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Spotlight on the 937 Community Theatre 2023-2024 Season!

August 2, 2023 By Dawn Roth Smith

With all of the community theaters in town we thought we would spotlight their upcoming seasons. This will give you plenty of time to fill your calendars and purchase season tickets. This week I am happy to spotlight Brookville Community Theatre and Troy Civic Theatre.

Brookville Community Theatre located at 770 Arlington Rd Brookville, OH 45309 is at the end of their 38th Season. The Neil Simon comedy Plaza Suite, Directed by James Nelson will be performed September 7-17. Brookville will tie up their season with Stuck At Home, directed by Bonnie Bertelson. You can see this comedy November 9-19, 2023. Tickets for all shows at Brookville Community Theatre can be purchased here: https://thebct.org/

Troy Civic Theatre, which has been producing shows at The Barn in the park since 1965 will open their 2023-2024 Season with I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick and is to be directed by Erin Gibbons. Performances run September 15-24.

November 10-19, you can see Lysistrata by Aristophanes, directed by Derek Dunavent. In the midst of an ongoing war between Athens and Sparta, the Athenian Lysistrata calls together an assembly of women from throughout Greece to present her plan for peace. Continuing into 2024, Troy will produce Moon Over the Brewery by Bruce Graham which will be directed by Steve Dietrich. Performances: March 1-10, 2024

Wrapping up their season, Derek Dunavent will direct Godspell by John-Michael Tebelak, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Based on the Gospel of Matthew, Godspell features an eclectic group of people who team up with Jesus to teach his lessons in a new day and time. Performances of this fan favorite musical will be May 3-12, 2024. You can get tickets for the season at https://troycivictheatre.com.

Thank you to all of the Theatres for helping me with information to put this series together. There are many great options for everyone in 2023-2024. I hope you visit some of these theaters and are amazed by the wonder that is Community Theatre.

Troy Civic Theatre Presents “Making God Laugh”

May 1, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

Troy Civic Theatre announces their upcoming production, MAKING GOD LAUGH.

Woody Allen once said: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans”. Sean Grennan’s heart-warming dramatic comedy MAKING GOD LAUGH follows Ruth, Bill, and their three grown children during various holidays over the course of 30 years. Beginning in 1980, Richard, Tom, and Maddie start making plans for their lives, never guessing where their paths will end.

Director Steve Dietrich, from Sidney, is assisted by stage manager Peg Dietrich. MAKING GOD LAUGH stars Dayton actors Alain Alejandro as Bill, Rachel Smith as Maddie, and Gage Emerson as Richard, Troy actor Beth Shrake as Ruth, and Tipp City actor Derek Dunavent as Tom.

MAKING GOD LAUGH is being presented with permission from Playscripts. Performances run May 4-6, 11-13, 2018 at the Barn in the Park on Adams Street in Troy, at 8 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 pm on Sundays. Tickets are $14 each, and are available by calling the theatre box office at 937-339-7700 or online at troycivictheatre.com.

Troy Civic Theatre is a non-profit community theatre located about 20 minutes north of Dayton. TCT has been honored with several Dayton-area and Ohio regional and state performance and technical awards over the years, and has continued to bring quality entertainment to Troy for more than 50 years. For more information, please contact the theatre at 937-339-7700 or visit their website at http://www.troycivictheatre.com.

Coming up in Dayton Theatre 5/3 – 5/12 (plus Season Announcements!)

May 2, 2013 By Sarah Caplan Leave a Comment

Welcome back friends! We’ve got just a couple things going on the next couple weeks, but we also have SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS! So exciting!

Closing This Weekend!

‘Til Beth Do Us Part

Brookville Community Theatre
The Skinny: A comedy about love, marriage and trust.
Dates: Running through Sunday, May 5th.
Tickets: For tickets, please call the Brookville Flower Shop at (937) 833-3531.

Opening This Weekend!

The Late Edwina Black

Troy Civic Theatre

The Skinny: When a some-what unpopular woman dies, the community feeling is rather less of grief and more of relief. When an autopsy shows her remains full of arsenic, an Inspector must interview the three main suspects and try to figure out what really happened.
Dates: Opening 5/3 and closing Saturday, 5/11
Tickets: Please call the ticket chairman at 937-339-7700

Mid-week Opening!

Next To Normal

The Human Race Theatre Company (@ The Victoria Thatre)

The Skinny: The story of a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect her illness has on her family. This contemporary Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning musical is an emotional powerhouse that addresses issues such as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. With provocative lyrics and a thrilling score, this musical shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact.

Dates: Opens Tuesday 5/7 and closes Sunday 5/19

Tickets: Tickets are available via the Victoria Theatre Association website, here: Tickets.

Opening Next Weekend!

Jekyll & Hyde

Playhouse South

The Skinny: This dark, gothic musical is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson book The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. Nominated for several Tony awards, the music is chilling, moving and altogether wonderful.

Dates: Jekyll takes the stage on Friday, 5/10 and will run Fridays and Saturdays through 5/25 with one Sunday matinee on 5/12. What better treat for Mom?!

Tickets: Tickets are available for purchase via the PHS website, here: Tickets

Season Announcements!

Tis the season for season announcements! Theatres are beginning to release their 2013-2014 seasons. Here’s what I’ve got so far!

