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Atomic Number Ten Spring Look Book

I hope you’ll take a minute to flip thru Atomic Number Ten’s spring lookbook.  They’ve spent lots of time gathering their favorite spring fashions and trends and they are (rightfully) pretty excited to share this with you!

If you’re not already a fan of vintage, I hope you’ll give it a shot and take a look around the the   shop (, Over-The-Rhine).  They’re always here to help if you have any questions!

Location & Hours


historic Over-the-Rhine
Cincinnati OH 45202

WINTER 2013 HOURS
Monday / 12-7pm
Tuesday / closed
Wednesday / 12-7pm
Thursday / 12-7pm
Friday* / 12-7pm
Saturday / 11am-7pm
Sunday / closed

*Final Fridays open until 10pm

OTR’s Switch 1st Time at Home and Garden Show

If you’re remodeling, freshening up, or just shaking off the winter blahs, come downtown to the Duke Convention Center to the Cincinnati Home and Garden Show.  If you make it – look for Booth  #681 – it’s the one that looks like a mini version of the SWITCH store at 1207 Vine Street.

Be sure to say HELLO to Bertie and Drew when you visit.  The Cincinnati Home & Garden Show is going on now through Sunday, March 10 at the Duke Energy Convention Center.

Go OTR Summer Celebration Fine Art Show Application

The Go OTR 5K & Summer Celebration is set for Saturday May 18th, 2013.  This year all associated events will take place in the wonderful, newly refurbished Washington Park.  We are looking for 30 – 40 of Cincinnati’s best, new, fantastic, most excellent fine art and craft artists, craftsmen, and designers to set up a one day booth/shop and participate in the Go OTR Summer Celebration Fine Art Show.

The Summer Celebration Fine Arts Fair application with all the info is here.

THE City Flea will also be be participating in the Go OTR Summer Celebration if you want to apply as a a vendor with The City Flea click here.

Of course this whole celebration started with a 5K race.  If you would like to run in the Go OTR 5K  you can register here.

Of course there will be great local music and plenty of local beer and lemonade.

It should be great if you show up…and why wouldn’t you?

Shop Bock

To find out about all things Bock we recommend www.bockfest.com

Bockfest. Commemorative 2013 Bockfest buttons are available for purchase for $2.00 at these locally and independently owned Over-the-Rhine merchants. Plus, many of the merchants are offering specials to those wearing the Bockfest button. See below for details. Continue the celebrations with a stop at the one-of-a-kind restaurants or bars in the area! You can catch the FREE Shuttle all weekend between all of the Bockfest venues.


Artswave & Macy’s Arts Sampler March 2nd 2013!

Most of this info below was culled from an Artswave email!   Thanks Artswave, Macy’s, and all the arts organizations involved

We promised to keep you in the loop about fun things happening in our community– you don’t want to miss Macy’s Arts Sampler This Saturday, March 2!

Join us for Action! Adventure! Art! in Downtown Cincinnati.
Enjoy a wide variety of events all around Washington Park that showcase the thrilling side of the arts.  Listen to amazing music at the Choral Sampler hosted by the Cincinnati Boychoir at Memorial Hall starting at 10 am.

Then, you won’t want to miss “Heroes and Villains”, a very special joint concert featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival, and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company at 1 pm at Music Hall.  This action-packed concert includes blockbuster classical music from Romeo & Juliet, Aida, Don Giovanni, and more.

Seating is first-come, first-served– no reservations or tickets required.  Doors open at Noon.  Food trucks will be in Washington Park to make lunch easy.  Or – enjoy one of the many excellent restaurants on Vine Street – one block to the East of Washington Park.

After the concert, head for the School for Creative and Performing Arts for great family adventure activities.  Learn circus tricks from My Nose Turns Red, see a sword-fighting demonstration by the UC College Conservatory of Music Drama Department, make a hero mask and fake stage blood, and track down the four Pones Inc. Action Adventure dancers to learn their super-moves!

Plus, we’ve got neighborhood events in Springfield Township, Kennedy Heights, Mariemont, Northside, Columbia-Tusculum and more!
Click here for a complete schedule of  March 2 events.

