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TRIPTYCH by Kaye Carlile.

BAND GEEKS!
Presented by Human Race Theatre Company
May 31-June 17
Dayton

Reviews: Talkin’ Broadway | Dayton City Paper | Dayton Most Metro |

A new musical. The Cuyahoga Marching Beavers are 75 trombones short of a Music Man, and there’s only one cornet left, but while the band may be close to extinction, its spirit isn’t. BAND GEEKS! is a rousing Glee with instruments, a tribute to the tribulations of the millions who have spent football halftimes pounding out Sousa-like renditions of “Maria.” If you were ever in a school band, ever knew someone in a school band, even ever heard a school band, you’ll recognize the woes and revel in the fun of Band Geeks!

Directed and choreographed by Greg Hellems
Music directed by Scot Woolley
Produced by Kevin Moore

Cast: Sarah Agar as Nicole, John Robert Armstrong as Mr. Hornsby, Tyler J. Baranski as Alvin, Dane C. Becker as Understudy, Richard Cerato as Spitz, Zach Cossman as Jake, John Fisher as Stewart, Liz Fye as Natalia, Jennifer Joplin as Principal Dixon, Mykal Kilgore as Elliot, Katie Klaus as Laura, Jon Kovach as Kyle & Jennifer Roehm as Molly

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

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GEM OF THE OCEAN
Presented by Human Race Theatre Company
March 29-April 15
Dayton

Reviews: Dayton City Paper | Dayton Most Metro |

Each of the ten plays in the late August Wilson’s famed “Pittsburgh Cycle” covers a different decade of the 1900s in an urban African-American neighborhood, and Gem, while the next-to-last written, is the first chronologically. It’s set in 1904, an age when slavery no longer exists but oppression remains all too real, and where the problems of the residents seem overwhelming. At the core of the story is Aunt Ester, whose 285 years of life include a journey to America on a slave ship, and who uses her experiences to bring moral guidance to new generations.

Directed by Mark Clayton Southers

Cast: Bryant Bentley as Caesar Wilks, Kevin Brown as Eli, Alan Bomar Jones as Solly Two Kings, Dwandra Nickole as Aunt Ester Tyler, Jonathan Berry as Citizen Barlow, Scott Stoney as Rutherford Selig & Marva Willians as Black Mary Wilks

• In preview, Thu, March 29 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, March 30-31 at 8pm
• Sun, April  at 2pm & 7pm
• Tue, April 3 at 7pm
• Wed-Sat, April 4-7 at 8pm
• Sun, April 8 at 2pm
• Wed-Sat, April 11-14 at 8pm
• Sun, April 15 at 2pm

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Local media coverage: Dayton Most Metro article |