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STAINED GLASS
The Playground Theatre & University of Dayton Theatre
Oct. 24-26
University of Dayton Fitz Hall Black Box Theatre

Cast: A.J. Breslin as James, Rae Buchanan as Jewels, Jenna Valyn as Tess & Chris Hahn as Moses, Chris Jones as Pinocchio/Gabe, Jillian Mitchell as Cinderella & Jada Gee as Tinker Bell!

Jewels returns to New Jersey after her father’s death and joins her mother and her sister Tess to prepare for the funeral. She returns home at the same time a hurricane is heading towards the Jersey shores. During these seven days, she also decides to visit four women: victims, lovers, and friends of her father, a Pentecostal pastor who lost his church and family in sexual scandal twenty years earlier. As she breaks their code of silence, Jewels finds herself in a poetic and magical world of Bible verses and hurricanes and a collection of childhood characters from Moses and Tinker Bell to Cinderella and the Little Mermaid. Together, Jewels and her friends, search for the faith she lost and the father she thought she knew.

• Thu-Fri, Oct. 24-25 at 7:30pm
• Sat, Oct. 26 at 1:30pm & 7:30pm

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ASSISTANCE
The Playground
Feb. 21-24
PNC Arts Annex [Dayton]

Directed by Jenna Valyn

Cast: A. J. Breslin as Vince, Jenna Gomes de Gruy as Nora, Rae Buchanan as Jenny, Chris Hahn as Nick, Lindsay Sherman as Heather & Timothy Moore as Justin

For these young assistants, life is an endless series of humiliations at the hands of their hellacious boss, a powerful uber-magnate. In rare moments of calm when the phone calls stop rolling, Nick and Nora and their traumatized co-workers question whether all their work will lead to success—or just more work. Leslye Headland’s ASSISTANCE is a biting, high-octane satire about our attraction to power and what we’re willing to sacrifice to stay in its orbit.

• Thu, Feb. 21 at 7pm
• Fri, Feb. 22 at 8pm
• Sat. Feb. 23 at 2pm & 8pm
• Sun, Feb. 24 at 2pm

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BACHELORETTE
The Playground Theatre
March 8-11
Schuster Center Mathile Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Jenna Valyn and A.J. Breslin

Cast: Alaska Stoughton as Gena, Mackenzie Aaryn Stephens as Katie, Kaleigh-Brooke Dillingham as Regan, Jenna Valyn as Becky, Darren Lee Brown as Jeff & Chris Hahn as Joe

Ten years out of high school, Regan, Gena and Katie convene in the luxurious bridal suite of their old friend, Becky, the night before her wedding in New York City. Fueled by jealousy and resentment, the girls embark on a night of debauchery that goes from playfully wasted to devastatingly destructive. Their old fears, unfulfilled desires and deep bonds with each other transform a prenuptial bender into a night they’ll never forget. A wicked black comedy about female friendship and growing up in an age of excess. Advisory: Rated R for language, alcohol and drug-use, sexual content, and nudity.

• Thu, March 8 at 7pm
• Fri, March 9 at 8pm
• Sat, March 10 at 2pm & 8pm
• Sun, March 11 at 2pm

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