The annual Macy’s Arts Sampler, presented by ArtsWave, offers a wide variety of FREE arts events at locations throughout the region.We’ll have one more Macy’s Arts Sampler Saturday on April 13!
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Black Pearl Sings at ETC March 13 – 31

An unlikely and controversial pair unites over their passion for music as Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati continues its 2012-2013 season with the regional premiere of Black Pearl Sings!. Written by Frank Higgins, the play tells the soulful story of a musicologist’s endeavor to preserve traditional spiritual songs and the cultural experiences of an African-American inmate seeking freedom. Inspired by the real-life story of folklorist John Lomax and musician Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, Black Pearl Sings! plays March 13-31, 2013 and is directed by D. Lynn Meyers. LPK is Premiere Sponsor.

Set during the Great Depression, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, travels the country, recording lost traditional songs. Hoping to find the one song that will bring her long-awaited recognition, she discovers Pearl Johnson in a Texas prison. With a silky, soulful voice and a wealth of African-American spiritual songs, Pearl seeks information along with a chance at freedom and at finding her lost daughter. The two women soon find themselves walking a delicate line between exposure and exploitation. Featuring beautiful a cappella renditions of African-American folk songs, this moving drama chronicles a powerful story about being a woman in a man’s world, being black in a white world, and fighting for one’s soul in a world where anyone can be a commodity.

“The most important thing to be about Black Pearl Sings! is how friendship can be based on mutual need,” says ETC Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “The show is captured during the Great Depression, a time of great need and great change. Two women from very different backgrounds have to find their paths, not only in how to survive, but also how to succeed and thrive in that time,” she continues. “I love that the script incorporates music into its core and that the music is a cappella. It makes for a really interesting situation.”

About the Cast
Annie Fitzpatrick (Susannah) recently appeared at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in this season’s Good People and last season’s Ghost-Writer and Snow White. Her other favorite ETC productions include: Next Fall, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Rabbit Hole, String of Pearls (for which she received an Acclaim Award), Intimate Apparel, and The Exonerated. In addition, she won Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for her performances in ETC’s Copperheads, Dinner With Friends, and Mauritius. She appeared in A Man For All Seasons and Blithe Spirit at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. She has worked regionally at Cincinnati Playhouse In the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre, Florida Studio, Human Race Theatre Co., New Edgecliff Theatre, and Know Theatre of Cincinnati. She has appeared in numerous soaps, local and national commercials, and the film Milk Money. She recently appeared in an episode of Army Wives and this October she can be seen in the feature film Fun Size.

Torie Wiggins (Pearl Johnson) recently made her main stage ETC debut with this season’s Alice in Wonderland. She co-adapted and performed her one-woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, as well as other venues in Cincinnati and across the country. She has appeared on All My Children and the feature film Love Me Through It. Her Know Theatre of Cincinnati credits include Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party, Collapse, Afghan Women Writer’s Project, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She was recently seen in To Kill A Mockingbird at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

About the Playwright
Frank Higgins is the author of The Sweet By ‘n’ By, which was produced with Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Black Pearl Sings! which was produced with Tonya Pinkins. His plays have been seen in New York, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Old Globe Theatre, Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC, Northlight Theatre in Chicago, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theater, Inter-Act Theater in Philadelphia, Horizons Theater in Atlanta, and many other places. Among his other plays are WMKS: Where Music Kills Sorrow, Gunplay, and Miracles. He has also written several plays for young audiences, including Anansi the Spider and The Middle Passage, which had a national tour, and The Country of the Blind. He is the author of two books of poetry, and two books of haiku. He lives in Kansas City, Mo.

Production team includes Brian c. Mehring (Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer), Aaron Clements (Technical Operations Director), Matthew Hollstegge (Production Coordinator & Master Electrician), Shannon Rae Lutz (Properties Master & Design Assistant), Matt Callahan (Sound Designer), and Reba Senske (Costume Designer). Production Stage Manager is Constance Dubinski.

Ticket Prices
Tickets are $38 for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday performances.
Tickets are $42 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday performances.

For the 2012-2013 season, ETC will continue its popular half-price rush tickets and $15 student rush tickets for all performances, which are available two hours prior to show time. Tickets and seating subject to availability.

