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September 10, 2013 · 10:52 am

CARRIE Runs Oct. 10-12

Jennifer Hickman as Margaret White & Hannah Freeman as Carrie White. Photograph by senior Lighting Design major David Seitz.

Jennifer Hickman as Margaret White & Hannah Freeman as Carrie White. Photograph by senior Lighting Design major David Seitz.

CARRIE
Presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music Studio Series
Oct. 10-12
University Heights

Reviews: Talkin’ Broadway |

All performances are SOLD OUT

Directed by Aubrey Berg
Music directed by Steve Goers
Choreographed by Vince DeGeorge

Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she is an outcast who is bullied by the popular crowd and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she is at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie has just discovered she has a special power and, if pushed too far, she is not afraid to use it. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, the musical version of Carrie has not been seen since its legendary 1988 Broadway production. Now, the show’s original authors have crafted a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. For mature audiences.

Admission is free but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Mon, Oct. 7 – visit the CCM Box Office or call 513.556.4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

  • Thu-Fri, Oct. 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 12 at 2pm & 8pm

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September 2, 2013 · 4:34 pm

THE CRUCIBLE Runs Oct. 2-6

Laura McCarthy as Abigail Williams & Joe Markesbery as John Proctor. Photo by Mark Lyons.

Laura McCarthy as Abigail Williams & Joe Markesbery as John Proctor. Photo by Mark Lyons.

THE CRUCIBLE
Presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music
Oct. 2-6
University Heights

Directed by Richard E. Hess

Cast: Garrett Walters as Rev. Parris, Sarah Davenport as Betty Parris, Keisha Kemper as Tituba, Laura McCarthy as Abigail Williams, Anna Carroll Horton as Susanna Walcott, Bailie Breaux as Mrs. Ann Putnam, John Odom as Thomas Putnam, Rachel Baumgarten as Mercy Lewis, Carli Rhoades as Mary Warren, Joe Markesbery as John Proctor, Madeline McKenzie as Rebecca Nurse, Bartley Booz as Giles Corey, Connor Lawrence as Reverend John Hale, Anna Stapleton as Elizabeth Proctor, Trey Wright as Francis Nurse, John Patrick Maddock as Ezekial Cheever, Devan Pruitt as Marshal Herrick, William Brown as Judge Hathorne, Nathan Wallace as Deputy Governor Danforth, Mary Malloy as Sarah Good & Andrew Iannacci as Hopkins

1692. Salem, Massachusetts. A polarized society wrestles with good and evil in this taut American masterpiece by Arthur Miller. When every action is fraught with life or death consequences, what guides us? Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, THE CRUCIBLE has become a central work in the canon of American drama.

  • In preview, Wed, Oct. 2 at 8pm
  • Thu-Fri, Oct. 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 5 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 6 at 2pm

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August 26, 2013 · 7:55 pm

CCM Announces 2013-2014 Studio Series

UC’S COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES
2013-14 STUDIO SERIES OF OPERA, MUSICAL THEATRE, DRAMA AND DANCE

CCM_logoCCM’s Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration presents a series of eight Studio productions this season, including collaborations with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center and Cincinnati Opera.

CINCINNATI, OH—The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is pleased to announce details for its 2013-14 Studio Series of opera, musical theatre, drama and dance productions.

This season’s Studio Series includes eight exciting productions showcasing CCM’s rising stars. The series opens in October with the newly re-imagined musical adaptation of Stephen King’s CARRIE and concludes in April with the irreverent Shakespearean/zombie mash-up LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK.

This season’s series includes a revival of the Tony Award-winning comedy classic BOEING BOEING produced in collaboration with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center and a public reading of the new American opera FELLOW TRAVELERS, produced in collaboration with Cincinnati Opera as part of the Opera Fusion program.

Always innovative, CCM’s 2013-14 Studio Series also includes the annual TRANSMIGRATION Festival of student-created new dramatic works and annual student choreographer’s dance showcase. Emmanuel Chabrier’s effervescent opéra bouffe L’étoile and the Tony Award-winning musical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE round out this year’s Studio Series.

