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Ego. Vampires. Redemption. ST. NICHOLAS runs February 23rd-March 10th, 2012
A burned-out theatre critic becomes infatuated with a young actress. Leaving his wife and children in Dublin to pursue his obsession, things become complicated in London when he finds himself in the employ of a coven of vampires! Written by Irish playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, Shining City) and featuring New Edgecliff’s own Michael Shooner, this wicked and riveting one-man show is sure to captivate audiences. The New York Times says, “The narrative swings through so many forms of storytelling — from self-serving lies born of drunkenness to a proper Brothers Grimm-like fable…McPherson’s ear for detail is devastating.”
Don’t miss this theatrical event!
featuring Michael Shooner • directed by Brian Robertson
February 23rd-March 10th, 2012
Tickets $23 Adults / $18 Seniors / $15 Students
or order by phone: 888.588.0137
7:30pm Curtain • Columbia Performance Center • 3900 Eastern Avenue
near Bella Luna, Tostados, Allyn’s, Terry’s Turf Club and the Precinct
Intended for Mature Audiences Only
The Santaland Diaries and trueCHRISTMAS Arrive for the Holidays!
New Edgecliff Theatre has revamped its annual antidote to the holidays, pairing David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries with an offering from True Theatre called trueCHRISTMAS. The Carnegie’s Joshua Steele returns to The Santaland Diaries, chronicling the real-life observations of renowned NPR commentator and memoirist Sedaris as he encounters crazed Santas, obnoxious parents and queasy children, while working his first New York job – as one of Santa’s Elves – in the very nexus of commercial Christmas and Holiday Cheer, Macy’s Santaland.
After intermission, the very dark companion piece to The Santaland Diaries (Season’s Greetings) will be replaced by the highly regarded True Theatre, bringing its own brand of storytelling to the stage, as people from all walks of life share their own real-life stories of the holidays in trueCHRISTMAS. Each weekend, three new storytellers will be featured. True Theatre has developed a loyal following in its two-year existence, presenting several evenings of storytelling in the Know Theatre’s underground, often with a theme tied to various holidays, (“True Independence”, “True Foolishness”, etc.), most recently with “True Hunger” (on the eve of our most gluttonous time of the year). NET Artistic Director Jim Stump says, “As much as we hate to see Season’s Greetings go, we just couldn’t resist the idea of pairing Sedaris’ own true story with other true holiday stories.”
New Edgecliff Executive Director and founder Michael Shooner adds, “We keep working to keep the Christmas slot fresh for returning audiences as well as new ones. With that in mind, the pairing of The Santaland Diaries and trueCHRISTMAS is an absolute no-brainer. We can’t wait to see how it plays!”
Intended for mature audiences only.
December 1st-17th, 2011
7:30pm Curtain
Columbia Performance Center
3900 Eastern Avenue
or reserve tickets by phone at 888.588.0137
for more information about True Theatre, please visit their website at truetheatre.com
Sweet Suspense: Poe-sessed ONE NIGHT ONLY! October 29th
Sweet Suspense is back! The NET tradition returns for its fifth incarnation for one night only on October 29th.
Edgar Allen Poe has long held the gruesome imaginations of many with his takes on horror and death. What better time of year to enjoy them than Halloween? This year, New Edgecliff ’s Playwright-in-Residence Catie O’Keefe (Darker, Extraction, and The Space Between My Head and My Body) adapts two of Poe’s haunting tales for the ever-loved Sweet Suspense Radio Drama: The Oval Portrait and The Masque of the Red Death. Both tales–dark, gritty and wonderfully gruesome–show us true obsession in its many forms. New Edgecliff Theatre brings these stories to life, complete with live sound effects and the atmosphere of an old-time radio theatre. The audience will also enjoy a sampling of delectable desserts from area restaurants, making this suspenseful evening truly “sweet”!
