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August 26, 2024 · 5:47 pm

Cast Announced for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Mariemont Players

Mariemont Players and director Dee Anne Bryll are thrilled to announce the cast of the upcoming production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams.

Natasha Boeckmann as Mae
Keith Cassidy as Big Daddy
Jordan Graff as Brick
Anna Hazard as Margaret
Art Kibby as Reverend Tooker
Cathy Lutts as Big Mama
Fred Murrell as Dr. Baugh
Geoffrey Simmons as Gooper

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF is directed by Dee Anne Bryll and produced by Vicki Rafferty. Performances run January 9 – 26, 2025. For tickets and further information head to: https://www.mariemontplayers.com/catonahottinroof.

Synopsis:
A family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of plantation owner Big Daddy. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie wants to give Big Daddy the news that she’s finally become pregnant by his favorite son, Brick, but Brick won’t cooperate in her plans. Swarming around them are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son.

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August 26, 2024 · 5:38 pm

Auditions Announced for MOON OVER BUFFALO at Mariemont Players

Mariemont Players, Inc. is pleased to announce auditions for MOON OVER BUFFALO by Ken Ludwig on Sunday, October 6th and Monday, October 7th from 7-10pm. Directed by Aaron Whitehead and Produced by Natasha Boeckman and Fred Murrell.

Synopsis: This madcap comedy centers on two fading stage actors who may have one last shot at stardom if they can just keep their act, and relationship, together. On the brink of divorce while touring Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives in repertory, George and Charlotte Hay learn that Frank Capra is coming to their matinee. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong in this side-splitting farce.

Audition Requirements: Please bring a headshot and resume. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. You may be requested to stay past your audition time to read with other auditionees. Please sign up for an audition slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D44AFAB2FA2FE3-50897275-moon

Callbacks: There will be no callbacks.

Rehearsal times: Rehearsals will begin in mid-January 2025 and run through early March.

Production Dates: March 6-23, 2025

Character Breakdown: listed ages are stage ages

GEORGE HAY – (50s-60s) A pompous actor with a flair for the dramatic, George finds himself having to juggle multiple women and multiple plays at the same time. A ham and an over-actor.

CHARLOTTE HAY – (50s-60s) Charlotte is George’s wife, a much more practical person than the unsteady George but also possesses a stubborn and vindictive streak.

ETHEL – (60s-80s) Charlotte’s mother. Performs all manner of odd jobs around the theatre while muttering to herself. Extremely hard of hearing.

ROSALIND – (20s-30s) George & Charlotte’s daughter. Grew up in the theatre and still has it running through her veins, but is trying to escape the endless drama of her parents’ theatrical circus and find a life that’s more ordinary.

HOWARD –  (20s-30s) Rosalind’s fiance. A weatherman. Cheerful and upbeat but sorely lacking in personality.

EILEEN – (20s) A young actress in George & Charlotte’s company. Had a fling with George. Takes the stage very seriously but is not incredibly mature and doesn’t handle adversity well.

PAUL – (20s-30s) Stage manager for George & Charlottes company. Rosalind’s ex-fiance. Does the best he can to keep the machine running and keep the craziness in check.

RICHARD – (40s-60s) A lawyer friend of Charlotte’s who is very much in love with her. Very classy and sophisticated.

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August 12, 2024 · 12:19 pm

CLYBOURNE PARK Runs Sept. 5-22

CLYBOURNE PARK
Mariemont Players
Sept. 5-22
[Walton Creek]

Directed by Dan Maloney
Produced by Elizabeth L. Taylor

Cast: Fred Murrell as Russ/Dan, Alicia Friedman as Bev/Kathy, Jamie Sivrais as Karl/Steve, Kayla Theis as Betsy/Lindsey, Tia Tonae as Francine/Lena, Nate Huitger as Jim/Tom & Phillip Latham as Albert Kevin

Clybourne Park explodes in two outrageous acts set fifty years apart. Act One takes place in 1959, as white community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same, fifty years on? This excruciatingly funny and squirm-inducing satire explores the fault line between race and property. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun.  CLYBOURNE PARK discusses and depicts sensitive topics such as racial discrimination, PTSD, and suicide. It also contains adult humor and strong language which may be inappropriate for children. Viewer discretion is advised.

  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 5-7 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 8 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Sept. 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Sept. 14 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 15 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Sept. 19-21 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Sept. 22 at 2pm

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July 5, 2024 · 9:29 am

Auditions Announced for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Presented by Mariemont Players

MPI_logo 2020Mariemont Players, Inc. is pleased to announce auditions for our production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams directed by Dee Anne Bryll and produced by Vicki Rafferty.

Audition Dates/Times:

  • Sunday, August 18 – 2:00 p.m.
  • Monday, August 19 – 6:30 p.m
    Callbacks: Thursday, August 22 at 6:30 p.m.

Location: Mariemont Players – 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227

Audition Requirements:

  • Please bring a theatrical resume. Headshots are appreciated, but not required.
  • Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Production Dates: January 9-26, 2025

Synopsis: A family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of plantation owner Big Daddy. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie wants to give Big Daddy the news that she’s finally become pregnant by his favorite son, Brick, but Brick won’t cooperate in her plans. Swarming around them are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son.

Character breakdown: 

  • Margaret: Female. 25-35.
  • Brick: Male. 25-35.
  • Big Daddy: Male. 50-70.
  • Big Mama: Female. 50-70.
  • Gooper: Male. 30-40. 
  • Mae: Female. 30-40. 
  • Doctor Baugh: Male. Any age. 
  • Reverend Tooker: Male. Any age. 

More information can be found here: https://www.mariemontplayers.com/auditions

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July 5, 2024 · 9:25 am

Cast Announced for DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE at Mariemont Players

MPI_logo 2020Mariemont Players and director jef brown are thrilled to announce the cast upcoming production of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

  • Natasha Boeckmann
  • Ryan Bowron
  • John Conrard
  • Fred Gorney
  • Raia Hirsch
  • Wayne Kirsch
  • Jeanette Tacon

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is directed by jef brown and produced by Pam Kaesemeyer and Amy Stier . Performances run October 31 – November 17, 2024. For tickets and further information head to https://www.mariemontplayers.com/hyde

Synopsis:
A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll’s experiments have brought forth his other self—Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend. When Hyde meets a woman who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, and so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who his slave.

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