Tickets and Parking Information
With free admission and limited seating for all CCM-hosted performances, the Studio Series remains one of the hottest tickets in town. All Studio Series performances held at CCM are free and open to the general public, but reservations are required. Reservations can be made the week of each show by visiting the CCM Box Office in UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts or by calling 513-556-4183.

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates. For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

Please see the individual listings below for BOEING BOEING and FELLOW TRAVERRS ticketing details.

Additional Information
Titles and dates subject to change. For more information regarding CCM events, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or visit ccm.uc.edu.

CCM 2013-14 STUDIO SERIES
Opera, Musical Theatre, Drama, Dance

Carrie
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Aubrey Berg, director
Steve Goers, musical director
Vince DeGeorge, choreographer

Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she is an outcast who is bullied by the popular crowd and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she is at the mercy of her loving but cruelly overprotective mother. But Carrie has just discovered she has a special power and, if pushed too far, she is not afraid to use it. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, the musical version of Carrie has not been seen since its legendary 1988 Broadway production. Now, the show’s original authors have crafted a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. Recommended for mature audiences.

Performance Times:

  • 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10
  • 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11
  • 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12
  • 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Oct. 7. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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Boeing Boeing
Presented by CCM Drama and the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Written by Marc Camoletti
Translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans
Brant Russell, director

Bernard is engaged to Gloria. And to Gabriella. And to Gretchen. Three beautiful flight attendants kept secret from each other only by Bernard’s precise timetables of flights in and out of Paris. Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Play,” Boeing Boeing is a high-flying physical comedy classic featuring the exciting emerging talent of CCM Drama in the debut of new faculty director Brant Russell!

Performance times:

  • 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8
  • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9
  • 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10
  • 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15
  • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16
  • 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17
  • 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22
  • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23
  • 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24

Location: The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY
Admission: $17 – $24; tickets may be purchased through the Carnegie Box Office at 859-957-1940 or online at www.thecarnegie.com.

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Opera Fusion: New Work Lab Presents:
Fellow Travelers
A collaboration between CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera
Co-Artistic Directors Robin Guarino and Marcus Küchle
Composed by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Mark Gibson, conductor
Kevin Newbury, director
Junghyun Cho/Carol Walker, pianists

Funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera present a rare behind-the-scenes look at the creation of an original work. Based on the searing historical novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers takes place in Washington during the McCarthy era and focuses on what has become known as the “Lavender Scare,” an internal investigation into what was termed “sexual subversion” within the US government.

Public reading:

  • 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 

Location and Admission: TBA. Please contact the Cincinnati Opera Box Office at 513-241-2742 for more information.

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L’étoile
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
Libretto by Eugene Leterrier and Albert Vanloo
Stefano Sarzani, conductor
Robin Guarino, director

Set in a mystical fairy-tale kingdom, this wickedly witty three-act opera will charm and delight as lovelorn hopes and misunderstandings inevitably lead to a happy ending. L’étoile will be sung in French with English supertitles.

Performance Dates:

  • 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14
  • 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15
  • 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 10. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

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TRANSMIGRATION 2014: A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Richard Hess, director

TRANSMIGRATION, so named for “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” is a festival of new works created by the acting students in CCM Drama. Six teams of actors craft and perform five original 30-minute shows. Performed simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. “Thanks to the drama program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music,” observed CityBeat’s Rick Pender, “theater fans were offered a jolt of onstage vitality.”

Performance Dates:

  • 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6
  • 7 p.m. Friday, March 7
  • 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8 

Location: Various locations in the CCM Village
Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 3. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

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Dance Student Choreographers Showcase
Deirdre Carberry, director

Come experience the next generation of emerging choreographers as CCM dance majors take the stage with exciting and diverse new works. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of CCM Dance with this all-new program, showcasing a variety of styles, from classical to contemporary.

