World Premiere: Abigail/1702
Playhouse is the Park will soon open the world premiere of a provocative new drama, Abigail/1702, which speculates on the life of Abigail Williams (from The Crucible) if she escaped Salem through the...
View Article"When the Rain Stops Falling"
The Know Theatre’s upcoming production is When the Rain Stops Falling by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell. Named“Best New Play of 2010” by Time Out Magazine, Brian Isaac Phillips of the Cincinnati...
View ArticlePlayhouse in the Park World Premiere: "Leveling Up"
Playhouse in the Park’s Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre presents the world premiere of Leveling Up, the newest play by acclaimed playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer. This provocative, yet humorous, portrayal...
View Article"Black Pearl Sings"
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati opens the regional premiere of Black Pearl Sings by Frank Higgins on March 13, and it’s a powerful musical about being a woman in a man’s world, being black in a white...
View Article"The Book Club Play"
The explosion of book clubs has taken the inevitable turn: a play has been written about them. The Book Club Play is making its debut at Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park now. Rick Pender welcomes...
View Article"Other Desert Cities" makes its regional premiere
The newest regional premiere from the folks at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a sharp, witty play from the creator of TV’s Brothers and Sisters, Jon Robin Baitz, called Other Desert Cities. Two of the...
View Article"Seven Spots on the Sun" premieres at Playhouse in the Park
Playhouse in the Park’s Thompson Shelterhouse Theater premieres Seven Spots on the Sun by playwright Martín Zimmerman starting September 28. Our Rick Pender talks with the Playhouse’s new artistic...
View Article"Rapture, Blister, Burn" by Gina Gionfriddo prepares for debut
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is premiering a fascinating new play by Gina Gionfriddo called Rapture, Blister, Burn about two ex-best friends jealous of each other’s lives. One of the lead actors, Jen...
View Article"The Book Club Play"
The explosion of book clubs has taken the inevitable turn: a play has been written about them. The Book Club Play is making its debut at Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park now. Rick Pender welcomes...
View Article"Other Desert Cities" makes its regional premiere
The newest regional premiere from the folks at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a sharp, witty play from the creator of TV’s Brothers and Sisters, Jon Robin Baitz, called Other Desert Cities. Two of the...
View Article"Seven Spots on the Sun" premieres at Playhouse in the Park
Playhouse in the Park’s Thompson Shelterhouse Theater premieres Seven Spots on the Sun by playwright Martín Zimmerman starting September 28. Our Rick Pender talks with the Playhouse’s new artistic...
View Article"Rapture, Blister, Burn" by Gina Gionfriddo prepares for debut
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is premiering a fascinating new play by Gina Gionfriddo called Rapture, Blister, Burn about two ex-best friends jealous of each other’s lives. One of the lead actors, Jen...
View Article"Hands on a Hardbody" opens the new season at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Sara Mackie and Brooke Rucidlo Steele, two of Cincinnati’s most talented performers, stop by to talk with Rick Pender about their roles in Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s regional premiere of the recent...
View Article"The Other Place," the newest regional premiere at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is presenting the regional premiere of Sharr White’s The Other Place, a provocative, psychological thriller. Rick Pender sits down with acclaimed Cincinnati actor Regina...
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