There are people that actually enjoy hot weather and don’t mind humidity. For them, we have outdoor celebrations this week, if the rain holds off. For the rest of us, there’s plenty to do in air-conditioned comfort, where the only thing hot will be the music. Whichever you prefer, enjoy.
The annual festival will bring more than 35 local, national and international artists to venues across the neighborhood, including the Know Theatre, Gabriel’s Corner, First Lutheran Church and the Miami University Center for Community Engagement in OTR.
Bridget Leak, the producing artistic director, said the season underscores the theatre’s strengths as “an intimate performance space in the heart of the OTR neighborhood and for showcasing local writers and artists.”
Both programs aim to support local and national theater artists and to provide opportunities for aspiring or adventurous playwrights at all stages of their careers.
Jazz, books and theater. Opera, food and film. All in the same week. If you’ve never experienced Cincy Fringe, give this wild and wooly theatrical event a try. Emerging choreographers are featured at Mutual Dance Theatre, while Summerfair supports new and not-so-new artists. Two important films are screened and homegrown bands take the stage. Sample something new.
It’s been an invigorating season for Cincinnati’s professional theaters. Several world premieres. A handful of memorable classics. And lots and lots of plays and musicals never seen before on local stages. But it seems as if they’ve saved the most intriguing for last.
“These are stories about people finding their community and bracing themselves for the hard times to come,” said Producing Artistic Director Bridget Leak.
The company’s 27th MainStage season kicks off in September with “Camp Siegfried” by Bess Wohl. It’s one of four premieres in the lineup.
Jazz reigns this week with performances inside and out. Who can resist jazz at the American Sign Museum? Or jazz in the park, on the square or at The Redmoor? Cincy Fringe ends its annual run. Cincinnati Opera raises the curtain on Mozart’s bad-boy opera, “Don Giovanni.” And a contemporary “Fun House” opens at Solway Gallery. Treats all around.
The 21st annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival returns May 31. Performances will occur over the course of two weeks at sites in Over-the-Rhine.
