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June 28, 2016 · 6:10 am

FEVER Runs June 30-July 9

HIHP_Fever logo.jpgFEVER
Hat in Hand Productions
June 30-July 9
Clifton Performance Theatre

Directed by Kristin Clippard

Cast: Burgess Byrd, Catherine Cook and Hannah Sheppard

It’s a timeless story of broken hearts and healing souls. Amara seeks beauty and adventure. Devon wants to escape her life and responsibilities. Tisch needs true, meaningful love more than anything. Will Shakespeare wants all three of them. Through laughs, tears, booze, sonnets and a little help from the audience, these three ladies find fulfillment in their own unique ways.  Come see what gives them FEVER!

  • Thu-Sat, June 30-July 2 at 8pm
  • Sun, July 3 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, July 6-9 at 8pm

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January 9, 2016 · 11:18 am

THE REALISTIC JONESES Runs Jan. 21-Feb. 6

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Carter Bratton.

THE REALISTIC JONESES
Clifton Performance Theatre
Jan. 21-Feb. 6
Clifton

Directed by Dale Hodges

Cast: Carter Bratton, Mindy Siebert, Miranda McGee & Phil Fiorini

Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses is a show that is droll, dry and otherworldly, and, at the same time, all too human. Bob and Jennifer are spending their days managing an illness that’s manifesting itself in more and more insideous ways when Pony and John move in down the street. The couples connect in ways that are both healing and damaging, and the four of them have more in common than any of them first realized.

  • Thu-Sat, Jan. 21-23 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 24 at 3pm
  • Thu-Sat, Jan. 28-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 31 at 3pm
  • Mon, Feb. 1 at 8pm
  • Thu-Sat, Feb. 4-6 at 8pm

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January 8, 2016 · 6:43 am

Keeping up with THE REALISTIC JONESES at Clifton Performance Theatre

CPT_The Realistic Joneses logoTake an award winning veteran stage actress like Dale Hodges, have her direct a play by Pulitzer Prize Winning writer Will Eno and showcase it in one of Cincinnati’s most intimate theatre’s and you have the makings of a top theatrical treat of the season. The award winning Hodges takes a turn in the directors chair with THE REALISTIC JONESES at the Clifton Performance Theatre. Hodges was last seen at CPT in the pivotal role of family matriarch Violet in August: Osage County.

THE REALISTIC JONESES is a voyzeaurs “up close and personal” view of the family next door and their relationships. Two couples both named Jones, get to know on another amid fear, loneliness, all wrapped inside unspoken love. A peak into one small town, and, perhaps everyone’s reality. Part comedy, part drama, this four character play reveals the secrets one only whispers.

The play opens with the meeting of the Jonses. Veteran CPT actor Carter Bratton is joined by Mindy Siebert, Miranda McGee and Phil Fiorini for this exchange of secrets, lies, laughs, and sometimes tragic truths. Cincinnati born Florin cut his acting chops on the Chicago stage and made his Cincinnati acting debut in 2007, when he played Pumbaa the warthog in the national tour of “The Lion King” at the Aronoff.

CPT continues to bring in the best local actors, equity and non-equity.The play opens January 21 and runs through February 7. The Clifton Performance Theatre is located in the Clifton Gaslight District at 404 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220. For ticket information call 861-SHOW or order tickets online at https://cpt.tixato.com/buy.

Performance Dates:

  • Thu, January 21, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Fri, January 22, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Sat, January 23, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Sun, January 24, 2016, 3:00 PM
  • Thu, January 28, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Fri, January 29, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Sat, January 30, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Sun, January 31, 2016, 3:00 PM
  • Mon, February 1, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Thu, February 4, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Fri, February 5, 2016, 8:00 PM
  • Sat, February 6, 2016, 8:00 PM

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January 3, 2016 · 9:54 am

OCCUPATIONAL PLEASURES and CINDERBLOCK Runs Jan. 14-16

HGT_Occupational Pleasures and Cinderblock promoOCCUPATIONAL PLEASURES and CINDERBLOCK
Homegrown Theatre & Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Jan. 14-16
Cilfton Performance Theatre

OCCUPATIONAL PLEASURES
Encore performance from 2015 Cincinnati Fringe Festival

Directed by Charlie Roetting

Cast: Lauren Showen, Dylan Shelton, Leah Strasser, Nathan Neorr, Lisa Marie DeRoberts, Dave F’n Powell & Carter Bratton

Dan and Louise are keeping their office fling on the downlow. They’re not sure how serious they are and, well, their coworkers are total weirdos. This becomes even more clear when they discover that everyone in the office reads fan-fiction about their theoretical relationship. Disturbed by this revelation, Dan and Louise find themselves in a war between the two competing storylines: a 50 Shades-esque smutfest, and a syrupy romance. The show rounds itself out with hilarious and high quality fan-fiction videos.

CINDERBLOCK
Full-length performance of play originally serialized in SERIALS! 2: THUNDERDOME

Directed by Leah Strasser
Written by Ben Dudley

Cast: Dylan Shelton, Ben Dudley, Miranda McGee, Rory Sheridan & Shelby Becker

After a shadowy Figure smashes his windshield, Tommy meets Rod, a mysterious and odd leader of a group of social misfits who all claim to have witnessed the superhuman being. Tommy tells the cult of his own encounter and how, at his girlfriend’s office party, he came to believe he knows the Figure’s identity. Rod claims to want to help Tommy get control over his life, but his real motives are far more disturbing.

  • Thu-Sat, Jan. 14-16 at 7:30pm

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June 1, 2015 · 2:18 pm

HITCHHIKERS MAY BE INMATES Review

CFF_Hitchhikers May Be InmatesLinks to all reviews can be found using the REVIEWS link at the top of the page. Blog postings, links and more are available on my Facebook fan page. You can also receive updates on Twitter from @BTCincyRob.

HITCHHIKERS MAY BE INMATES presented by Clifton Performance Theatre as part of the 2015 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

You can read the show description here.

Again this year, while Clifton Performance Theatre’s entry may not be the fringe-iest show in the festival, it certainly offers some of the best performances in the festival.

Local professional actors Michael Bath and Kevin Crowley are excellent in this three-scene one act. Both characters are on the tightrope of sobriety. As new AA-member and emotionally-fragile Dave, Bath gives a great nerd-to-jock quality to his relationship with J.D.

Crowley is great to watch in the role of J.D. There is this constant intensity coming from the character. I enjoyed how you were never really sure if J.D. was working to steady Dave on that tightrope or push him off of it.  His transformation of J.D. for the final scene is mesmerizing to watch. Kudos also have to go out to Evan Verrilli as the line-less Waiter. Your body language and facial expressions were so much fun.

For a show that is mainly two guys at a table talking, director Buz Davis keeps the energy high and the blocking dynamic. He makes the well-written script by Crowley, shine.

Definitely a favorite of this year’s festival. Seeing these two on stage together for $15 is a steal. Three performances remain through June 6.

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