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Come join us for an evening of True Theatre...where time slows down and we can listen.

From: True Theatre

Brief Description: True Theatre is one of Cincinnati’s hottest new tickets, selling out shows advertising only “true stories told by real people.”  Their themed shows (trueFEAR, trueBEGINNINGS, and trueFOOLISHNESS) have drawn storytellers from all walks of life.  Their next scheduled show is in July, but they’re adding an evening just for the Fringe Festival! trueFRINGE, like every True Theatre show, features 5 storytellers (all artists in this year’s fringe festival) sharing true, personal stories—this time, about life in-and-around the theatre.  Don’t miss the chance to make your Fringe experience complete with this ONE NIGHT ONLY show!

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Artist/Company Biography: The mission of True Theatre is to bring together a wide variety of people to share stories in an effort to create community, encourage discussion, and remind everyone that ALL of us have stories to tell with unique insights and broad appeal. Though storytelling can take on many forms, True Theatre realizes that what great stories have in common are their power to hold attention, slow time, and capture the imagination. They may redden cheeks, make eyes water, and elicit eruptions of laughter. They take you somewhere. Although great storytelling is not limited to true, personal stories, True Theatre believes that these real moments of our lives, from the mundane to the extraordinary, give both the speaker AND the listener the ultimate sense of being part of a larger community than they were aware.

Visit True Theatre's website for more information

You Only Live Forever Once


Acclaim Recommendation, Acclaim Nominations: Staging, props, and general creativity.

Danger, intrigue, the end of the world! BUM BUM BUM!

From: Four Humors Theater

Most Fringy Thing: This show will celebrate humor and laughter every way it can. We take our humor seriously so you don't have to.

Brief Description: Danger. Intrigue. Dashing men. Clowns. Sexy women. Double crossing. The bad guy has a cat. Secrets. Dazzling Special effects. Puppets. The world is in peril and there is only one person who can save it! A new ridiculous comedy from Four Humors Theater and the artists who brought you The Finkles' Theater Show.

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Artist/Company Biography: Four Humors strives to create art that celebrates the humor,... stupidity, and beauty of our world by letting the artist connect with the audience in a vulnerable and honest way. We make the beautiful foolish and the foolish beautiful.

From: Minneapolis, MN

Critics' Reviews

Review: The Examiner

by Richard O Jones

The campiest and most outlandish thing I saw at this year's Cincinnati Fringe Festival was "You Only Live Forever Once," a high-energy puppet show from Minneapolis-based Four Humors Theater, a wacky parody of the James Bond thrillers.

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Review: The Conveyor

If you've seen the movie True Lies, Bill Paxton plays a used car salesman who pretends to be a spy. Now, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Four Humor's newest show, You Only Live Forever Once, but if you imagine the pretend spy world that Bill Paxton's character would be living in, it might be something like this show, including the puppets.

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Review: CityBeat

by Rick Pender

CRITIC'S PICK
Humor involving puppets and live action, spies and parody can be dicey. It’s easy to slip right off the edge and down the slippery slope of silliness. But the creative talents who comprise Four Humors Theater in Minneapolis (back for their fourth consecutive year at the Cincinnati Fringe) have solid footing when it comes to knowing how far to push things. They make their James Bond-ian satire, You Only Live Forever Once, work in a way that’s constantly amusing, varied and entertaining. The script, written by the company’s artistic director, Jason Ballweber, is being presented in the white-box venue at 1423 Vine St.

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Review: The Conveyor

If you've seen the movie True Lies, Bill Paxton plays a used car salesman who pretends to be a spy.  Now, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Four Humor's newest show, You Only Live Forever Once, but if you imagine the pretend spy world that Bill Paxton's character would be living in, it might be something like this show, including the puppets. Secret Agent Dave Johnson, played by Ryan Lear, is a James Bond-esque (as might be imagined by Jim Carey) spy in a battle of wits and puns with Wealthy Industrialist Kitty Cougarton, played by Matt Spring. Sock puppet henchmen and stick figure puppets interchange with their live action counter parts in a non-stop 50 minutes of laughs.

