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Cast Announced for Sunset Players’ A NICE FAMILY GATHERING

SSP_logoSunset Players is pleased to announce the cast for A NICE FAMILY GATHERING.

  • Harold Murphy as Dad
  • Marcia Grant as Mom
  • Jerry Yearout as Carl
  • Dawn Lindsey as Jill
  • Mike Burke as Michael
  • Amanda Borchers as Stacy
  • Kent Smith as Jerry

A NICE FAMILY GATHERING, by Phil Olson and directed by Don Frimming, is a funny, touching and ghostly love story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her before he died. Now he’s a ghost on a mission, and his son Carl is the unlikely messenger on Thanksgiving Day. When a date for Mom arrives for dinner, bombshell announcements are made, hormones are out of whack, and hilarity ensues.

Performance are February Feb. 20, 21, 27, 28; March 1, 5, 6 & 7, 2015 at the Arts Center at Dunham.

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

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ALADDIN Flies in for Sunset Players’ Annual Holiday Children’s Show

SSP_AladdinCINCINNATI, OH – November 16, 2014 —Sponsored by Price Hill Will Arts Community Action Team, Sunset Players presents Aladdin by William Glennon for its annual children’s holiday show. Directed by Dave Myers and produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing, Inc., the annual holiday children’s show takes theater goers to a faraway land in the East where we meet Aladdin and his friends, all of whom have an eye for adventure. Filled with spells, potions and reversals of fortune, Aladdin discovers the magic of the lamp and his love for the Princess.

The cast includes:

  • Kitty Davies as Darkana
  • Allen Lindsay as Zorah
  • Tay Sauer as Mother
  • Sara Moore as Toodle-de-toos
  • Mackenzie Kelley as Serena
  • Russ McGee as Bulmar
  • Adam Blome as Aladdin
  • Leann Wessels as a merchant and a palace slave/attendant
  • Bob Kelley as the Sultan and a merchant
  • Randy Blake as the Grand Wazir and a merchant
  • Sarah Braunstein as the Genie of the Ring
  • Lizzie Braunstein as a palace slave/attendant
  • Samantha Williams as a palace slave/attendant
  • Lauren Pontis  as the Princess

Performance dates will be Dec. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14. Friday shows are at 7:00 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday performances at 2:00 p.m. Sign language interpreters from Cincinnati State will be sign at the December 13 performance.

Tickets are $5 general admission. Individual show tickets can be purchased through the Sunset Players website (www.sunsetplayers.org) or reserved by calling 513-588-4988.

In its 35th season, Sunset Players, Inc. is a community theater group located on the west side of Cincinnati. Founded in 1979, the group performs at the Arts Center at Dunham and has produced more than 120 plays. Its mission is to bring a smile, and its plays include comedies, farces, dramatic comedies and musical comedies—as long as there is some “comedy” in the performance somewhere. For more information, visit our website at http://www.sunsetplayers.org or like us on Facebook.

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ALADDIN Runs Dec. 5-14

SSP_AladdinALADDIN
Presented by Sunset Players
Dec. 5-14
West Price Hill

Directed by Dave Myers

Cast: Kitty Davies as Darkana, Allen Lindsay as Zorah, Tay Sauer as Mother, Sara Moore as Toodle-de-toos, Mackenzie Kelley as Serena, Russ McGee as Bulmar, Adam Blome as Aladdin, Leann Wessels as a merchant and a palace slave/attendant, Bob Kelley as the Sultan and a merchant, Randy Blake as the Grand Wazir and a merchant, Sarah Braunstein as the Genie of the Ring, Lizzie Braunstein as a palace slave/attendant, Samantha Williams as a palace slave/attendant & Lauren Pontis as the Princess

The annual holiday children’s show travels to a faraway land in the East where we meet Aladdin and his friends, all of whom have an eye for adventure. Filled with spells, potions and reversals of fortune, Aladdin discovers the magic of the lamp and his love for the Princess!

  • Fri, Dec. 5 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Dec. 6-7 at 2pm
  • Fri, Dec. 12 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, Dec. 13-14 at 2pm

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Princess Party and PIP’s ROSES AND THORNS at The Arts Center at Dunham

Princess Party and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off The Hill Production
ROSES AND THORNSs at the Arts Center at Dunham

PIP_Roses and ThornsThe Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill family series production of ROSES & THORNS (A TALE OF BEAUTY & THE BEAST) by Bret Fetzer will be performed at the Arts Center at Dunham on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 2:00 pm. The show is free and open to the public and made possible by a grant from Price Hill Will Arts CAT.

Prior to the performance, children can join the “Be Our Guest” princess party with Bella and her friends from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The princess party costs $5 per child with proceeds benefiting the renovation of the Arts Center at Dunham. To RSVP to the “Be Our Guest” princess party, go online to Sunset Players website (www.sunsetplayers.org) or call 513-588-4988.

The twisted comedy ROSES & THORNS revisits the original story of beautiful Rose who sacrifices her own happiness to be the servant of a hideous Beast in order to protect her father and family. Based on the 18th, century version of the story, the play embraces slapstick, satire and high camp styles even as it explores the darker depths of the tale, which proves that true beauty is always more than skin deep. This performance will be sign language interpreted.

Off the Hill is made possible by the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee. Seasonal support is the Playhouse in the Park’s outreach programs is provided by the Hearst Foundations and the Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation.

The Arts Center at Dunham is a fine arts center for the west side of Cincinnati. Housed in one of the three remaining buildings of what was the first municipally owned tuberculosis sanatorium in the United States, the Arts Center includes a 350-seat performance venue as well as extensive studio and programming space. The Arts Center is located in the Dunham Recreation Complex. See what is happening at the Arts Center at Dunham on Facebook.

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Sunset Announces Auditions for A NICE FAMILY GATHERING

SSP_logoCINCINNATI, OH – October 23, 2014 —Sunset Players is holding auditions for A Nice Family Gathering on November 17 & 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts Center at Dunham. The Arts Center at Dunham is located at 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Funny and touching, A Nice Family Gathering is a ghostly love story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her before he died. Now he’s a ghost on a mission, and his son Carl is the unlikely messenger on Thanksgiving Day. When Mom’s date arrives, bombshell announcements are made, hormones are out of whack, and hilarity ensues. Show dates are February 20, 21, 27, 28, March 1, 5, 6, 7, 2015.

Auditions will be cold readings from the script.

Characters:

  • Dad: age 50s-60s, doctor, golfer and recently deceased
  • Mom: age 50s-60s, losing it to early onset Alzheimer’s
  • Carl: younger son, late 20s-late 30s, truck driver and writer
  • Michael: elder son, early 30s-late 30s, doctor and workaholic
  • Jill: Michael’s wife, late 20s-late 30s, emotional wreck
  • Stacy: daughter and the youngest, somewhat neglected, lesbian
  • Jerry Myers: next door neighbor, 50s-60s, possible suitor for mom

Ages of characters will be determined by the audition turnout.

If you cannot make these dates. contact Don Frimming, the director, at frimmingmd@cinci.rr.com to make special arrangements.

Sunset Players, Inc. is a community theater group located on the west side of Cincinnati. Founded in 1979, the group performs at the Arts Center at Dunham and has produced more than 120 plays. Its mission is to bring a smile, and its plays include comedies, farces, dramatic comedies and musical comedies—as long as there is some “comedy” in the performance somewhere. For more information, visit our website at www.sunsetplayers.org or like us on Facebook.

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