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July 17, 2018 · 11:13 am

Auditions Announced for A CHRISTMAS STORY at the Covedale Center

CLPCincinnati Landmark Productions to hold auditions for A CHRISTMAS STORY by Philip Grecian. Based on the movie A CHRISTMAS STORY, Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

  • Saturday, August 18th Noon to 5:00pm
  • Sunday, August 19th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Monday, August 20th 6:00pm to 9:00pm

The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
4990 Glenway Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45238

If you’d like the audition forms sent to you in advance, email Jennifer Perrino at jenniferperrino@CLPShows.org

All auditionees will read from the script (this is a play).

ADULT ROLES include:

  • MOTHER – Ralphie’s Mom; age range: 35- 50
  • THE OLD MAN – Ralphie’s Dad, also plays SANTA CLAUS; age range: 35- 50
  • MISS SHIELDS – Ralphie’s teacher, also plays ELF and WICKED WITCH; age range: 20 – 40
  • RALPH– Adult, narrator, also plays COWBOY, TREE LOT SALESMAN, DELIVERY MAN, VOICE OF NEIGHBOR; age range: 25- 40

CHILDREN ROLES include:

  • RALPHIE PARKER – BB gun enthusiast (10 to 13 years of age)
  • FLICK – Ralphie’s friend and classmate, also plays DESPERADO ONE (10 to 13 years of age)
  • SCHWARTZ – Ralphie’s friend and classmate, also play DESPERADO TWO (10 to 13 years of age)
  • ESTER JANE – Ralphie’s female classmate, friend (10 to 13 years of age)
  • HELEN – Ralphie’s female classmate, friend (10 to 13 years of age)
  • RANDY – Ralphie’s little brother; (8 to 10 years old).
  • SCUT FARKAS – School bully, also plays BLACK BART; (11 to 14 years old).

All roles are paid positions. No Roles have been precast.

Cast members do not have to be the actual ages of the characters in any of the productions – But must be able to look age appropriate and act accordingly.

Marquee Season Shows at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts:

A CHRISTMAS STORY
November 29 – December 23, 2018
By Philip Grecian. Based on the movie A Christmas Story,
Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in 1940’s Indiana, follows Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case to his mother, his teacher and Santa Claus himself at Goldblatt’s Department Store. All the elements from the beloved movie are here – the family’s temperamental furnace, the school bully Scut Farkas, the boys’ bet concerning a wet tongue on an icy lamppost, the Little Orphan Annie decoder ring; and Ralphie’s father winning “a major award” – the lady’s leg lamp in a fishnet stocking! A Christmas Story has become a theatrical holiday classic!

For more information on auditions, contact us at 513.241.6550. Check us out on the web at www.CLPShows.org

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July 13, 2018 · 10:28 am

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Runs Aug. 15-Sept. 9

WFIT_Jesus Christ Superstar logoJESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
Aug. 15-Sept. 9
[East Price Hill]

Directed and choreographed by Maggie Perrino
Music directed by Greg Dastillung

Cast: Kyle Taylor as Jesus, Christopher Logan Carter as Judas, Maddie Vaugh as Mary, Rodger Pille as Pilate, Tyler Gau as King Herod, Chris Wyllie as Caiaphas, Cian Steele as Peter, Linsey Rogers as Annas & Savannah Slaby as Simon
Ensemble: Royce Louden, Joel Parece, Renee Stoltzfus, Allison Evans, Ria Villaver Collins, Donald Burns, Ashley Olivia Morton, Emma Moss, Ian Timothy Forsgren & Logan Weinfurter

What’s the buzz? JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has wowed audiences for over 40 years. A timeless work, the rock opera is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Loosely based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, SUPERSTAR follows the last week of Jesus Christ’s life. The story, told entirely through song, explores the personal relationships and struggles between Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers and the Roman Empire. The iconic 1970s rock score contains such well-known numbers as “Superstar,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemane.”

  • Wed-Thu, Aug. 15-16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 17-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 19 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Aug. 22-23 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 24-25 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 26 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Aug. 29-30 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 2 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Sept. 5-6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Sept. 7-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Sept. 9 at 2pm

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July 5, 2018 · 3:21 pm

Broadway Cabaret Featuring Cast of THE BOOK OF MORMON on July 30

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A Broadway Cabaret
A Benefit Fundraiser for the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater 
Featuring the Cast from THE BOOK OF MORMON

Monday, July 30 @ 8pm
Warsaw Federal Incline Theater

Cast members of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON will take a break from the show to perform an evening of Broadway show tunes as a benefit fundraiser for the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater on Monday, July 30 at 8pm.

