Dayten Theatre Guild | Behind the Curtain Cincinnati

Dayton Theatre Guild opens their 2011-2012 season with THE OLDEST PROFESSION by Paula Vogel.

Titled Truth & Consequences, DTG is offering five area premieres.

Opening their season is THE OLDEST PROFESSION, a comedy where five elderly ladies of the evening relocate from New Orleans to Reagan-area New York City. Aug 25. – Sept. 11.
Neil Simon’s LOST IN YONKERS finds brothers Arty and Jay left in the care of their strict grandmother and simple Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Oct. 21-Nov. 6.
Three aging WWI French army veterans confront, comfort and sometimes ignore each other at a French military home in HEROES. Jan. 6-22.
This comic fantasy, WITTENBERG has Prince Hamlet (yes, that one) at the famous German university with Dr. Faustus and Martin Luther battling over faith and reason. Feb. 10-26.
In GOING TO ST. IVES, the dignified mother of a ruthless African dictator travels to England to seek treatment for her failing eyesight from a renowned ophthalmologist, who in turn requests a favor. March 16-April 1.
In the comedy, DIVIDING THE ESTATE, two generations of former Texas gentility connive and grope to wrest control of the once-cherished and valuable family estate from the hands of the venerable matriarch, who still wants the estate to remain a proud symbol of a vanished way of life. April 27-May 13.

Also on the bill are several season extras:

SOUVENIR, the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy society eccentric, believed herself to be a great coloratura soprano when she was actually incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Sept. 16-25.
From the author of COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN comes the comedy THE BLUE MOON DANCING. This particular day at the dance hall, includes a wedding, a tornado, Elvis, an attempted suicide and the face of Jesus in a water stain on the ceiling. Dec. 2-18.
Closing out the season is the musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE. Thomas Weaver, a successful writer, returns to his hometown to perform the eulogy for his childhood friend, Alvin Kelby. He struggles to find the appropriate words, but comes up with nothing but blank pages. With the help of Alvin, who appears from the recesses of his mind, Thomas sorts through story after story of the events that made up their friendship. June 1-17.

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