THE WOLVES
Miami University
March 11-15
Center for the Performing Arts Studio 88 Theatre [Oxford]
Eleven young women on a youth soccer team, the Wolves, come together on Saturday to practice and play. Their unbridled conversation reveals their insecurities and their resilience. Can individuals from very different backgrounds find common ground and bond as a team? Mature theme and language.
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TARTUFFE
Miami University
May 2-6
Gates-Abegglen Theatre [Oxford]
Directed by Lewis Magruder
He’s charismatic. He’s self-righteous. He’s a crook! He’s Tartuffe, the central figure in this classic farce by Moliere. When Orgon falls for Tartuffe’s charms, his wife and family hatch a plan to save the family fortune before it’s too late. They must expose Tartuffe for the hypocrite he is! Quick banter, physical comedy, and just a dash of deception rule the day as the scoundrel gets his just desserts.
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GATHERING BLUE
Miami University
Nov. 15-19
Oxford
Directed by Rosalyn Erat Benson
GATHERING BLUE tells a suspenseful tale of the power of creativity to fight brutality. The story follows Kira, a young gifted artist who must weave an important robe that recalls the history of the world for the village where she lives. Will she be able to use her knowledge and art to reshape the future?
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The Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami U. in Oxford is filming two short training videos to be used with nursing home staff. Both videos will be posted on web pages and probably YouTube. We have a small budget to pay some actors and actresses a bit for their time. We have scheduled filming the week of September 25 and may have a rehearsal time on the 24th. One day that week will likely be plenty for filming depending on your character. Some of the actors are in only one video, others are in both. Some of the characters have already been created in a whiteboard video which is why are looking for particular types.
We’re looking for:
Contact Jane Straker, Scripps Gerontology Center (strakejk@miamioh.edu or 513.529.5949) for more information or to apply.
A note or e-mail with a bit about your experience and a head shot would be helpful.
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BLISS (or, EMILY POST IS DEAD)
Miami University Theatre
Feb. 22-26
Studio 88 Theatre [Oxford]
Directed by Darin Anthony
Cast: Adam Joesten as Apollo/Doctor Smith/Uncle, Theresa Liebhart as Clementine, Taylor Hayes as Maddy, Jada Harris as Cassandra & Rachel Brandenburg as Antonia
A domestic comedy set in 1960 in North Orange, NJ, where Clytemnestra and Medea, housewives with a pill addiction along with Antigone, the teenage girl next door, look to Emily Post for advice. Working girl Cassandra then arrives in the neighborhood, only to interrupt their routines and question their collective fates.
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 