Other Single Ticket Discounts
Military/Educator, Public Radio Perks Card, ArtsWave FunCard, AAA, Senior and Enjoy the Arts discounts available; tickets and seating are subject to availability. ETC accepts all major credit cards, Over-the-Rhine Merchant gift cards, and Downtown Cincinnati gift cards. Group rates are available for 10 or more people. A full list of available discounts and performance calendar is available at www.ensemblecincinnati.org

Local poets Nick Barrows and Mark Flanigan debut Versus from Aurore Press in OTR

New from Cincinnati's Aurore Press

Aurore Press, the Cincinnati-based publisher best known for the nostalgic book Stories for Shorty: A Collection of Recollections about The Jockey Club 1982-1988 are releasing two independent works of poems entitled Versus featuring Nick Barrows with The Rabbit Punch Defense and Mark Flanigan with Journeyman’s Lament.

Nick Barrows delighted audiences as the bombastic concertina-playing portion of the band Eagle to Squirrel. His words and lyrics, both sensitively self-reflective and raging can only be described as big, booming, and unforgettable. His other works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, Trained Monkey Press, and Semantikon.  He was also the music editor for The Citizen. His musical endeavors include The 4 Track All-Stars and Jack Burton Overdrive. In 2007 he released his first chapbook, Rockets on Bibles.

Mark Flanigan is the introspective writer with the matter-of-fact cadence whose written works have been appreciated locally for years. His words express his battered but not beaten presence. His poetry reflects self-deprecation, and sometimes despair, but never without the light of hope. Mark’s churned out his works for over two decades and his “Exiled” column for 11 years—first in X-Ray Cincinnati, then online at Semantikon, and finally at CityBeat.  A noted performer, critic Mark Sterner once said of Flanigan, “He is a born story teller, and his readings come off with the sheer delight in words and in the quirky sort of life they are capable of expressing… Flanigan’s exultant poetry, heard aloud in the theatre, reminds us of what it is to be alive.” Mark’s free e-book, Minute Poems, is currently available online from Three Fools Press.

Book Release and Reception at MiCA v/12 on November 30, 2012
Versus debuts on November 30 on Final Friday at 7:30 p.m. at MiCA v/12, 1201 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. A reception to be followed by readings by Nick Barrows and Mark Flanigan. MiCA is a Cincinnati-based, independent business located in historic Over-the-Rhine.

Book Release Party at The Comet December 28, 2012
Versus will make a second debut on December 15 at 9:30 p.m. at The Comet, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223. Nick Barrows and Mark Flanigan will again be performing and reading from their book followed by the music of Seven Speed Vortex and Pillowbiter.

Contact
To learn more about Versus, please contact


Cincinnati, OH 45223


www.aurorepress.com

ONE-NIGHT-ONLY READING OF DUSTIN LANCE BLACK’S NEW PLAY “8”

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC), in collaboration with Clifton Performance Theatre, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a one-night-only staged reading of 8, a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black, 8 will be presented at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, , on Monday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. Directed by Kevin Crowley.

“Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati has a long history of presenting readings that add to and complement our season offerings,” says ETC Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “8 is an excellent script about an important issue, penned by a gifted playwright. As our country moves forward, this is the right time to bring the play to our stage and the most effective way to make that happen now is through this reading,” she concludes.

“Equality Cincinnati welcomes the opportunity provided by Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and Clifton Performance Theatre to see this play about the Perry v. Schwarzenegger gay marriage case. We look forward to the day that gay marriage is legal in the United States, and this play will be an interesting historical piece,” says local attorney and Equality Cincinnati board member Scott Knox.

8 is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry. Black, who penned the Academy Award-winning feature film Milk and the film J. Edgar, based 8 on the actual words of the trial transcripts, first-hand observations of the courtroom drama and interviews with the plaintiffs and their families.

“In light of the federal court’s refusal to allow the release of video recordings of the Proposition 8 trial, which sought to deny basic rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans, it is incredibly important that as many people as possible see 8. This show helps uncover the truth about marriage equality and expose the appalling arguments used against it,” explains Council Member Chris Seelbach, who will lead a post-show discussion following the staged reading.

Tickets for the reading are $20 and all proceeds benefit Equality Cincinnati and Human Rights Campaign. For tickets, please contact the Clifton Performance Theatre at or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

ABOUT THE PLAY

8 had its much-heralded Broadway world premiere on September 19, 2011, at the sold-out Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York City. The production brought in over $1 million to support AFER’s efforts to achieve full federal marriage equality.

