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May 7, 2018 · 3:45 pm

Executive Director Sought by Human Race Theatre Company

HRTC_new logoThe Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton, Ohio –a 32-year-old professional Equity theatre – is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Executive Director.

The Executive Director is the key management leader of The Human Race Theatre Company (HRTC). The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, marketing, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Board of Directors.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Board of Governance: Works with Board in order to fulfill the organization’s mission.

    a. Responsible for leading HRTC in manner that supports and guides the organization’s mission as defined by the Board of Directors
    b. Responsible for communicating effectively with the Board and providing, in a timely and accurate manner, all information necessary for the Board to function properly and to make informed decisions.

  2. Financial Performance and Viability: Develops resources sufficient to ensure the financial health of the organization

    a. Responsible for the fiscal integrity of HRTC, to include submission to the Board of a proposed annual budget and monthly
    financial statements, which accurately reflect the financial condition of the organization.
    b. Responsible for fiscal management that generally anticipates operating within the approved budget, ensures maximum resource
    utilization, and maintenance of the organization in appositive financial positive.
    c. Responsible for fundraising and developing other resources necessary to support HRTC’s mission.

  3. Organization Mission and Strategy: Works with board and staff to ensure that the mission is fulfilled through programs,
    strategic planning and community outreach.

    a. Responsible for implementation of HRTC’s programs that carry out the organization’s mission.
    b. Responsible for strategic planning to ensure that HRTC can successfully fulfill its Mission into the future.
    c. Responsible for the enhancement of HRTC’s image by being active and visible in the community and by working closely with
    other professional, civic and private organizations.

  4. Organization Operations: Oversees and implements appropriate resources to ensure that the operations of the organization are
    appropriate.

a. Responsible effective administration of HRTC’s operations
b. Responsible for the hiring and retention of competent, qualified staff
c. Responsible for signing all notes, agreements, and other instruments made and entered into and on behalf of the organization.

The Executive Director will be responsible for managing the Artistic Director, Associate Artistic Director, Development Director, Marketing Director and Finance Director.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • A Bachelor’s degree
  • Transparent and high integrity leadership
  • A minimum of five or more years senior nonprofit management experience
  • Solid, hands-on, budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making and reporting
  • Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, program development and task facilitation
  • Ability to convey a vision of HRTC’s strategic future to staff, board, volunteers and donors
  • Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations unique to nonprofit sector
  • Skills to collaborate with and motivate board members and other volunteers
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to interface and engage diverse volunteer and donor groups
  • Demonstrated ability to oversee and collaborate with staff
  • Strong public speaking ability

ACTUAL JOB RESPONSIBILITEIS:

  • Planning and operation of annual budget
  • Establishing employment and administrative policies and procedures for all functions and for day-to-day operation of the
    nonprofit
  • Serving as HRTC’s primary spokesperson to the organization’s constituents, the media and the general public
  • Establish and maintain relationships with various organizations both locally, and throughout the state, and utilize those
    relationships to increase the overall visibility of HRTC throughout the state.
  • Supervise, collaborate with organization’s staff
  • Strategic planning and implementation
  • Oversee organization’s Board and committee meetings
  • Oversee marketing and other communication efforts
  • Review and approve contracts for services
  • Other duties as assigned by the Board of Directors
    Salary is commensurate with experience and other qualifications.

Send cover letter and resume to:

Via mail:
Search Committee
c/o Human Race Theatre Company
126 N Main Street, Suite 300
Dayton OH 45402

Via email:
karrie_stock@keybank.com

If you are interested in internship possibilities, please contact Tara Lail at tara@humanracetheatre.org.

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May 2, 2018 · 9:02 am

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED] Runs May 31-June 17

HRTC_The Complete Works logoTHE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED]
Human Race Theatre Company
May 31-June 17
The Loft Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Aaron Vega

Get ready for a show like no other. It’s an irreverent, roller-coaster ride with the Bard that will leave you breathless with laughter as three incredibly talented actors take on all 37 of his plays in just 97 minutes…with a good amount of creative editing. Part improv-run-amok, part audience participation, all delightfully absurd, this merry mashup for the whole family leaves no funny bone untickled and features a comic troupe lead by one of Ohio’s finest Shakespearian actors, Human Race Resident Artist Bruce Cromer.

