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MPI 2012 Orchid Awards

Mariemont Players Inc. 2012 Orchid Awards

COLE

  • Excellence in DIRECTION
    John Langley
  • Excellence in ENSEMBLE
    John Langley & Cast
  • Excellence in MUSICAL DIRECTION
    Sherry McCamley
  • Excellence in MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
    Megan Callahan as Woman 2
  • Excellence in MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
    Patrick D. Carnes as Man 3
  • Excellence in MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
    Luka Ashley Carter as Man 2
  • Excellence in MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
    Joe Hornbaker as Man 1
  • Excellence in ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
    Sherry McCamley & Band
  • Excellence in OVERALL PERFORMANCE QUALITY
    John Langley & Cast
  • Excellence in OVERALL TECHNICAL QUALITY
    Mariemont Players
  • Excellence in PRODUCING
    Cynthia Emmer
  • Excellence in PROGRAM ART – Original
    Gary Rogers
  • Excellence in SET DESIGN
    Dennis Murphy
  • Excellence in VOCAL DIRECTION
    Sherry McCamley
  • Excellence in VOCAL QUALITY
    John Langley & Cast

GROUCHO: A LIFE IN REVIEW

  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Patrick Downey as Groucho Marx
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Wendy Erin Braun as The Girl
  • Excellence in DIRECTION
    Norma Niinemets
  • Excellence in ENSEMBLE
    Norma Niinemets & Cast
  • Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN
    Jef Brown
  • Excellence in OVERALL PERFORMANCE QUALITY
    Norma Niinemets & Cast
  • Excellence in PRODUCING
    Norma Niinemets & Charlie Sampson
  • Excellence in SET DESIGN
    Tom Niinemets
  • Excellence in STAGE MANAGEMENT/SCENE CHANGE
    Fran Uecker
  • Excellence in WIGS
    Jim Percival

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Michael Sauer as Nick Cristano
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Bill Hartnett as Frank Gianelli
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Norma Niinemets as Aida Gianelli
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Arny Stoller as Nunzio Cristano
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Ann Baker as Emma Cristano
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Kristy Rucker as Caitlin O’Hare
  • Excellence in DIRECTION
    Ginny Weil
  • Excellence in ENSEMBLE
    Ginny Weil & Cast
  • Excellence in OVERALL PERFORMANCE QUALITY
    Ginny Weil & Cast
  • Excellence in PRODUCING
    Charles Sampson
  • Excellence in PROPERTIES
    Laura Bathes, John Gilligan
  • Excellence in STAGE MANAGEMENT/SCENE CHANGE
    Jenny Mielbrecht

SAME TIME NEXT YEAR

  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Katey Blood as Doris
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Eric Day as George
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Greg Schlairet as Mr. Chalmers
  • Excellence in COSTUMES
    Skip Badonsky & Diane Carr
  • Excellence in DIRECTION
    Michael L. Morehead
  • Excellence in ENSEMBLE
    Michael L. Morehead & Cast
  • Excellence in PRODUCING
    Michael L. Morehead & Arny Stoller
  • Excellence in SET DESIGN
    Michael L. Morehead & Arny Stoller
  • Excellence in SOUND DESIGN
    Michael L. Morehead & Ed Cohen
  • Excellence in SOUND EXECUTION
    Kevin Burton, Alice Trent, Michael L. Morehead
  • Excellence in STAGE MANAGEMENT/SCENE CHANGE
    Jenny Mielbrecht
  • Excellence in WIGS
    Jim Percival

THE FOREIGNER

  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Patrick Carnes as Charlie Baker
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Tony Doench as Owen Musser
  • Excellence in OVERALL TECHNICAL QUALITY
    Mariemont Players
  • Excellence in PRODUCING
    Norma Niinemets
  • Excellence in PROGRAM
    Amy Sullivan
  • Excellence in SET CONSTRUCTION
    Charlie Sampson & crew
  • Excellence in SET DÉCOR
    Norma Niinemets
  • Excellence in SET DESIGN
    Christine Merz
  • Excellence in SOUND DESIGN
    Ed Cohen
  • Excellence in SPECIAL EFFECTS
    Charlie Sampson

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Barbara Karol as Penny
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Bill Hartnett as Grandpa
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Wendy Braun as Alice
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Wally Johnson as Kolenkhov
  • Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY
    Norma Niinemets as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
  • Excellence in COSTUMES
    Dee Dunn
  • Excellence in DIRECTION
    Tom Storey
  • Excellence in ENSEMBLE
    Tom Storey & Cast
  • Excellence in PRE-SHOW
    Mariemont Players

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MPI Announces Auditions for THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY

Mariemont Players Announces Auditions For Ken Ludwig’s THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY

Director Patrick Downey will hold auditions for the Mariemont Players production of THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY, a comedy by Ken Ludwig, at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just east of Mariemont) at 7:00pm on Friday, July 6th and at 2:00pm on Sunday, July 8th, 2012.

THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY is a madcap comedy about love, life and man’s eternal love affair with golf from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You). Inspired by the English farces of the ’30s and ’40s, this fast-paced show is filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors and romantic hijinks, letting loose mayhem at a stuffy country club in the style of the Marx Brothers.

Cast requirements are: 2 women and 2 men playing age 30’s or 40’s and 1 man and 1 woman playing age 20’s.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

The production will be staged September 7th through September 23rd, 2012.

For more information or questions about auditions, contact the director at actone64@aol.com.

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MPI Announces 2012-2013 Season

Mariemont Players Inc. proudly announces their 2012-2013 (76th) Season. Since 1936, MPI has been an all volunteer organization commited to producing high quality entertainment at affordable prices and since 1958 have been housed in the Walton Creek Theater, a former four-room schoolhouse. THIS WILL BE AN ALL COMEDY SEASON!

September 7 – September 23, 2012
The Fox on the Fairway, by Ken Ludwig and directed by Ginny Weil
A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics.

November 2 – November 18, 2012
West Moon Street, by Rob Urbinati and directed by jef Brown
Young Lord Arthur is deliriously happy – just down from Oxford and engaged to be married – when a mysterious palm reader predicts that he will commit a murder. A proper English gentleman, Arthur believes it is his Duty to get this killing business over with before he marries. But his education has not provided him with the required skills, and a hilarious series of mishaps ensues as he sets about finding a victim.

January 11 – January 27, 2013
Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Dee Anne Bryll
David O. Selznick, famed Hollywood producer, has a problem. He’s three weeks into shooting his latest historical epic, “Gone with the Wind,” but the script just isn’t working. His solution? Fire the director, pull Victor Fleming off “The Wizard of Oz,” and lock himself, Fleming, and script doctor Ben Hecht in his office for five days until they have a screenplay. With only peanuts and bananas to sustain them, they work through and act out Margaret Mitchell’s bestseller and in the process make movie history.

March 8 – March 24, 2013
Red, White and Tuna, by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard and directed by Norma Niinemets
The much anticipated third installment in the Tuna trilogy takes the audience through another satirical ride into the hearts and minds of the polyester-clad citizens of Texas’ third smallest town. Along with Tuna’s perennial favorites, some new Tuna denizens burst into the 4th of July Tuna High School Class Reunion. This sets the stage for a show full of fireworks and fun from the land where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

May 10 – May 26, 2013
Chapter Two, by Neil Simon and directed by Charlie Sampson
A murder writer George, is encouraged by his younger brother Leo to start dating again after the death of his first wife. After a series of bad matches, he comes up with Jennie and she’s a keeper. Their bumpy relationship, at times funny, at others poignant, is partly based on Neil Simon’s own experience.

July 12 – July 28, 2013
Blue Moon Dancing, by Ed Graczyk and directed by Ed Cohen
In a small West Texas town the Blue Moon honky-tonk is the place where lonely gals hang out in the daytime, swigging Lone Stars and jabbering at each other about every little ol’ thang, sharing dreams and sad stories. A Cincinnati premiere by Ohioan Ed Graczyk (A Murder of Crows and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean).

Performances are on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 7:00pm (except for the 3rd Sunday); the 2nd and 3rd Sundays at 2:00pm; and the 3rd Saturday at 4:00pm. There is a preview performance on the Thursday evening before each Friday opening. Full season tickets are $90; Sept. – May five show tickets are $75. Shipping & handling is $3 per order.

Reserved Seat single tickets are $17 each, except for the preview performances, when tickets are $10 each for non-reserved seats.

For more information or to order season or single tickets, call Betsy at the Mariemont Players ticket line, 513.684.1236.

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MPI Announces Cast of OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

Mariemont Players has announced the cast for their upcoming show, OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, directed by Ginny Weil and produced by Charles Sampson.

The cast features: Ann Baker, Bill Hartnett, Norma Niinemets, Kristy Rucker, Michael Sauer and Arny Stoller.

OVER THE RIVER… runs May 4-20 at the Walton Creek Theater. For more information visit www.mariemontplayers.com
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MPI Announces 2012-2013 Season

Mariemont Players announce the slate of shows for their 2012-2013 season.

  • The Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig, Sep 7-23, 2012
  • West Moon Street by Rob Urbinati, Nov 2-18, 2012
  • Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Huthinson, Jan 11-27, 2013
  • Red, White and Tuna by Sears and Howard, Mar 8-24, 2013
  • Chapter Two by Neil Simon, May 10-26, 2013
  • Blue Moon Dancing by Ed Graczyk, Jul 12-28, 2013

For more information visit http://www.mariemontplayers.com/.

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