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The third installment of The Drama Workshop’s Home View Theatre  video series is now available for viewing. The video is called A Paranormal Investigation into The Raven and was written and directed by Dennis Murphy and stars CJ and Betsy Bossart.  Ms. Bossart plays the host for the television series Paranormal Investigations. She is interviewing one Edgar Poe (played by Mr. Bossart) who claims to be visited nightly by a ghostly raven. Is this a bonafide haunting or something else entirely?  You’ll have to watch to know.

Paranormal Investigation is the third installment of Home View Theatre which aired Stranded Traveler in late September and Local Legends in early October.  Stranded Traveler is Eric Thomas’ play about someone asking for money at a bus stop, who is challenged to be honest about what they need the money for. The video was directed by Thomas and features Chris Bishop and Stephanie Klein. Local Legends was directed by Alexa Justice and features seven local storytellers relaying their favorite ghostly tales.  Some of the stories are related to Cincinnati history. The storytellers are Adrianna Marie Boris, Jeb Brack, Greg Hand, Kat Jones, Kat Klockow, Carolmarie Stock and Bill Stringer.

The series will continue in November with the release of A Better Place by Eric Thomas and directed by Scott Unes who also stars in the video along with his wife, Susan.  Amanda Emmons-Shumate will direct Denise’s Do-Over which will be released in early December. This comedy about video dating was written by Susan Decatur and features Peggy Allen, Chris Bishop, Rob Bucher, Kristy Rucker, Jim Swartwout and Jim Waldfogle.  The final video in this series will be The Gift of the Magi written and directed by Dennis Murphy and starring Ray Lebowski and Anna and D’Waughn Hazzard.

Tickets for any of the Home View productions can be purchased at www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview or by calling the box office at (513)598-8303. Single videos are $5 or you can subscribe to the whole series for only $25.

Local Legends, the second installment of The Drama Workshop’s Home View Theatre video series is now available for viewing.  Legends features local storytellers relating tales of ghostly encounters that have happened to them or are part of local folklore.

Directed by Alexa Justice, Local Legends features stories told by Greg Hand who hosts the Cincinnati Curiosities blog; award-winning actress and storyteller, Carolmarie Stock; Bill Stringer, Coordinator of Shows & Interpretations at Cincinnati Museum Center; Kat Klockow, author of Ohio’s Haunted Crime and Haunted Hoosier Halls: Indiana University, actress Adrianna Boris,

Production support was provided by Ryan Justice

 Tickets to stream Local Legends can be purchased on The Drama Workshop’s website: www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview. Tickets are $5 for the video or you can buy the series of six for $25. (There is also a “Generous Admission” option to show your support for The Drama Workshop during these difficult times!)

The next Home View Theatre presentation is A Paranormal Investigation Into The Raven, a comedy written and directed by Dennis Murphy. Betsy and CJ Bossart star in this spoof of both Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven and ghost tracker TV shows.

This video will be available starting October 23.

The complete slate of Home View Theatre presentations includes:

STRANDED TRAVELER NOW AVAILABLE
Written and Directed by Eric Thomas

A woman approaches a man at a bus stop, claiming her wallet has been stolen and that she needs bus fare. He dismisses her “scam” and asks her what she really wants the money for.

LOCAL LEGENDS NOW AVAILABLE
Directed by Alexa Justice

A collection of ghost stories told by a variety of story tellers including Greg Hand, Carolmarie Stock, and a host of others!

A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE RAVEN AVAILABLE OCTOBER 23
Written and Directed by Dennis Murphy.

When the host of the popular TV series Paranormal Investigations interviews a man haunted by a mysterious raven, things get scarily … funny.

A BETTER PLACE AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 6
Written by Eric Thomas. Directed by Scott Unes.

A person trying to get over a breakup asks a rideshare driver for help getting to a better place, emotionally. The driver offers a couple different ways to get there.

DENISE’S DO-OVER AVAILABLE DECEMBER 4
Written by Susan Decatur. Directed by Amanda Emmons-Shumate.

Denise decides it’s time for her to enter the world of online dating. What could possibly go wrong?

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI AVAILABLE DECEMBER 18
Written and Directed by Dennis Murphy.

O. Henry’s beautiful tale of a young turn-of-the-century couple who learn a valuable lesson about honor, devotion and sacrifice on Christmas Eve.

