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January 16, 2012 · 11:51 am

Cincinnati Landmark Productions Welcomes Rodger Pille to Staff

Rodger Pille.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions announced today the appointment of Rodger Pille to its management team. Pille will serve as Communications/Development Manager for one of the region’s fastest growing arts organizations.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions is the production and management company for the Showboat Majestic and the Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre teen summer program, as well as the owner and operator of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. CLP also produces events, concerts, children’s programs and an art fair at its two landmark theatres.

For CLP, Pille will coordinate a broad spectrum of communication and fundraising initiatives for the company, including sponsorships, cooperative marketing, branding, advertising, donor cultivation, foundation proposals, event production, public relations and social media.

Pille is no stranger to attraction-based communications in the region. Before coming to CLP, he worked in the marketing communications departments of Newport Aquarium (2008-11) and Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (1997-2008), overseeing traditional public relations and social media initiatives.

He’s also well acquainted with the theater. Pille began his relationship with CLP in 1990 as a teen participant in Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT). In college and for many years after, he performed on the Showboat Majestic stage. He also performed in the first-ever production season at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts and in many of the seasons to follow.

“I’ve been a part of this organization in some way for over 20 years,” Pille said. “I truly credit those first years in CYPT with helping me realize who I am – not only as a performer, but as a person. For my career to lead me here and to have even a small hand in its well-deserved success moving forward will be something of a dream come true.”

Pille is a 1995 graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He and his wife Krista reside in Western Hills.

For more information about CLP, visit www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com or call (513) 241-6550.

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January 16, 2012 · 10:24 am

CYPT ’11 Reunion Benefit an Entertaining Success

Joe Moeller performs at the 2011 CYPT Reunion Benefit. Photo by Sarah Laubacher (C).

On December 27, 2011, Cincinnati Landmark Productions held its annual CYPT Benefit Reunion Concert at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. Now in its third year, the concert is equal parts fundraiser, entertainment and social mixer for alumni of the venerable 30-year program.

Recognition for distinguished alumni and friends of the program were given in the form of the third annual CYPT awards. The CYPT Founder’s Award – given to someone who fundamentally ensured CYPT’s success over its 30 years – was presented to Steve Papin and Tony Hungler for their efforts in the acquisition and on-going renovation of the Covedale Theater and for the incorporation of Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

Matt Miller, news director of Fox19, was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Life Achievement Award for his exemplary broadcast journalism career and for his commitment to keeping the arts in the news.

The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award for Performing Arts was presented to Eric Bricking. Bricking founded Hyperion Productions, a New York-based tour management and production company that represents a number of popular touring shows.

The CYPT Hall of Fame Award – recognizing the work during a participant’s years in the program – was presented to Doug Berlon and Laura Zervic. Berlon was a mainstay in the early productions in CYPT history, starring as Harold Hill in The Music Man, as Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha, as King Arthur in Camelot, among others. Zervic was a multi-talented veteran of CYPT, having stage-managed, produced and assisted directed many shows. She also starred in such shows as Jabberwocky, West Side Story and The Music Man.

Each year, two “graduating” participants of the program are presented with honorary Big Guys scholarships, named after the informal graduate club from CYPT’s early years. For their dedication to CYPT, Abby Bartish and Tommy Boeing were given $500 awards to use toward college expenses this fall.

The annual Name-the-Dressing Rooms promotion generated over $750. The two winners were: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1997) and Mack and Mabel (1991).

Through ticket sales, live auctions and other fundraisers during the event, the 2011 CYPT Benefit Reunion Concert raised over $12,000. The proceeds go toward off-setting the rising costs of the summer production and help to ensure that anyone who wants to participate in CYPT in the future can afford to.

In addition to awards and fundraisers, the Benefit was also a chance for notable alumni to return to the stage to offer a song or a story. Highlights of the evening included: Joe Moeller, Jerome Doerger, Heather Roush, Michelle Wells and duets from Sara Kenny and Andrew Maloney, Aaron Lavigne and Sarah Hiance, and Dan Bayer and Jeni Bayer Schwiers. An alumni dance troupe representing several eras from the program also performed a showstopper from Cabaret.

CYPT alumni and friends should mark their calendars for December 27, 2012 for the next edition of the benefit reunion concert.

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December 29, 2011 · 11:57 am

CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL runs Jan. 26-Feb. 19

CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL
Presented by Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
Jan. 26-Feb. 19
West Price Hill

A young lieutenant has relieved his captain of command in the midst of a typhoon on the grounds that the captain, Queeg, is a psychopath in crisis and would have sent the ship and its crew to their destruction. Naval tradition is against the lieutenant, but testimony eventually reveals a devastating picture of Queeg’s mental disintegration.

Directed by Greg Procaccino

  • Thu-Sat, Jan. 26-28 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 29 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Feb. 2-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 5 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Feb. 9-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 12 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Feb. 16-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 19 at 2pm

Official page with cast list | Online ticketing | FaceBook event |

Local media coverage: Cincinnati Examiner article |

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December 26, 2011 · 1:05 pm

Actor Needed for CLP’s THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL

Cincinnati Landmark Productions is seeking to hire one male actor to play the role of John Challee, the prosecutor in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

Headshot and resume required. 35-55 years of age. Rehearsals begin January 1st. Show runs Jan. 26–Feb. 19 at the Covedale Center For the Performing Arts.

If interested, please contact Greg Procaccino, Director, at gprocaccino@aol.com

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September 26, 2011 · 10:32 am

Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeks Full-Time Marketing and Development Manager

Marketing and Development Manager
Cincinnati Landmark Productions

Cincinnati Landmark Productions (CLP), a non-profit professional theater company, seeks a full-time Marketing and Development manager.

CLP is the production and management company for the Showboat Majestic; The owners and operators of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts; and Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre teen summer program. CLP also produces events, concerts, children’s programs and an art fair at its two landmark theatres

The Marketing and Development manager will coordinate a broad spectrum of business and fundraising initiatives for the company, including:

  • Sponsorships, Cooperative Marketing, Branding, Advertising
  • Demographics, Statistics, Impact Metrics, Database Management
  • Individual Donors, Foundation proposals, Stewardship, Reports
  • Fundraising Events, Annual Fund, Special Projects, Research
  • Creating, coordinating annual Marketing/Development plan
  • Public Relations, Social Media, Audience research, Print Projects

This position is part of Cincinnati Landmark Production’s management team and works closely with the Executive Director and Business Manager. Ability to collaborate, create consensus yet work independently with initiative is a must.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Strong understanding of financial reporting, business planning and marketing initiatives
  • Strong commitment to the performing arts
  • Strong commitment to community development
  • Strong communication and management skills
  • Ability to utilize Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Access and Excel, PowerPoint
  • Public Speaking, presentations, business writing, grant writing
  • Knowledge of Cincinnati performing arts community
  • Event, theatrical production management

Background:
Bachelor degree in arts management, marketing or equivalent experience in a marketing or development role, for a minimum of 2 years.

Please send cover letter, resume and one business writing sample in Microsoft Word to: timperrino@covedalecenter.com.

Email only! No phone calls please.

Deadline: October 17, 2011

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