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Costume Assistant/Finisher Needed at Cincinnati Landmark Productions

CLPCincinnati Landmark Productions is seeking a part-time Costume Assistant/Finisher
for the Costume Shop for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts & the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater

Costume Assistant/Finisher:
Must have high school diploma or equivalency, some college preferred. Have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Must be able to work in an unsupervised environment at The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts AND The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre. Must be a self-starter, dependable, and have excellent communication and customer service skills.

Qualifications:

  • Basic pattern drafting skills.
  • Knowledge of/experience in basic hand and sewing techniques.
  • Basic knowledge of costume and fashion history.
  • Basic knowledge of fabric types and their uses for stage.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Must be willing/able to climb a ladder.
  • Must be able to stand/sit for long periods.
  • Must have excellent organizational skills.
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Must be able to take direction and work unsupervised.

Duties:

  • Assists Costume Designer in the creation of patterns and finished costume garments.
  • Cuts fabric based on patterns.
  • Grades pattern to other sizes as needed.
  • Stitches made to order garments and fitting alterations.
  • Manages pattern collection.
  • Manages time and equipment in an effective manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by Costume Designer such as attending fittings, laundry, pulling and restocking costumes, crafts, fabric painting, millinery.
  • Launders costumes and sends dry cleanable items to cleaners.
  • Oversees general shop organization and keeps shop tidy.
  • Pulls and restocks costumes and props from stock.
  • Manages time in an effective manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by Costume designer such as crafts work, painting, millinery.

This is a 25 hour a week position – Day time hours. MUST be available as needed during performances when necessary.

If interested, please send resume to: Caren Brady, Costume Designer @ carenbrady@clpshows.org. No phone calls please. Start Date: IMMEDIATE.

Please note: These positions are a good fit for NON PERFORMERS – staffers will work during performances. Start date immediate.

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MY FAIR LADY Runs April 27-May 21

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Brent Alan Burington as Henry Higgins & Sarah Viola as Eliza Doolittle. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

MY FAIR LADY
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
April 27-May 21
West Price Hill

Directed by Tim Perrino
Music directed by Xan Jeffery
Choreographed by Maggie Perrino

Cast: Sarah Viola as Eliza Doolittle, Brent Alan Burington as Henry Higgins, Matt Dentino as Alred P. Doolittle, Dave Wilson as Freddy Eynsford Hill, Gregory Bossler as Colonel Pickering, Julia Hasl Miller as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Kaitlin McCulloch as Mrs. Pearce & Mary Puetz as Mrs. Higgins
Ensemble: Cody Roberts, Chance Kilgour, Brandon Bentley, Heather Hale, Jessica Kaiser, Leiren Jackson, Heather Pfeiffer, Greg Moore, Royce Louden & Matt Pugh

Based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, the story of Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, showcases some of Broadway’s greatest songs, including, I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live, I’m Getting Married in the Morning, The Rain In Spain – just to name a few!  Higgins takes credit for Eliza’s success, but when she realizes that she no longer needs him, it breaks his pompous spirit and melts his heart as well.

  • Thu, April 27 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 28-39 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 30 at 2pm
  • Thu, May 4 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 5-6 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 7 at 2pm
  • Thu, May 11 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 12-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 14 at 2pm
  • Thu, May 18 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 19-20 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 21 at 2pm

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West Side Arts Groups Announce Merger

CLP MCP_logosCincinnati Landmark Productions and Madcap Puppets Combine
to Create Multi-Faceted Performing Arts Organization

with Renewed Efforts to Build Westwood Education Center

At an event this afternoon, officials from Cincinnati Landmark Productions and Madcap Puppets announced a merger of the two venerable west-side arts organizations, as well as new funding that will make possible the long-awaited puppet and education center in Westwood.

Cincinnati Landmark Productions (CLP) is the non-profit owner and operator of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts in West Price Hill and the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater in East Price Hill. Madcap Puppets – based in Westwood – has provided touring children’s programming since 1981 and annually presents over 600 performances across 15 states for 160,000 children.

Madcap Puppets becomes a division of Cincinnati Landmark Productions and will continue to tour and offer its in-town programming.

“It’s a thrill to have Madcap Puppets join with Cincinnati Landmark Productions,” said Tim Perrino, Executive Artistic Director of Cincinnati Landmark Productions. “As the Madcap Education Center comes on line, it will be home to the trademark 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 and across the street from Westwood Town Hall where Cincinnati Landmark Productions was born as Cincinnati Young People’s Theater in 1982. It truly is a homecoming for this newly merged company.”

“The merger between CLP and Madcap gives us the opportunity to build a larger and more engaged audience for puppet theatre in Cincinnati,” said Dylan Shelton, Artistic Director for Madcap. “The growth potential is very exciting.”

MCP_New TheatreOfficials from the arts groups also joined City of Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and representatives from Cincinnati Development Fund and WestCURC to announce a partnership to utilize federal and state New Markets Tax Credits for Madcap’s previously announced Westwood project at 3064 Urwiler Ave. If successful, the project would be completed in concert with the city’s $4 million investment in the Westwood Town Hall property, located directly across the street.

