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October 24, 2012 · 6:41 pm

GRIM AND FISCHER runs Nov. 9-10

GRIM AND FISCHER: A Deathly Comedy in Full Face Mask
Presented by Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Nov. 9-10
Over-the-Rhine

Death meets his match in Mrs. Fischer, a tenacious granny not ready to breathe her last. An aging grandmother is pit against none other than the Grim Reaper and confronts the inevitable question: what is it to know your end is nigh? Can you ignore death? Can you escape death? Can you hit death in the face with a frying pan? A tender telling of an absurdly epic journey; one woman’s fight for survival takes fantastical flight in a showdown with Grim himself. Ages 10 and up.

GRIM AND FISCHER is a new dish made of old ingredients. It is performed in full-face mask, a wordless, whimsical form rarely seen on North American stages which audiences have described as watching a living cartoon, or ‘live-action Pixar’. And like a cartoon, the power of GRIM AND FISCHER lies in its ability to step away from the sharpness of reality and offer a different lens though which to examine a deeper, darker universal struggle: our fear of death. In this distinct style of storytelling, with a rich soundscape, timeless slapstick and masterful physical performances, GRIM AND FISCHER takes its audience on a profound journey that is at turns both hilarious and heart-breaking.

  • Fri, Nov. 9 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 10 at 3pm & 8pm

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August 6, 2012 · 10:54 am

Know Theatre of Cincinnati presents music from Hundred Days on Aug. 10-12

 Selections from Cincinnati Fringe favorites The Bengsons’
new experimental folk-opera

At the 2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, husband and wife duo The Bengsons, participated in a workshop as part of FringeDevelopment. Other artists participating in the Festival joined The Bengsons to rehearse and present selections of their new folk-opera, Hundred Days. Know Theatre of Cincinnati is excited to announce that The Bengsons will be returning to Cincinnati and will present an early showing of music from this new work. Performances will occur at Know Theatre of Cincinnati on August 10 & 12, 2012 at 8pm.

Hundred Days is the fierce, triumphant story of a young couple who fall in love, only to have their time together cut short by illness. They decide to reject treatment and take the one year they have left together and try to live it as though it were the 60 years they had thought they would have together. They transform their apartment into a world where they can try to literally condense time, to move through their 20’s, 30’s, 60’s, 80’s, and create the experiences of a full life.

Hundred Days has been developed through workshops across the country, including at the 2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and a full production will debut at Z Space in San Francisco in 2014. The Bengsons also presented Ain’t That Good News at the 2010 Cincinnati Fringe Festival to sell out audiences.

About The Bengsons
The Bengsons, a musical duo made up of Abigail and Shaun Bengson, are the best in vaudevillian indie folk and young stars of the NYC experimental music and theater community. They have performed their original shows, performances pieces and original musicals, Ain’t That Good News and The Magic Show: The Story of the Barefoot Angels, across the country and around the world. The Bengsons are also activists and teachers, who have taught students with autism in NYC’s public schools and Cambodian immigrants in Massachusetts, as well as internationally at the Market Theater Lab of Johannesburg, ZA, the Tijuana Christian Orphanage of Tijuana, Mexico, and ASAPROSA, in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

All tickets for this performance are $10. Bring anything Fringe with you (t-shirts, passes, guides, etc.) and get in for just $5! Tickets can be purchased by visiting knowtheatre.com or by calling the box office at 513.300.KNOW (5669).

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity
of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Our mission is to create evocative and explosive live entertainment.
Our vision is a world awakened to its collective possibility.
We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.

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May 2, 2012 · 8:00 pm

Unity Productions Collaborates with Exploding Cincinnati Band WALK THE MOON

Unity Productions is honored to be using the music of Cincinnati band WALK THE MOON for The U.S. Premiere of NOTHING by Nic Balthazar at The 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

WALK THE MOON was recently seen on Late Night TV with Jimmy Fallon, and have played some of the largest music festivals in the country this past year including Lollapalooza and Bonaroo. Their managers, Mick Management (John Mayer, Ray Lamontagne, Sarah McLachlan), and record label, RCA Records (Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Christina Aguilera), have been more than supportive of Unity Productions in their mission to spread knowledge of anti-bullying, autism awareness, and suicide prevention through their performance of NOTHING. You can check out the band below and if you like what you hear, their music will be an integral part of The U.S. Premiere of NOTHING by Nic Balthazar at The 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Inspired by a true story, NOTHING is a multi-media play about Ben, a young man with autism who is struggling through the social grind that is high school. He retreats to a world of technology (MP3, video cameras, online gaming) in order to escape his tragic reality of constant bullying. When Ben meets Barbie in a divine online connection, he builds up the courage to venture out of his comfort zone and visit her in the flesh. This overwhelming escapade leads Ben into a dangerous situation, putting his own life at risk.

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April 21, 2012 · 5:12 pm

Unity Productions Announces 2012 Fringe Festival Cast for NOTHING

Presenting the official cast list for The U.S. Premiere of NOTHING by Nic Balthazar: (alphabetical)

  • Daniel Britt- Metalwork Teacher
  • Kathleen Ferrini- Maaike
  • Bren Harper- Barbie
  • Jon Kovach- Ben
  • Robert Livingston- Bogaert
  • Max Meyers- Desmet
  • Michael Peake- Headmaster
  • Grace Poganski- Psychiatrist
  • Tracy Schoster- Mother
  • David Stone- Coppola

Extras- Kaleigh Brooke-Dillingham, Eric Finnell, Dave Gaylor, John Grewell, Collin Leonard, Sara Mackie, Payton Marshall, Adam Marzheuser, Marquis Nash, Kyle Taylor, Amber Turner, Briana Watson, Michael Van Schoik, Simin Xiang.

Trailer cast list:

  • Casey Craig- Metalwork Teacher
  • Brian King- Psychiatrist
  • Jon Kovach- Ben
  • Daniel Hall Kuhn- Headmaster
  • Cory Niles- Bogaert
  • Reed Williams- Desmet

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