Cast includes:
Directed by Dee Anne Bryll, performances run Jan. 25-Feb. 11.
For more information visit www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com/Incline/Default.aspx.
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CABARET
Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
Sept. 28-Oct. 15
East Price Hill
Directed & Choreopgraphed by Angela Kahle
Co-Directed by Tim Perrino
Music Directed by Michael Kennedy
Cast: Matt Wilson as Emcee, Hannah Gregory as Sally Bowles, Helen Raymond Goers as Fraulein Schneider, Jeff Richardson as Herr Schultz, Rory Sheridan as Cliff Bradshaw, Justin Glaser as Ernst Ludwig, Samantha Rae Cobb as Lulu/Dancing Gorilla/Kit Kat Girl, Kate Stark as Texas/Kit Kate Girl, Maddie Sensenstein as Fritzie/Fraulein Kost/Kit Kate Girl, Allison Evans as Helga/Kit Kat Girl, Micheal Wright as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy, Cody Roberts as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy, Sam Johnson as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy & Jameson Gaston Ward as Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy
The scene is the Kit Kat Klub, a night club in Berlin, 1931. The Nazis are rising to power. A young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, is in a very complicated relationship with 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. As he seeks a meaningful life, she claims to seek only its pleasures. Meanwhile, the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor, is headed for tragedy as Germany veers toward Fascism. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies, presenting the songs in the club as ominous political developments seep into the lives and hearts of the lovers. This Tony Award winning Best Musical includes the songs Willkommen, Maybe This Time, The Money Song and the all-time hit Cabaret.
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Four-Show Season Features Classics, Comedy and the Caribbean
Cincinnati Landmark Productions announced today its newly expanded 2018 Summer Classics Season at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.
The 2018 Summer Classics Season, presented by TriHealth, includes:
The popular series expands from three productions to four in 2018. This follows Cincinnati Landmark Productions’ decision to expand the runs of each production from three weeks to four weeks in 2016. Officials say they are simply trying to quench patrons’ thirst for fun, summer-time theater in Cincinnati.
“This company began as a summer theater provider,” said Tim Perrino, Executive Artistic Director of Cincinnati Landmark Productions. “It’s in our DNA. So expanding this series was a natural step. But we couldn’t do it without the support of our enthusiastic patron base. They told us they want more, so we’re giving them more. The 2018 season is a going to be a runaway hit.”
The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater is the purpose-built, 229-seat performing arts center and parking garage in the Incline District in East Price Hill. Located at the corner of Matson Place and West 8th Street, the $6 million project opened on June 3, 2015.
Subscriptions for the 2018 Summer Classics Season – only $96 – are now on sale.
Subscribers to the 2017 Summer Classics Season will have their seats held for renewal until March 2, 2018. All seats not renewed by that time will be released. Tickets to individual shows go on sale on April 2, 2018.
The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater is programmed year-round by Cincinnati Landmark Productions, culminating in over 120 show nights. In addition to the Summer Classics Season, the venue hosts the three-show District Series season (September to May), an edgier slate of productions designed as an alternative to the concurrent Marquee season at the Covedale Center.
Cincinnati Landmark Productions has been serving the West Side for over 30 years – first through its Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre program and then through its ownership and management of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts in West Price Hill.
For more information about the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, visit www.clpshows.org or call (513) 241-6550.
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More about the 2018 Summer Classics Season
at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater:
BYE BYE BIRDIE
May 2-27, 2018
Book by Michael Stewart; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams
A loving send-up of pre-Beatles, 1960’s small-town America and Rock & Roll, Bye Bye Birdie remains as fresh and vibrant as ever. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie gets drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss. With a tuneful high-energy score, riotous teen romance and a hilarious script, Birdiecontinues to thrill audiences around the world. Hit songs include “Put on a Happy Face,” “One Last Kiss,” “One Boy,” “A Lot of Livin’ to Do,” “Kids!” and “Rosie.”
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
June 6 – July 1, 2018
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Ti Moune, a peasant girl, falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel. Unbeknownst to her, the pompous gods of the island make a bet over which is stronger, love or death – the stakes being Ti Moune’s life. When Daniel returns to his people, Ti Moune is shunned because of her lowly status. Her determination and capacity to love is not enough to win Daniel’s heart. Will Ti Moune pay the ultimate price? Winner of the 1995 Olivier Award in London for Best New Musical, this show features exciting island-flavored songs, including “Waiting for Life,” “One Small Girl,” “The Human Heart” and “Why We Tell the Story.”
