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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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June 23, 2024 · 6:23 pm

2023-2024 Orchid Awards for Mariemont Players

MPI_logo 2020AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’

  • Excellence in Costume Design – Cathy Ross
  • Excellence in Direction – Elizabeth L. Taylor
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of Ain’t Misbehavin’
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Phillip Latham
  • Excellence in Choreography – Garrett Klaas
  • Excellence in Musical Direction – Jim Swartwout
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Ariel Underwood
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Charles McClinon
  • Excellence in Program – Vicki Rafferty
  • Excellence in Program Art – Teresa Johns
  • Excellence in Set Design – Betsy Obermeyer
  • Excellence in Sound Design – Forrest Goodwin
  • Excellence in Sound Execution – Forrest Goodwin

STEEL MAGNOLIAS

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Cathy Lutts
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Stefanie Adams
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Elaine Michael
  • Excellence in Direction – Megan Horton
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Steel Magnolias’
  • Excellence in Properties – Vicki Rafferty
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Bill Pauly, Tim Carney, Joe Herzog, Art Kibby, and Fred Murrell
  • Excellence in Set Design – Betsy Obermeyer
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Anna Hazard
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Katie Jensen
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Tobie Braverman
  • Excellence in Hair/Wigs – Jim Percival
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – Jim Curtis & Jill Herzner
  • Excellence in Producing – Jennifer Day, Bill Geraghty & Eric Day
  • Excellence in Program – Vicki Rafferty
  • Excellence in Program Art – Teresa Johns
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Betsy Obermeyer
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Janet Wisner

THE BOOK OF WILL

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – John Conrard
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Keith Cassidy
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Michael Ireland
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Linda Roll & Faye Crawford
  • Excellence in Dialect Coaching – Ann Nixon
  • Excellence in Direction – jef brown
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘The Book of Will’
  • Excellence in Overall Performance Quality – The Cast of ‘The Book of Will’
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Colette Noel Thomas
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Wayne Kirsch
  • Excellence in Lighting Design – Alan Jeffries
  • Excellence in Lighting Execution – Natasha Boeckmann, Kat Falk, & Aimee Ward
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – Amy Stier & Michael Ireland
  • Excellence in Photography – Kristy Rucker
  • Excellence in Properties – Pam Kaesemeyer
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Betsy Obermeyer

RUMORS

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Eric Day
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kate Mock Elliott
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Katey Blood
  • Excellence in Producing – Vicki Rafferty
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Nancy Glier, Pam Nagy, Mary Edwards, & Tina Gutierrez
  • Excellence in Set Design – Dan Dermody
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Aaron Whitehead
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kathie Labanz
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Ryan Bowron
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Peggy Stouffer, Carolyn Martinez, & Anne Connor-Stanforth
  • Excellence in Program – Vicki Rafferty
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Bill Pauly, Tim Carney, Art Kibby, Fred Murrell, and Dan Newyear

DEATHTRAP

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Elizabeth Hickerson
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Wes Ledyard
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Howard Liang
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Joe Hornbaker
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Peggy Allen
  • Excellence in Direction – Jerry Wiesenhahn
  • Excellence in Lighting Execution – Kat Falk, Katie Jensen, Joey Donhoff, & Kristen Vincenty
  • Excellence in Producing – Kristen Vincenty
  • Excellence in Properties – Wes Ledyard
  • Excellence in Set Design – Ryan Oelker
  • Excellence in Sound Execution – Kat Falk, Katie Jensen, Joey Donhoff, & Kristen Vincenty

BOEING BOEING

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Colette Noel Thomas
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Michael Sanchez
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Rebecca Bryant
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Peggy Stouffer

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June 19, 2024 · 6:46 pm

Call for 2025-2026 Directors at Mariemont Players

MPI_logo 2020The Mariemont Players Inc. Artistic Committee cordially invites you to submit to direct for our 2025-26 season!

Interested directors must submit an application, theatrical resume and scripts for proposed shows by Sunday, July 14, 2024.  The application can be found and completed here: MPI 2025-26 Directing Application

By early August, the MPI Artistic Committee will narrow down the applicant pool to a select number of applicants to be interviewed. Those selected will be contacted to schedule an interview with the Artistic Committee. Interviews will take place in mid-August.

Our goal is to present an exciting, well-rounded season of shows that will bring in and entertain audiences, featuring, but not limited to, comedic, timeless shows with wide-ranged and diverse casts (race, age, gender, etc.). Ultimately, we encourage directors to submit shows they are passionate about and offer the above criteria to keep in mind as you make your selections.

We encourage directors from diverse backgrounds to apply as we actively seek to represent and promote the many insights, opinions and talents of our diverse artistic community.

Each production runs for three weeks, consisting of 13 performances. The rehearsal process is roughly six weeks prior to opening. Our season slots are September, November, January, March, May, and July.

Again, the deadline for applications is Sunday, July 14, 2024. Please reach out to Artistic Chair, Natasha Boeckmann, at MPIArtisticChair@gmail.com with any questions.

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