and “Mamma Mia!” combine to make this the guaranteed hottest ticket of the summer!

CHURCH GIRLS: The Musical
June 5 – 30, 2019
Book and Story by Ken Jones;  Music by Jamey Strawn; Lyrics by Christine Jones; Additional Material by Roderick Justice

A locally-written campy, cheeky, audacious musical comedy! The “ladies” of the Umatilla Second Christian Church Women’s Auxiliary League are getting together to produce their annual Mother’s Day Pageant. Six men play every character in this singing, acting, dancing, improvisational tour de force. As the ‘Church Girls’ prepare for their pageant, chaos and calamity bring out less than saintly behavior. The result is heaven-sent hilarity!

PIPPIN
July 10 – August 4, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Roger O. Hirson

There’s magic to do when a prince learns the true meaning of glory, love and war in Stephen Schwartz’s iconic and unforgettable musical masterpiece. Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, this updated version continues to captivate the young and the young-at-heart throughout the world. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince seeks fulfillment in all the ‘expected’ ways – the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the un-extraordinary moments that happen every day. The musical features one of Stephen Schwarz’s best scores, including songs like “Corner of the Sky,” “No Time At All” and “Magic to Do!”

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
August 14 – September 8, 2019
Book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay; Music by Gene dePaul; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

In this unmistakably American take on the war between the sexes, seven frontier women take charge of their destinies (and their men) in 1850s Oregon. Based on the classic film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an authentic piece of Americana, a time-tested romantic comedy with a special, contemporary relevance. Saddle up for a western joyride that features great songs like “Bless Your Beautiful Hide,” “Going Courtin'” and “The Sobbin’ Women” – plus some of the greatest dance sequences ever on the stage! When Adam and his six unruly brothers think they know what a woman’s place is, Adam’s spirited new wife and a cohort of potential brides show ’em who’s boss in this golden age American musical.

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August 15, 2018 · 11:23 am

2019 Season Announced by Brookville Community Theatre

BVCT_logoAnnouncing The Brookville Community Theatre’s 34th Season!

In-Laws, Outlaws and Other People (That Should Be Shot) 
(Comedy)
By Steve Franco
Directed by Debbi Robbins
Auditions: January 2nd & 3rd, 2019 7pm
Performances: February 21, 22, 23, 24, 28 March 1, 2, 3

It is 6pm and Mr. Douglas and his daughter Beth are busily preparing for their annual Christmas dinner, while his wife Janet, is traveling home from a business trip. Mr. Douglas and Beth are waiting for the entire clan to descend upon them for their big family get-together. After robbing a neighborhood liquor store, high strung and irritable Tony, and his dim-witted side-kick Vinny, find themselves in need of a hide-out so they take the entire Douglas clan hostage, while trying to figure out the rest of their plan. While hiding out, they have to deal with the crazy Douglas clan, a snow storm, neighbors and carolers. Will Tony and Vinny escape with their sanity? This comic gem is guaranteed to have audiences laughing until the end!

Rumors
(Comedy)
By Neil Simon
Directed by James Nelson
Auditions: March 5th and 6th, 2019 7pm
Performances: April 25, 26, 27, 28, May 2, 3, 4, 5

At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get “the story” straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.

The Wizard of Oz 
Musical
By L. Frank Baum
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stolhart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Directed by James Nelson
Auditions: May 7th and 8th, 2019 7pm
Performances: July 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

Dorothy Gale, a young girl living on a Kansas farm with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, dreams of escaping her mundane life. The family’s cruel neighbor, Miss Gulch, threatens to impound Dorothy’s cherished dog, Toto, so Dorothy and Toto run away. They meet up with kindly Professor Marvel, who subtly convinces Dorothy to return home. Suddenly a cyclone hits, and Dorothy and Toto, seeking shelter in the house, are transported to the Land of Oz. Once there, Dorothy is greeted by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North and the munchkins. They send her to meet the Wizard of Oz, so he can help send her home. Along the way, she meets the beloved Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion and they accompany her to the Emerald City. However, the Wicked Witch of the West will stop at nothing to destroy Dorothy and get the ruby slippers returned to her! This musical has all the favorite songs including “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead,” “If I Only Had a Brain,” “The Merry Old Land of Oz,” and “If I Were King of the Forest.” This version also includes the omitted song from the movie, “The Jitterbug.” Come celebrate the 80th anniversary of this cherished classic and fall in love with the characters and music all over again!

TBD
Directed by Jen Bell
Audition Dates: July 30th and July 31st, 2019 7pm
Performances: September 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

A Gift to Remember 
Adapted by Joseph Robinette
Based on the book Can This Be Christmas? by Debbie Macomber
Directed by Sherron Henry
Audition Dates: September 24th and 25th, 2019 7pm
Performances: November 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24

On Christmas Eve, during a snowstorm, a group of strangers are on a train to Boston from Bangor, Maine, where the airport had been shut down due to the weather. Once they reach Boston, many of the passengers hope to make connections to various destinations across the United States. A sailor is trying to get to Texas to place an engagement ring on his girlfriend’s finger. A software salesman, returning from a business trip, wants to return to Los Angeles and patch things up with his wife. A recently widowed woman wishes to spend the holidays with her daughter’s family in Boston. A man and his wife are attempting to reach Maryland in time for the birth of their first grandchild. And other travelers have similar desires to reach their destinations in time for Christmas. However, the train develops engine trouble, and there are track problems ahead. The passengers are suddenly forced to disembark and take shelter in a small depot in New Hampshire. Understandably disappointed and dispirited, they try to make the best of things with little success at first. Eventually, however, they begin to bond, despite their circumstances. They even find themselves beginning to accept their fate by finding ways to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas. As the former strangers become collective friends, through patience, understanding and humor, they realize the memory of this night will be a gift to remember.

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