  • In preview, Thu May 31 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, June 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 3 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Wed, June 5-6 at 7pm
  • Thu-Sat, June 7-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 10 at 2pm
  • Tue-Wed, June 12-13 at 7pm
  • Thu-Sat, June 14-16 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 17 at 2pm

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April 6, 2018 · 12:00 pm

2018-2019 Season Announced by Human Race Theatre Company

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32nd season is “History in the Making” for Dayton’s Official Theatre Company with a powerful mix of drama, comedy, adventure and music.

(Dayton, OH) — The Human Race Theatre Company (HRTC) is proud to introduce the lineup for its 2018-2019 Eichelberger Loft Series – a five-show collection of works that examines specific moments in history—real and imaginary, corrects ancient history and revisits a part of the company’s own history. The season, featuring one fierce musical and four engaging plays, begins September 6, 2018. In addition to the fully-produced works on the Loft Series, HRTC is launching a new Monday Night Playreading Series with the table readings of three diverse, crowd-pleasing scripts.

The 2018–2019 Eichelberger Loft Series opens with the world premiere about the 1989 battle of wills between Pete Rose and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti – Patricia O’Hara’sBanned from Baseball (September 6 – 23, 2018); followed by an eye-opening, gut-busting visit from The Almighty Herself, An Act of God (November 1 – 18, 2018) by David Javerbaum; 2019 begins with a globetrotting adventure for the whole family in Mark Brown’s adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days (February 28 – March 17, 2019); spring sees the return of a delightful hit from The Human Race’s 1996–1997 season, Sylvia (April 25 – May 12, 2019), A.R. Gurney’s comedy about love and marriage…and a dog; and the season closes with a daring rock musical that tells the tale of what happened when “Lizzie Borden took an ax…,” Lizzie (June 13 – 30, 2019) by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt and Tim Maner.

“While looking at this season a theme became very apparent,” says Human Race President and Artistic Director Kevin Moore. “Each show has a sense of history surrounding it. Whether that be history made or history being made, fictional history or even a piece of Human Race history,  each fit our mission of sharing stories that show our humanity. These are stories to share with your friends, your family and loved ones. Next season, history will thrill us, puzzle us, make us laugh and maybe even cry. You don’t want to miss it.”

The five plays perform in the Loft Theatre, The Human Race’s intimate 212-seat downtown performance space, located in the Metropolitan Arts Center at 126 North Main Street. Throughout the productions’ scheduled three-week runs are a number of associated special events: a Thursday night preview performance, preceded by the “Inside Track” discussion with the director; Friday Opening Night with a free post-show party with the cast; Lite Fare at the Loft, a Tuesday night pre-show dining in the Loft Lobby, with food items provided by Citilites Restaurant; a “While We’re on the Subject” talkback following a Sunday matinee; and a Saturday night signed and audio-described performance opportunity.

The 2018-2019 Eichelberger Loft Series Lineup

BANNED FROM BASEBALL
by Patricia O’Hara
World Premiere
September 6 – 23, 2018

It’s 1989 and a battle for the soul of Major League Baseball is brewing between Commissioner Bart Giamatti and Pete Rose, the reigning Hit King and manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Rose is accused of betting on baseball—even on his own team—an allegation he denies despite the mounting evidence. The intellectual Giamatti wants Rose’s confession, while the larger-than-life Rose wants the Commissioner to believe his denials. This collision of wills comes to a head as they meet face to face. If the charge proves to be true, “Charlie Hustle” could be banned from the game—for life—leaving a black mark on the sport both men love and forever tarnishing a living legend.
Tickets on sale summer 2018.

