Tag Archives: Dayton Theatre Guild

THE PILLOWMAN
Presented by Dayton Theatre Guild
May 17-June 2
Dayton

Directed by Natasha Randall

Cast: Patrick Hayes as Katurian K. Katurian, Michael Boyd as Tupolski, David Hallowren as Ariel & Joseph Risner as Michael

“With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, THE PILLOWMAN centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art.” – Dramatists Play Service. For mature audiences only.

• Fri-Sat, May 17-18 at 8pm
• Sun, May 19 at 3pm
• Fri, May 24 at 8pm
• Sat, May 25 at 5pm
• Sun, May 26 at 3pm
• Fri, May 31 at 8pm
• Sat, June 1 at 5pm
• Sun, June 2 at 3pm

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LEAVING IOWA
Presented by Dayton Theatre Guild
April 5-21
Dayton

Local media coverage: Dayton Daily News article |

Directed by Robb Willoughby

Cast: Don Browning – Josh Smith, Dad – Mark Reuter, Mom – Debra Kent, Sis – Rachel Wilson, Multiple Character Guy – Peter Wallace & Multiple Character Gal – Ellen Ballerene

The annual family vacations of one family are remembered as the son tries to take his father’s ashes to a former home. His attempts to reach the final resting place are interspersed with memories of family vacations the kids often hated. The actors play themselves as teenagers, as parents and as their older selves, on the road-trip of life. A sentimental play of good humor that is sweet and often contagiously funny.

• Fri-Sat, April 5-6 at 8pm
• Sun, April 7 at 3pm
• Fri, April 12 at 8pm
• Sat, April 13 at 5pm
• Sun, April 14 at 3pm
• Fri, April 19 at 8pm
• Sat, April 20 at 5pm
• Sun, April 21 at 3pm

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100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Presented by Dayton Theatre Guild
Feb. 22-March 10
Dayton

Directed by Ellen Finch

Father Matthew McNally has served his congregation well but now finds he needs some time to reflect on his own faith and suddenly leaves his parish. Theresa, a cleaning woman at his rectory, searches him out for spiritual advice. She needs help with her 16-year-old daughter, Abby. And Garrett, a grocery delivery boy, desperately seeks Father McNally’s guidance in search of his own identity. An unexpected crisis brings these characters into confrontation. Faith is tried and shaken as Father McNally faces his own spiritual demons and his greatest fear – living without a connection to God.

• Fri-Sat, Feb. 22-23 at 8pm
• Sun, Feb. 24 at 3pm
• Fri, March 1 at 8pm
• Sat, March 2 at 5pm
• Sun, March 3 at 3pm
• Fri, March 9 at 8pm
• Sat, March 10 at 5pm
• Sun, March 11 at 3pm

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GHOSTS
Presented by Dayton Theatre Guild
Jan. 11-27
Dayton

Reviews: Dayton Most Metro |

Directed by Matthew W. Smith

Cast: Mrs Alving: Lisa Howard-Welch, Osvald Alving: Jared Mola, Pastor Manders: Chuck Larkowski, Jakob Enstrand: Dave Nickel & Regine Enstrand: Angela Timpone

A brilliant new translation by Christopher Hampton breathes new life into this classic drama. The ‘‘ghosts’’ in this play are taboo topics that cannot be openly discussed. This drama is one of Ibsen’s most powerful works, but also one of his most controversial. Family sins are revisited when a son returns home to dedicate an orphanage in his father’s name and becomes involved in a tryst that ends in the painful knowledge of long suppressed family truths.

• Fri-Sat, Jan. 11-12 at 8pm
• Sun, Jan. 13 at 3pm
• Fri, Jan. 18 at 8pm
• Sat, Jan. 19 at 5pm
• Sun, Jan. 20 at 3pm
• Fri, Jan. 25 at 8pm
• Sat, Jan. 26 at 5pm
• Sun, Jan. 27 at 3pm

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