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March 30, 2021 · 1:48 pm

It’s Time to Roll Out the Primary Lineup for the 18th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival!

CFF_Orange logo text onlyWe’ve been hard at work on planning the 18th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival and it’s finally time to spill the beans! Join us on Monday, April 19, at 7:30 PM, as we livestream our annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival Lineup Announcement. This very special report from our very own Channel Fringe Hard-Hitting Action News Update will stream directly to Facebook Live, to our YouTube channel, and on Vimeo.

We at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival know one thing for sure: Fringemas is the most wonderful time of the year. We’ve got an amazing festival planned out for this year, and we can’t wait to tell you all about it.

Following last year’s runaway success as Cincy Fringe pivoted to an online format, this year, our Primary Lineup will include both online programming and outdoor, socially-distanced performances with COVID-19 safety precautions in place. 

The 18th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival will run June 4 – 19, 2021. Tickets and passes will be available following the Lineup Announcement at our website, cincyfringe.com.

Know Theatre is Cincinnati’s Theatrical Playground. The Know showcases unexpected voices, new works, and plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic risks, creating work that is cutting edge and accessible.

Know Theatre’s work is made possible, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Know Theatre is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving.

Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

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March 29, 2021 · 1:39 pm

A REPORT OF GUNFIRE at the Know

KTC_A Report of GunfireSilence can be deadly in:
A REPORT OF GUNFIRE
By David J. Loehr, from March 24, 2021

In the mid-aughts, a rising-star journalist accepts a posting as a war correspondent in the Middle East to test his bona fides. As the stories he’s pursuing unfold, he must grapple with the moments when news of international importance becomes deeply, devastatingly personal.

Radio Know, the audio-drama brand of the Know Theatre of Cincinnati, is delighted to present A Report of Gunfire, by David J. Loehr, available for download beginning March 24. The production is directed by Zach Robinson, and stars James Creque (last heard on Radio Know as the titular demon in our Christmas fantasy epic Krampus Claus) as the Journalist. This wartime-political drama received its world premiere at the Capital Fringe in Washington, D.C., before being adapted by the playwright for a Radio Know production.

A Report of Gunfire joins ten other audio dramas currently available in the Radio Know audio drama collection, which began as part of the Know’s pandemic-era initiative to keep creating bold, unexpected art featuring local artists. Each audio drama is available as a download for $5; Radio Know also offers a Listeners’ Club subscription service that provides early access to each monthly release.

A Report of Gunfire is available to download from www.knowtheatre.com. 

AT A GLANCE

  • Production: A Report of Gunfire, by David J. Loehr
  • Dates: Beginning March 24, 2021, and available indefinitely.
  • Where: Online, hosted from the Know Theatre of Cincinnati.
  • Tickets: Available at knowtheatre.com as a $5 download. 

Know Theatre is Cincinnati’s Theatrical Playground. The Know showcases unexpected voices, new works, and plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic risks, creating work that is cutting edge and accessible. 

Know Theatre’s work is made possible, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign. 

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. 

Know Theatre is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving. 

 Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network. 

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February 18, 2021 · 10:13 am

THEATRE: A LOVE STORY Available Feb. 27-March 27

KTC_Theatre A Love Story logoTHEATRE: A LOVE STORY
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Feb. 27-March 27
[Online]

Directed by Daryl Harris, Brant Russell & Tamara Winters
Choreographed by Kim Popa in collaboration with Pones 

Cast: A.J. Baldwin, Montez O. Jenkins-Copeland, Elizabeth Molloy & Nathan Tubbs
Dancers: Courtney Duncan, Ian Forsgren, Ashley Morton & Emily Vizina

A play-conversation & art installation about love, catastrophe, capitalism and climate grief, and yes, theatre too.  Let’s create new stories together in this world premiere transmedia exploration, delivered on-line, in person, and interactively. Made in collaboration with Pones and written by celebrated playwright Caridad Svich (Red Bike, OBIE Lifetime Achievement award).

Note: Performances from February 26-March 14 will be a true livestream, intercut with pre-recorded footage. Remaining performances through March 27 will be captured (i.e., pre-recorded) video available for viewing for 24 hours following the performance date and time selected.