Dayton Theatre Guild
45 Seconds from Broadway, by Neil Simon
Directed by Fred Blumenthal. Runs Aug 23-Sep 8, 2013

Time Stand Stills, by Donald Margulies
Directed by Debra Kent. Runs Oct 4-20, 2013

The Gifts of the Magi, by Coats & Germain — (The Holiday Extra)
Director to be announced. Runs Nov 22-Dec 8, 2013

The Subject Was Roses, by Frank D. Gilroy

Directed by Marcia Nowik. Runs Jan 10-26, 2014

Expecting Isabel, by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Natasha Randall. Runs Feb 28-Mar 16, 2014

An Inspector Calls, by J.B. Priestly
Directed by David Shough. Runs Apr 18-May 4, 2014

The Dead Guy, by Eric Coble
Directed by Saul Caplan. Runs May 30-June 15, 2014

Dayton Playhouse

Hairspray Sept. 6-22

Directed by Tina McPhearson and Fran Pesch

Deathtrap, by Ira Levine
Directed by Jennifer Lockwood. Runs October 25-November 3rd

Fellow Passengers, by Greg Carter
Directed by Dodie Lockwood. Runs December 6-15

Working
Directed by Jim Lockwood. Runs January 31-February 16

The Whales of August, by David Berry
Directed by John Riley. Runs March 14th-23

Oklahoma!
Directed by Brian Sharp. Runs May 2-18

Beavercreek Community Theatre

Hair
September 13-22

Dog Sees God
October 25-November 3

A Neverland Christmas Carol
December 6-15

‘Till Beth Do Us Part
January 24-February 2

Carrie
March 7-16

Monty Python’s Spamalot
June 20-29

Human Race Theatre Company

Becky’s New Car
September 12-29

Fiddler on the Roof
October 31-November 17

Torch Song Trilogy
January 30-February 16

Other Desert Cities
March 27-April 3

Play It By Heart
June 12-29

Victoria Theatre Association/Broadway Series

War Horse
October 22-27

It’s A Wonderful Life (A Live Radio Play!)
December 3-15

Sister Act
January 28-February 2

Memphis
April 8-13

Beauty And The Beast
May 27-June 1

Million Dollar Quartet
June 17-22

That’s what I’ve got so far — There are more to come, however. It’s gonna be a really good season! I’m already marking my calendars. How about you?

Coming up in Dayton theatre, 12/14 – 12/23

December 13, 2012 By Sarah Caplan Leave a Comment

Hello again, one and all. I can’t believe that this edition will bring us right up to the edge of Christmas and, ergo, nearly to the dawn of 2013. Things do tend to slow down a bit as we coast into the Holiday Season, most shows are done with their runs before Christmas and new ones don’t really start up again until we get into January. But there are still several offerings out here for you to sample. For starts!

Closing This Weekend!

12 Dancing Princess

Xenia Area Community Theatre (X*ACT)

The Skinny:X*ACT bills this production as a “Holiday family show,” and indeed this story is one that will please the youngest among us. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, it follows the 12 daughters of a king who are locked in their bedroom each night, and yet appear each morning with shoes worn out from dancing.

Dates: Closing on the 16th.

Tickets: Tickets are available at the door, for more information please visit the X*ACT website, here.

A Christmas Carol

Zoot Theatre Company

The Skinny: Dayton’s puppet theatre company takes on Dickens seasonal classic, delightfully retelling this classic morality play as only Zoot can.

Dates: Closing this weekend, on the 15th.

Tickets: Tickets are available at the Dayton Art Institute website, here.

Scrooge

The Dayton Playhouse

The Skinny: Adapted from the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol,” this musical closely follows the classic story with the miserly Ebenezer undergoing a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the Spirits of Christmas past, present and future.

Dates: Three performances left, closing on 12/16.

Tickets: Tickets are available at the Dayton Playhouse website, here.

Annie

Troy Civic Theatre

The Skinny: The famous musical version of Lil’ Orphan Annie is,indeed, a Christmas-set offering. This show is a heart-warming favorite, sure to please families with kids, or without.

Dates: One more weekend, closing on the 15th.

Tickets: Tickets are available for reservation by calling 937-339-7700. Pricing information can be found at the Troy Civic Theatre website, here.

Continuing!

Oliver!

The Human Race Theatre Company

The Skinny: Christmas Eve in London, 1838. A small group of working-class, wayward souls gather in a tavern to celebrate when a small, unexpected guest prompts a spontaneous telling of the popular Oliver Twist. With traditional music-hall flair, they delve into Charles Dickens’ haunting moral tale as the lines between story and reality blur. Sized perfectly for The Loft Theatre, this reimagining of the classic Tony Award®-winning musical will touch your heart and challenge your spirit. It’s Oliver with a twist, indeed! Dayton Most Metro’s Russell Florence reviewed Oliver! Click here to read it!

Dates: You’ve got several more chances to catch this wonderful production, which runs through the 22nd.

Tickets: Tickets are available through the Human Race Theatre Company website, here.

One Weekend Only!

In The Spotlight!

Playhouse South

The Skinny: Playhouse Souths annual revue-style evening of musical theatre selections, this year entitled “At The Movies” and featuring numbers from musicals, TV shows and movies.

Dates: Two performances only, December 2oth and 21st.

Tickets: Tickets are available at the Playhouse South website, here.

So, that all gives you plenty to see up to Christmas eve eve eve (12/22)! Remember, a night at the theatre is not only a wonderful date, it’s also a splendid holiday gift! There’s 9 days til Christmas and 2 nights of Hanukkah left…head to your favorite theatre box office and buy tickets!