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CCM Announces 2009-10 Studio Series of Drama, Musical Theatre and Opera
The quality and production values of its shows makes it easy to forget sometimes that CCM is an educational institution.
“When people see the professional quality of our performances with full staging and tech support, they get so caught up in the productions they come to think of us more as a presenting organization and less as a school. We are very pleased and proud of that, but we never forget that our reason for being is the student, not the production,” says University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Dean Douglas Knehans.
The 2009–10 Studio Series of drama, musical theatre and opera productions brings the immersive training to light. In the small, intimate and versatile block box, the Cohen Family Studio Theater, the audience is close enough to see the students sweat, grimace, concentrate and bare their souls. Student designers help create the costumes and sets. Student make-up specialists have designed the hair and make-up and wigs if needed, to help bring each character to life. They create elaborate lighting designs and magical soundscapes. CCM students learn by doing.
“Students work just as hard producing the CCM Studio Series as they do Mainstage productions. They still have to memorize their lines, go to rehearsal and get into character,” Richard Hess, chair of the drama department offers as he shares his enthusiasm of what is in store for the upcoming school year.
The 2009–2010 Season Studio Season includes one dramatic work, one student produced festival of work, four operas and three musicals. Included in the season is TRANSMIGRATION, a festival of student-created new works, which returns for it’s second year. In one weekend, 58 actors will perform nine different shows in three different performance venues in the CCM complex. Musicals Redux also returns to present forgotten musicals in a new and inventive way.
Please see below for production and ticketing details. For additional information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or visit www.ccm.uc.edu ______ CCM 2009–10 STUDIO SERIES Music, lyrics and book by John LaChuisa Based on the play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler Steven Goldstein, director Roger Grodsky, musical director Freely adapted from Schnitzler’s controversial play, Hello Again focuses on a series of ten love affairs during the different decades of the 20th century. Amusing and thought-provoking, the musical details a daisy-chain of sexual congress through a huge variety of musical styles, from opera to disco. Performance Dates: Oct. 22–25, 2009 Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., Oct. 19 at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation _____ Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams Ashton Byrum, director In Orpheus Descending, a young charismatic musician descends on a small, repressive southern town. He forms a relationship with a passionate woman who is trapped in a bad marriage and who has a tragic past. A modern version of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, the play explores Tennessee Williams’ favorite themes: loneliness and desire, sexuality and repression, and the longing for freedom. Performance Dates: Nov. 5–7, 2009 Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., Nov. 2, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. _____ Les Mamelles de Tirésias Composed by Francis Poulenc Libretto by Guillaume Apollinaire Karl Shymanoviz, conductor Robin Guarino, director Location: Patricia Corbett Theater Admission: $10 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE. _____ Falsettos Music and lyrics by William Finn Book by James Lapine and William Finn Ed Cohen and Dee Anne Bryll, directors Steve Goers, musical director Performance Dates: Feb. 4–6, 2010 Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., Feb. 1, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation _____ TRANSMIGRATION: A Festival of Student Created New Works Location: Various locations in the CCM Village Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., Feb. 15, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. _____ WINTER STUDIO OPERA DOUBLE BILL Idomeneo Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco
Analisa Pappano, conductor Amanda Consol, director
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Composed by Claudio Monteverdi Libretto by Torquato Tasso TBA, conductor Kelvin Chan, director Idomeneo: Written when the composer was 24, Idomeneo was Mozart's first mature opera seria. The story of Idomeneo is told with a thrilling mix of florid vocal writing and eloquent orchestral episodes. Who is Idomeneo and why are the gods pursuing and punishing him? Why is Idomeneo, King of Crete and one of the greatest Greek military men in the Trojan War, prepared to sacrifice his own son to save himself? Sung in Italian with projected English translations. Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda: This operatic conversation is written for three voices, based on a scene in Tasso's epic cycle of 1575. Monteverdi's work tells of Tancred, a Christian knight on a crusade to the Holy Land, who fights a masked infidel in single combat outside the gates of Jerusalem. When the defeated enemy is finally unmasked, Tancred discovers he has unwittingly killed the woman he loves, Clorinda, a Saracen warrior maiden. Sung in Italian with projected English translations. Performance Dates: Mar. 5–7, 2010
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., Mar. 1, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
_____ Bury the Dead By Irwin Shaw Michael R. Burnham, director Amid the grim tableau of a hopeless battle, six slain soldiers arise from their graves and refuse to be buried, inciting international intrigue and bringing to a grinding halt the seemingly mindless engine of war. An award-winning novelist and radio dramatist, Irwin Shaw's first play is a chilling and ever-relevant exploration of human sacrifice. Performance Dates: Apr. 15–17 and Apr. 22–24, 2010 Location: The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington, Kentucky
Admission: $18 general admission, $14 students. Tickets may be purchased through The Carnegie Box Office at 859-957-1940.
_____ Musicals Redux: Human Comedy Music by Galt MacDermot
Book and lyrics by William Dumaresq
Based on a story by William Saroyan
Aubrey Berg, director
Briefly seen on Broadway in 1984, The Human Comedy is a coming-of-age tale about young Homer Macauley, a telegram messenger who is exposed to the sorrows and joys experienced by his family and the residents of his small California town during World War II. Through-composed, the musical is reminiscent of American folk-operas like Porgy and Bess and includes elements of 1940s sing, gospel, pop, folk and show tunes.
Similar to the “Lost Musicals” produced in London and New York’s “Encores” series, Musicals Redux revives a forgotten gem from the golden age of American musicals each year.
Performance Dates: May 13–15, 2010
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., May 10, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
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Die Fledermaus Composed by Johann Strauss Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée Christopher Allen, conductor Steven Goldstein, director Eisenstein prepares to bid his wife Rosalinda farewell. Through the incompetence of his lawyer, Dr. Blind, he has been sentenced to spend eight days in the town jail. Although the situation is seemingly tragic, Eisenstein, his wife, and their ambitious maid, Adele, have devised their individual ways to get the most out of the situation! Sung in German with projected English translations.
Performance Dates: May 28–30, 2010 Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Mon., May 24, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
_____ Hello Again * Fri., Oct. 23, 8 p.m.
* Sat., Oct. 24, 8 p.m. * Sun., Oct. 25, 2:30 p.m. Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Orpheus Descending Performance Dates: Les Mamelles de Tirésias Idomeneo and Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Musicals Redux: Human Comedy Die Fledermaus Season subject to change—rights pending. For more information regarding CCM events, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or visit www.ccm.uc.edu |
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