  • Sat, Feb. 27 at 8pm (Livestream)
  • Sun, Feb. 28 at 3pm (Livestream)
  • Wed-Sat, March 3-6 at 8pm (Livestream)
  • Sun, March 7 at 3pm (Livestream)
  • Wed-Sat, March 10-13 at 8pm (Livestream)
  • Sun, March 14 at 3pm (Livestream)
  • Wed-Sat, March 17-20 at 8pm (Pre-recorded)
  • Sun, March 21 at 3pm (Pre-recorded)
  • Wed-Sat, March 24-27 at 8pm (Pre-recorded)

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February 4, 2021 · 9:42 am

Cast Announced for THEATRE: A LOVE STORY at Know Theatre of Cincinnati

KTC_Theatre A Love Story logoThe boldly poetic script of THEATRE: A LOVE STORY, peels back layers of storytelling convention and artifice to expose the raw beating heart of performance, is presented in collaborative production that blurs the lines between theatre and film and which draws on the strength of Cincinnati’s artistic community with multiple directors, a local cast, and collaboration with the dance company Pones, Inc.

THEATRE: A LOVE STORY will stream online February 26 through March 27.

The Cast & Creatives of THEATRE: A LOVE STORY

The Cast

A.J. Baldwin
A.J. has previously been seen at the Know as Gina in this season’s streamed production of Zack, and as the Beacon in 2019’s The Absentee. A.J. also appeared in Descent: A Murder Ballad at Cincy Fringe 2019, which won Producer’s Pick of the Fringe.

Montez O. Jenkins-Copeland
Montez’s previous appearances at the Know include playing Will in the 2016 musical Girlfriend and as one of the storytellers in 2019’s Rolling World Premiere Red Bike, also by Caridad Svich.

Elizabeth Chinn Molloy
Elizabeth has previously appeared at the Know as the puppeteer in SuperTrue (2018), Heather in Mercury (2019), and as Mother in In The Night Time (Before The Sun Rises) (2020).

Nathan Tubbs
Regular Know-goers might recognize Nathan from his appearances as Icarus in Heavier Than… (2017) or as Glenn in The Absentee (2019). Nathan has also been seen at the Know and the Cincinnati Fringe Festival as a troupe member with OTRimprov.

The Directors

Tamara Winters
Tamara is the Associate Artistic Director of the Know Theatre. Among the many shows she’s directed for our mainstage are this season’s Feast., and in previous seasons, Girl in the Red Corner, Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride, The Arsonists, Listen for the Light, Silent Sky, and Hearts Like Fists, to name just a few.

Daryl Harris
Dr. Daryl Harris is an Associate Professor at NKU School of the Arts Theatre and Dance Program. A 50-year veteran of traditional, experimental, and educational theatre, he has studied and worked as a producer, writer, director, actor, costume designer, and professor throughout North America, Europe, West Africa, Asia and Australia. Daryl appeared in the Know’s production of Beertown (2016).

Brant Russell
Brant’s directing work has appeared on the Know’s MainStage in The Man-Beast (2018) and In The Night Time (Before The Sun Rises) (2020), as well as in our 2019 SecondStage production of Sand, a solo show featuring Andrew J. Hungerford. As an actor, he appeared on the MainStage as the Sheriff in the Duncan Sheik musical Whisper House (2018).

THEATRE: A LOVE STORY features the work of the Know Theatre resident design and production team:

  • Lighting and Scenic Designer Andrew J. Hungerford
  • Costume Designer Noelle Wedig-Johnston
  • Sound and Projections Designer Douglas Borntrager
  • Technical Director Henry Bateman
  • Stage Manager Meghan Winter
  • Props Designer and Scenic Artist Kayla Williams

They will be joined on this production by Choreographer Kim Popa and Cinematographer Ryan Lewis.

Dancers from Pones, Inc. will include Ashley Morton, Ian Forsgren, Courtney Duncan, and Emily Vizina.

THEATRE: A LOVE STORY, by Caridad Svich, is generously sponsored by Drew Gores & George Warrington, Dan & Fran Bailey, and The Warrington Foundation.

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January 27, 2021 · 9:15 am

SERIALS! 11: LIGHTNING ZOOM Runs Feb. 1-March 29

KTC_Serials 11 logoSERIALS! 11:  LIGHTNING ZOOM
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Feb. 1-March 29
[Online]

15 minute episodes of new plays, every two weeks, for a total of 5 installments. Every week, YOU, the audience, votes on which 3 plays will continue for another episode, and which 2 will be banished to a dystopian theatrical wasteland… You’ll also have an additional vote in Week 4 to determine which 2 previously-eliminated shows will be resurrected for one more episode.

 

  • Mon, Feb. 1 at 7:30pm
  • Mon, Feb. 15 at 7:30pm
  • Mon, March 1 at 7:30pm
  • Mon, March 15 at 7:30pm
  • Mon, March 29 at 7:30pm

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