Beechmont Players, Inc.

2007 – 2008 Season

The Beechmont Players, Cincinnati’s premiere eastside community theatre group
announce their 2007 – 2008 Season. This season marks the Players’ 49th year
of continuous community entertainment and their long-awaited return to their
founding community. The Beechmont Players were formed in 1959 by a group of
Anderson and Beechmont theatre aficionados and performed in a variety of venues
in Mt. Washington and Anderson Township before settling into a twenty-year
partnership with UC Clermont College in Batavia.

This fall, the Players will take up residence in their new home as Arts
Organization in Residence at the Anderson Township Civic Center, currently nearing
completion behind Anderson Towne Center Shopping Mall. This state-of-the-art
223-seat auditorium in the fabulous new Township Civic Center will provide an
outstanding venue for Beechmont Players’ award-winning entertainment.
The Players provide a consistently excellent fare of comedies, farces and
mysteries, drawing on the talents of actors and technicians who are among the
best in the area. The Players’ creatively mix cherished classics by established
playwrights with exciting regional premieres and offerings from foreign
dramatists. Each year, the Players’ excellence is acknowledged with multiple awards
at the ACT (Association of Community Theatres) Convention, which celebrates
the rich artistic heritage and talent Cincinnati has to offer theatre-goers.
The Players' inaugural season in their new home offers a variety of sure-to
please artistic treats.

The Players are proud to put the “community” in community players. Join the
Beechmont Players as they celebrate their return to the Anderson/Beechmont
community. Become a Subscriber to the Beechmont Players’ Inaugural Season in
their new home and support the Arts right here in your community. Or, for more
fun, become a member of the Beechmont Players and help make theatre magic
happen! Contact (513) BEECHMT for additional information, or visit their website
at http://www.beechmontplayers.com.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Music & Lyrics By: Stephen Sondheim

Book By: Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart

"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written – the perfect escape from life's troubles. “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan for his young in exchange for freedom. Winner of SIX Tony Awards.

Thumbs up for this uninhibited romp!" -The New York Times

"It's funny, true nonsense! A merry good time!" -Herald Tribune

"A good, clean, dirty show! Brings back belly laughs!" -Time

Directed by: Ed Spencer

Produced by: Cheryl Boettger

February 29, March 1, 7 & 8 at 8:00 pm

March 8 at 3:00 pm

Blackpool and Parrish

By: David Belke

For five millennia Harry Blackpool has been the agent for all Evil on Earth, while Rachel Parrish has represented Good. These implacable foes meet in a private club every twenty-five years. With the end of the world scheduled for tomorrow at teatime, they must pass their duties to their oblivious heirs: a mild mannered physical education teacher and an aggressively Bohemian artist. Caught in the middle of their cosmic gamesmanship is an anxious club manager. As the sole representative of humanity, he may be the key to Armageddon's outcome in this fast paced comedy of apocalyptic proportions.

Blackpool & Parrish is the winner of the 1993 Sterling Award for outstanding new work.

David Belke was the recipient of the Samuel French Inc. Canadian Playwrights Award

Directed by: Jef Brown

Produced by: Pam Kaesemeyer