CCM PLAY SERIES Presents
Adapted by Ellen McLaughlin
Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2022, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
Lysistrata + The Trojan Women run time is two hours and 15 minutes, plus an approximately 20-minute long intermission.
The Cincinnati Dionysia features two Greek plays: a comedy and a tragedy. To situate each play in appropriate scenography, Scenic Designer Sami Tamulonis has created a ruined version of the lovely acropolis from the first act.
Destroying a city takes time and effort, so audiences will get a unique opportunity to see CCM's technical direction students and stage crews at work during the intermission scene shift.
As a result, our intermission will be a bit longer than normal – about 20 minutes – but we hope you enjoy this backstage peek into the world of technical theatre. If you choose to stay in the lobby through intermission, don’t worry: we’ll still blink the lights when it’s time to return.
By Caitlin Hines, Assistant Professor in UC College of Arts and Sciences Classics Department
The Cincinnati Dionysia — a name inspired by the City Dionysia, the ancient Athenian religious festival that featured several days of theatrical performances in competition — brings together two dramas with wildly different tones: Lysistrata, Aristophanes’ uproarious sex comedy, and The Trojan Women, Euripides’ tragic meditation on the aftermath of war.
The two playwrights were contemporaries in 5th-century B.C.E. Athens. Aristophanes was known for writing comedies that presented sharp political commentary on current problems, often through wacky and absurdist scenarios. Euripides turned his view to the mythical past, exploring questions of power, duty and identity through the troubles and torments of mythological figures. Though only a limited selection of their works survive, both playwrights were extraordinarily prolific, with Aristophanes writing 40 and Euripides more than 90 plays within their lifetimes.
The two plays selected for the Cincinnati Dionysia were composed and performed during the same decade (The Trojan Women in 415 B.C.E., Lysistrata in 411 B.C.E.) as the Greek world suffered the political, economic and human consequences of a decades-long conflict between Athens and Sparta. Lysistrata, as is Aristophanes’ custom, addresses this contemporary conflict head-on, making the Peloponnesian War the focus of the protagonist’s anti-war efforts. The Trojan Women likewise confronts the costs of war, though Euripides chooses a mythical moment in a foreign setting — the Fall of Troy — as the focal point of his tragedy.
Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptations of both plays perform several essential functions for modern audiences: she translates not only the language but also culturally- and historically-contingent forms of humor, metaphor and idiom. Although the adaptations are relatively loose and substantially abridged, they capture the spirit of the originals with care and finesse. It is our hope that you will find, despite the sharp tonal shift between the comic and tragic portions of the program, meaningful intersections in the plays’ explorations of how women — be they fictionalized contemporaries of the original audience, or denizens of a far-distance mythical past — must bear the consequences of war.
LYSISTRATA: 411 BCE, during the Peloponnesian War, Athens
LECTURE: Right here, right now
THE TROJAN WOMEN: 12th-century BCE, at the end of the Trojan War, Troy
A brief lecture to accompany Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + The Trojan Women
Courtesy of Dr. Caitlin Hines, UC Department of Classics
“Professor” Madeleine Gaughan, lecturer
The final line of Homer’s Iliad:
ὣς οἵ γ᾽ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος ἱπποδάμοιο.
“Thus they tended to the funeral of Hektor, breaker of horses.”
Trojan horse, detail from neck of Cycladic vase, ca. 675-650 B.C.E. Archaeological Museum of Mykonos.
Recovery of Helen by Menelaos, Athenian black-figure cup attributed to Lydos, ca. 560-540 B.C.E. Johnson Museum of Art.
The Trojan Horse / Le cheval de Troie. Engraving (1875) after painting (1874) by Henri-Paul Motte; appeared in Magasin Pittoresque in 1875. Corcoran Gallery.
Promotional poster for the Warner Bros. film Helen of Troy (1956), directed by Robert Wise. Art by Renato Casaro.
Katherine Hepburn as Hecuba in The Trojan Women (1971), directed by Michael Cacoyannis. Cinerama.
