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March 26, 2024 · 1:04 pm

2024-2025 Season Announced by Loveland Stage Company

LSC_logoWe are ecstatic to announce our upcoming season!

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH JR. – Youth Summer Workshop
Directed by Mike Yarick
July 11-14, 2024

DISENCHANTED!
Directed by Carissa Sloan
November 1-17, 2024

GODSPELL
Directed by Amy Prestridge
March 7-23, 2025

THE TOXIC AVENGER
Directed by John Sloan
May 2-18, 2025

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH JR., GODSPELL, and THE TOXIC AVENGER are presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

DISENCHANTED! is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)

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March 21, 2024 · 9:48 pm

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR at Loveland Stage Company

LSC_The Red Velvet Cake WarIn this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the three Verdeen cousins—Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette—could not have picked a worse time to throw their family reunion. Their outrageous antics have delighted local gossips in the small town of Sweetgum (just down the road from Fayro) and the eyes of Texas are upon them, as their self-righteous Aunt LaMerle is quick to point out.

Having “accidentally” crashed her minivan through the bedroom wall of her husband’s girlfriend’s doublewide, Gaynelle is one frazzled nerve away from a spectacular meltdown.

Peaches, a saucy firebrand and the number one mortuarial cosmetologist in the tri-county area, is struggling to decide if it’s time to have her long-absent trucker husband declared dead.

And Jimmie Wyvette, the rough-around-the-edges store manager of Whatley’s Western Wear, is resorting to extreme measures to outmaneuver a priss-pot neighbor for the affections of Sweetgum’s newest widower.

But the cousins can’t back out of the reunion now. It’s on, Gaynelle’s hosting it, and Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette have decided that its success is the perfect way to prove Gaynelle’s sanity to a skeptical court-appointed psychologist. Unfortunately, they face an uphill battle as a parade of wildly eccentric Verdeens gathers on the hottest day of July, smack-dab in the middle of Texas tornado season.

Things spin hilariously out of control when a neighbor’s pet devours everything edible, a one-eyed suitor shows up to declare his love, and a jaw-dropping high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. As this fast-paced romp barrels toward its uproarious climax, you’ll wish your own family reunions were this much fun!

Director: Mark Culp
Co-Producers: Tom Cavano & Jill Gornet

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR runs:
May 3 at 7:30 pm
May 4 at 7:30 pm
May 5 at 3:00 pm (ASL interpreters featured)
May 10 at 7:30 pm
May 11 at 7:30 pm
May 12 at 3:00 pm
May17 at 7:30 pm
May 18 at 7:30 pm
May 19 at 3:00 pm

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC. servicing with Dramatists Play Service collection. www.dramatists.com

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February 12, 2024 · 6:39 pm

Auditions Announced for CRAB CAKES AND MURDER at Loveland Stage Company

LSC_logoLSC is partnering with NEST’s Murder Mystery Fundraiser on April 12th, 2024. The play we are casting is called CRAB CAKES AND MURDER by Micheal Druce. [Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Colorado.]

Auditions will be held Sunday, Feb 18th from 6 – 9 pm, and will consist of cold readings from the script. No preparation necessary.

Location: Loveland Stage Company – 111 S 2nd St. (Rt 48), Loveland, Ohio 45140

Summary:
During a surprise storm, Captain Savage Raines goes missing at sea.  The wreckage of the Half Shell is found, but with no sign of the commercial fisherman, Sheriff Sandy Shoals assumes Captain Raines is dead.  That wouldn’t be a surprise considering what a hateful codger he was.  After all, who else would name his twin daughters Misery and Calamity?!

The sheriff finds the incident especially curious since the shipwreck was just a day after Savage announced his retirement and revealed plans to divvy up Peg Legg Seafoods.  And since those business plans minimized his wife Peggy’s role in the company and largely cut out the rest of the family with the exception of his bootlicking twin daughters, everyone had a motive for sabotage.

Reeling in audience members to help sift through the evidence, Sheriff Shoals casts a wide net to try to catch the guilty party.

Cast of Characters:

  • DUNGENESS CRABBE ……….Captain Savage Raines’s sister; married to Stone Crabbe; well-meaning but whiny
  • PEGGY LEGG-RAINES ………..Captain Raines’s wife; sardonic and straightforward; all business
  • STONE CRABBE……………….the captain’s brother-in-law; clueless owner of Crabbe’s Crab Cakes
  • DECADENCE RAINES ………..youngest daughter of Peggy and Savage Raines; independent, matter-of-fact, and honest to a fault
  • C.D. LAWYER ………………….shady attorney and chairman of the board of directors for Peg Legg Seafoods
  • SHERIFF SANDY SHOALS …..new to the job; nobody’s fool
  • CALAMITY RAINES ……………another Raines daughter; selfish and shallow; Misery’s fraternal twin
  • MISERY RAINES ………………another daughter; superficial and self-centered; Calamity’s fraternal twin
  • CAPTAIN SAVAGE RAINES …..family patriarch; owner of Peg Legg Seafoods
  • HUMP DAY ……………………..mysterious harbormaster

You can sign up for an audition slot at www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA9AD2DABFBC34-47919268-lscnest#/.

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January 31, 2024 · 5:16 pm

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Runs March 1-17

LSC_JosephJOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Loveland Stage Company
March 1-17
[Loveland]

Directed by Michael Yarick
Orchestra directed by Jeanne Bilyeu
Choreographed by Garrett Klaas
Produced by Becky Jones & Kayla Haas

“Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of your time!” One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers and the coat of many colors.
Told entirely through song – The Narrator leads us through a retelling of the story of Joseph – the favorite son of Jacob – who is blessed with vivid dreams that foretell the future. Jacob buys Joseph an elegant coat of many colors, which doesn’t please his 11 brothers. After being sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife. However, news of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams travels and sparks the interest of the hilarious and troubled Elvis-like Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man. In the midst of the famine, the 11 brothers find themselves unknowingly at the mercy of the brother they betrayed. Joseph tests their integrity, and ultimately the brothers are reconciled. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is set to a multitude of musical genres, spanning from traditional musical theater to country and calypso to pop and rock n’ roll.

  • Fri-Sat, March 1-2 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 3 at 3pm (ASL interpreted)
  • Fri-Sat, March 8-9* at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 10 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 15-16 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, March 17 at 3pm
    * 3/9 – Role of narrator played by understudy

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January 10, 2024 · 7:28 pm

LSC’s JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Runs March 1-17, 2024

LSC_Joseph“Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of your time!”

 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat runs at Loveland Stage Company from March 1-17, 2024!

Tickets are available online at www.Lovelandstagecompany.org/tickets on February 1st.

Call (513) 443-4572 for groups of 15+ or handicapped seating.

One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers and the coat of many colors.

Told entirely through song – The Narrator leads us through a retelling of the story of Joseph – the favorite son of Jacob – who is blessed with vivid dreams that foretell the future. Jacob buys Joseph an elegant coat of many colors, which doesn’t please his 11 brothers. After being sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife.

However, news of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams travels and sparks the interest of the hilarious and troubled Elvis-like Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man. In the midst of the famine, the 11 brothers find themselves unknowingly at the mercy of the brother they betrayed. Joseph tests their integrity, and ultimately the brothers are reconciled. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is set to a multitude of musical genres, spanning from traditional musical theater to country and calypso to pop and rock n’ roll.

Director: Michael Yarick / Assistant Director: Kiya Fix
Vocal Director: Amy Prestridge
Choreographer: Garrett Klaas
Orchestra Director: Jeanne Bilyeu
Producers: Becky Jones & Kayla Haas

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Show Dates:

  • March 1 at 7:30 pm
  • March 2 at 7:30 pm
  • March 3 at 3:00 pm – *ASL performance
  • March 8 at 7:30 pm
  • March 9 at 7:30 pm – **Narrator role u/s
  • March 10 at 3:00 pm
  • March 15 at 7:30 pm
  • March 16 at 7:30 pm
  • March 17 at 3:00 pm

    *Sunday March 3rd at 3:00 pm will feature ASL interpreters as a part of the performance.
    **Note: on Saturday, March 9th the role of Narrator will be played by the understudy, Pettrina Barresi. ACT/OCTA Adjudicators should attend a separate show date in order to provide consistent reviews of the production.**

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Really Useful Group. www.concordtheatricals.com

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