Cincinnati Playhouse Presents THE PAVILLION, 5/19 - 6/12

The Tony award winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will close its Thompson Shelterhouse season with the The Pavilion by Craig Wright, which begins public previews on May 14 , opens on May 19 and continues through June 12.

The cast includes Jeffrey Kuhn (Broadway's The 39 Steps, Assassins, Wicked) as Narrator, Jay Stratton (59E59's The Dishwashers, Playhouse's Reckless) as Peter and Anney Giobbe (Lincoln Centre Theatre's Suburbia, Playhouse's One, Glass Menagerie) as Kari.

Twenty years ago, Peter and Kari were the perfect couple - high school sweethearts and very much in love. When Kari got pregnant, a panicked Peter fled town. Now, at their high school reunion, Peter wants to win her back. As the night progresses, Peter and Kari spin a tale of what-might-have-been with what-could-be. By turns poetic and comic, romantic and philosophical, The Pavilion has been hailed by critics as "an Our Town for our time."

The Pavilion was nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award and the Drama Desk Award. Craig Wright's other plays include The Gray Sisters, Blind, Mistakes Were Made, Grace, Melissa Arctic, Orange Flower Water and Recent Tragic Events. Wright was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the HBO series Six Feet Under, and has served as a writer and producer for Lost (Writers Guild of America Award), Brothers & Sisters and United States of Tara. In 2007, he created and produced the ABC series Dirty Sexy Money.

The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati's Producing Artistic Director, D. Lynn Meyers, returns to The Playhouse after a two-decade hiatus to guest-direct The Pavilion. Her previous Playhouse credits include directing Traveler in the Dark (1986), The Real Thing (1986), Max and Maxie (1987) and Steel Magnolias (1989).

Other members of The Pavilion creative team include Bill Clarke (Set Designer), Gordon DeVinney (Costume Designer), Phil Monat (Lighting Designer) and Matthew Callahan (Sound Designer). The Stage Manager is Jenifer Morrow.

Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets to The Pavilion are on sale now. For more information, call The Playhouse box office at 513/421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800/582-3208) or visit www.cincyplay.com. Call 513/345-2248 for TDD accessibility.

 

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