Cassandra Begging Minerva for Vengeance on Ajax (1810). Jérôme-Martin Langlois. Private collection.
Ajax and Cassandra (1886) by Solomon Joseph Solomon. Art Gallery of Ballerat.
A scene of music and dance, red-figure phiale attributed to the Phiale Painter, ca. 430 B.C.E. Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Galen Arnett
Junior Acting student from Winchester, Kentucky
At CCM: Howie Newsome in Our Town, Ralph in Blue Stockings.
Shaylee Bowman
Junior Acting student from Burlington, Kentucky
At CCM: Wanderland, Julius Caesar, K.I.D.S.
Staylie Brunner
Sophomore Acting student from Villa Hills, Kentucky
At CCM: Marcy in Dog Sees God (CCM Lab Show), Lillian in X-Mas (Transmigration 2022), Athenian Chorus Leader 2/Chorus in Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + Trojan Women.
Ava Duvall
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Miss Bott/Mrs. Lindley in Blue Stockings, Mrs. Soames in Our Town, Lucas in Quiet! The Kids Are Talking (Transmigration 2022), Actor in Aesop’s Fables: Uncensored (Phoenix Project 2021), Mr. Green in Hint! A Play About Clue (Transmigration 2020). Elsewhere: TV/Film - "A League of Their Own" (2022), "That Groovy Rotten Smell" (Short). Theatre - Star in John Lennon & Me at StageOne Family Theatre (Louisville, Kentucky), The America Project at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Cyrus Fontenot
Junior Acting student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Michael in A Shot Heard in the Dark, Kid No. 3 in the Phoenix Project.
Maddie Gaughan
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Director of Hope After Hate, Assistant Director of Julius Caesar. Elsewhere: Assistant Director/Ensemble in Revolt. She Said. Revolt Against directed by Olivia Buss at The Falcon Theater, Courtney in John Lennon and Me with StageOne (Louisville, Kentucky), Playwright of Luna with the Actors Theatre of Louisville Young Playwrights’ Festival (Louisville, Kentucky).
Nico Graves
Sophomore Acting student from Miami, Florida
At CCM: #7 in The Wolves, Mittens in The Doghouse. Elsewhere: Camila/Jose in In the Heights with The Performance Project (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), Deciet in Whatever Lurks Around the Corner, Mr. Sanders in Sanders School of Fear, Virgil in Fanders Fancast, Thomas in The Pain of Assignment.
Katie Kinman
Junior Acting student from Louisville, KY
At CCM: Minnie/Collins/Waiter/Swing in Blue Stockings, Cougar 3/Greek Chorus in Cincinnati Dionysia, Wilfred/King/Hilarion understudy in Giselle. Susannah in X-MAS, Tour Guide Assistant in Dummies (CCM Transmigration).
Nora Kovasckitz
Sophomore Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town and Blue Stockings, Trash: The Musical (The Phoenix Project) and X-mas (Transmigration Festival).
Evan Kupersmith
Sophomore Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Ensemble in Cincinnati Dionysia, Matt in Dog Sees G-d (CCM Lab Production).
Erin Lynch
Sophomore Acting Student from Westport, Connecticut
Yodeet Nymberg
Sophomore Acting student from Maineville, Ohio
At CCM: Ismania in Lysistrata and Chorus in The Trojan Women. Elsewhere: Starred in Jade Madison Scott’s “Small Victories” podcast.
Lily Olsen
Senior Acting student from Aurora, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town, Up Yours and Do Not Disturb (Transmigration Festival), "Bumpin' Uglies" (CCM Film Project). Elsewhere: Carrion in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza (Cincy Fringe).
Zoë Peterson
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Mrs. Souder/Zoe Lucas in The Burials, Ensemble in 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration Festival), Professor Willard in Our Town, Nancy in Wanderland (The Phoenix Project), Puck understudy in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Puppeteer in Phantasmagoria (Transmigration Festival). Elsewhere: Sally Salem in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza with Cincy Fringe (Cincinnati, Ohio), Anna Lawrence/Caroline Leech in The Suffrage Driving & Walking Tour at Looking For Lilith Theatre Company (Louisville, Kentucky).