8 had its West Coast premiere reading at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. The West Coast premiere reading of 8 featured an all-star cast led by Golden Globe Award-winner and Academy and Emmy Award-nominee Brad Pitt as United States District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker; and Academy and Golden Globe Award-winner and Emmy Award-nominee George Clooney and Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Martin Sheen as Plaintiffs’ lead co-counsel David Boies and Theodore B. Olson. The benefit reading was directed by AFER Founding Board Member Rob Reiner, and raised more than $2 million for the fight to secure full federal marriage equality.

“People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter,” said AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black. “The goal of 8 is to show the world that marriage equality is a basic constitutional right. The facts are on our side and truth always finds the light. AFER and Broadway Impact are doing all we can to help speed that process along.”

Throughout 2012, AFER and Broadway Impact are licensing 8 for free to colleges and community theatres nationwide in order to spur action, dialogue and understanding. Most productions will be followed by a talkback where cast and audience members can discuss the issues presented in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial.

The story for 8 is framed by the trial’s historic closing arguments in June 2010, and features the best arguments and testimony from both sides. Scenes include flashbacks to some of the more jaw-dropping moments of trial, such as the admission by the Proposition 8 supporters’ star witness, David Blankenhorn, that “we would be more American on the day we permitted same-sex marriage than we were on the day before.”

On February 7, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark decision upholding the historic August 2010 ruling of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit concluded:

“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort.”

ABOUT THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

The American Foundation for Equal Rights is the sole sponsor of Perry v. Brown, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. After bringing together Theodore B. Olson and David Boies to lead its legal team, AFER successfully advanced the Perry case through Federal District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Foundation is committed to achieving full federal marriage equality for all Americans. www.AFER.org

ABOUT BROADWAY IMPACT

Broadway Impact is the only grassroots organization of the theatre community and its fans mobilized in support of marriage equality. Tony Award-nominees Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon) and Gavin Creel (HAIR) and Production Coordinator Jenny Kanelos founded the organization in direct response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8 in November 2008. Currently, Broadway Impact, in partnership with AFER, licenses and coordinates readings of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 at regional, community and university theaters around the world. Broadway Impact was the recipient of the 2009 Human Rights Campaign Community Award and proudly operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwayimpact.com

Alice In Wonderland opens at Ensemble Nov 28th

November 28th - Dec 30th 2012 at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC) presents the return of one of its most cherished holiday musicals Alice in Wonderland, by local playwright Joseph McDonough with music and lyrics by David Kisor, playing November 28 through December 30, 2012. In the tradition of ETC’s “fractured fairytale” holiday productions, Alice in Wonderland is a modern spin on the classic fairytale by Lewis Carroll and features exuberant colorful costumes, and an updated fantastical set design that will delight audiences of all ages. ETC’s sassy version is the toe-tapping tale of a lost girl, a cool cat, a wild hare, and the original “dancing queen.” Moreover, this year’s version features several new songs along with the return of several Cincinnati’s favorite actors reprising their roles for returning and new audiences alike. Directed by D. Lynn Meyers. Premiere Sponsor is Macy’s.

Each season, ETC produces a magical fairy tale musical written with families in mind. As a theatre that also seeks to nurture new audiences, ETC has specifically commissioned these shows that take classic fairy tales and give them a fresh, modern spin with contemporary cultural references to make the shows’ message accessible for the next generation of arts patrons.

Following the success of recent holiday musicals, ETC has expanded its performance schedule to include over 30 chances for audiences to see this popular production. ETC will also offer a convenient show calendar for families with many weekend matinees, early 6:00 pm Sunday evening shows, and 7:00 pm evening shows throughout the holiday season. ETC’s Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers says, “What’s so great about David and Joe’s fairytale creations is that the lessons are timeless and will always appeal to and engage new audiences, especially all the children who get to explore this revamped Alice in Wonderland for the first time. Alice needs to learn a lesson and each of the show’s characters, as well as the audience, become part of her learning this lesson.”

About the Cast

Sarah M. White makes her ETC debut as Alice. Ms. White is a member of ETC’s 2012-2013 Acting Intern Company. She is a recent graduate of Ball State University’s Musical Theatre program, where some of her favorite credits include: One Flea Spare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All in the Timing, Macbeth, Company, and Hair. She also appeared in the Downtown Dinner Theatre production of A Grand Night for Singing.