Performance Dates:

  • 8 p.m. Thursday, March 6
  • 8 p.m. Friday, March 7
  • 2 p.m. Saturday, March 8
  • 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8 

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 3. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin and Jay Reiss
Vince DeGeorge, director

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who have barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. A hilarious overachievers’ angst against the spelling championship of a lifetime, this Tony Award-winning musical is the unlikeliest of hits about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky, yet charming, cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

Performance Times:

  • 8 p.m. Thursday, April 3
  • 8 p.m. Friday, April 4
  • 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5
  • 8 p.m. Saturday, April 5 

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 31. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

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Living Dead in Denmark
Written by Qui Nguyen
k. Jenny Jones, director

Set five years after the tragic events that ended Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a resurrected Ophelia, Juliet and Lady MacBeth must save Denmark from an overwhelming zombie horde. Time Out New York hailed Living Dead in Denmark as, “A perfect storm of horror and geek obsessions.” Due to adult language and some violent content, this production is recommended for mature audiences.

Performance Dates:

  • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17
  • 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18
  • 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19
  • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 14. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor & Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation 

CCM Dance Department Supporter: The Corbett Endowment at CCM 

CCM Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal 

CCM Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman and Margaret Straub 

Opera Fusion: New Works is sponsored by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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April 22, 2013 · 12:35 pm

CCM Senior Lauren Roesner Wins Third Prize in Lotte Lenya Competition

The soprano was awarded third prize in the prestigious international theatre singing contest during the final round of the competition on April 13.

Lauren Roesner. Photo courtesy of the Kurt Weill Foundation.

Lauren Roesner. Photo courtesy of the Kurt Weill Foundation.

CINCINNATI, OH — CCM graduating senior Lauren Roesner (BFA Musical Theatre, 2013) has been named a winner of the 2013 Lotte Lenya Competition. Originally from Chicago, Roesner was awarded third prize in the prestigious international theatre singing contest during the final round of the competition on Saturday, April 13, in Rochester, New York. The competition finals were held just one day before Roesner’s CCM Musical Theatre Senior Showcase debut in New York.

CCM Professor and Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre Aubrey Berg explains that, at 21 years old, “Lauren must be one of the youngest performers, if not the youngest, to ever become a finalist in this prestigious event.”

CCM Associate Professor and Distinguished Chair of Opera Robin Guarino attended this year’s competition and notes, “Lauren was competing against and won over singers already performing major roles on Broadway and at the Metropolitan Opera!”

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, which sponsors the competition, distributed a record $61,500 in prizes this year. Roesner received a third prize of $7500. CCM alumna Heather Phillips, soprano, was also a finalist in the competition and received an award of $1000.

Several other current and former CCM students were awarded special prizes during this year’s competition. Learn more about those awards here.

About Lauren Roesner
A graduating senior from CCM’s acclaimed Musical Theatre program, Lauren Roesner has been seen regionally at Wagon Wheel Theatre as Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray, Maria Mirelli in Lend Me A Tenor, Mrs. Darling/Indian Dancer in Peter Pan and in various roles in Big River, State Fair and Legally Blonde. At CCM, she has been seen as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, Sarah in The Civil War, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music, Bess in The Human Comedy, Ensemble in Oklahoma! and in Out of This World, Evita and Anything Goes.

About the Lotte Lenya Competition
Founded in 1998 to celebrate the centenary of Lenya’s birth, the Lotte Lenya Competition recognizes talented young singer/actors, ages 19-32, who are dramatically and musically convincing in a wide range of repertoire.

This year’s panel of judges included acclaimed soprano and 2010 Opera News Award winner Patricia Racette, British opera and musical theatre conductor James Holmes, and Theodore S. Chapin, President of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Vice-Chairman of the American Theater Wing.

Chapin, who has judged the Competition eight times, said, “The Lenya Competition was founded to address a need for performers who can both sing and act. In the spirit of Kurt Weill, it bridges the gap between musical theater and a more serious kind of sung-through theater. It’s the perfect way to do it, and it’s been a wonderfully successful program.”

Each contestant presented a diverse program that included an aria from the opera or operetta repertoire; two songs from the American musical theatre repertoire (one from the pre-1968 “Golden Age” and one from 1968 or later); and a theatrical selection by Kurt Weill. After a preliminary round of auditions, 24 semi-finalists from five continents auditioned in New York for adjudicator/coaches Jeanine Tesori and Rebecca Luker, who then selected the 12 finalists.