Jahmiya Quarles
Sophomore Acting student from Washington D.C.
At CCM: Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + Trojan Women.
Lydia Robison
Senior Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Mrs. Webb in Our Town, Edwards in Blue Stockings, Filomena in The World is Ending...and Maybe That's Kinda Hot.
Emma Sanchez
Sophomore Acting student from San Antonio, Texas
Palini Sunkara
Sophomore Acting student from Suwanee, Georgia
At CCM: Claire in All on the Table (CCM Radio Play), Rauntress McDauntress in 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration Festival).
Rachel Larson
Senior Acting student from Mundelein, Illinois
At CCM: Strings in Dirty Laundry (Transmigration Festival 2020), Sister in When It Rains (48 Hour Film Festival 2019), Cup in Trash! The Musical (Phoenix Project 2020), Margaret in Heist Film (CCM Acting/E-Media Short Film Festival 2021), Rachel in Nostalgia! (CCM Radio Play 2021). Elsewhere: Icek, Russian Doctor, and Ensemble in Hope After Hate, Filostrato in The World Is Ending And Maybe That's Kinda Hot (Bellevue Hill Park).
Sami Tamulonis
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Westerville, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Designer for Once, and Lysistrata and Trojan Women, Charge Artist for Galileo Galilei, Charge Artist for Fellow Travelers, Scenic Designer for Agrippina Elsewhere: Scenic Artist for Cinderella, Margaritaville, Leading Ladies, and On the Golden Pond at Cumberland County Playhouse (Crossville, Tennessee).
Alaina Pizzoferrato
Third-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Lemont, Illinois
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Xanadu, Sunday in the Park with George and The Light in the Piazza.
Erin Donnelly
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Costume shop assistant at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), costume alternations for Royal Caribbean productions, including Mamma Mia! and Cats.
Colin Gallaher
Third-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Wappingers Falls, New York
At CCM: Make-Up and Wig Designer for Once, Pippin. Elsewhere: Make-Up and Wig Apprentice (2021) at the Santa Fe Opera, Make-Up and Wig Designer for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut) (KCACTF award winning), Make-Up and Wig Designer for Uncle Vanya at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut) and Evita at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut).
Maggie Seibert
Senior Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Burials, Production Manager for CCM Radio Plays, Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Works, Student Choreographer Showcase and Falstaff, Production Assistant for The Secret Garden and The Rocky Horror Show Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Freaky Friday and Into the Breeches at the Lyric Repertory Company
Maddy Byrnes
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Prop Master for Magic Flute, Assistant Prop Master for Xanadu, Prop Master for L'Amant Anonyme.
Maya Eberhardt
Senior Technical Direction student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director of Pippin, Master Carpenter of The Laramie Project. Elsewhere: Welder at STAGES St. Louis, Stagehand at Bogart's (Cincinnati), Carpenter at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.
Chloé Hill
Junior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Director for Cincinnati Dionysia, Rebecca in Our Town, Transmigration 2022. Elsewhere: Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Liberty Exhibition Hall (Cincinnati), Paminea understudy at Bellevue Park (Cincinnati).
Sage Shepard
Junior Stage Management student from Cornwall Bridge
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Wild Party and Dance Works, Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia, Sunday in the Park with George, and Le Nozze de Figaro, Production Assistant for Ariadne Auf Naxos Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern for Chicago, Camelot and Mary Poppins at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri)
Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia and Choreographer's Showcase; Production Assistant for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld and Galileo Galilei; Deck Electrician for Something Rotten and Dance Works 2023
Bethany Untener
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + The Trojan Women.
Suzanne Barnes
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati Ohio
At CCM: Co-scenic charge artist for L’Amant Anonyme, assistant scenic designer for Pippin, props manager for Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Assistant scenic charge artist and props artisan for Twelfth Night at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Savannah Brooks
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Dallas, Texas
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu, The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Wardrobe Crew for Cinderella, The Mock Marriage, The Fantasticks, Hello, Dolly at the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio); Wardrobe Supervisor for Legally Blonde at Grand Prairie Arts Council (Grand Prairie, Texas).
