New Edgecliff Theatre announces an exciting addition to NET’s performance line up with the regional premiere of Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas. This chilling one-man show features NET Executive Director Michael Shooner and is directed by Brian Robertson. St. Nicholas will run in NET’s newly-created major production slot, Feb. 23-March 10. 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! Already a metaphorical vampire himself, his confrontation with very real ones forces him to face his own demons and earn some measure of redemption. 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.” Read more
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New Edgecliff offers regional premiere Of ST. NICHOLAS
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.
[title of show]
Hunter & Bowen musical Tony-nominated in 2009
New Edgecliff Theatre (NET) is thrilled to present the Cincinnati premiere of [title of show], April 14 – 30.
Winner of three Obie awards in 2006 and Tony-nominated in 2009 for Best Book, [title of show] follows the real-life journey of two nonentities, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen. Determined to enter the New York Musical Theatre Festival, these two witty, struggling writers attempt to create a new show in a mere three weeks. With the help of their friends, Susan and Heidi, they write a show about…writing a show. With songs like “Secondary Characters” and “Two Nobodies in New York”,[title of show] is a hilarious love letter to Musical Theatre – a uniquely American art form – and to the joy of collaboration.
![[title of show] cast](http://newedgecliff.com/images/site/TOS_wesbiteimg.png "[title of show] cast")
[title of show] was conceived by friends Bowen and Bell during the spring of 2004 after Bell received an announcement for the inaugural New York City Musical Festival. With the deadline just three weeks away, Bell began drafting the script with Bowen writing the lyrics and music. Due to the severe time constraints, and because the Festival required only the submission of a script plus four songs, Bowen wrote most lyrics without any accompanying melody, planning to finish the songs later. In their determination to write an original musical, they decided that their conversations about what to write were more interesting than what they were actually writing. As the idea to document the creation of the show itself became clearer, Bell and Bowen expanded the script based on their writing experiences with friends Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff. Read more
Join us for our Luck of the Irish Casino Night March 19th!
Everyone’s lucky at this evening benefiting New Edgecliff Theatre, Cincinnati’s Actors Theatre. Try your hand at poker. Or maybe Black Jack’s your game. Of course, the big wheel may be spinning just for you! And whatever NET cash you win can be used to bid on wonderful auction items at the end of the evening.
And talk about luck! Someone will win up to $1,000 in our Luck of the Irish Sweepstakes reverse raffle. Only 300 of these $10 reverse raffle tickets will be available.
The event takes place Saturday, March 19th from 8:00-11:00pm at The Columbia Center–3500 Columbia Parkway (at Delta Avenue, across from the Precinct).
Tickets $25 in Advance or $30 at the door. Admission includes NET cash for gaming, appetizers and 2 beverage tickets! Order tickets online here or by phone at 888.588.0137
NET Previews [title of show] at ArtsWave Sampler Weekend on February 12th
Sampler Weekend celebrates it 25th Anniversary and ArtsWave is excited to try something new – scheduling the Arts Sampler over six weekends during the 12-week community campaign for the arts from mid-February through April, and increasing the number of programs in neighborhood and community arts centers. As part of Sampler Weekend on February 12th, New Edgecliff Theatre will present selections from [title of show] at the Columbia Performance Center at 3pm. Read more
NET replaces CDC with award-winning Artemis Exchange production
After three years of showcasing talented directors to Cincinnati audiences, New Edgecliff Theatre has decided to lay the Cincinnati Directors Competition to rest. Says NET Executive Director Michael Shooner, “The issue with the CDC was never box office. It always packed the place. Rather, we’ve discovered that there simply is not the critical mass of local directors necessary to sustain it.”
To fill the time slot, NET is partnering with the young up-and-coming company Artemis Exchange to remount the highly-acclaimed Aberrant Reflections on the Barbarism of You & I. The show’s scheduling gives audiences the opportunity to see back-to-back Artemis productions, with their new piece (Winky) set to go on at Know Theatre in February.
Announcing our 2010-2011 season: CONTENDERS
Download the 2010-11 Season Release
Under new Artistic Director Jim Stump, New Edgecliff Theatre will produce a local premiere and bring back The Cincinnati Directors Competition in its appropriately-named 2010-2011 “Contenders” season. As Stump says, “This season focuses on one of the strongest human instincts – to compete, whether against others or ourselves.” Contending first for your attention will be Tennessee William’s The Night of the Iguana. This season-opener is bookended in the spring with the Cincinnati premiere of the Tony-Nominated musical, [title of show]. Along the way, two annual favorites return: the Halloween Sweet Suspense radio drama as well as the surly elf of David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries. But perhaps the biggest news of all is the return in March of the Cincinnati Director’s Competition, now under the guidance of new Associate Artistic Director, Matthew Wilson. Read more
New Edgecliff Theatre Receives Six CEA Nominations for its production of Equus!
Voting continues through August 9th, awards to be announced at August 29th ceremony
New Edgecliff Theatre has received more accolades for its production of Equus! The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards has been recognizing the best in Cincinnati theatre for the past fourteen years. This year, our company received an astounding six nominations for our first production of the 2009-2010 season. The public can vote online at CityBeat.com through August 9th. If you saw the show, we hope you can support the wonderful actors and designers by casting your ballot! Read more
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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