About the Lotte Lenya Competition
The Lenya Competition celebrated its 15th Anniversary this year. Since its inception, the Kurt Weill Foundation has awarded more than $500,000 to exceptionally talented young singer-actors, many of whom are enjoying prominent careers in musical theater, opera, and sometimes both. In the past year alone, previous winners’ credits include performances on Broadway (Kyle Barisich, Morgan James); in national and international tours (Richard Todd Adams, Maria Failla, Zachary James, Ariela Morgenstern); at regional theaters such as Baltimore Centerstage, Westport Country Playhouse, and Portland Center Stage (Erik Liberman), The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park (Cooper Grodin), and Classic Stage Company (Amy Justman); and on major opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera (Paul Corona, Ginger Costa-Jackson), Los Angeles Opera (Rodell Rosel, Liam Bonner), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Rodell Rosel, Lucas Meachem), Florida Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Oper Leipzig (Jonathan Michie), Houston Grand Opera (Liam Bonner), New York City Opera (Lauren Worsham, Jennifer Goode Cooper), Glimmerglass Festival (Noah Stewart, Ginger Costa-Jackson), English National Opera and Teatro Real Madrid (Zachary James), Hamburg Staatsoper and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (Rebecca Jo Loeb), and Oper Frankfurt (Elizabeth Reiter).

Learn more about this year’s competition winners here.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the leading conservatories for the performing and electronic media arts, composition, scholarship and pedagogy.

CCM is the largest single source of performing arts events in Ohio with an annual calendar of nearly 1,000 performances and presentations, ranging from solo recitals to full-scale opera and musical theatre performances.

All event dates and programs are subject to change.

For a complete calendar of events visit our website at http://ccm.uc.edu.

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music – The Sound of Synergy

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April 10, 2013 · 10:29 am

CCM Drama Presents EXECUTION OF JUSTICE April 18-20, 2003

A chilling examination of the trial of Dan White for the murder of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, this gripping docu-drama will challenge audiences and actors alike as the final production of CCM’s 2012-13 Studio Series.

CCM_Execution of Justice1CINCINNATI, OH – The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) proudly presents the final installment of the 2012-13 Studio Series with a production of Emily Mann’s powerful docu-drama Execution of Justice, directed by CCM Professor of Drama Michael Burnham. Execution of Justice runs April 18-20 in UC’s Cohen Family Studio Theater. Admission is free, but reservations are required. This production contains mature subject matter.

A chilling examination of the trial of Dan White for the murder of Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s first openly gay Supervisor, and Mayor George Moscone, Execution of Justice puts the trial on trial and measures the distance between “politics,” “action” and “the law.”

Execution of Justice is a story fraught with strife and complications. “There is an issue,” Burnham explains, “and behind the issue, there are people.” In order to help his cast better inhabit their roles, Burnham decided that instead of each tackling one character, as is customary, each student would play at least four critical roles throughout the show. During each performance, every student will act as the man on trial, Dan White; his wife, Mary Ann White; the prosecuting attorney, Thomas Norman and the defense attorney, Douglas Schmidt. This approach challenges the audience, forcing them to identify with the real person – not the actor playing the role.

“There are more possibilities than we allow ourselves to think,” observes Burnham. Not only is this a fantastic learning experience for the actors, requiring them to commit to a character for sometimes only a single line at a time; it is the presentation of a constellation of stories that raises difficult questions about social justice.

Following the run of Execution of Justice, CCM will bid farewell to professor, director and mentor Michael Burnham as he moves on to retirement.

Learn more about Burnham’s 30 years at CCM here.

Performance Times:

  • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18
  • 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19
  • 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 

Location
Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Reserving Tickets
Admission to Execution of Justice is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 15. Visit the CCM Box office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. This production contains mature subject matter.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation 

Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub 

Sponsored by the CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through Performing Arts 

Community Partner: ArtsWave 

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the leading conservatories for the performing and electronic media arts, composition, scholarship and pedagogy. 

CCM is the largest single source of performing arts events in Ohio with an annual calendar of nearly 1,000 performances and presentations, ranging from solo recitals to full-scale opera and musical theatre performances. 

All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events or to view CCM’s 2012-2013 season brochure visit our website at http://ccm.uc.edu. 

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