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Review: Behind the Curtain

The best way I can describe YOU ONLY LIVE FOREVER ONCE is James Bond meets the NAKED GUN in the style of THE 39 STEPS on a shoe string budget. All the spy movie elements you expect get the Four Humors treatment and the result is a clever, fun and imaginative homage with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

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Curriculum Vitae


Acclaim Recommended, Acclaim Nominated: Writing and Creating (Jimmy Hogg)

Fast-paced, hyper verbose, physical comedy with an accent

From: Jimmy Hogg

Most Fringy Thing: It's as relevant now as when I wrote it. More so even, since it deals with themes of underemployment and the constant struggle to find work. I didn't realize until I first did it how much people would relate to it.

Brief Description: It's a show about my introduction into the working world at a very young age and consequent period of underemployment, moving from one awful experience to the next. It's also a users guide as to how to get a job. It's really the show where I made my mark on the Fringe scene by establishing a style that was very physically detailed, exceptionally fast-paced and packed with details, descriptions, segues and anecdotes leaving the audience little time to breathe until the curtain comes down.

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Artist/Company Biography: Jimmy Hogg is an actor/writer/director and stand-up comedian. He has worked on more than 50 theatre productions in varying capacities. In recent years he has focused on his solo shows having toured the fringe circuit since 2006. Currently he is preparing to tour to seven cities in Canada and the U.S., as well as preparing a travel TV show which will commence shooting sometime in the summer in Bolivia. He is also a columnist for Toro Magazine, where he has worked for the past 3 years since its inception. This is Jimmy's second year at the Cincy Fringe, returning after the sell-out success of last year's A Brief History of Petty Crime.

From: Toronto, ON

Critics' Reviews

Review: The Conveyor

by Brian Griffin

I don't how anyone could imagine finding a way to 'break the 4th wall' better and with a sense of joy within the improvisation no less. Jimmy Hogg's Curriculum Vitae will have you laughing at each lightning speed phrase that no American as easily phrase. Originally from Britain, Hogg has the verbal ability to talk fast common to many of his home county. He uses that speaking tone to catapult you through his resume, literally his resume or "cv" and takes you through his work history and the life around it. The is both a story and a chronology of his life at work and the people and employment pitfalls that most have experienced.  

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Review: CityBeat

By Stacey Recht

CRITIC'S PICK

For the 2010 Cincinnati Fringe, Jimmy Hogg’s confessional storytelling and precocious, high-velocity comic delivery won him a Critic’s Pick award for his monologue A Brief History of Petty Crime. The Fringe-circuit veteran returns to the 2011 Fringe this year with Curriculum Vitae, a chronology of his humorous and humiliating experiences in the working world (performed at 1423 Vine St.), starting with his childhood chores, progressing through menial office tasks and manual labor and depositing him in the world of catering for performing arts.

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Review: Cincinnati Enquirer

by David Lyman

Jimmy Hogg has a dilemma. The English-Canadian actor-comic has a wildly humorous 90-minute show tucked away somewhere inside himself. But at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, he's been allotted a 60-minute spot. His solution? Talk fast. And faster. And even faster still. It's a style that sometimes works as Hogg regales the audience with tales of work experiences that are as hilarious as they are woeful.

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Review: Behind The Curtain Cincinnati

by Rob Bucher

Jimm Hogg descibes his performance style as “very physically detailed, exceptionally fast-paced and packed with details, descriptions, segues and anecdotes leaving the audience little time to breathe until the curtain comes down. ” In that regard, CURRICULUM VITAE certainly delivers as promised.