Brittannie McKenna Travis
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Indianapolis, Indiana
At CCM: Costume Designer of Fellow Travelers, Blue Stockings; Costume Coordinator of Xanadu; Wardrobe Supervisor of Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Dialogues of the Carmelites. Elsewhere: Costume Designer of Sidra Bell’s Work Within Dreams with Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana); 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival National Costume Design Award Recipient for In the Heights (Washington D.C.); 2022 Costume Design Intern at Television Academy Foundation – Emmy’s (Los Angeles, California).
Lauren Wooten
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from West Chester Township, Ohio
Meredith Randall
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for Cinderella, Wardrobe Crew Head for Fellow Travelers.
Peggie Dona
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Set/Props Running Crew for Our Town, Costume Running Crew and Set construction Crew for Xanadu.
Shelby Allred
Sophomore Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Set crew in Puffs, Student Technical Director in Indecent with CAST Kentucky Theatre.
Erin Donnelly
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Costume shop assistant at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), costume alternations for Royal Caribbean productions, including Mamma Mia! and Cats.
Miranda Cotman
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Westerville, Ohio
At CCM: Design Assistant for Blue Stockings, Draper for She Loves Me Elsewhere: Firsthand at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Firsthand & Stitcher at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Natasha Cox
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from South Orange, New Jersey
Elsewhere: Designer for A Doll's House: Part Two with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), True West with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), Fool For Love with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), Student Choreographer Concert with College of Charleston, (Charleston, South Carolina) Enron with College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina).
Samuel Wilson
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Master Electrician and Programmer for Wings, Master Electrician and Programmer for Magic Flute, Assistant Master Electrician and Programmer for The Good Trouble Project, Spot Op. for 42nd Street. Elsewhere: Programmer for Shrek at Performing Arts Inc, Lighting Design Intern for Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre, Live Entertainment Tech for Kings Island.
Nate Miller
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Lighting Tech with I.A.T.S.E. Local 5 at the Cincinnati Opera.
Emily Mallendick
Sophomore Stage Management student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Dialogues of the Carmelites and Spring Awakening. Production Assistant for Blue Stockings and The Burials. Deck Electrician for Cincinnati Dionysia and Frankenstein. Wig and Makeup Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, Scenic Crew for Xanadu and Pippin Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Rent with Stone Productions (Toledo, Ohio).
Baron Leon
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Orlando, Florida
Elsewhere: Disney Contemporary Resort’s New Years’ Eve Pixar Party, the University of Mobile’s The Secret Garden, Emerald Coast Theatre’s Constellations, and Everblue Arts’ Band Geeks.
Kristen Peck
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Fontana, California
Elsewhere: Bee-luther-hatchee, Heathers and Real Women Have Curves at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona); God of Carnage with The Wayward Artist and Titus Andronicus with Southern California Shakespeare Festival.
Arcadia Paff
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Running Crew in Legally Blonde with CYPT, Assistant Lighting Designer in Shrek with CAST, Light Board Operator in Spring Awakening with CAST, Lighting Designer in Puffs with CAST, Lighting Designer and Projections Operator in Big Fish with CAST.
Bethany Untener
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + The Trojan Women.
Liz Mitan
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Melanie Reitman
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At CCM: Scenic Running Crew for Xanadu, Blue Stockings, and Pippin, Assistant Scenic Designer/Scenic Charge Artist for A Dream Play. Elsewhere: Props Crew for the Celebrate Cedar Point Spectacular Parade and Night Show at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).
Mia Adrian
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
McKenna Brennan
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California
At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.
Maya Eberhardt
Senior Technical Direction student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director of Pippin, Master Carpenter of The Laramie Project. Elsewhere: Welder at STAGES St. Louis, Stagehand at Bogart's (Cincinnati), Carpenter at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.