The performers will sing some of Broadway’s best, from timeless classics to songs that they use at auditions to land their coveted roles. The night of music promises to thrill, move and completely entertain the audience.

“‘A Broadway Cabaret,” featuring the cast of the national tour of the THE BOOK OF MORMON, is presented by TriHealth. All proceeds from the evening will support Cincinnati Landmark Productions and the artistic programming of the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.

Tickets for the benefit concert go on sale Monday, July 9 at 11am.

Two ticket levels are available:

  • VIP tickets – $100 each, includes a seat in the reserved premium section of the theater, two drink tickets and admittance to a special pre-event meet-and-greet reception with the cast
  • Patron tickets – $50 each, includes one drink ticket and a standard seat in the theater
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Ron Bohmer.

“I grew up on the west side of Cincinnati and saw my first-ever live theatrical production at Westwood Town Hall,” said cast member, Broadway veteran and event organizer Ron Bohmer. “Nothing makes me happier than to see theater flourishing on the west side of Cincinnati and the Incline is the pinnacle of that flourish. And nothing would make me and my Broadway pals from Mormon happier than to help solidify the Incline’s place on Cincinnati’s list of great nights out on the town!”

THE BOOK OF MORMON opens at Aronoff Center on July 31 and runs through August 5.

The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater opened in June 2015 and is a new, purpose-built, 229-seat performing arts center and parking garage in the Incline District in East Price Hill. Located at the corner of Matson Place and West 8th Street, the $6 million project was finished on time and on budget. All 45 performances during its debut summer season were sold out.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Box Office at (513) 241-6550

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June 27, 2018 · 4:00 pm

Cincinnati Landmark Productions Welcomes Madcap Education Center Director

MCP_Blaire Bartish

Blaire M. H. Bartish.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions announced today the appointment of Blaire M. H. Bartish to its management team. Bartish will serve as Director of the forthcoming Madcap Education Center, a new $4 million arts education facility in Westwood for one of the region’s fastest growing arts organizations.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions is the production and management company for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, Madcap Puppets and the Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre teen summer program.

For CLP, Bartish will oversee the opening and operation of the Madcap Education Center, including developing class and camp programs and special events, recruiting and hiring teaching artists, coordinating the performance schedule in the center’s performance hall and managing financial affairs and revenue development for the center.

Bartish has worked in arts/culture education throughout her career. Before coming to CLP, she worked as Manager of School and Public Programs for the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton. She’s also worked at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and as a public school teacher in Illinois.

She’s also well acquainted with the arts. She holds a degree in Early Childhood Education with a Minor in Dance and Theater from Ohio Wesleyan University. She has also completed coursework (and is writing her final capstone paper) for her Masters in Education in Educational Policy Studies and Research from DePaul University.

“I am thrilled to join the CLP family and be able to share my love of performing arts with the Cincinnati community in general and Westwood specifically,” Bartish said. “I started movement classes as a 5-year old in the Chicago Park District and it totally changed the course of my life. I am hoping to do the same with the youth and adults in Greater Cincinnati.”

The Madcap Education Center will be home to exciting life-size puppet performances, a jumping off point for show tours but also a hub for classes, camps and performing arts education opportunities – in the heart of Westwood’s revitalized business district.

The Madcap Education Center will host:

  • children’s programming in its 124-seat theater
  • one-on-one vocal and instrument training in its small studio spaces
  • dance classes for a variety of skill levels in its two dance studios
  • acting and improv classes
  • puppet making and other arts/crafts classes in its art studio space
  • distance learning programming in its technology center
  • birthday parties
  • senior arts classes opportunities
  • neighborhood meetings and special events
  • the new home base for Madcap Puppets touring operations

The Education Center will be located across the street from Westwood Town Hall where CLP was born as Cincinnati Young People’s Theater in 1982.

Bartish and her husband Dave reside in White Oak with their son Louie.

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June 26, 2018 · 12:33 pm

THE MUSIC MAN Runs July 26-Aug. 5

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Ellie O’Hara as Marian Paroo & Benjamin Mitchell as Harold Hill.

THE MUSIC MAN
Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre
July 26-Aug. 5
Covedale Center [West Price Hill]

Directed by Tim Perrino
Music directed by Steve Goers
Choreographed by Angela Kahle

Official cast and crew list |

THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.

  • Thu, June 26 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, June 27 & 28 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 29 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, Aug. 1-2 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 2-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 5 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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