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Review: The Conveyor

I don't how anyone could imagine finding a way to 'break the 4th wall' better and with a sense of joy within the improvisation no less.  Jimmy Hogg's Curriculum Vitae will have you laughing at each lightning speed phrase that no American as easily phrase.  Originally from Britain, Hogg has the verbal ability to talk fast common to many of his home county.  He uses that speaking tone to catapult you through his resume, literally his resume or "cv" and takes you through his work history and the life around it.  The is both a story and a chronology of his life at work and the people and employment pitfalls that most have experienced.

For the full article check it out on theconveyor.com.

Transfringement - Circus Mojo Refudiates the Norm


Palin gave us--refudiate Mojo offer’s transfrigement a journey to the edge.

From: Circus Mojo L3C

Most Fringy Thing: CLOWNS since the dawn of humanity have held a special role to CHALLENGE AUTHORITY. The jester’s kept everyone laughing so the King could keep everyone under his thumb. Guest stars may include teens from a prestigious arts school to kids recently out of juvenile detention. Be prepared to refudiate.

Brief Description: Have we not been on this journey before? It’s where Beowulf meets Palin. The lives of three journeyed performers, Past, Present, and Future, are told from the tensioned, prejudiced lives of three of Mojo’s core performers. Stories are weaved: the Past Ghanaian Adventurer, the Present Businessman as Clown and the Future Alien Super Child wanting it all. Each episode includes wire-walking, Roman Ladder, Gym Wheel, rolling globe, roller skating, aerial Lyra/silks, juggling, partner acrobatics, and clowning. Guest artists will participate bringing this circus to life (with a few shout-outs to Grendel and Mrs. Palin along the way).

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Artist/Company Biography: Circus Mojo L3C Low Profit Limited Liability Company (the first in this region) is the culminating work of Paul Miller, who toured with the “Greatest Show on Earth” and has somehow balanced a life in the circus. He’s seen many great artists completely exploited by capitalism and self-serving administrators; this show represents his circus version of Waiting for Superman. Rebecca Anne Bedel grew up in the arts. She is a graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts and has continued her studies in movement at Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica with a masters in interdisciplinary yoga. Rebecca was a part of Cincinnati’s very first Fringe Festival with Colleen McCarty and has been working with Mojo for many exciting events! E. Tawiah was born in Ghana and has lived in Verona, Chicago, Boston and now Ludlow, KY. E. spins on the Gym Wheel, walks stilts, has mastered the rolling globe, juggles five rings solo, passes eight rings and, last but not least, is one very funny clown. E. has performed in various circuses since the age of fourteen. A graduate of Senn High School, where 62 languages are spoken, E. brings out the best in all surroundings.

From: Ludlow, KY

Critics' Reviews

Review: CityBeat

by Julie York Coppens

First rule of juggling: If you can’t catch it, don’t throw it. As its puzzling mouthful of a title suggests, Transfringement: Circus Mojo Refudiates the Normis a quirky show with a few too many balls in the air. Five diverse performers from this Ludlow, Kentucky-based circus troupe and training center take turns charming and occasionally impressing the audience with a series of old-school stunts: tightrope-walking, hubcap-spinning, ring-tossing, ladder-climbing, roller skating, barrel-walking, hoop-swinging, partner-balancing and so on. But there are at least as many misses as hits — and not much holding the brief acts together, aside from an oddly assembled soundtrack and recurring comic references to Sarah Palin.

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Review: Transfringement

Richard O Jones

My 2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival experience got off to a good comical start with "Transfringement: Circus Mojo Refudiates the Norm," a production by the Ludlow, Ky., based Circus Mojo.

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Tooth and 'Nuckle


Biting the hand that feeds, one finger at a time.

From: Matt Johnson and Artistic Compatriots

Most Fringy Thing: This thing will be completely different every night, there is no script, but plenty of rhyme although iffy on the reason. We have a plan but like sausage and democracy you'd be better off not knowing how its made. Truly alive and honestly dangerous this promises to be the Fringiest of Fringe shows. Love it or hate it you will never forget it. Tooth and 'Nuckle (I ate the fucking K)

Brief Description: Part meditation. Part freak out. All righteous theatrical indignation. This improvised treatise is aimed at the intersection of the tooth and the knuckle; when the feeding hand of benevolence spreads its flesh to the mongrel tooth of freedom. Interdisciplinary and insane with a rotating cast this show is never even remotely the same. Make the choice: Tooth or 'Nuckle? Either way you'll have blood on your hands.

