CCM Studio line-up for 2010-11
There’s nothing like good free theater. The first place I like every season is the CCM Cohen Studio series.
Here’s what most of this academic year is looking like, for drama and musical theater (opera still to come). It includes continuations of three successful original concepts:
Thurs. Oct. 21, 8 p.m.Fri., Oct. 22, 8 p.m.Sat., Oct. 23, 2:30 & 8 p.m.•
Studio Musical Theatre Series •
Under Construction II, Conceived and Choreographed by Diane Lala
Under Construction II explores aspects of love, separation, temptation, deceit, desire and discovery through dance, music and theatricality. A new “musical” by choreographer Diane Lala, the work employs a variety of dance styles set to selections by Peter Gabriel, John Williams, Peter Frampton and others to capture the ever-evolving nature of human passion. “Constructed” with creative input from the performers, the choreographer aims to translate ideas and emotions common to us all into dazzling three-dimensional form.Location: Cohen Family Studio TheaterAdmission: Admission is free. Reservations are required.
Tickets available Mon., Oct. 18 at noon, contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Thurs., Nov. 4, 8 p.m.Fri., Nov. 5, 8 p.m.Sat., Nov. 6, 2:30 & 8 p.m.•
Studio Drama Series •
Three SistersBy Anton Chekhov Diane Kvapil, director
The decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world is the subject of Chekhov’s influential play, Three Sisters. Olga, Masha, and Irina are refined and cultured young women who were raised in urban Moscow but have been living in a small, colorless Russian provincial town for eleven years. With their father dead, their hopes lie heavily in their anticipated return to Moscow, while the painful monotony of day-to-day living exacts its toll.
Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets available Mon., Nov. 1 at noon, contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Thurs., February 3, 8 p.m.Fri., February 4, 8 p.m.Sat., February 5, 2:30 & 8 p.m.•
Studio Musical Theatre Series •
A Little Night Music Book by Hugh Wheeler, Steven Goldstein, director
Based on Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night, this lyrical Tony Award-winning masterpiece is set at a country house in Sweden at the turn-of–the-century. Impossible liaisons and long-simmering passions come to light as the sun steadfastly refuses to set and the night smiles three times: once for the lovers, once for the dreamers and once for the fools. Witty and urbane, A Little Night Music fully captures the intricacies of love’s endless possibilities in haunting three-quarter time.
Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets available Mon., Jan 31 at noon, contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Thurs., Feb. 10, 7 p.m.Fri., Feb. 11, 7 p.m.Sat., Feb. 12, 2 & 7 p.m.•
Studio Drama Series •
Transmigration – A festival of student-created new works.
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. Performed simultaneously in three different locations around our complex, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different 30-minute new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. Recognized by CityBeat with a Best Alternative Theatre CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARD nomination.
Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets available Mon., Feb. 7 at noon, contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Thurs., April 28, 8 p.m.Fri., April 29, 8 p.m.Sat., April 30, 2:30 & 8 p.m.•
Studio Drama Series•
Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, K. Jenny Jones, director
Adam Rapp’s play follows two men and a woman in very foreign territory. College friends Davis and Matt spend a wild, unforgettable evening in Amsterdam’s Red Light District with a beautiful young prostitute, Christina. Their lives are changed forever when the bizarre love triangle plays out in unexpected ways a year later in the East Village.
Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets available Mon., April 25 at noon, contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Thurs., May 12, 8 p.m.Fri., May 13, 8 p.m.Sat., May 14, 2:30 & 8 p.m.•
Studio Musical Theatre Series •
Musicals Redux: Out of This World Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, Roger Grodsky, director
Continuing our mission to resurrect gems from the storehouse of forgotten American musical theatre, Musicals Redux presents a stylish comic gem from the master, Cole Porter. A free adaption of Amphitryon by Plautus, Out of this World pits Roman gods and goddesses against each other with amusing results. Erudite and polished, the complicated plot-twists are all set to the timeless sophistication of a Porter score. Featuring the hit song, “From This Moment On,” Out of This World has seldom been seen since its Broadway debut in 1952.
Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets available Mon., May 9 at noon. Contact the CCM Box Office at (513) 556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.