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CFF17: MY DARLING DILOPHOSAURUS Review

MY DARLING DILOPHOSAURUS presented by Autumn Kaleidoscope as part of the 2017 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. You can read the show description here

CFF_My Darling DilophosaurusLove, loss and what a dinosaur?!?!?

Autumn Kaleidoscope takes a tongue-in-cheek look at love and obsession with this year’s entry, MY DARLING DILOPHOSAURUS.

Laura Berkemeier is appropriately perky and distracted as dinosaur-obsessed Artie. As Claudia, the put-upon girlfriend, Sara Kenny finds a good balance between love and exasperation. Always fun on stage is Andrew Ian Adams as Edward who serves as semi-clueless friend, confidant, and enabler to Artie.

In their multiple supporting characters’ roles, Kenny, Adams, and Cassidy Steele are appropriately quirky and over-the-top and generate some great laugh-out-loud moments.

The scene stealer of the show is Deanna the Dilophosaurus, well-managed by her handlers: Michael Galusick and Mandy Goodwin.

The script by Sean P. Mette is cute and clever, but could be a bit more focused. For me, a brief, final scene between Artie and Claudia could have been more satisfying.

Fun, funny and family friendly, four performances remain through June 10.

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CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 2

CFF17 logoI can’t I have rehearsal.

But don’t let that stop you from heading down to Over-the-Rhine to catch one or three of the 16 productions opening tonight.

You can check out Thursday’s full line-up here.

I’ll see you all out and about tomorrow.

-Rob

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CFF17: My Fringe Schedule: Day 1

Day One of performances of the 2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival kicks off tonight.

I taking the three show track for my first evening.

CFF_My Darling DilophosaurusUp first is MY DARLING DILOPHOSAURUS from Autumn Kaleidoscope, who last year brought “Furlesque” to the Cincy Fringe stage:

 

Amateur paleontologist, Artemis “Artie” Lattimer, is obsessed with dinosaurs. Her fiancée would like her to pay more attention to something that hasn’t been extinct for 115 million years. After some progress, Artie’s life gets unexpectedly turned upside down when she becomes the parent of a baby dilophosaurus. To win back her fiancée and show that she can be responsible, Artie comes up with the only plan to save the relationship: Win the State Pet Competition!

 

CFF_The Disappearance logoThe second performance of the evening is THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NICOLE JACOBS, PART 1: THE SISTER by Queen City Flash’s husband and wife team of Bridget Leak & Trey Tatum. The cast includes Miranda McGee, Henry Eden & Cassie Delicath.

Everything in Crystal’s life has stalled since her sister, Nicole, disappeared in the woods behind their house. Since then, her family’s focus has been on running the Volunteer Center in charge of the search for Nicole. Now, months later, on the day the Volunteer Center closes, Crystal’s life is changing again as she searches for meaning in a life post-Nicole.

Previous original fringe productions include: THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (2016), SHELTER with Pones, Inc. (2015) and SLUT SHAMING (2014).

CFF_Larry 132Rounding out my first night is LARRY 13:2 from the newly formed Muwhahaha Productions.

On a stormy night, a man who isn’t a doctor, waits in a hotel room that isn’t very nice, for a girl who isn’t what she seems. Her request may threaten his understanding of choice and alter his world for better or worse. By turns playful and blasphemous, the conversation builds to a decision that hinges on belief in oneself and humanity’s ability to change. Larry, chapter 13, verse 2: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers…”

LARRY 13:2 is written by Tracy Hoida and directed by Rebecca Bromels. The two-person cast is comprised of Katie Mitchell & Rory Sheridan. Fans of Know Theatre’s SERIALS may remember Hoida’s entry of “Archie and the Ashes.”

I hope you have a chance to make it down to Over-the-Rhine and catch a show or ten. Feel free to say hello. Happy Fringing.

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CFF17: VELVETEEN: OR HOW TO BE REAL

CFF_VelveteenVELVETEEN: OR HOW TO BE REAL
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’17
Coffee Emporium
Over-the-Rhine

Welcome to our variety show of reality, where we guide you through the struggle of adulting and help you discover how to be real. Presenting our most successful candidate at becoming real, the Velveteen Rabbit, we will take you through the most difficult challenges of realness. A piece of interactive devised theatre, based on the children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, we interrogate our obsession with the authentic self.

  • Thu, June 1 at 6:30pm
  • Sat, June 3 at 2:45pm
  • Sun, June 4 at 3:30pm
  • Thu, June 8 at 630pm
  • Fri, June 9 at 7pm

Official page | Press release | Facebook page | Facebook event | Official website |

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CFF17: TWO TRUTHS: NOTES ON THE CINEMATOGRAPHER

CFF_Two Truths logoTWO TRUTHS: NOTES ON THE CINEMATOGRAPHER
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’17 SPECIAL EVENT
The Mini Microcinema
Over-the-Rhine

TWO TRUTHS: NOTES ON THE CINEMATOGRAPHER is an avant-garde mixed media mashup of Robert Bresson’s celebrated book on film making. Audiences will choose between pairings of notes that probe the dividing line between film and theatre. For each note selected by the audience, a film or live scene created in response to that note will be shown. Every show will be different and every audience will have the opportunity to create a unique performance experience.

  • Thu, June 1 at 7:45pm
  • Sat, June 3 at 7:45pm
  • Sun, June 4 at 4:45pm
  • Wed, June 7 at 7:45pm
  • Sat, June 10 at 7:45pm

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