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Artist/Company Biography: Matt is thankful for whomever showed up tonight to risk their reputation, their career, and quite possibly their life by "performing" in this performance of Tooth and 'Nuckle. Matt has written, performed, directed, and designed for many Cincinnati theaters but mostly for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company where he was the Associate Artistic Director and an ensemble member for nine seasons.

Previous Fringes:  Cincy Fringe 2003 (You Don't Exist to Me)

From: Newport, KY

Critics' Reviews

Review: CityBeat

by Nicholas Korn

"Matt Johnson’s solo improvisational piece, Tooth and ’Nuckle, at the very-out-of-the-way and very cool Hanke 2 space (1128 Main St.), might not be for the faint of heart, even by Fringe standards. The setup is pretty straightforward. A bare stage sports a phalanx of masks and puppets fashioned out of grocery bags, and audience members are invited make a selection for Johnson to use as starting points for off-the-cuff scenes and soliloquies."

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Review: The Conveyor

Expectations have been a recurring theme for me in my reviews this year.  When I read that Matt Johnson was doing a show this year, I had a set of expectations.  I've seen his work before.  In Tooth and 'Nuckle I got the Matt Johnson I was expecting.  He is on the edge at all times, pushing you, sometimes with a very pointy stick. If you go to Fringe festivals and expect that everything is going to make sense, then I think you are missing out.  We need bizarre shows, with vagina puppets made from grocery bags.  We need raunchy sex crazed stuffed animals manipulated by Johnson as a puppet that then mock audience members for not wearing the right color clothing (pink for girls, blue for boys).

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Review: Behind The Curtain Cincinnati

I’m not sure how to react to TOOTH AND ‘NUCKLE. And I have the sneaking suspicion that that is exactly the reaction Matt Johnson wants from his audiences. The show seem to have been birthed from too much free time spent alone with his young children’s toys and his strangely unique sense of humor. The result is sometimes dark, sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes just plain weird. There is also some interesting commentary and a few good laughs.

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To and Fro and Up and Down


In Hell, every story you hear is funny.

From: Kleesattel Productions

Most Fringy Thing: It uses humor to provide insight into concepts and history that people might otherwise ignore. Also there might be hot chicks there. I mean, no guarantees or anything but you never know.

Brief Description: Demonstrating yet again his strong interest in the advancement of public awareness, Satan (a.k.a. Prince of Darkness) will be hosting an educational Bible study at this years Cincinnati Fringe. The content of the production will center around his role in both the Old and New Testaments. Please feel free to come and learn from this figure's vast experience, which includes not only being the universal symbol of evil, but also extensive work of the 1980 Presidential elections. (Please note that just because he came here from hell doesn't necessarily imply there will be audience participation or puppets. So don't worry.)

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Artist/Company Biography: Gina Kleesattel has directed numerous productions during her career in theater. She has worked with Jersey Productions, Showboat Majestic, Monmouth Theater, University of Dayton, and Kincaid Regional Theater. Also she teaches at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Over-the-Rhine. She has more than proven her knowledge of the theatrical arts which makes the decision to produce and direct a script written by her nephew, Benjamin Kleesattel, so perplexing; being as he so blatantly has demonstrated a demeanor of almost uncanny apathy. When asked about this Gina responded, "Hey, I go off of material and what can I say, I really liked the script. I was surprised Ben was able to write it considering he so blatantly has demonstrated a demeanor of almost uncanny apathy. But please don't use that statement if you're going to put a mini bio of us in your advertisements."

