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Popping-Up in November:
Tri-County Players
in association with Milford Theatre Guilde
THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
A comedy by Ken Ludwig
Fri-Sat – November 3-4 & 10-11 at 8pm
Sunday – November 5 at 3pm
Performances will be held at the
Day Heights Fireman’s Memorial Building
1313 SR 131, Milford, OH 45150
Box office: (513) 471-2030
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UC’s College-Conservatory of Music marks its Sesquicentennial with an unparalleled series of acting, musical theatre, opera and dance productions.
CINCINNATI, OH—The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) marks the 150th anniversary of its founding with a year-long Sesquicentennial Celebration beginning in the fall of 2017. Commemorating a tradition of innovation and excellence dating back to the founding of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1867, CCM’s Sesquicentennial programming includes eight must-see masterworks presented as part of the 2017-18 Mainstage Series.
Between Sept. 27, 2017, and April 14, 2018, CCM’s stars of tomorrow and world-class faculty and staff members will stage eight diverse productions. This year’s Mainstage Series includes cherished classics like William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide and Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
CCM’s Sesquicentennial lineup also includes an opera double-bill featuring Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, two mixed-repertoire ballet productions and the Mainstage Series debuts of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ Seussical and Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information.
The Mainstage Series is just one part of the yearlong CCM Sesquicentennial Celebration, which will also include world premieres, guest artist performances, a series of off-campus concerts and a one-of-a-kind alumni showcase event. For an initial overview of CCM’s 150th anniversary programming, please visit
ccm.uc.edu/about/villagenews/notations-ovations/sesquicentennial-celebration.
The complete 2017-18 Mainstage Series lineup is listed below. Titles and dates are subject to change – rights pending. For the most current calendar of events, please visit us online at ccm.uc.edu.
Additional Information
Single tickets go on sale beginning Sept. 5, 2017, but subscribing is the best way to guarantee your seats for CCM’s Mainstage Series! Fully customizable renewal subscriptions are on sale now with priority seating before July 7, 2017. Subscription packages for new subscribers go on sale July 10, 2017.
To order subscriptions, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or boxoff@uc.edu.
CCM’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY MAINSTAGE SERIES
Acting, Musical Theatre, Opera, Dance
HAMLET
Written by William Shakespeare
Susan Felder, director
CCM’s anniversary season opens with one of Shakespeare’s most classic tragedies. Hamlet returns from college to find something rotten in his hometown. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between Hamlet and his uncle, the King. Shakespeare’s thriller plunges audiences into the madness of family disillusionment, lost romance, betrayal, murder, suicide and the existential question of what it means to be human. “What a piece of work is man!”
Performance Dates: Sept. 27 (preview), Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2017
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
SEUSSICAL
Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Co-conceived by Eric Idle
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss
Vince DeGeorge, director and co-choreographer
Luke Flood, musical director
Christopher Kelley, co-choreographer
The CCM Sesquicentennial celebrates the work of distinguished alumnus Stephen Flaherty (BM Composition, 1982)! Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza. The Tony Award-winning team of Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia, Once on This Island, Ragtime) have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. This colorful cast of characters transports us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
Performance Dates: Oct. 19-22 and Oct. 25-29, 2017
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
CANDIDE
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman,
Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein
Mark Gibson, conductor
Emma Griffin, director
CCM at 150 celebrates Leonard Bernstein at 100! Now lauded as one of Bernstein’s most characteristic theatrical creations, CCM’s stars of tomorrow proudly present Candide as part of a world-wide celebration leading up to Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday. Crossing the boundaries between opera, operetta and stage musical, Bernstein’s Candide journeys through Voltaire’s “best of all possible worlds” with verve and satirical humor. Highlights include the energetic overture and the aria “Glitter and Be Gay.” Presented in conjunction with the official Leonard Bernstein at 100 centennial celebration.
Performance Dates: Nov. 16-19, 2017
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
THE ART OF MOTION
Jiang Qi and Deirdre Carberry, co-directors
Alexandria Black, conductor
CCM’s Department of Dance opens this anniversary season with a concert of mixed repertoire featuring the enchanting The Little Mermaid choreographed by guest artist and Missouri Ballet Theatre director Adam Sage with music by Léo Delibes and Antonín Dvořàk. The concert also showcases Paquita (Act II) with music by Ludwig Minkus, restaged by Deirdre Carberry. Additional highlights include the world premiere of Shaker Loops, choreographed by André Megerdichian and featuring music by John Adams performed by CCM’s Café MoMus ensemble. This premiere will also include an illuminated collaboration with DAAP faculty member Henry Hildebrandt.
Performance Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2017
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
LOVE AND INFORMATION
Written by Caryl Churchill
Brant Russell, director
Described by the New York Times as “thought-churning” and “deeply poignant,” Love and Information premiered in London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2012. In this fast-moving kaleidoscope, more than 100 characters try to make sense of what they know. The play explores the prevalence of technology in today’s culture, the thirst for knowledge and the importance of human connection.
Performance Dates: Feb. 7 (preview), Feb. 8-11, 2018
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Diane Lala, director and choreographer
Roger Grodsky, musical director
What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 40 years. A timeless work, the rock opera is based on the last week of Jesus’ life. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events, the story is told through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. A true global phenomenon, the iconic 1970s rock score contains such well-known numbers as “Superstar,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemane.”
Performance Dates: Feb. 22-25 and Feb. 28-March 4, 2018
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
OPERA DOUBLE BILL: GIANNI SCHICCHI & SUOR ANGELICA
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Mark Gibson, conductor
Andreas Hagar, director (Gianni Schicchi)
Meredith Kitz, director (Suor Angelica)
The CCM Sesquicentennial pairs two of Puccini’s most popular operas for one can’t miss Mainstage Series production! CCM’s stars of tomorrow present the farcical Gianni Schicchi and the moving Suor Angelica as a double-bill highlighting Puccini’s mastery of emotional storytelling.
Performance Dates: March 22-25, 2018
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
LEGENDS OF DANCE
Jiang Qi, director
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
Celebrate spring’s arrival with the CCM Ballet Ensemble as they present an exciting mixed bill accompanied by the CCM Concert Orchestra. The program includes one of the ost celebrated excerpts in all classical ballets, “The Kingdom of the Shades” from La Bayadére, staged by CCM faculty member Deirdre Carberry with music by Ludwig Minkus. In addition, guest artist Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba will restage José Limón’s masterful A Choreographic Offering set to music by J.S. Bach. The program’s rousing finale features The Sleeping Beauty (Act III), after Marius Petipa’s classical ballet with music by Tchaikovsky.
Performance Dates: April 12-14, 2018
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Mainstage Series Subscriptions
The 2017-18 CCM Mainstage Series of acting, musical theatre, opera and dance productions includes subscription packages for combinations of six-or-more shows, fourshows or three-shows.
Renewal subscription packages are on sale now. CCM’s fully customizable subscription packages range in price from $69 – $188. Subscribers to CCM’s 2016-17 Mainstage Series can receive priority access to seating by renewing their subscriptions by July 7, 2017.
Subscription packages for new subscribers go on sale July 10, 2017. Single tickets go
on sale beginning Sept. 5, 2017.
To order subscriptions, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.
CCM Sesquicentennial Performances and Concert Series Options
CCM will present additional special events and public performances celebrating its Sesquicentennial throughout the 2017-18 concert season. As the largest single source of performing arts events in Ohio, CCM will also present its typical lineup of chamber music, choral, jazz, orchestra, percussion, piano and wind ensemble concerts each season.
Beginning in January of 2018, the CCM Sesquicentennial will celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with a collection of performances by students and faculty artists from throughout the college. Subscribers get first access to the Leonard Bernstein Experience, which includes concerts and special events held in the spring and fall of 2018 as part of a world-wide celebration of Bernstein’s 100th birthday.
CCM’s Mainstage subscribers receive priority access to the Bernstein Experience, Ariel Quartet subscription packages, CCM Concert Series flex ticket packages, prepaid parking and other exclusive perks.
Full programming and package details for CCM’s Sesquicentennial Special Event Series, 2017-18 Ariel Quartet Series and Concert Series will be announced in July. Visit ccm.uc.edu for more information.
Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s
CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M.
Budig Family Foundation
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
2017-18 MAINSTAGE SERIES OF ACTING, MUSICAL THEATRE, OPERA, DANCE
HAMLET
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
SEUSSICAL
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
CANDIDE
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
THE ART OF MOTION
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
LOVE AND INFORMATION
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
GIANNI SCHICCHI+SUOR ANGELICA
Performance Times:
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
LEGENDS OF DANCE
Performance Times:
Location: Corbett Auditorium
2017-18 Subscription Prices:
2017-18 Single Ticket Prices:
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.
Titles and dates are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, please visit us online at ccm.uc.edu.
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2018 Productions include:
Jan. 11-Feb. 18, 2018
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Feb. 22-April 15, 2018
THE COLOR PURPLE the Musical
May 3-June 24, 2018
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
June 28-Aug. 19, 2018
ANNIE
Aug. 23-Sept. 23, 2018
DRIVING MISS DAISY
Sept. 27-Oct. 28, 2018
CLUE The Musial
Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 2018
Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS
For more information visit www.lacomedia.com.
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Stagecrafters Inc.
66th Continuous Season
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Adapted & Dramatized by Tim Kelly
Oct. 21-29, 2017
DADDY’S DYIN’ WHO’S GOT THE WILL
By Del Shores
Feb. 10-18, 2018
JAKE’S WOMEN
By Neil Simon
May 5-13, 2018
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(Cincinnati, OH) Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC) is pleased to announce the much-anticipated addition to its 2017-2018 Season, which already includes an impressive line up of leading contemporary theatre titles. In addition to the five titles previously announced, ETC will present the regional premiere of Larry Parr’s HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, the powerful, heartbreaking, and uplifting account of the legendary Ethel Waters, who overcame a spirit-breaking childhood and racial injustice to become a legendary jazz and blues singer, Broadway pioneer, and Oscar-nominated actress.
Playing April 24-May 19, 2018, this musical biography will feature celebrated local actress and Ensemble Theatre veteran Torie Wiggins in the leading role, singing some of Waters’s most famous songs, including “Stormy Weather,” “Black and Blue,” and “This Joint is Jumpin’.” Sharing the stage in telling Ms. Waters’s remarkable story is pianist Scot Woolley.
Born in 1896 into abject poverty, Ethel Waters became a Vaudeville success and a recording sensation while crossing racial barriers to emerge as a Broadway and Hollywood star. However, a reputation for being difficult and her own distrust of those who might employ her or love her—largely a response to the unspeakable horrors of Jim Crow America—caused her to lose everything and become a recluse, until she found new strength from a most unlikely source. The music spans the decades of Waters’s career from the uplifting gospel spirituals of her youth to the blues and jazz of her 1920s Cotton Club days; plus “Frankie and Johnny;” the 1933 Rudy Vallee/Hoagy Carmichael classic “Old Man Harlem;” and Fats Waller’s “Cabin in the Sky,” sung by Waters in the hit 1940s Broadway musical of the same name.
“HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW is one of those titles that captivated me,” explains Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “I was looking for a show that was a bridge between the fascinating history of Red Velvet and the energy and excitement of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. This play not only showcases the remarkable music of Ethel Waters, but is also a great story about the transformative power we have inside ourselves to change. It seemed like a perfect fit.” She adds, “I am thrilled to have Torie Wiggins and Scot Woolley, two of our best local professionals, to be a part of this exciting project.”
About the Cast
Torie Wiggins (Ethel Waters) has appeared in Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s productions of Cinderella, Violet, The Mountaintop, and Black Pearl Sings!, among others. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, she created three one-woman shows: Everywhere You Look, Everywhere Else You Look, and Torie on Ice. She co-adapted and performed another one-woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide, at various venues in Cincinnati and elsewhere. She appeared on All My Children and in the feature films Love Me Through It and Hallmark Channel’s A Christmas Melody, directed by Mariah Carey. Her voice can also be heard on numerous television and radio commercials. She appeared in Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s Pluto and was a Seasonal Resident Artist there, appearing in their productions of Collapse, Afghan Women Writer’s Project, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She also appeared in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s To Kill a Mockingbird and The Crucible.
Scot Woolley (Music Director/Pianist) has appeared at ETC in 33 Variations, Grey Gardens, and Souvenir (also at Vienna’s English Theatre). He created Broadway arrangements for State Fair, and Off-Broadway vocal arrangements for Tapestry, the Music of Carole King. Other ETC credits include 25 The Musical, Cinderella, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Mack and Mabel, and Nite Club Confidential. He also composed the theme for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float in 2004. Playhouse credits include conducting for Rocky Horror, Candide, Carnival, as well as performing in the world premiere of Ace. National tours include Crazy for You, Tommy, and The Will Rogers Follies. Mr. Woolley’s orchestral arrangements have been heard in Atlanta, Portland, Indianapolis, Hong Kong and regularly with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra.
Subscriptions On Sale Now
Subscriptions to the 2017-2018 Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati season are on sale now. ETC will continue to offer a
5-show Tuesday evening Preview Subscription for just $150 (excludes holiday production). Additionally, ETC has added an additional subscription series week. Regular subscription prices range from $218 to $242.
Student Subscription Options
ETC will continue is deeply discounted subscription options for students, with packages ranging from $110-$140.
Single Tickets
All single tickets for the 2017-2018 Season go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 31, 2017 at
10:00 am. Subscribers, however, may start making exchanges, purchasing additional tickets, or reserving their FlexPass dates during Subscriber-Only Days, July 24-28 2017.
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Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.
The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a professional theatre dedicated to producing world and regional premieres of works that often explore compelling social issues. We fulfill our mission through our stage productions and educational outreach programs that enlighten, enliven, enrich and inspire our audiences.
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