Village Players of Fort Thomas is seeking a Lighting Designer for its winter production of AIRNESS, a straight play featuring air guitar songs.
Please contact producer Katie Jensen with experience and availability (Tech Sunday: 2/19; presence at shows not required) at katiecjensen@gmail.com.
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AIRNESS
Village Players
Feb. 24-March 4
[Fort Thomas]
Directed by Becky Collins
When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.
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Village Players of Fort Thomas announces auditions for She Kills Monsters – an adventurous romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games!
Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 pm in the street-level Judith M. Sarakatsannis Gallery of Fine Art at 8 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas. Virtual auditions will also be accepted if received by Jan. 15. (Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required with role offer.)
In-person auditions will consist of both cold readings and a prepared monologue or monologue-length story—using notes or a cheat-sheet is perfectly acceptable. Be prepared to list all conflicts between March 1–May 7. Resumé and headshot appreciated but not required. Advanced copies of sides available by texting the director, 513-505-6166.
Virtual auditions: send a video link of yourself performing a prepared monologue or monologues-length story no later than 11:59 pm Sunday, Jan. 15 to amylee1028@gmail.com. Attach resume and headshot. In the body of your email, include all conflicts March 1–May 7.
Rehearsals begin in early March. Show dates are April 28, 29, 30; May 4, 5, 6.
Director: Amy Waldfogle
Producer: Angela Klocke Forbes
ROLES AVAILABLE
Note: Ages listed are stage ages, not actual ages; where possible, casting will be flexible.
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Dava Lynn Ledford Biehl, age 70, of Cincinnati, passed away on December 3, 2022 in Erlanger, KY. Dava was born in Mariemont, Ohio on August 3, 1952 to David Jonathan Ledford and Hazel Marie Irvin Edgington Ledford. After Dava graduated from Blanchester High School and The Ohio State University, she worked in education for many years as a counselor, foreign language teacher and principal. She was passionate about helping kids learn and grow.
After retiring from education, Dava pursued her love of travel, music, art, and theater. She was a devoted philanthropist of the arts. Dava found great joy and purpose in participating in community theater as an actress and a costumer. She performed in many plays at the Mariemont Players Theater and the Village Players of Fort Thomas. She even won an Orchid award for her costuming work on “Ring Round the Moon.”
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Kay Edgington Monjar. She is survived by her stepson, Brandon Biehl; step-grandchildren, Eliana Biehl, Mackenzie Biehl, Isaiah Biehl, and Cara Biehl; brother, Kenen M. (Peggy) Edgington; niece, Lori (Pat) Brock; nephews, Nick Edgington, Todd (Amanda) Edgington, and many great nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her cousin Tracie Bennett Doll, Tracie’s husband Matthew and their children Adrian and Andrew.
She will be missed by special friends Carol Abt, Patty Ballinger, Patti Dugger, Robyn Menuez, Karlee Hilliard, Niserine Langenbrunner, Peter Bartsch, Doris Bartsch, and Tom Chase. No service will be held as requested by Dava.
Memorials can be made to the Village Players of Fort Thomas Cultural Arts Center Capital Campaign, PO Box 75082, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 or https://www.villageplayers.org/donate. Online condolences may be expressed on Facebook or at SerenityFuneralCare.com
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November 16, 2022, Fort Thomas, KY— Village Players of Fort Thomas and director Becky Collins are excited to announce the cast of AIRNESS, which runs February 24 – March 4, 2023.
When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.
The cast
Collins states “I am thrilled for this cast to get started! In the coming months we will be working towards bringing the spirit of airness to the stage. Airness is when an air guitar performance transcends the medium and becomes a higher form of artistic expression. This group will surely rock!”
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.villageplayers.org.
Village Players of Fort Thomas is a vibrant community theatre, continually producing plays and musicals for almost 60 years. Our productions range across a spectrum of periods and styles, presented in our intimate, three-quarter-thrust performance space in the heart of Fort Thomas, Kentucky. We stage innovative and of-the-moment works alongside beloved classic pieces while serving as an incubator for new talent, ideas, and writing. Each season features four mainstage shows, including a family-friendly winter production, as well as a summer production of original short plays produced by the New Works branch of the group.
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