Tickets are $8-$10 and include a reception afterwards. Call (937) 853-0372. For more about the the country’s last remaining Yiddish theater, which was established in 1915, go online to www.folksbiene.org.
Bit parts
"The Vertical Hour," starring Bruce Cromer and Kathy McCafferty as a Brit and an American who change each other's lives during an extended early morning conversation, continues through today at The Loft, 126 N. Main St. The show is at 2 p.m. Call (937) 228-3630 for ticket information about The Human Race Theatre production.
The funny, irreverent and satirical musical "Urinetown" is down to its final four performances at the Dayton Playhouse, 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave. Doug Lloyd is directing. Remaining shows are at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 14, and next Sunday, Feb. 21, and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19-20. Tickets are $10-$15 at (937) 424-8477 or www.daytonplayhouse.org.
Brookville Community Theatre will open its 25th season with its 100th production, the play “The Matchmaker,” on Thursday, Feb. 18. Jene Rebbin Shaw is director. Times are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 28. Call (937) 833-3531 for tickets.
Kids 8 to 18 who might like to be in a play can try a one-night auditioning class from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 2 at Beavercreek Community Theatre, 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road in the Lofino Center. Registration is required. Send an e-mail to kids@bctheatre.org or leave a phone message at (937) 429-4737.
BCT will have tryouts for the youth production “The Patchwork Girl of Oz” on March 9 and 10.
Role call
Entries are being accepted through March 30 for the next “Sideshow 2010,” a combination art exhibit/performance/happening organized by the Dayton Circus Creative Collective. Submissions of all art forms are invited. Send an application letter, preferably by email, to sideshow2010@gmail.com with two to five samples of your work attached. MP3s are preferred for audio, YouTube for video and JPGs for photos. Most digital formats are acceptable, however.
For help in organizing a submission, contact Kidtee Hello at kidteehello@gmail.com or call (219) 707-1643. For more information, contact David Kenworthy at (937) 430-4172 or kenworthy.5@wright.edu. Also, see
;www.daytoncircus.org.
All Children’s Theatre will have open auditions at 4 p.m. Feb. 22 and 25 and 9 a.m. Feb. 29 for a May 6-23 double production of “Disney’s Cinderella Kids” and “Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Kids.” Location is Washington Twp.’s Town Hall Theatre, 27 N. Main St., Centerville. Students in grades two through 12 are eligible. Those cast will pay a registration fee of $130. Advance registration is required — by phone at (937) 433-8957, or online at www.townhalltheatre.org.
Lebanon Theatre Company will have auditions for the Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson musical “Pippin” at 2 p.m. Feb. 21, in the Bethany United Church of Christ, 1026 S. Ohio 123, Lebanon. That is near the intersection of I-73 and Ohio 123. Call (513) 494-1932 for more details.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2377 or tmorris@DaytonDaily.News.com
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