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
July 11 – August 5, 2018
by Charles Ludlam
A sympathetic werewolf, a vampire, an ancient Egyptian princess brought to life, a lonely British Lord named Edgar, his new wife, her snooty maid, a disappearing/re-appearing groundskeeper and other macabre and madcap characters make this a comedy that has everything – especially when you consider that they’re all played by only two actors in a bewildering series of costume changes and clever scenes that will make your head spin! Can Lord Edgar’s expedition to Egypt discover the secrets of immortality? This is the kind of fun that gets people hooked on theater in the first place. Far and away the funniest two hours you’ll experience on stage!
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
August 15 – September 9, 2018
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice
What’s the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 40 years. A timeless work, the rock opera is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Loosely based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Superstarfollows the last week of Jesus Christ’s life. The story, told entirely through song, explores the personal relationships and struggles between Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers and the Roman Empire. The iconic 1970s rock score contains such well-known numbers as “Superstar,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemane.”
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Lesley Hitch as The Drowsy Chaperone.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Cincinnati Landmark Productions
Aug. 2-27
Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
Directed & choreographed by Angela Kahle
Music directed by Damon Stevens
Cast: Van Ackerman as Man in Chair, Rick Kramer as Aldolpho, Lesley Hitch as The Drowsy Chaperone, Hope Pauly as Janet Van De Graaff, Drew Simendinger as Robert Martin, Nick Wasserbauer as George, Aaron Whitehead as Underling, Helen Anneliesa Raymond-Goers as Mrs. Tottendale, Mitch Ruth as Feldzieg, Merrie Drees as Kitty, Tyler Gau as Gangster, Christopher Carter as Gangster & Joy Rolland-Oba as Trix
Ensemble: Cody Roberts, Ryan Mulvaney, Kate Stark, Allison Evans, Renee Stoltzfus & Franchesca Montazemi
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is a loving send-up of the Jazz age musical featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. The show comes to life on stage as the man guides the audience through crazy plot and characters: two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone – all mixed up in an evening of madcap delight.
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Cincinnati Landmark Productions to hold auditions for two of the Covedale’s 2017-18 Marquee Season Shows and two of the Warsaw Federal’s 2017-18 District Series Shows
including:
Audition dates:
Callback date for GUYS AND DOLLS & OKLAHOMA! are Tue, Sept. 12th at 6:30pm
Callback date for FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS & Monty Python’s SPAMALOT are Wed, Sept. 13th @ 6:30pm
Please note: Everyone may not have to attend callbacks – you will be asked to attend (and expected to attend if asked). However, not being asked to callbacks doesn’t mean you won’t be cast.
Where: Auditions will be held at The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
801 Matson Place, Cincinnati, OH 45204
If you’d like the audition forms sent to you in advance, email Jennifer Perrino at jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com.
Important Audition Information!
No more than 2 conflicts will be accepted during the rehearsal process for each of these productions.
All roles are paid positions. No Roles have been precast.
Cast members do not have to be the actual ages of the characters in any of the productions – But must be able to look age appropriate and act accordingly.
Marquee Season Shows at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts:
GUYS AND DOLLS
February 15 – March 11, 2018
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swirling and Abe Burrows
Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Tim Perrino, Director; Jeni Bayer Schwiers, Choreographer
OKLAHOMA!
April 5 – April 29, 2018
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs
Set in a Western Indian Territory just as the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and the cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love’s journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Maggie Perrino, Director/Choreographer; Christina Lalog Seal, Music Director
District Series Shows at The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
Jan. 25 – Feb. 11, 2018
By Alan Ball
During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride’s younger sister whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women’s spirit.
Dee Anne Bryll, Director; Holly M. Davis, Stage Manager
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT
March 22 – April 8, 2018
Book and Lyrics: Eric Idle
Music: John Du Prez
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” and received 14 Tony Award nominations. Hilarious songs include: “I’m Not Dead Yet”, “His Name is Lancelot” and “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!”
Matthew Wilson, Director; Brian Hoffman, Music Director; Kate Stark, Choreographer
For more information on auditions, contact us at (513) 241 – 6550. Check us out on the web @ www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
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