Deb G. Girdler reprises her role as the Queen of Hearts/King/Mom. She has appeared numerous times on ETC’s stage, often as the villain in the holiday shows. Her ETC credits include the evil fairy Wisteria in Sleeping Beauty, The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Betty in the smash hit The Great American Trailer Park Musical, as well as Old Bones in The Frog Princess. Ms. Girdler has appeared at the Olney Theatre as the Fairy Godmother in the now official version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella as well as in La Cage Aux Folles at the Gateway Playhouse in New Jersey. A CCM graduate, she began her career on the Showboat Majestic and has worked off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and in summer stock for over 30 years.

Michael G. Bath (White Rabbit) returns to ETC’s stage, having most recently appeared in ETC’s productions of Snow White, Next Fall, Cinderella, Becky’s New Car and My Name is Asher Lev. Other regional credits include Superior Donuts with The Clifton Players and Angels in America at Know Theatre. Mr. Bath has also performed with Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Children’s Theatre, the Performance Gallery, Showboat Majestic, and Stage First Cincinnati.

 Shannon Rae Lutz (Mad Hatter) first performed on ETC’s stage in the 1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she joined the Acting Intern Company. She has been seen on ETC’s mainstage in Fiction, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Chronicles of Plague, A School for Scandal, Cinderella (1992), Zorro, Poor Super Man, The Frog Princess (1997, 2002), Sleeping Beauty (2000, 2009) and Alice in Wonderland (1998, 2003, 2008).  A CCM graduate, she earned her M.F.A. in Theatre Performance in 1996.

Torie Wiggins (March Hare) makes her mainstage ETC debut with this production. She co-adapted and performed her one-woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, as well as other venues in Cincinnati and across the country. She has appeared on All My Children and the feature film Love Me Through It. Her Know Theatre of Cincinnati credits include Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party, Collapse, Afghan Women Writer’s Project, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She was recently seen in To Kill A Mockingbird at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Jared D. Doren (Mock Turtle) was a member of the 1995-1996 ETC Acting Intern Company. His ETC credits include: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, A Question of Mercy, as well as the stage readings of The Laramie Project:  Ten Years Later (An Epilogue), Campaign, The Musical and Anne of Green Gables, The Musical. Mr. Doren’s other local performance credits include The Baker’s Wife in Concert (Carnegie Arts Center), Of Mice and Men (Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati) and 1776 (Downtown Theatre Classics). This spring, he will direct And Then There Were None with Falcon Theatre.

 Kate Wilford (Dormouse) has been seen in ETC’s productions of Snow White, Becky’s New Car and Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and the world premieres of Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over and Keeping The Faith. Her other ETC credits include Women Of Lockerbie, Wayfarer’s Rest, and Death Defying Acts. Her Cincinnati Shakespeare Company credits include Bedroom Farce, The Cherry Orchard, Romeo And Juliet, and All My Sons. Ms. Wilford also appeared as Linda Lohman in New Edgecliff’s Death Of A Salesman, which earned her both a CEA and an Acclaim Award for best leading actress.

Buz Davis (Tweedledum) has appeared in three previous holiday shows at ETC: last season in Snow White as the Jester in Jack In The Beanstalk, and a one-night performance as the Czar in The Frog Princess. His other ETC credits include: A Package Deal, A Slice of Buffalo, a Peace of Paris, Buckminster Fuller: In and Out of Universe and Mauritius. Mr. Davis’ other regional credits include Superior Donuts with The Clifton Players, All’s Well That Ends Well with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, The History Boys with New Stage Collective, among others.

Sara Mackie (Cheshire Cat) recently was seen on ETC’s stage in Snow White, Winter Wonderettes, 25 The Musical, Cinderella, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sleeping Beauty, Mauritius, and Alice in Wonderland. This spring, she will return to reprise her role as Betty Jean in Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns. Her other credits include Linoleum in the uproarious The Great American Trailer Park Musical as well as the role of Izzy in Rabbit Hole. A graduate of Wright State University, she has previously performed on this stage in Ugly Duck, Cinderella, Cripple of Inishmaan, A Sense of Place, War Games, Sleeping Beauty, and Around the World in 80 Days.