“We’re confident that the new Madcap Education Center will have a tremendous impact for Westwood and for our city,” said Jeanne Golliher, President and CEO of Cincinnati Development Fund. “Cultural facilities projects like this can catalyze investment and development in a neighborhood. And with these two great arts organizations merged together at the helm, this is truly a project worth celebrating.”

MCP_New Atrium“Since we acquired the building and plans for the Madcap Education Center were first announced, we have successfully worked to attract businesses that complement Madcap and the families and patrons who will come, and we are underway with the redevelopment of the Town Hall Park and Gaines Triangle,” said Elizabeth Bartley, Executive Director of WestCURC, Westwood’s urban redevelopment corporation. “All of this activity has kept Madcap at the center and now this anchor will play such a large role here for many years to come.”

This additional funding for the Madcap Education Center – the future home of Madcap Puppets and site of children’s programming, special events and arts education classes, workshops and summer camps – takes the $4.2 million project from roughly 20 percent funded to over 90 percent. Previous fundraising efforts account for roughly $1 million raised and expected New Markets Tax Credits net proceeds are estimated at $2.2 million. Cincinnati Landmark Productions and Madcap are contributing assets of roughly $600,000 toward the project.

Officials announced at the event the final stage of private fundraising to make the long-awaited project a reality. The project funding gap is estimated at $400,000.

Sponsorships and Donor programs for the new building are available.

For more information, call (513) 241-6550.

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EQUUS Runs April 6-23

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Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
April 6-23
East Price Hill

Directed by Greg Procaccino

Cast: Christopher Carter as Alan, Rory Sheridan as Frank, Martha Slater as Dora, Mike Hall as Dysart, Hannah Gregory as Jill, Jim Stump as Dalton, Peter Cutler as Nugget, Kelsie Rae Slaugh as Hester & Angela Alexander Nalley as Nurse/customer

A clinical-minded psychiatrist Dr. Martin Dysart is confronted by Alan, a boy referred to him for the shocking crime of blinding six horses with an ice pick. To the boy’s parents it is a frightening mystery, as Alan has always adored horses. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle in need of intellectual decoding – until he discovers the dark and holy passion that stirred the boy’s hideous act. What makes a life worth living – the compelling euphoria of madness or the passion-less protection of sanity?

  • Thu, April 6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 7-8 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 9 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 16 at 2pm
  • Wed-Thu, April 19-20 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Aug. 21-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, Aug. 23 at 2pm

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THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Review

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW presented by Warsaw Federal Incline Theater through March 5. Click here for more information on the production. I attended the opening Saturday night performance.

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The Cast. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

I imagine staging a musical based on a movie, especially one with such a rabid fan base, would present a challenge in finding that balance between the two mediums. Since I’m not part of the film’s fan base, I’ll be talking about the theatrical side of things.

Vocally I thought the cast was really strong, but unfortunately at the performance I attended, there were several issues working against them. The sound execution was clunky. Mics were not hot on entrances and the balance was off between the orchestra and both the backup and lead vocals. I also felt the tempos on several of the rock-n-roll numbers were too fast which made it hard to understand the lyrics if you don’t know them.

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Caroline Schisholm as Janet & Dakota Mullins as Brad. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

Matt Krieg does well as Frank-n-Furter, but I would like to have seen him be bigger and take command of the stage. Dakota Mullins was fun to watch as Brad and I felt he had a good sense of the character that he maintained well throughout the zany situations of the show. Solos and group numbers aside, it seemed like the bulk of the ensemble spent most of the show standing in small groups upstage, so they tended to fade into the background. Their blocking seemed tied to their characters’ lines so there were stretches where the show seemed visually stagnant.

The pacing also felt slow to me. It almost seemed like the cast was holding for expected laughs that just didn’t come. Other times cast members would make a long cross and hit their mark before speaking. The audience participation aspect of this performance exacerbated the problem when the video cues for the audience callbacks were late. Some of the comic bits were over-milked in the sense that longer doesn’t always translate into funnier.

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Marissa Poole as Magenta, Heather Hale as Columbia, Matt Krieg as Frank-n-Furter, Chris Logan Carter as Riff Raff & Michael Wright as Phantom. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

I enjoyed the multi-level set design by Brett Bowling. It had several fun surprises with the front door being a personal favorite. I also thought the “machine” was visually a great compilation of mixed/matched found objects. Costumes worked well and I thought the similar but different looks of the bustiers across the cast was great. The one “head scratcher” was Frank’s blood-stained smock which looked like he had tried to “Shout” out the blood stain before returning to the stage.

While I understand the decision to present the cast on video during the curtain call, I’d much rather applaud the actual actors who have worked so hard the past couple of hours.

Overall I found the show fun, but at times uneven. If this is your first time experiencing THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, I’d strongly advise you to avoid the audience participation performances. Despite the pre-show warnings, we still wound up with alot of “Brads” in the audience.

My rating: 4 out of 5. If you are a Rocky fan, make it 4.25. With corrected sound issues make that a 4.5.

I would enjoy hearing what you think about the show or my review. All I ask is that you express your opinion without attacking someone else’s opinion. You can post your comments below.

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