AN ACT OF GOD
by David Javerbaum
November 1 – 18, 2018

Thou shalt laugh! Get ready for an audience with The Almighty that will have you holy rolling in the aisles. God is here—in human form—and She wants to set the record straight with a new set of Commandments. Joined by Her faithful angels, Michael and Gabriel, She’s ready to clear up a few misconceptions, share a few secrets and answer the big questions that have baffled mankind since Creation itself. The comedy’s divine in the hottest show since the burning bush.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
by Mark Brown
adapted from the novel by Jules Verne
February 28 – March 17, 2019

Jules Verne’s classic tale springs to life in this clever, fast-paced comedy for the whole family. Proper gentleman Phileas Fogg strikes a wager and sets off on a race that puts his fortune and life at risk. With his faithful servant at his side, he has just 80 days to circle the globe—an inconceivable feat in the year 1872! Fierce natives, furious typhoons, runaway trains, a damsel in distress and a dogged detective threaten to delay him at every step in this delightful, whirlwind odyssey that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to unexpected end.

SYLVIA
by A.R. Gurney
April 25 – May 12, 2019

Middle-aged Greg brings home a dog he found—or rather, one that found him—in the park. With no other identification other than “Sylvia” on her nametag, she’s a street-smart mutt with a mind of her own and no shortage of opinions. Sylvia quickly becomes a major bone of contention between Greg and his wife, Kate. To him, she’s a welcome escape from an unhappy job and a loss of purpose. To Kate, Sylvia’s a slobbering, hairy rival for her husband’s affection. This ingenious take on a twisted love triangle leads to plenty of laughs and revelations on love and marriage…and a dog.

LIZZIE
music by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt
lyrics by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner
book by Tim Maner
June 13 – 30, 2019

“Lizzie Borden took an ax…” And we know what happened next. Or, do we? It’s a powerhouse rock-show retelling of the sensational—and bloody—double murder that shocked New England in the summer of 1892, as told through the fierce performances of four stellar actresses. What starts as the abuse and despair of a troubled woman results in a shocking act of revenge when she takes a hatchet to her oppressive father and stepmother. Charged with the killing of her parents, Lizzie becomes a media sensation even as the trial takes its toll on the relationships with those dearest to her.

The 2018-2019 Monday Night Playreading Series Lineup

SWEAT
by Lynn Nottage
Monday, November 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this fiery story explores identity, racial tension and economic politics in the industrial, blue-collar world of the American labor force. Set in hard-hit Reading, Pennsylvania, much of the action unfolds in a local bar where factory coworkers congregate to laugh and commiserate as layoffs loom in the new economy that no longer values things made with human labor – with sweat.

HAND TO GOD
by Robert Askins
Monday, March 11, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Mischief is at hand when a possessed Christian-ministry puppet named Tyrone and his awkward teen puppeteer, Jason, wreak havoc on their small Texas town. Jason’s mom is preparing the church puppet club to perform after Pastor Greg’s Sunday sermon, but foulmouthed Tyrone has different plans. It’s a struggle between good and evil suitable for adults only that’s so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny, you’re bound to be sore from laughing.

FALLEN ANGELS
by Noël Coward
Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

From one of England’s wittiest writers comes a farcical 1920s romantic romp turned titillating treat. Best friends Julia and Jane are both in stable—but sometimes boring—marriages. Their lives are turned upside down when a past lover of both ladies plans a visit. Should they be good wives, or give over to remembered passion? Nerves, alcohol and jealousy make for a hysterical reunion reminiscent of the hijinks of “Lucy and Ethel.”

Monday Night Playreading Series Tickets

Tickets to each reading are $20, with $15 discounted tickets on sale now to Loft Series subscribers. Single tickets go on sale to the general public this summer. Seating is general admission.

More ticketing and performance information on The Human Race Theatre Company’s 2018–2019 and 2017–2018 seasons are available online at http://www.humanracetheatre.org or by calling Ticket Center Stage at (937) 228-3630, and at the Schuster Center box office.

Productions, artists, performance dates and prices subject to change.