Ken Early (Caterpillar/Butterfly), Tess Talbot (Tweedledee), Andrew Maloney (Card 5), and Acting Interns Nick Tsangaris (Card 7) and Spenser Smith (Card 2), round out the ensemble cast.

Production team includes Brian c. Mehring (Set Designer), Aaron Clements (Technical Operations Director), Matthew Hollstegge (Lighting Designer, Production Coordinator & Master Electrician), Shannon Rae Lutz (Properties Master & Design Assistant), Chuck Hatcher (Sound Designer), Scot Woolley (Musical Director), Dee Anne Bryll (Choreographer) and Reba Senske (Costume Designer). Production Stage Manager is Brandon Holmes.

 Ticket Prices

Tickets are $38 for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday performances.

Tickets are $42 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday performances.

Children’s tickets (ages 12 and under) are $16 for all performances.

Current subscribers receive $5 off each ticket.

For the 2012-2013 season, ETC will continue its popular half-price rush tickets and $15 student rush tickets for all performances, which are available two hours prior to show time. Tickets and seating subject to availability.

Performance Schedule

Runs Nov 28-Dec 30. 7:00 p.m. performances Fri.; 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. performances Sat. and select weeknights; 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. 2:00 p.m. only performance on Dec. 30. No performances on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. A complete calendar is available at www.ensemblecincinnati.org

Other Single Ticket Discounts

Military/Educator, Public Radio Perks Card, ArtsWave FunCard, AAA, Senior and Enjoy the Arts discounts available; tickets and seating are subject to availability. ETC accepts all major credit cards, Over-the-Rhine Merchant gift cards, and Downtown Cincinnati gift cards. Group rates are available for 10 or more people.

KIDS FALL FEST AND FRIGHT NIGHTS COMING TO AN END.

Fall Fest at Washington Park, Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio Oct 2012.

Like all good things, Washington Park’s weekly Kids Fall Fest and Family Fright Nights must come to an end. This Saturday, we invite you to join us in the south end of the park from 2PM to 4PM, for one last afternoon of wacky family entertainment—complete with a few surprises. In addition to face painting fun, pumpkin decorating with the Emanuel Center and balloon animals, this week’s final Fall Fest will also feature an appearance from Kings Island’s Haunted Hearse, a Madcap Puppet show, and a special musical performance from Zak Morgan.

Heralded by many as a cross between the likes of Cat Sevens, Shel Silverstein and Dr. Suess, this Grammy nominated recording artist’s unique brand of songwriting manages to both inspire and tickle the funny bones of children and parents alike. You’ve heard his music and bought his albums, but now you and your family can see him live in Washington Park! Morgan will be performing some of his favorite songs from many of his critically acclaimed albums, including: “The Candy Machine”, “When Bullfrogs Croak”, and “Bloom”. And the best part about all of this is that it’s FREE! Want to know more about this Saturday’s entertainment lineup? Visit www.washingtonpark.org for more details.

After Kids Fall Fest, feel free to hang out downtown and indulge in all the Over-The-Rhine has to offer (great restaurants, fabulous shopping, and many fine art organizations are located in Over-The Rhine.) Just be sure to return to Washington Park for one last Family Fright Night. Join us this Saturday evening for a FREE showing of Tim Burton’s “The Corpse Bride” at 7PM, followed by “The Ring” at 8:45PM. This is your last chance to enjoy one final evening of free family fun in Washington Park, so be sure you don’t miss out!

Need something help keep you warm? Not to worry. In addition to our usual offerings, Washington Park’s concession stands will also be serving piping hot coffee, cocoa and spiked apple cider. For more information, including a full synopsis of this week’s feature films, visit www.washingtonpark.org.

Also Happening in Washington Park:

SCPA in the Park: Fridays – Noon to 1PM
The talented students of SCPA invite you to spend your lunchtime with them in Washington Park. Every Friday in October from noon to 1PM, students from grades K-12 will share their artistic, musical, theatrical skills with the rest of the Over-The-Rhine community. Over the past weeks, crowds have enjoyed rousing performances from the likes of vocal soloists, expertly trained violinists, creative writers and more. What wonders do the students of SCPA have in store for you this week? Join us this Friday at noon to find out!



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