SLEEPING GIANT by Steve Yockey
Aug. 4-20, 2023
Directed by Andrew Hungerford
A marriage proposal gone awry awakens an ancient evil deep within a lake and triggers a rising tide of unsettling events.
As things take a turn for the horrifying, Sleeping Giant asks: how far will you go to find something to believe in?
This dark comedy from Know favorite Steve Yockey [Pluto (2013), The The Fisherman’s Wife (2015), Heavier Than.., (2017) Mercury (2019)], and show runner of HBO’s The Flight Attendant and Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives, combines equal parts humor and dread in a truly unexpected story for the stage.
MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA by Christian St. Croix
Sept. 22-Oct. 8, 2023
Directed by Tamara Winters
When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. United by their love of classic American monster movies, the two have developed a warm and caring familial chemistry
Their bond is tested when Remy uncovers secret in footage on Pup’s video camera. Christian St. Croix, author of 2020’s Zack, has written a haunting and heartening drama about fathers and sons, queerness and loss the wrestles with how to bring someone back from the brink of becoming one the monsters we fear.
BLERDS by J. Corey Buckner
Nov. 17-Dec. 10, 2023
Directed by Derek Snow
BLERDS follows DJ, Brandon, and Kiera, three Black middle school nerds as they set off across Washington DC in October of 2002 on a quest to reach a Star Wars Convention and meet the coolest Jedi in the galaxy: Samuel L Jackson.
A world premiere coming-of-age journey in the spirit of Goonies and Stand By Me from J. Corey Buckner. It’s a clear-eyed love-letter to the pop-culture tales that have become our modern mythology, an adventure through Black family joy and the perils of the world, as told through the lens of sci-fi fandom.
KAIROS by Lisa Sanayedring
Feb. 16-March 3, 2024
Directed by Rebecca Wear
Kairos, a world premiere by Lisa Sanaye Dring (director of Alabaster (2019)), starts as a meet cute rom com…and then the world changes.
A budding relationship is tested by the advent of Prometheus, a procedure that grants immortality to a select few. What happens to commitment, meaning and care when linear time breaks open?
THE LIGHT CHASERS
April 5-28, 2024
With her father 10 years into an improbable mission to the stars, a teenage girl vows to find a way to reach him across the lightyears to reunite her family.
The Light Chasers is a world premiere theatrical adventure based upon the album Light Chasers by Cloud Cult, produced in partnership with University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.
It’s a story about family, loss, and the galactic distances to which we would go to heal.
For more information visit www.knowtheatre.com.
BRIANNA MILLER plays The Naïf
On the final night of Fringe, the Cincinnati Fringe Festival honored five special shows with “Pick of the Fringe” awards, voted on by artists, patrons, critics, and the producers of the festival itself. We’re very pleased to present to you the winners of the 2023 Picks of the Fringe:
The question I get asked most by people with limited time and resources is, which shows are a “must see.” And I give them my bias answer, based on how I reacted to the shows. Please understand that differences between shows in the rankings can be infinitesimal. And I guarantee everyone’s list is different and just as valid.
An Interactive Comedy
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 