Gabby Ullman
Junior Technical Production student from Scottsdale, Arizona
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Galileo Galilei and Assistant Technical Director for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: she’s worked on installations for Disney World, and built for news studios and Super Bowls.
Thomas Iodice
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfax, Virginia
At CCM: Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Assistant Technical Director for The Marriage of Figaro.
Grace Mayo
Senior Technical Production student from Dublin, Ohio
At CCM: Technical Director for Cinderella, Assistant Technical Director for Galileo Galilei and Dance Works 2021-22, Head Carpenter for The Good Trouble Project. Elsewhere: Technical Director for The Addams Family and Smokey Joe's Café, Assistant Technical Director for Legally Blonde, Cinderella, The Comedy of Errors, and Brigadoon, Carpenter for Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana).
Logan Vanderpool
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfield, Ohio.
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Xanadu, Master Carpenter for Say What You Want to Say, Scenic Crew for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Rocky Horror show, Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Cinderella at Trollwood Performing Arts School.
Lukas Hummeldorf
Junior Technical Design and Production student from Covington, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Master Carpenter for Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Intern Technical Director for Indecent and Big Fish at the Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre (Covington, Kentucky), and the Shop Foreman for Radium Girls and Tuck Everlasting at Notre Dame Academy (Covington, Kentucky). Overhire with IATSE Local 5, and carpenter with CVG Made.
Nick Hunley
Junior in Technical Production from Worthington, Ohio
Elsewhere: Run Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, The Lord of Cries and at The Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Benji Lookatch
Sophomore Technical Production student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Something Rotten and Cinderella, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, L'Amant Anonyme and Galileo Galilei.
Iz Dillon
Sophomore Technical Direction student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Frankenstein, Run Crew for Xanadu and Blue Stockings, Wigs and Makeup for Once, Spotlight Crew for She Loves Me.
Brian Haack
Third-year Sound Design and Technology student from Katy, Texas
At CCM: Load-in/out Crew for Brightstar, Prep and Sound Board Operator for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Boom Operator for E-Media short film project.
Aaron Harris Woodstein (they/them)
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Sound Designer for Our Town, Unfortunate Mechanism (CCM Radio Play) and The Missing (Radio Play). Elsewhere: Sound Designer for It’s a Small World at Bristol Valley Theater (Naples, New York), Macbeth and Twelfth Night at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York, New York), Casa Valentina with Pride Films and Plays (Chicago, Illinois), The Peacebook Festival 2019 and The Light 2019 with Collaboraction (Chicago, Illinois), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Saint Sebastian Players (Chicago, Illinois).
Lucia Thill
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Our Town. Elsewhere: Wizard of Oz at Southwest Community Education (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Aaron Harris Woodstein (they/them)
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Sound Designer for Our Town, Unfortunate Mechanism (CCM Radio Play) and The Missing (Radio Play). Elsewhere: Sound Designer for It’s a Small World at Bristol Valley Theater (Naples, New York), Macbeth and Twelfth Night at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York, New York), Casa Valentina with Pride Films and Plays (Chicago, Illinois), The Peacebook Festival 2019 and The Light 2019 with Collaboraction (Chicago, Illinois), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Saint Sebastian Players (Chicago, Illinois).
Patrick Kiernan
Second-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Kingston, New York
Elsewhere: Off-Broadway productions of A Salute to the Brave (world premiere) and She Stoops to Conquer (The Actors Company Theater); Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet (Time Shared Productions); Richard III, As You Like It, Around the World in 80 Days (world premiere), Julius Caesar (co-design, Matt Webb), Stuart Little, The Shakespeare, Stealer (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Henry VI Part One, Breach (Baldwin Wallace University); The Hunting of the Snark (The Players NYC/University of Michigan).
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CCM will share its spring 2023 schedule of performances and public events in November.
March 6, 2023
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music presents six new works in Transmigration 2023, 7 p.m. March 8-10, in Liberty Exhibition Hall. Tickets are FREE, but must be reserved through the CCM Box Office.
Event: March 2, 2023 12:00 AM
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