CAST:  Dain Paige, Joe Caesar, Brendon North, Anne Arezina

 From: Cincinnati, OH

Critics' Reviews

Review: The Examiner

by Richard O Jones

Satan (Dain Alan Paige) discusses his major appearances in the Bible: the temptation of Christ in the desert from the New Testament and the trials of Job from the Old, plus his implied appearance in Eden. He brings in eyewitnesses -- Jesus, Adam and Eve, the Snake, Job and his unnamed wife, played by the ensemble of Brendon North, Anne Arezina and Joe Caesar -- to debate the motivations and and lessons of those events from different point of view.

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Review: CityBeat

by Julie York Coppens

"A Fringe Festival without at least three Biblical satires? Blasphemy! But the little devils have come through again this year, thank heaven, so there’s no shortage of sacrilege on display. In a crowded field, Kleesattel Productions’ To and Fro and Up and Down — the show’s title comes from an actual Bible passage describing Satan as a kind of Rick Steves to the damned — stands out as a thinking person’s travesty. More graduate-level seminar than South Park episode, it hovers at the quieter, more thoughtful end of the religious-lampoon spectrum. Although Adam does show up wearing tightie-whities with a strategically placed leaf appliqué. And did you know that the decadent pleasures of Eden included cheetah cake, panda boxing (cuter than a cockfight but just as action-packed!), and a swimming pool filled with pudding?"

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Review: Behind the Curtain

"The Devil himself gets the Fringe treatment courtesy of an original script by Benjamin Kleesattel, under the deft direction of his aunt, Gina Kleesattel. The Devil may seem an odd choice for leading a Bible study, but then again, wouldn’t someone who has been around since “in the beginning” have some interesting insights?"

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The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular!


Acclaim Recommended

Three ring excitement from a mustachioed lady and her innocent zombie!

From: Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown

Most Fringy Thing: Old and forgotten gloves, suitcases, noise makers, roller skates, and much more are cleverly used to both recreate and reinvigorate classic circus acts. The joy and nostalgia of the circus is brought to the stage by two skilled performers trained in European clowning.

Brief Description: Professor VindleVoss and her adopted son Edvard the Zombie invite you to the rebirth of their once towering family circus! With only a few dusty artifacts and their quick wits, they make the magic of the big top live again!  Come eat the free popcorn, feel your belly rumble with laughter, and watch with amazement the death-defying thrills for children of all ages!

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Artist/Company Biography: Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown paint imaginative worlds with the brightest brushes they can find. Trained at the prestigious London International School of Performing Arts, they've developed a distinctive style that blends the humanity of clowning, timing of vaudeville, and visual inventiveness of the absurd. Their performances have been seen at festivals and cabarets from the dance halls of London to the black box theatres of New York City. The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular! is their first full length play, and is now touring the country.

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From: New York, NY

Critics' Reviews

Review: The Conveyor

by Brian Griffin

What makes you human?  How do you know?  Could you be a zombie pretending to be human?  In Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown's production of The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular there is no question who the zombie is, but does that mean a zombie can't be human?  Weren't all zombies former humans? Are zombies and humans just part of the same circle of life?

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Review: CityBeat

by Jule York Coppens

Not so fast with that exclamation point.The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular!, a charming two-hander from Cincy Fringe favorite Karim Muasher (of Giant Bird fame) and partner Carrie Brown, has all the makings of a great show: An original concept. Memorable characters. Comedy. Pathos. Puppets. Live tigers (sort of). The most inventive use of props you’ll see on any festival stage this year. And, yes: free popcorn and glow sticks for all the kids in the crowd.

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Review: Behind the Curtain

Maybe life has killed the child in me, but, aside from a few chuckles, I found the show to be slowly paced and rather flat. But hey, free popcorn and glow sticks.

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Review: The Examiner

by Richard O Jones

A fringe festival would probably really suck without a good clown show. Fortunately, "The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular" saves the day for the Cincinnati Fringe Festival with an imaginative, quirky and knee-slapping funny parody of “The Greatest Show on Earth” in the guise of an anthropological lecture and demonstration of the power of the human soul.

