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(Cincinnati, OH — September 12, 2024) After a wildly successful run of Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise in February, One Off Productions announces its second show: Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June, playing September 26–October 5 at Gabriel’s Corner in Over-the-Rhine. Founder Rupert Spraul directs, and co-founder Hannah Gregory serves as stage manager. The cast boasts Rory Sheridan as Harold Ryan and Tess Talbot as Penelope Ryan. Rounding out the main cast, David Derringer plays Dr. Norbert Woodly, Jared Earland plays Herb Shuttle and Colonel Von Konigswald, and Brian Willis plays Looseleaf Harper. Student actors Luke Busemeyer and Ashlynn Hezlep join as Paul and Wanda June, respectively.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June runs at Gabriel’s Corner, 1425 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202 on:

• Thursday, September 26 at 7:30pm
• Friday, September 27 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, September 29 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, October 3 at 7:30pm
• Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, October 5 at 7:30pm

Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at https://square.link/u/ShaxxOqA.

About One-Off Productions:

One-Off Productions (OOPs) is a grassroots independent arts initiative in Cincinnati, OH, making impactful, accessible, professional, experimental art.

Find us on Instagram at @one.off.productions or Facebook

(Cincinnati, OH — January 22, 2023) One-Off Productions, an independent theatre initiative from Rupert Spraul, is set to premiere its inaugural production of Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise at Gabriel’s Corner in OTR from February 8-17, 2024. One-Off aims to offer accessible, experimental theatre to the Cincinnati community and calls this production “a clown show–like Dean Martin chugged a beer, hit you upside the head with a salami, fell in love, then died!” Rupert Spraul, as lead producer, takes on direction; Hannah Gregory joins as production manager/co-producer; and Josh Reiter supports as co-producer. The cast boasts local favorites, as well as actors from Chicago, Virgina, and beyond, with CCM graduates Cameron Nalley and Olivia Buss taking on the titular characters, respectively.

Spraul says:

“Our production’s unique exploration of this story and its timeless humanity highlights the uproarious comedy of this story (that is often neglected) which resists giving way to tragedy…Until it does. I don’t think this is a play that needs, or wants, deep academic examination. It’s something that every adult understands: Youth is, or should be, a joyous-inconsequential-fantastical-clowshow, then you grow up and lose things you can’t get back, and the clown show ends.”

Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise is a self-produced project; and with fair pay being a cornerstone of One-Off’s mission, crowdfunding is in full-swing to bring this show to life. Eighty percent of the budget is committed to actor payment, with the remaining twenty percent covering venue rental; set, props, and costumes; and technical elements.

The GoFundMe is live at https://gofund.me/52715367.

Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise runs at Gabriel’s Corner  (1425 Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH, 45202) on:

• Thursday, February 8 at 7:30pm
• Friday, February 9 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, February 10 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, February 15 at 7:30pm
• Friday, February 16 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, February 17 at 7:30pm

Suggested parking includes Ziegler Park Garage, surrounding metered street parking, or free parking on select streets north of Liberty St in OTR.

About One-Off Productions:
One-Off Productions (OOPs) is a grassroots independent theatre initiative in Cincinnati Ohio, making impactful, accessible, professional, experimental theatre.

Find us on Instagram at @one.off.productions