IN ELIZABETH’S GRACE
Presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
May 12
Downtown
Written by Joe Bobbitt
A young, successful miller, with damsel troubles, aspires to a play-writing career, as he becomes involved with the acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and, oh, yes, an up-and-coming playwright named Will Shakespeare. There is also a moving (literally) theater incident.
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March CPI Playwrights Workshop
Sunday, March 1, 2015
7pm
University of Cincinnati-French Hall Rm. 2225
2815 Commons Way (formerly 2824 Scioto Street), corner of W. University Ave. off Jefferson Ave., Cincinnati, OH (map)
Enter from the Commons Way side of the building; turn left at the first halllway and another left at the small hall to the men’s bathroom.
Roger Brookfield will lead a workshop for playwrights with scripts-in-progress. Scripts should be submitted by email prior to the meeting.
Only members in good standing may submit scripts to be workshopped, but both members and non-members may attend to provide feedback for the playwrights.
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HOUR FARTHER
Presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
March 10
Downtown
Written by David Horace Greer
Directed by Camilla Ross
Cast: Elijah Manning, Piper Davis, Derek Snow, Joaquin Casanova, Aaron Davis & Patrick J Mitchell
HOUR FARTHER is a play about an adopted son’s cosmic journey to find his “real father” who discovers how dangerously beautiful truth can be. Set in a fictitious Kentucky town and told through rural, gospel, and hip hop rhythms, HOUR FARTHER explores universal themes of family love, reconciliation, and redemption.
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With the help of faith, love does conquer all in FAMILY HEALING, an “inspirational drama” by CJ Johnson which will be given a Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative staged reading at the Aronoff Center’s Fifth Third Bank Theater, 7:30 p .m., Tuesday, February 10. Piper N. Davis directs.
While FAMILY HEALING finally displays a positive outcome, getting there is not half the fun for the characters, although the journey, punctuated by some sharp dialogue, does provide laughs for the audience..
A stressed-out CEO wife creates a chilly atmosphere that tempts her mechanic husband to seek the warmth of a fling with a cute but “loose” cleaning woman. Husband is found out and kicked out. From the distance that hurt has created, husband and wife attempt to travel back to each other and to the kind of love that led to their marriage. A cast of sometimes hilarious supporting characters, with their own issues, populate the trip.
FAMILY HEALING is C. J. (Cynthia) Johnson’s CPI debut. She will follow up, next season, with HOME, a dramatization of domestic disturbance. Ms. Johnson is also author of three novels. She holds a management degree (cum laude) from Park College, which she puts to use working with the Dayton, OH, EPA. She has been married to husband Drew for 28 years. Son Xavior will soon, himself, be a college grad.
FAMILY HEALING tickets are $8, and will be available at the door, the night of performance. They can also be purchased by calling (513) 621-2787, or on line at www.CincinnatiArts.org.
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FAMILY HEALING
Presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
Feb. 10
Downtown
Written by Cynthia “C.J.” Johnson
Directed by Piper N. Davis
A stressed-out CEO wife creates a chilly atmosphere that tempts her mechanic husband to seek the warmth of a fling with a cute but “loose” cleaning woman. Husband is found out and kicked out. From the distance that hurt has created, husband and wife attempt to travel back to each other and to the kind of love that led to their marriage. A cast of sometimes hilarious supporting characters, with their own issues, populate the trip.
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