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2017–2018 marks the 31st season for The Human Race Theatre Company, “Dayton’s Official Professional Theatre Company.” Founded in 1986, The Human Race moved into the Metropolitan Arts Center in 1991, taking up residence in its current home, the 212-seat Loft Theatre. In addition to the Eichelberger Loft Season, The Human Race produces new works development and special event programming. Under the direction of President and Artistic Director Kevin Moore, the company also maintains education and outreach programs for children, teens and adults, as well as artist residencies in area schools and a summer youth program. Human Race organizational support is provided by the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District, Culture Works, the Shubert Foundation, the Erma R. Catterton Trust Fund, the Jesse & Caryl Philips Foundation, the Virginia W. Kettering Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The 2017–2018 Sustainability Sponsors are the ELM Foundation, Anne F. Johnson, Steve and Lou Mason, and Morris Home. The 2017–2018 Loft season sponsor is the Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of the Dayton Foundation, with additional support from Premier Health, Heidelberg Distributing Company and Buckeye Vodka.

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March 22, 2018 · 10:36 am

ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END Runs April 19-May 20

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Jennifer Joplin as Erma Bombeck. Photo courtesy of Immobulus Photography.

ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END
Human Race Theatre Company
April 19-May 20
The Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center [Dayton]

Directed by Heather N. Powell

Starring Jennifer Joplin as Erma Bombeck

Dayton’s own Erma Bombeck takes center stage in this touching one-woman comedy. Human Race Resident Artist Jennifer Joplin stars as the literary icon whose candid commentary on life as a woman, spouse and mother made her the champion of suburban housewives everywhere and her newspaper columns a mainstay on kitchen refrigerators for over thirty years. Full of personal anecdotes and sprinkled with plenty of Bombeck’s famous one-liners, it’s a charming biography that proves “if you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.”

  • In preview Thu-Sat, April 19-21 at 8pm & Sun, April 22 at 2pm
  • In preview Thu, April 26 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 27-28 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 29 at 2pm

The remaining performances of the extended run have SOLD OUT.

  • Thu-Sat, May 3-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 6 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 10-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 13 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 17-19 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 20 at 2pm

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March 16, 2018 · 3:30 pm

Neil Simon Proves Why He’s the Eternal King of Broadway Comedy with Hilarious BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

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Richard Buchanan as Stanley, Eric Deiboldt as Eugene and Rory Sheridan as Jack. Photo courtesy of Immobulus Photography

The Human Race continues its 31st Season with his semi-autobiographical classic,
April 5 – 22, 2018 at the Loft Theatre

(Dayton, OH) —This April, The Human Race Theatre Company (HRTC) is going back in time with Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs, the first of Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical trilogy. He has holes in his shoes and liver on the dinner table, but all teenage Eugene Jerome can think of is girls, baseball and writing—in that order. There’s hardly a moment’s peace in a house filled with his domineering mother, over-worked father, and worldly older brother, not to mention his widowed aunt and her two maturing daughters. Simon’s comedy about growing up in a crowded, lower middle class home in 1937 Brooklyn is a touching coming-of-age classic that proves no matter how crazy life gets, family can make it crazier.

“Brighton Beach Memoirs reveals Neil Simon as his wittiest and most poignant self. The first play of the Eugene Trilogy, and semi-autobiographical, we meet Eugene at 15, taking us through his memoirs as he writes about a blended family, living on top of each other in a little-bit-too-small house: each individual yearning for independence, yet fiercely committed to keeping the family strong. Oh so funny and relevant, I invite you into the Jerome home for a look at love, growing pains, and blood being thicker than water!” – Marya Spring Cordes, director.

Marya Spring Cordes (HRTC’s Becky’s New Car and Managing Maxine), returns to The Race to direct Brighton Beach Memoirs. Cordes serves as Head of Acting in Wright State University’s Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures and is a proud Resident Artist of The Human Race Theatre Company.

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in the world. In addition to Lost in Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come Blow Your Horn, Little Me, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, The Star-Spangled Girl, Plaza Suite, and many more.

The preview performance of Brighton Beach Memoirs is Thursday, April 5. Opening night is Friday, April 6.

CAST AND DESIGN TEAM
The cast of seven includes two Human Race veterans and several faces new to local audiences.

