Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized New Edgecliff Theatre‘s production of Proof with an LCT nomination for lead actress, Rebecca Whatley.
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness — or genius — will she inherit?
Panelists praised Rebecca Whatley’s portrayal of Catherine as “natural and unforced”; “a touching mixture of bewilderment, bravado, and brokenness that commanded my attention and did not let up.”
Proof continues through April 27th. Tickets can be purchased at cincinnatiarts.org or by calling 513-621-2787.
Final LCT awards will be determined at the end of the season and announced at the LCT gala in the spring.
Enjoy dinner in Clifton’s Gaslight District before the performance of Slow Descent from Heaven on Tuesday February 26. For one low price of $28, enjoy a salad and any pasta entrée at Olives (342 Ludlow Avenue) and then join us at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center for a 7:30pm curtain.
Slow Descent features former NET Artistic Director Elizabeth A. Harris as Molly, a NASA scientist, whose story is told in reverse chronology, beginning with the Columbia disaster in 2003 and ending with the Challenger disaster 18 years earlier, in 1986. Rounding out the ensemble are Sue Breving, Brian Berendts and Michael Hall.
Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized New Edgecliff Theatre’s The Santaland Diaries & The 12 Dates of Christmas with an LCT nomination for lead actress (Annie Kalahurka).
New Edgecliff Theatre has once again re-invented its annual antidote to the holidays, this year pairing David Sedaris’ one-man one-act, The Santaland Diaries with the regional premiere of Ginna Hoben’s one-woman one-act, The 12 Dates of Christmas.
New Edgecliff Theatre will return to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, produced by Know Theatre of Cincinnati, May 29th-June 9th with a staging of Quake: a closet love story by playwright Tyler Olsen.
New Edgecliff Theatre returns to its roots by returning to the 5/3 Bank Theatre at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. This intimate black box theatre provides the perfect setting for NET’s productions, and gets our audiences close to the action in a comfortable setting. The Aronoff Center for the Arts is located at 650 Walnut Street in the heart of downtown Cincinnati’s business district, and is easily accessible from all the major expressways. 