The Drama Workshop presents Home View Theatre – video presentations of short theatrical works. The first release is available now.

Future HOME VIEW THEATRE Releases – Coming Soon

LOCAL LEGENDS
Directed by Alexa Justice
A collection of ghost stories told by a variety of story tellers including Greg Hand, Carolmarie Stock, and a host of others!
AVAILABLE: October 9

A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE RAVEN
Written and Directed by Dennis Murphy
When the host of the popular TV series Paranormal Investigations interviews a man haunted by a mysterious raven, things get scarily…funny.
AVAILABLE: October 23

A BETTER PLACE
Written by Eric Thomas. Directed by Scott Unes.
A person trying to get over a breakup asks a rideshare driver for help getting to a better place, emotionally. The driver offers a couple different ways to get there.
AVAILABLE: November 6

DENISE’S DO-OVER
Written by Susan Decatur. Directed by Amanda Emmons-Shumate.
Denise decides it’s time for her to enter the world of online dating. What could possibly go wrong?
AVAILABLE: December 4

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
Written and Directed by Dennis Murphy
O. Henry’s beautiful tale of a young turn-of-the-century couple who learn a valuable lesson about honor, devotion and sacrifice on Christmas Eve.
AVAILABLE: December 18

(Cheviot, Ohio) The Drama Workshop, being currently unable to bring more award-winning live theatre to the Glenmore Playhouse, will be releasing video shorts online as part of their series called HOME VIEW THEATRE.

HOME VIEW THEATRE is in the spirit of The Drama Workshop’s popular short play festival called “Home Brew Theatre.” It will feature short films primarily written and adapted by local authors. These short filmed plays will be in a variety of formats: some filmed on stage, some shot on location as short films, and one has been adapted to be performed as a “Zoom play” where the actors appear on screen as if by video call.

The first release is “Stranded Traveler”, which was produced for the stage as part of Home Brew in 2018. Written and directed by Eric Thomas, it is about someone asking for money at a bus stop, who is challenged to be honest about what they need the money for.

October will have two offerings in the spirit of Halloween. “A Paranormal Investigation into The Raven,” written and directed by Dennis Murphy, is a comedic take on the Poe classic, where a  paranormal investigator interviews a man being haunted by a raven. The other offering is “Local Legends,” a collection of spooky tales told by local story tellers, including local legend Greg Hand. That collection will be directed by Alexa Justice.

Two short films about love and relationships will be released in November, both of which were originally staged as part of Home Brew 2019. The first is “Denise’s Do Over,” about a middle-aged woman getting back in the dating game — this time, online. It was adapted by the author Susan Decatur  to work as a “Zoom Play” with windows appearing on screen for each character as they telephone Denise. It will be directed by Amanda Schumate.

The other is “A Better Place” by Eric Thomas, about a person trying to find a way to get over a breakup, who asks a rideshare driver for help in navigating a path to peace. It will be directed by Scott Unes.

December will feature an adaptation of O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” written and directed by Dennis Murphy.

They will be offered at a price of $5 each for general admission, and $10 for “generous” admission. There will also be a discounted price of $25 for the collection of 6 films. Links to the videos will be released to ticket holders. Tickets can be purchased at www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview or by calling the box office at (513)598-8303.

The Drama Workshop operates from its home at The Glenmore Playhouse at 3716 Glenmore Way in Cheviot.

THE DRAMA WORKSHOP was founded in 1954. TDW is a 501I3 non-profit organization dedicated to advancing education and promotion of the theatrical arts. The Drama Workshop is widely recognized as one of greater Cincinnati’s most accomplished community theater organizations, garnering dozens of awards annually from the Association of Community Theatres of Greater Cincinnati. TDW’s 2019 production of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” was selected to represent the Southwest Ohio region at the Ohio Community Theatre Association annual conference. TDW was also honored to represent the state of Ohio at the 2013 and 2017 American Association of Community Theatre regional conferences. The Drama Workshop has been recognized by the Cincinnati Preservation Association for their efforts to rehabilitate the former Glenmore Bowl into The Glenmore Playhouse. Prospective members, and individuals or businesses interested in becoming involved or in helping advance TDW’s mission are encouraged to contact the group through our website at www.thedramaworkshop.org, or by phone at 513-598-8303.