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SHREK THE MUSICAL
Presented by East Side Players
June 6-15
Blue Ash

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Based on the Oscar winning Dreamworks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome prince – shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and dozens of other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand…and his name is Shrek. SHREK is part romance, part twisted fairly take and all irreverent fun for everyone!

• Thu-Sat, June 6-8 at 7:30pm
• Thu-Sat, June 13-15 at 7:30pm

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ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Presented by East Side Players
Aug. 9-18
Blue Ash

Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror of a wife, Queen Aggravian, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. Lady Larken and Sir Harry are extremely disturbed by this fact since Lady Larken is now pregnant with Sir Harry’s baby. Luckily, Sir Harry is able to find an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone. She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless, and in the end, is able to pass the Queen’s supposedly impassable sensitivity test. When the Queen still tries to prevent the Prince Dauntless from marrying, he tells her to ‘shut up’ which ends up breaking the curse on the king. Now able to speak, King Sextimus regains his rightful position as leader of the kingdom, and all is well. –StageAgent.com

• Thu-Sun, Aug. 9-12 at 7:30pm
• Wed-Sat, Aug. 15-18 at 7:30pm

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CHILDREN OF EDEN
Presented by East Side Players
Aug. 11-20
Blue Ash 

CHILDREN OF EDEN is a two-act musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood. While using the Bible as a plot source, it freely deviates in many details, and is a story of parents and children without a specifically religious point-of-view.

• Thu-Sun, Aug. 11-14 at 7:30pm
• Wed-Sat, Aug. 17-20 at 7:30pm

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