Richard Buchanan (Shakespeare in Love at Baltimore Center Stage and Cincinnati Playhouse) plays Eugene’s older brother, Stanley, in his debut performance at The Human Race Theatre. Eric Deiboldt (Peter Pan at Northern Stage, West Side Story, All Shook Up, Lend Me a Tenor) is excited to be making his debut at The Human Race Theatre Company as Eugene. Lisa Ann Goldsmith (HRTC’s Macbeth, Mame and Torch Song Trilogy, World Premiere of Windfall, directed by Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander, Sundance nominee for The Lifeguard, The Next Three Days, and many other titles) is back at HRTC playing Eugene’s mother, Kate. Oakwood High School student Julie Murphy (Muse Machine’s Mary Poppins, We Could Be Heroes, Hairspray, and Hello, Dolly!) plays his younger cousin, Laurie. Sonia Perez (HRTC’s The Fully Monty, Shawnee Playhouse’s Carousel and many more) plays Eugene’s aunt, Blanche. Rory Sheridan (The Pillowman at Falcon Theatre, Neverwhere at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and Doubt at Cincinnati Landmark Productions) plays his father, Jack. Wright State University student Katie Sinicki (You Can’t Take It with You, Jane the Plain, The Children’s Hour, and King Lear) makes her HRTC debut as Eugene’s older cousin, Nora.

Dan Gray (scenic designer) rejoins HRTC for Brighton Beach Memoirs. Other HRTC credits include: Sweeney Todd, Taking Shakespeare, and more. Dave Arevalo (costume designer) is making his Human Race design premiere. Resident Artists John Rensel (lighting designer) and Jay Brunner (sound designer) round out the design team. Jacquelyn Duncan, who has worked as Production Assistant for HRTC since 2016, moves up to the position of production stage manager.

Biographies on the cast and creative team can be found on The Human Race Theatre Company’s website.

The Human Race Theatre Company’s production of Brighton Beach Memoirs is sponsored by The Richard A. and Mary T. Whitney Fund for the Arts, Marion’s Piazza, Two Friends, Jack and Maryann Bernstein, Larry S. Glickler – Glickler Funeral Home, Marni Flagel, John and Barbara Rion, and Patti Giering.

PERFORMANCE AND SPECIAL EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets for the preview performance of Brighton Beach Memoirs on April 5 start at $35 for adults, $32 for seniors and $17.50 for students. For all performances April 5 – 22, single ticket prices start at $40 for adults, $37 for seniors and $20 for students. Prices vary depending on the day of the week and seating location. Group discounts are available for parties of 10 or more. The Human Race is offering a pair of discount ticket opportunities during the run of the show. A limited number of $12 and $25 side-area seats are available in advance for all performances. The Sunday, April 8 7:00 p.m. performance is “Sawbuck Sunday,” when any available seat can be purchased in person for just $10 at the Loft Theatre box office two hours prior to the show. Discounts are subject to availability and some restrictions apply.

All performances are at the Metropolitan Art Center’s Loft Theatre, located at 126 North Main Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Show times for Brighton Beach Memoirs are 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Performances on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings begin at 7:00 p.m., and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday matinees.

Tickets and performance information for Brighton Beach Memoirs are available at www.humanracetheatre.org or by calling Ticket Center Stage at (937) 228-3630, and at the Schuster Center box office. 

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2017-2018 marks the 31st season for The Human Race Theatre Company, “Dayton’s Official Professional Theatre Company.” Founded in 1986, The Human Race moved into the Metropolitan Arts Center in 1991, taking up residence in its current home, the 212-seat Loft Theatre. In addition to the Eichelberger Loft Season, The Human Race produces new works development and special event programming. Under the direction of President and Artistic Director Kevin Moore, the company also maintains education and outreach programs for children, teens and adults, as well as artist residencies in area schools and a summer youth program. Human Race organizational support is provided by the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District, Culture Works, the Shubert Foundation, the Erma R. Catterton Trust Fund, the Jesse & Caryl Philips Foundation, the Virginia W. Kettering Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The 2017-2018 Sustainability Sponsors are the ELM Foundation, Anne F. Johnson, Steve and Lou Mason, and Morris Home. The 2017-2018 Loft season sponsor is the Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of the Dayton Foundation, with additional support from Premier Health, Heidelberg Distributing Company and Buckeye Vodka.

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