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Review: The Conveyor

What makes you human?  How do you know?  Could you be a zombie pretending to be human?  In Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown's production of The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular there is no question who the zombie is, but does that mean a zombie can't be human?  Weren't all zombies former humans? Are zombies and humans just part of the same circle of life? Using props and light, the two characters, Professor Vindlevoss and her adopted son Edvar the zombie, put themselves to the test to determine if they are human.  The Professor is putting Edvar to the test, but in turn she is testing herself relating to her own father and keeping her humanity by not giving up on her zombie son.

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The God BLOG


Can the Big Guy find happiness in his crazy creation?

From: What If Play Shop Players

Most Fringy Thing: Celestial Services (aka “Heaven”) has lost market share and customers to Oprah and is in danger of going out of business. Lucifer (“a marketing genius”) convinces COO Gabriel that the the current “salvation socialism” business model must be replaced with a “free market miracle paradigm”. What will Big Guy do?

Brief Description: Yo, Fringe Fans! The Big Guy here, asking you to come see me and my friends from Celestial Services in THE GOD BLOG, a radio soap opera which asks the musical questions, “Can a burned out, demographically irrelevant deity find happiness in this crazy world he created AND stop Granola Guy Lucifer from confiscating his donuts at the staff meeting?” See for yourself why I need a new gig. Hey, remember that bike you got on your seventh birthday? I’m not trying to lay guilt trips on anyone…just sayin’ the Big Guy would appreciate a little love. Thanks!

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Artist/Company Biography: I wrote the God Blog as a tribute to the legacy of “whimsical, what if” humor performed by my father, James Francis Patrick O’Neill (JFPO), the legendary “Morning Mayor” on WLW radio, who was best known for his daily soap opera, “As Your Stomach Turns.” For many years I’ve wanted to write and perform my own material, which was inspired by JFPO and the comedians I grew up listening to: Bob and Ray, Jack Benny, Jonathan Winters, Nichols and May, Mort Sahl, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby and Lenny Bruce. I had been too afraid up until now. Thanks to the encouragement and support of friends and family, the opportunity presented by the Fringe Festival, and the energy and enthusiasm of the What If Play Shop Players, I can begin to realize my dream. I hope the other Players realize their hearts’ desires as well. I am most grateful to all who have helped me. And special thanks to you, Mom and Dad! I hope you enjoy the show, too!

From: Cincinnati, OH

Critics' Reviews

Review: The Examiner

by Richard O Jones

Reader's theater is a good way to present a play without having to spend a lot of money on props and costumes, and because the actors are reading from the scripts, it's possible to cut back on the rehearsal time. But that doesn't mean no rehearsal is necessary.

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Review: CityBeat

by Stacey Recht

Kathleen O’Neill has spent the last eight years writing The God Blog, a corporate-satire-within-a-radio-play, set in heaven and staffed by Old Testament figures (performed at the Art Academy of Cincinnati). She and director Shawn Maus,who also plays the role of God, have assembled an enormous (by Fringe Festival standards) cast and crew to live-produce this radio drama. In it, God’s dial-a-prayer corporation Celestial Services is in trouble. Driven to near-obsolescence by the benign negligence of CEO “Big Guy” God and the draconian cost-cutting measures of new-agey, Johnny-come-lately consultant “Luce” Lucifer, the company is facing a crossroads — and an efficiency audit led by the angel Gabe (Eddie Davenport).

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Review: Behind the Curtain

"I am not familiar with WLW radio’s daily soap opera, “As Your Stomach Turns,” a Cincinnati staple of the late ’60s through 1981. What I expected from THE GOD BLOG was compelling voices, sound effects and melodramatic fun. My performance expectations are best met by playwright and actress Kathleen O’Neill."

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The First Book of: The Bible

FringeNext


*PLEASE NOTE - the June 5th performance of The First Book of: The Bible at 3:00 has been cancelled.

If only church were this much fun.