Featuring Live Sound Effects by WMKV’s Mike Martini
directed by Bob Allen
October 29th, 2011
7:30pm Curtain
Columbia Performance Center
3900 Eastern Avenue
Tickets $35 Adults / $20 Kids 13 and Under
admission includes dessert buffet at intermission
all proceeds benefit New Edgecliff Theatre’s Operational Fund
BURN THIS runs September 29th-October 15th
New Edgecliff opens season with Lanford Wilson’s Burn This
Rarely produced, powerful work leads off season
New Edgecliff Theatre once again opens its season with a late 20th century classic – a powerful, electrifying work by the playwright widely regarded as one of the finest American playwrights of the late 20th Century. While perhaps best known for his earlier plays The Hot L Baltimore, Fifth of July and Talley’s Folly, Burn This is a viscerally dramatic play, and its Broadway premiere most certainly helped to propel the careers of John Malkovich and Joan Allen.
The place is a Manhattan loft shared by Anna, a lithe young dancer-choreographer, and her two gay roommates – her collaborator, Robby, who has just been killed in a freak boating accident, and Larry, a world-weary, caustically funny young advertising executive. As the play begins Anna is recovering from Robby’s funeral, comforted by her wealthy, well-meaning boyfriend, Burton, a sci-fi screenwriter whose persistent proposals of marriage Anna finds herself unable to accept. Then suddenly, Robby’s older brother Pale bursts on the scene. He has come to collect his brother’s belongings. Menacing, profane, dangerous and yet oddly sensitive, Pale is both terrifying and fascinating and, in the end, stays on to transform the action of the play and the lives of those in it.
Artistic Director Jim Stump says, “I had been considering Burn This for a later season, but with Lanford Wilson’s untimely death this past March, I felt it would serve as an appropriate memorial to this passionate voice of the theatre.”
Tim Waldrip directs. The cast features Nathan Neorr as Pale (following noteworthy turns at NET in Fool for Love and Night of the Iguana) and Gina Cerimele-Mechley as Anna, with strong support from Jason Burgess (Larry) and John Wilmes (Burton). Design team includes Melissa Bennett, sets; Glen Goodwin, lights; Jim Stump, costumes; Kevin Semancik, sound; and Nicole Garrisi, props.
For anyone interested, Director Tim Waldrip has a goosebump-raising story of the serendipitous route that led him to this production, beginning many years ago when he was at first disappointed, then blown away by Malkovich’s replacement, Eric Roberts.
Intended for PG audiences only.
Burn This
Sept.29 – Oct. 15, Thur-Sat at 7:30pm.
Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Avenue.
Near Terry’s Turf Club, Allyn’s, Bella Luna, Tostado’s and The Precinct.
Tickets: $23 adults, $18 seniors, and $15 students.
Purchase/reserve tickets: www.newedgecliff.com or call box office, 888.588.0137.
New Edgecliff Theatre to Hold Season Auditions, also Seeks Designers for 2011-2012 Season
New Edgecliff Theatre will hold auditions for two of its main stage productions, Burn This and Reasons to be Pretty, on Tuesday, August 9th from 7-10pm at the Essex Studios (2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206). No appointment is necessary. Roles are available for men and women, ages 25-45. Auditionees are asked to prepare two contrasting monologues and to bring a headshot and resume to the audition. Invited callbacks for Burn This will be held on Thursday, August 11th.
NET Seeks Designers for 2011-2012 Season
New Edgecliff Theatre is current seeking designers for our 2011-2012 season. Opportunities are available for set designers, costumers, prop masters, and sound designers on several of our mainstage productions. Designers are required to attend all production meetings, tech rehearsals and strike, and all positions are stipend paid.
New Edgecliff Theatre fosters a collaborative and creative environment. We seek to produce the highest quality work on our very modest budgets, and we remain committed to creating work that emphasizes the relationship between actor & audience.
If you are interested in working with our company, or would like more information, please contact us at jobs@newedgecliff.com.
New Edgecliff Theatre Announces 2011-2012 Season: “Obsessed”
Infatuations, fixations and passions are the focus of company’s 14th season
Everyone has obsessions, and New Edgecliff Theatre’s 2011-2012 season seeks to examine the changes brought about by those obsessions – both in a person’s life and the lives of those around them. The five-show season includes the late Lanford Wilson’s Burn This and the regional premieres of St. Nicholas by Conor McPherson, and Reasons to be Pretty by Neal LaBute. The annual Sweet Suspense event returns for Halloween, and NET breathes new life into its annual holiday offering, pairing The Santaland Diaries with new work from True Theatre.
