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April 17, 2026 · 10:07 am

Auditions Announced for UTOPIA: An MTC Theatre Festival at Magnolia Theatre Company

Magnolia Theatre Company, Dayton’s feminist theatre company, announces auditions as well as a call for technicians and designers for UTOPIA: AN MTC Theatre Festival.

Magnolia Theatre Company (MTC) is teaming up with three other Dayton Theatre organizations:Dayton Playhouse, Dayton Theatre Guild, and TheatreLab Dayton to launch UTOPIA, a collaborative Festival aimed at supporting Dayton’s emerging artists while pushing our own artistic possibilities.

Auditions will be held at the TheatreLab Dayton’s Space, 116 N Jefferson St, Ste 200, Dayton, Ohio, 45402, Second floor on  Sunday, April 26, 2026 from 1pm- 8pm.

Eligible auditioners and technicians must be an Early-Career Artist (ages 18-22 and/ or just graduated from college or university at the start of rehearsal).   Everyone is asked to prepare two monologues, contrasting in style, not to exceed 3 minutes.   Please sign up for auditions via this Google form. Video submissions will be accepted, and must be received by April 25, 2026. Callbacks will be held as needed.

Are you an Early-Career Stage Manager or Designer? Want to be on the Run Crew?  Click Here.

This is a Festival format, with a condensed rehearsal process.  All shows will be performed off book, with specific technical parameters.

All actors and technicians will be paid a stipend to be a part of this Festival.

Personnel: Gina Handy Minyard and Annie Pesch (MTC), Philip Drennen and Mackensie King (TLD), Shanna Camacho (DPH), Melissa Kerr Ertsgaard (DTG)

Performances run Sept. 11-13.

For more information on the festival click here.

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March 11, 2025 · 3:21 pm

[An All-Female] JULIUS CAESAR Runs April 10-13

[An All-Female] JULIUS CAESAR
Magnolia Theatre Company
April 10-13
PNC Arts Annex [Dayton]

Directed and adapted by Caitlin McWethy

This all-female JULIUS CAESAR dives headfirst into power, ambition, and identity in a patriarchal world where a small group of women are calling the shots. It unpacks the fear of powerful women and the strategies they use to lead in a system stacked against them. The cracks in solidarity, the clash of personal and political agendas, the relentless demand to appear flawless while hiding every vulnerability—it’s all laid bare. This isn’t just Shakespeare; it’s a raw, unfiltered look at what it means to lead when the pressure is coming at you from all sides—society, your peers, and even yourself.

  • Thu, April 10 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 11 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 12 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 13 at 2pm

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October 7, 2024 · 5:31 pm

Magnolia Theatre Company Presents WHAT THE CONSTITUTION NEEDS TO ME, Oct. 17-20

Magnolia Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME by Heidi Schreck. A winner of two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME tells the story of fifthteen year old Heidi, who worked her way to earning her college tuition by winning Constitutional debates across the United States. In this witty and hopeful new play, she brings forth her teenage self to trace the relationships of women between four generations.

The role of Heidi Schreck will be played by Magnolia Theatre Company founder Gina Handy, Robb Willoughby as Legionnaire/Danny, and Shay Roth, Ja’Nya Lewis, Meg Adams, Atlas Kessinger, and Sierra Jobman as the Debater. The Debater role will be played by a different student at each performance.

Magnolia Theatre Company is a part of the Community Spotlight program at Dayton Live, and will be performing at the PNC Arts Annex, 46 W. 2nd St, Dayton, OH 45402, October 17-20, 2024.

Tickets start at $12 for students, and discounts are also available for military, seniors and educators. A panel discussion around the topics addressed in the show will be held after both matinee performances.

https://www.daytonlive.org/events/constitution/#showtimes

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September 17, 2024 · 5:21 pm

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Runs Oct. 17-20

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
Magnolia Theatre Company
Oct. 17-20
PNC Annex [Dayton]

Directed by Michelle Hayford

Cast: Gina Handy as Heidi, Robb Willoughby as Legionnaire, Atlas Kessinger as Debater, Meg Adams as Debater, Nya Lewis as Debater, Shay Roth as Debater & Sierra Jobman as Debater

Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck worked her way to earning her college tuition by winning Constitutional debates across the United States. In this witty and hopeful new play, she brings forth her teenage self to trace the relationships of women between four generations. Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Schreck’s boundary-breaking show gives insight into how this document will impact our future generations of women.

  • Thu, Oct. 17 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Oct. 18 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 19 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 20 at 2pm

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March 4, 2024 · 5:13 pm

FIVE LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE Runs April 4-7

MTC_Five Lesbians Eating a QuicheFIVE LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE
Magnolia Theatre Company
April 4-7
PNC Arts Annex [Dayton]

Cast: Vera Allen as Vern, Sarah Gomes as Dale, Cyndie Hampton as Lulie, Skye Hodgkin as Wren & Emma Massey as Ginny

It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled five women await the announcement of the society’s prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the women respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks?

  • Thu-Fri, April 4-5 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, April 6 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 7 at 2pm

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