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Auditions Announced for THE SMELL OF THE KILL at Beechmont Players

BPI_logoAuditions will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, and 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, with callbacks, if needed, at 7 p.m. Jan. 12.

Auditions will be held at the Anderson Center Theatre (7850 Five Mile Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230).

Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three unlovable husbands and chill. That’s the recipe of Michele Lowe’s tantalizing dark comedy that had Broadway audiences laughing and cheering.

THE SMELL OF THE KILL revolves around Nicky, Debra and Molly who have tolerated one another during once-a-month dinners for years. While their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room, the women exchange confidences for the first time revealing that all three marriages are on the brink of disaster and all three women are facing the challenges of their lives. Nicky’s husband has been indicted for embezzlement, Molly’s husband is stalking her and Debra’s husband is leaving her for another woman. When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faced with a life-or-death decision–should they leave the men out in the cold–permanently–or let them thaw? One by one the women make their choices with more than a little help from one another.

Cast:

  • Three women, stage age 35-50, who are married to college buddies.
  • Three men, husbands of the women.The men are heard but not seen.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Resume and headshot are appreciated but not required. Please know all confirmed and possible conflicts. Rehearsals likely will occur three times per week beginning at the end of February but will increase as the production nears.

Performance dates and times are: 8 p.m. Friday May 13, 8 p.m. Saturday May 14, 3 p.m. Sunday May 15, 8 p.m. Friday May 20, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday May 21.

For more information visit http://beechmontplayers.org/

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Cast Announced for DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY at Beechmont Players

BPI_logoCINCINNATI – Oct. 28, 2015 – Beechmont Players, Inc. (BPI) is proud to announce the cast of its winter production, DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, written by Walter Ferris, directed by Marcha Hunley and produced by Barbara Alenduff:

  • Alda – Cindy Rumke
  • Baron Cesarea – Alan Kootsher
  • Cora – Breslin Sand
  • Corrado – Rj Bryant
  • Duke Lambert de Catolica- Fred Hunt
  • Eric Fenton – Matt Sanetler
  • Fedele – Paul Hekelman
  • Grazia – Anne Schneider
  • Major Whitread – Robert Eveslage
  • Prince Sirki/Death – Boyang Zhang
  • Marie, Princess of San Luca – Julie Hauwiller
  • Rhoda Fenton – Shannon Falo
  • Stephanie, Duchess de Catolica – Brandy Buckingham

Synopsis: Produced with great success on Broadway, this romantic fantasy has Death taking a three-day vacation to find out why mortals fear him. He falls in love with a beautiful girl and, through her, tries to understand human emotions. Perceptions shift, and villains become heroes in a love story that is as appealing as it is thought-provoking.

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY will be performed Feb. 19 – 27, 2016, at the Anderson Center Theatre. Tickets are $15 general admission and $13 students, seniors and active military; they can be purchased online at www.beechmontplayers.org, by calling 513-233-2468 or at the door one hour prior to curtain.

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Call for Director Sumbissions for Beechmont Players Inc.’s 2016-2017 Season

BPI_logoBeechmont Players, Inc., is seeking directors to direct in the Beechmont Players’ 2016-2017 season.

As the Arts Organization in Residence at the Anderson Center, BPI has the privilege of presenting its productions in the Anderson Center’s beautiful 223-seat proscenium theater.  With our large audience base, BPI typically fills this theater with approximately 1,000 audience-members over each production’s run.  BPI now has a storage/build facility, where set designers and builders can take full advantage of the theater’s plentiful stage space by building the set in advance.  This space can even allow rehearsals on the set at the build facility.  BPI welcomes directors, design teams, and crew-members new to our group, while maintaining an active and talented membership that is ready to step up to help make each show a success.

Interested in joining us for our 57th season?  Please submit up to five plays and/or musicals that you would like to direct in BPI’s 2016-2017 season.  If scripts for the shows you are presenting are not available at the Hamilton County Public Library, please submit a copy for the Play Reading Committee (if you do not have a copy and would like assistance obtaining a copy, please let me know).  Please consider the group, our audience, and our theater when suggesting shows to present.  For additional information about our group and a list of our productions since 2008, please visit our website at www.beechmontplayers.org.

If you are interested in submitting to direct at Beechmont, contact Wayne Kirsch at wayne@beechmontplayers.org.  An Application form will be sent to you.  Please fill out and return this Application, along with a current theatrical resume, by November 2, 2015.  You may submit these items by snail mail at the address above, or via e-mail to wayne@beechmontplayers.org.  Please indicate your availability for production dates, as well as your availability for Director Interviews on the Director Application.

Please note that the group would like to produce at least one musical in the 2016-2017 season.  Also, we prefer the Summer production be a family-friendly show.  This does not necessarily need to be a show with children in it, but should at least be appropriate for children to watch, and it can be a musical or not.

For the Director Interviews, you will be asked to present up to three shows, though the Play-Reading Committee may ask you about the other two shows you submitted.  Director Interviews will take place on Sunday afternoon, November 29, and Monday evening, November 30.

Thank you for your interest in Beechmont Players, Inc.  I look forward to receiving your submission!

Sincerely,

Wayne Kirsch, VP Shows
Beechmont Players, Inc.

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THE MAGIC FIRE Runs Oct. 16-24

BPI_The Magic Fire logoTHE MAGIC FIRE
Beechmont Players Inc
Oct. 16-24
Anderson Center [Anderson Township]

Directed by jef brown

Cast: Jan Costello as Maddalena Guarneri, Faye Crawford asPaula Guarneri, Art Kibby as Gianni “Juan” Guarneri, Ray Lebowski as Otto Berg, Eliza Martin as Amalia Berg, Elaine Michael as Rosa Arrua, Patricia Mullins as Elena Guarneri, Cathy Roesener as Clara Stepanek, Amy Stier as Lise, Audrey Stith as Young Lise (Lise 2), Collin Wenzell as Henri Fontannes & Bryce Willson as Alberto Barcos

THE MAGIC FIRE is a wonderfully warm and amusing play about a young woman growing up in a family of European immigrants who surround themselves with a “magic fire” of art to fend off the unpleasant realities of Juan Peron’s Argentina in the years after World War II. The playwright’s assortment of memorable, complex characters and allusions to opera, literature and art make THE MAGIC FIRE an extraordinarily touching and intellectually stimulating play.

  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 16-17 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 18 at 3pm
  • Fri, Oct. 23 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 24 at 3pm & 8pm

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Auditions Announced for DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY at Beechmont Players

BPI_logo7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 (with callbacks, if needed, on Thursday, Oct. 22). Auditions will be held at the Anderson Center Theatre.

Produced with great success on Broadway, this romantic fantasy has Death taking a three-day vacation to find why mortals fear him. He falls in love with a beautiful girl and through her tries to understand human emotions. Perceptions shift, and villains become heroes in a love story that is as appealing as it is thought provoking.

The play is a Romance Noir; a fantasy, not horror nor scary. Post-WWI atmosphere on the Italian Riveria.

Cast: six women, seven men; ages 20s and up; Prince Sirki and the Fentons require an accent.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Character descriptions (Ages listed are “stage ages”):

  • Alda – 30s, widow, restless
  • Baron Cesarea – 70s, merry and charming, former diplomat
  • Cora – maid
  • Corrado [Duke’s son] – 20s, refined, a little reckless
  • Duke Lambert de Catolica- early 50s, thoughtful, aristocratic
  • Eric Fenton [British]- early 30s, intelligent, friend of Corrado
  • Fedele – butler
  • Grazia- early 20s, lovely, distant, ethereal
  • Major Whitread- late 40s, retired military
  • Prince Sirki/Death –majestic, imposing and as Sirki- elegant, slightly amused with suggestion of Russian accent
  • Marie, Princess of San Luca- sweet and maternal, Garzia’s mother
  • Rhoda Fenton [British] – 20 something, “healthy” and fresh
  • Stephanie, Duchess de Catolica – elegant, concerned for family

Performance dates and times are: Fri., Feb. 19 at  8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 20 at 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 21 at 3 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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