New Edgecliff Theatre Returns to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival
New Edgecliff Theatre is returning to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival after an eight year hiatus! And we’re back in a big way, with the US premiere of Darker, by playwright-in-residence Catie O’Keefe. In this absurd love story, Max finds himself the new kid at the Industri-Light Bulb Factory. But his surroundings are all too familiar… and he’s certain he has seen his boss somewhere before. Is he losing his mind, or is this the start of a very sick- and ultimately deadly- game? Max must uncover the truth, or accept a fate that will keep his life in a mind-numbing limbo.
Darker was originally produced by the First Draft theater company in London. Catie O’Keefe holds a BA in theatre from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon USA and a Masters in playwriting from Royal Holloway University of London. Her work has been performed at the Jerwood Centre, Southwark Theatre, Henley Fringe Festival, The Royal Cour
t Upstairs, Theatre 503 and the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Cincinnati Fringe Festival, produced by Know Theatre of Cincinnati, continues its eighth season this year May 31 – June 11, 2011. The Festival is a collaborative organization striving to provide opportunities and exposure to artists who are willing to take a risk. Our artists push the boundaries of the “norm” and continually experiment with style and content. During the festival local, regional, national and international artists invade downtown Cincinnati for 12 days of artistic celebration in both traditional and non-traditional spaces. These artists represent a variety of media including theatre, dance, music, poetry, visual art, film and beyond.
Directed by: Illana Stein
Cast: Michael Carr, Mindy Heithaus and Jeff Miller
Check out our show page at the Cincy Fringe website for details on performance dates and times as that information becomes available!
[title of show] Earns Acclaim Nomination and Rave Reviews
Only three chances remain to see the show CityBeat’s Rick Pender calls “utterly charming“! New Edgecliff Theatre wraps up its 2010-2011 with the final weekend of the Cincinnati premiere of [title of show], April 28- 30. And both critics and audiences agree: this show is a must-see!
“New Edgecliff Theatre supplied a wonderfully directed, performed, and designed mounting of this funny and personal show…” (Scott Cain, Talkin Broadway) Read more
Internships Available
Our upcoming production of [Title of Show] is in need of TWO production Interns!
Production Assistant: general backstage & props duties.
Sound Assistant: assisting with microphones & other sound equipment (knowledge of mics and their use is appreciated, but not required).
Commitment: Must be available April 10th-13th for technical/dress rehearsals, and all production dates: April 14th-16th, 21st-23rd, and 28th-30th (all evening performances).
This is a great way to get noticed by local professional actors/directors/technical professionals, as well as a way to learn some new skills.
If you are interested in either position, contact Education Director Jonn Baca at jbaca@newedgecliff.com, or call 513-295-4788.
Performance Location
All NET productions are held at the Columbia Performance Center, located at 3900 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45226. The "Big Pink Church" is a half mile east of Delta Avenue. To learn more about the Columbia Performance Center and the Columbia-Tusculum area, visit our page here.
Parking Information
Parking is available on the street in the blocks surrounding the facility (please pay attention to posted signs). This means you can park on Eastern Avenue, Stites Avenue, or even Tennyson Avenue and still be within a few short steps of the front door! Please note, our patrons are NOT permitted to park in the Irish Heritage Center lot across the street.
2011-12 Season
Burn This
Sept. 29-Oct. 15, 2011 |
Sweet Suspense:Poe-sessed
October 29, 2011 | 
The Santaland Diaries & trueCHRISTMAS
December 1-17, 2011 |
St. Nicholas
Feb. 23-March 10, 2012 |
reasons to be pretty
April 12-28, 2012 |
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Recent Posts
- Ego. Vampires. Redemption. ST. NICHOLAS runs February 23rd-March 10th, 2012
- The Santaland Diaries and trueCHRISTMAS Arrive for the Holidays!
- Sweet Suspense: Poe-sessed ONE NIGHT ONLY! October 29th
- BURN THIS runs September 29th-October 15th
- New Edgecliff Theatre to Hold Season Auditions, also Seeks Designers for 2011-2012 Season
- NET Seeks Designers for 2011-2012 Season
- New Edgecliff Theatre Announces 2011-2012 Season: “Obsessed”
- New Edgecliff Theatre Returns to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival
