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Additional Audition Date Added to Fill Male Roles in NANA’S NAUGHTY KNICKERS at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTThe Drama Workshop is looking for a couple of men for their summer production.

NANA’S NAUGHTY KNICKERS is a slick comedy by a new playwright, Katy DiSavino.

  • TOM O’GRADY – The newest cop on the force, easy going and friendly, potential love interest for Bridget, Nana’s granddaughter. Stage age 20s -30s
  • UPS MAN – Cute and a little lonely. Stage age 20s-30s
  • VOICE – The man at the front desk
  • OTHER UPS MAN (role may be combined with Voice)

An additional audition date has been set for this Thursday, Feb. 28th at 7pm and it will take place at the Drama Workshops new annex. 3619 Harrison Ave, between Game Time and American Gold and Silver. It was Angel’s Touch (sign still on front of building). There’s parking on the street or in Cappels lot in the back off of Gamble. The small parking lot on Harrison between Cappels and Gold and Silver belongs to Gold and Silver and we can’t use it. 

Production dates are Aug. 9-25.

If you have any questions please contact the director, Judy Berrens at goddessofsplendor@yahoo.com

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The Drama Workshop’s LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE Opens February 22

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The Drama Workshop proudly presents LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE for ten performances beginning February 22 and playing thru March 10. Performances will be held on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., with a special Thursday evening performance on March 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Performances will take place at The Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave., Cheviot, OH 45211.  Tickets are $18 if purchased online or by phone.  $20 if purchased at the door on the day of the performance. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TDW ticket line at 513-598-8303 or ordering online at www.thedramaworkshop.org. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more by calling the ticket line.

LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE was written by superstar movie-writer sisters Nora and Delia Ephron. Nora wrote the screenplays for Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, and Heartburn, among others.  Delia Ephron wrote such favorite films as You’ve Got Mail and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Their play is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman and has played to sell-out audiences on six continents and more than eight countries.

The play employs items of women’s clothing and accessories in order to trigger stories that are funny, startling, and emotional. The result is an intimate collection of stories that every woman (and the men who love them) can relate to.  The all-female cast is led by Linda Callahan as Gingy, the play’s central storyteller.  She is ably supported by actresses Lindsey Pullum, Kristy Rucker, Holly Sauerbrunn, and Mary Stone, who play a wide variety of roles. The play does include mature subject matter.

The TDW production will be directed by Rose Vanden Eynden, who is making her Drama Workshop directorial debut.  Ms. Vanden Eynden says she wanted to direct this play because “It is filled with hilarious, poignant stories told from the perspective of real women. To me, this play is a celebration of who women truly are – both magnificent and flawed creatures who need to tell their stories and who deserve an audience to hear them. I hope people who come to see this show will enjoy all of these marvelous ladies and their stories, and that they will see their own truths reflected back to them.”

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Auditions Announced for NANA’S NAUGHTY KNICKERS at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTThe Drama Workshop will hold open auditions for its summer production of Nana’s Naughty Knickers at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 24 and Monday, February 25 at The Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave., Cheviot, Ohio, 45211. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Nana’s Naughty Knickers is a slick comedy by a new playwright, Katy DiSavino. The dialog is crisp and funny, and the action fast-paced.  Critics have said that the play “flows in a perfect rhythm, and hits every high and low note of comedy” and that “the show is so entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end, that it is hard to tell if the audience or the cast is having the most fun.”

Judy Berrens will direct the play which revolves around new law-student Bridget and her grandmother, who are about to become roommates in Nana’s rent-controlled New York City apartment. However, it seems Nana is running an illegal boutique from the apartment, selling handmade knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area! Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her nana get arrested – or worse – evicted?

The age range of the characters in the play is quite broad, including leading roles for senior citizens as well as those in their 20s and 30s. There are roles for five women and four men. The ages listed below are “stage ages”. Actors do not have to be the character’s age.

CHARACTERS

  • SYLVIA CHARLES – In her early 80s, living like she’s in her early 20s. The mastermind behind Saucy Slips, Etc., and the proud tenant of a rent controlled apartment.
  • VERA WALTERS – Sylvia’s aged accomplice: equipped with two hearing aids and a collapsible walker.
  • BRIDGET CHARLES – Sylvia’s unsuspecting, 20-something, soon-to-be-law-student granddaughter.
  • TOM O’GRADY – The newest cop on the force, happily assigned the beat where Sylvia’s apartment is.
  • GIL SCHMIDT – The landlord, overly eager to rid himself of his aged tenants. 60s.
  • HEATHER VAN PREE – Employee of Saucy Lips, looking for better opportunities, a modeling career, or just her boxes.
  • CLAIR – The big client. Mid 60’s
  • VOICE – The man at the front desk
  • UPS MAN – Cute and a little lonely.
  • OTHER UPS MAN

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Please bring a resume and a headshot.

Performances are Aug. 9-25.

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Cast Announced for WORKING at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTThe Drama Workshop is pleased to announce the cast for their upcoming production of WORKING.

The cast includes:

  • Mitch Ruth
  • Jim Swartwout
  • Jazz McMullen
  • Garrett Liete
  • Kevin Noll
  • Harold Murphy
  • Cathy Judge
  • Liz Taylor
  • Helen Swartwout
  • Kyndra Jeffries
  • Cathy Ross
  • Clare Hingsbergen

Directed by Amy Shaffer Waldfogle. Music directed by Allen Lindsey. Produced by Mark Waldfogle. Whit Ball, stage manager.

Performances run May 3-19. For more information visit www.thedramaworkshop.org

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Call for Submissions for HOME BREW at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTCall for Submissions! Authors sharpen your pencils!

The Drama Workshop is will present Home Brew Theatre the weekend of June 7-9, 2019 at the Glenmore Playhouse in Cheviot.

The annual festival features full productions of short plays by local authors, and a reception featuring local beer. This year again the beer will be supplied by our friends at West Side Brewery.

Submission Rules:

  • Plays are to be maximum 10 minutes in length.
  • Plays maybe on any topic.
  • Plays must be unpublished.
  • Plays must not have been produced in the Greater Cincinnati area in the last year. (Previous public readings/workshops are allowed.)
  • Plays should require very little in the way of sets, props and costumes.
  • Playwrights must be local to the Greater Cincinnati area.
  • Limit 2 submissions per playwright.
  • Monologues and short musicals will be considered.
  • Plays are to be submitted in standard playwright format, attached as either pdf or docx and emailed to tdw.homebrew@gmail.com. Please include full contact information in the body of the email and the title page of the submission.
  • Do not include the author’s name in the body of the script.
  • Submissions will be accepted from January 2, 2019 through February 2, 2019.

Playwrights of selected plays will receive a small honorarium.

Playwrights will be consulted regarding production aspects of their play, but final decision making resides with the production creative team and The Drama Workshop.

All performance and publishing rights will remain the ownership of the author.

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