The Ohio Stage Company is proud to announce its first full season for 2015‐2016 – “A Season of Heart & Soul” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas; Almost, Maine; Ordinary Days; A Piece of My Heart; and Quilters. Ohio Stage had a successful summer with a three show premiere season at New Miami High School, and it’s thrilled to present the upcoming season at Fitton Center for Creative Arts in downtown Hamilton. We invite you to join us for as we celebrate our first season and share in the excitement.
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 17 – 20, 2015
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
By Ken Ludwig | directed by Skip Badonsky
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.ʺ But wait! A mouse is stirring ‐ because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say ʺMerry Christmas!ʺ weʹre off on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf and a spunky little girl who just wonʹt take no for an answer. Donʹt miss this joyful tribute to the holiday season!
Almost, Maine
January 21 – 24, 2016
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
By John Cariani | directed by Skip Badonsky
On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star‐ filled sky above, Almostʹs residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter nightʹs dream.
Ordinary Days
March 10 – 13, 2016
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Music and Lyrics by John Gwon | Directed by Skip Badonsky
From one of musical theatreʹs most exciting new composers comes ORDINARY DAYS, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point.) ORDINARY DAYS tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. ORDINARY DAYS is an original musical for anyone whoʹs ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home.
A Piece of My Heart
May 26 – 29, 2016
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
By Shirley Lauro | directed by Skip Badonsky
The true stories of six courageous women sent to Vietnam and their struggle to make sense of a war that irrevocably changed them and a nation that shunned them. A work with the music and soul of a tumultuous era in our history.
Quilters
July 21 – 24, 2016
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
By Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek | directed by Skip Badonsky
Ostensibly the story of a pioneer woman and her six daughters, QUILTERS blends a series of interrelated scenes into a rich mosaic which captures the sweep and beauty, the terror and joy, the harsh challenge and abiding rewards of frontier life. Illuminating stories contained in various patches or ʺblocksʺ with music, dance and drama, the action depicts the lot of women on the frontier: girlhood, marriage, childbirth, spinsterhood, twisters, fire, illness and death. But, with this, there is also love, warmth, rich and lively humor and the moving spectacle of simple human dignity and steadfastness in the face of adversity. In the end, when the various patches are assembled into one glorious, brilliantly colorful quilt.
For tickets and show times, call the Fitton Center Box Office at (513) 863‐8873 ext. 110 or visit fittoncenter.org/specialevents
The Ohio Stage Company is based in Hamilton, Ohio, and is an IRS approved 501(c)3 non‐ profit organization. For more information on The Ohio Stage Company, our shows and upcoming open auditions, please visit www.ohiostage.org
‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 