From: The Biblers

Most Fringy Thing: The eccentric spirit and simplistic spectacle of our show is truly fringe-esque. We also believe that improv is a major aspect of comedy, so our actors are encouraged to create their own entertaining circumstances and references.

Brief Description: What do sex, violence, thunder, lighting, plagues, circumcision, death, and music all have in common? They're all in The First Book of: The Bible! Come see a breath of fresh air breathed into everyone's favorite old standby: Genesis, with all the white hot holy spirit that Jesus surely would have wanted. See Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit! Marvel at Jacob conceiving children beyond belief! Observe the stupidity of humanity! All this and more in the first book of... THE BIBLE.

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Artist/Company Biography: Actors- Maddie Burgoon, Natalie Reiger, Tori Nagel, Holly Angel, Eben Coffee, Mitch Hendee, Michael Newberry, Corey Meyer, Hugh Smith, Daniel Westheimer, Richard Lowenberg, and Chris Grosser as God. Written and Directed by Christian Haigis and Wesley Zurick. Stage Manager- Abigail Matey Lighting Designer- Ryan Theirauf Costumes- Jamaica Gilliam Musical accompaniment provided by Christian Haigis, Zacharias Muller, and Wesley Zurick.

From: Cincinnati, OH

Critics' Reviews

Review: CityBeat

by Stacy Sims

"The premiere of The First Book of the Bible was the first sold-out show of the 2011 Fringe. One of three entries in the new FringeNext category (works produced, created and performed by teens), this work by School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) seniors storms out of the gate with all the makings of a successful Fringe show."

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The Body Speaks: Scripted


A curious collection.

From: Performance Gallery

Part of The Body Speaks: seven photos inspire dance, film and theatre. Explore three independent interpretations and one unique collaboration. See The Body Speaks: Movement and corresponding visual art & film exhibits.

Most Fringy Thing: Wait a minute...you can see three different fringe shows in three different genres all responding to one theme (and some amazing photos) creating an unbelievable variety of thought, emotion and curiosity? It's like an art ménage-a-trois and Performance Gallery is all up in the middle of it.

Brief Description: The Body Speaks roller-coaster plows through the brains of six playwrights and out pops a unique vision. A series of photos by Sean Dunn inspire our “scripted” response; concise vignettes creating a variety of worlds, characters and stories. They may enchant, they may enrage as they explore the body, brain and beyond. Come along on the ride. Continue your journey through the theme by seeing the “movement” and “captured” versions by our collaborating partners. Part ofThe Body Speaks: seven photos inspire dance, film and theatre. Explore three independent interpretations and one unique collaboration.

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Artist/Company Biography: Often outlandish, sometimes profound, always unpredictable, Cincinnati based Performance Gallery is a collaborative performance environment existing to produce and promote challenging works of theatre. Founded in 2002, they have produced a varying amount of works per year, which, among others, have included premieres by local playwrights (Chasing the Wolf ’04, Gilgamesh in Uric; G.I. in Iraq '07), some revamped classics (The Maids, ’03, Woyzeck ‘05) and seven widely different original offerings at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Images of a Beating Heart ’04; The Killer Whispers and Prays’05; godsplay: ’06; girlfight ’07; fricative ’08; KAZ/m '09 and The Council '10). Yes, we are the “bad penny” of the Cincinnati Fringe. We just keep turning up and we love it here.

From: Cincinnati, OH

Critics' Reviews

Review: CityBeat

by Kathy Valin

At the opening performance of Cincinnati-based Performance Gallery’s entry into the 2011 Fringe mélange I was sometimes puzzled at the direction the show was taking. But my attention rarely wandered far from the 14 very competent actors onstage who appeared in situations ranging from the absurd to the tongue-in-cheek. Creative credits are too many to list, including scripting, directing, conceptualization and development.

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Review: Behind the Curtain

As usual, The Performance Gallery brings another interesting, thought-provoking, head-scratching, full o’ talent, show to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.  

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