Ovation Theatre Company is pleased to announce its sixth season, which will take place from October, 2003, through August, 2004, at the Fifth Third Bank Theater in the Aronoff Center for the Arts.
By Elinor Jones
October 3-11, 2003
Six women portray over two dozen roles in this provocative look at women authors, from Ancient Greece to present day. From Sappho to Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen to Toni Morrison, the women tell their very different stories of triumph, rejection, and perseverance as they found their voice in a male-dominated profession. With original songs by the author, this play with music is sure to enlighten as well as entertain.
By Barbara Robinson
November 28-December 6, 2003
The perfect holiday family outing. Children of all ages will adore this classic story, based on the award-winning novel by the author. Every year, the annual Christmas Pageant is the same: tried, true, and a little dull. No one can believe it when the six Herdman children—who lie, steal, and smoke cigars—crash Sunday School and demand to play the leads in the pageant. Their reinterpretation of the Christmas story brings some surprising results, new insight, laughter, tears, and a fire in the women’s restroom.
By Paul Rudnick
March 26-April 3, 2004
Laughter, romance, and pathos collide in this rollicking comedy from the author of the film In and Out. The play is set in New York in the early 1990s, at the height of the AIDS crisis. Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter, can’t face safe sex and decides to give up sex altogether. No sooner does he swear of sex than he meets Mr. Right, who also happens to be HIV positive. Jeffrey attempts to deal with this new relationship while negotiating hoe-down fundraisers for AIDS, pride parades, sexual compulsives anonymous, and encounters with Mother Teresa. Don’t miss this riotous yet touching comedy The New York Times called "Wildly funny...Just the sort of play Oscar Wilde might have written had he lived in 1990s Manhattan.”
By Noel Coward
July 30-August 7, 2004
This rarely-performed 1925 comedy from the master of drawing room comedies rivals some of his better-known work, Blithe Spirit and Private Lives. Julia and Jane are best friends who have each been married to wonderful men for five years, but the passion is gone from their marriages. Their tranquil stability is thrown into chaos when they receive word that the dashing Frenchman with whom they each had an affair prior to their marriage is planning a visit. Vows of marriage and friendship are put to the test in this hilarious combination of dry wit and slapstick humor.
General Info
All performances will take place at the Fifth Third Bank Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, located at the corner of Main and Seventh Streets in Downtown Cincinnati. Tickets are $16 general admission, $14 seniors, and $12 students. Tickets can be ordered at the Aronoff or Music Hall box offices, or by calling 513-241-SHOW. Ovation also offers a Pay What You Can Preview on the Thursday night final dress rehearsal.
Season tickets are available for $52 general/seniors and $40 for students.
For more information about the season or becoming involved
with Ovation, please call 513-369-1544 or
email ovationtheatrecompany@yahoo.com.