Category Archives: Youth Theatre

July 8, 2025 · 5:38 pm

CHILDREN OF EDEN Runs July 24-Aug. 3

CHILDREN OF EDEN
Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre
July 24-Aug. 3
Covedale Center [West Price Hill]

Directed & choreographed by Genevieve Perrino
Music directed by Michael Kennedy

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A joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith… not to mention centuries of unresolved family business! Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet. but inspiring. message: that “the hardest part of love… is letting go.”

  • Thu, July 24 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 25-26 at 8pm
  • Sun, July 27 at 2pm
  • Thu, July 31 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug 3 at 2pm

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June 30, 2025 · 6:07 pm

BEDTIME STORIES (AS TOLD BY OUR DAD) (WHO MESSED THEM UP) Runs July 11-12

BEDTIME STORIES (AS TOLD BY OUR DAD) (WHO MESSED THEM UP)
Village Players NextGen
Runs July 11-12
[Fort Thomas]

Directed by Ella Deavy and Autumn Ashford

​It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices up The Princess and The Pea, The Boy Who Cried Wolf cries dinosaur instead, and Rumpelstiltskin helps turn all that pesky gold into straw. You may think you know your fairy tales, but not the way Dad tells them.

  • Fri-Sat, July 11-12 at 2pm & 7pm

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May 30, 2025 · 3:27 pm

BEETLEJUICE JR. Runs June 6-8

BEETLEJUICE JR.
Acting Up
June 6-8
Mason High School Theatre

Directed by Rechelle Penilla
Music directed by Kyle Heimbrock
Choreographed by Karly Kuhn
Produced by Adrianna Hartmann

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Based on the blockbuster motion picture turned Broadway show, Beetlejuice Jr. tells the story of a strange and unusual teenager named Lydia Deetz, still grieving the loss of her mother, and obsessed with death. Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium

  • Fri, June 6 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 7 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, June 8 at 2pm

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May 29, 2025 · 3:31 pm

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Runs June 27-July 6

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
June 27-July 6
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]

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After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, was a mistake. He immediately clashes with the authoritarian head nurse, a fierce martinet named Nurse Ratched. Despite Ratched’s strict reign, McMurphy quickly takes over the yard, leading others out of introversion, staging a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranging a rollicking midnight party with liquor and women. But McMurphy’s brash insubordination has its consequences

  • Fri-Sat, June 27-28 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, June 29 at 2pm
  • Thu, July 3 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, July 5 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 6 at 2pm

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May 28, 2025 · 3:19 pm

SOMETHING ROTTEN! Runs June 26-29

SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Rise Up Performing Arts
June 26-29
Miami University Hamilton Parrish Auditorium

Directed by Rodney Neal

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard” (William Shakespeare). When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self….and all that jazz.

  • Thu-Sat, June 26-28 at 7pm
  • Sun, June 29 at 2pm

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