WHAT’S BUGGIN’ GREG Performs Off the Hill
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 01, 2011
Important lessons about disability, friendship and self-confidence are explored in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's hilarious production of WHAT'S BUGGIN' GREG by Darrah Cloud. It will perform Off the Hill at 14 community arts centers across the region from from through October 29.
WHAT'S BUGGIN' GREG, winner of the Macy's New Play Prize, tells the story of fifth-grader Greg Samsa who wakes up one morning to discover that he has turned into a giant cockroach. What will he tell his friends? How can he face his schoolmates? Can he still perform the lead in his school play? Will his mom ever hug him again? Or is he doomed to be a science exhibit for the rest of his life?
"Darrah Cloud has turned the dark and twisted world of Franz Kafka inside out to create a fantastically funny exploration of what it means to be different - really different - in our unforgiving world. I'm not sure who's going to enjoy it more, the kids or the adults," said Director of Education Mark Lutwak.
Greg Mallios (Greg Samsa), Lara Miller (Mom), Mark St. Cyr (Darius), Margaret Ivey (Sophie) and Lormarev Jones (Dr. Bob/Dr. Theodora/Dr. Kunkel/GI Joe) from The Playhouse's Bruce E. Coyle Intern Company will appear in WHAT'S BUGGIN' GREG.
Mark Lutwak will direct. Other members of the production team include Jen Lampson (Set Designer), Melanie Mortimer (Costume Designer), Karie-Lee Sutherland (Choreographer) and Sydney Kuhlman (Stage Manager).
WHAT'S BUGGIN' GREG will tour area schools and community arts centers for grades three through six this fall from October 1 through November 6. For more information about The Playhouse's education and outreach programs, contact the Education Department at 513/345-2242 or visit www.cincyplay.com.
Off the Hill is made possible by The Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation. ArtsWave Presents, a program bringing musicians, dancers, actors and artists from Cincinnati's arts organizations into neighborhoods for public performances, also provides support.
COMMUNITY CENTER PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 1 at 7 p.m.
A.I.M., Arts Innovation Movement
6543 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45213
Sunday, October 2 at 2 p.m.
Clifton Cultural Arts Center
3711 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Friday, October 7 at 7 p.m.
Oxford Community Arts Center
P.O. Box 172
10 S. College Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
Saturday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Evendale Cultural Arts Center
10500 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Sunday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Woman's Art Club
6980 Cambridge Avenue
Mariemont, Ohio 45227
Friday, October 14 at 7 p.m.
Wyoming Fine Arts Center
322 Wyoming Avenue
Wyoming, OH 45215
Saturday, October 15 at 3 p.m.
Silverton Paideia Academy
6829 Stewart Road
Silverton, OH 45236
Sunday, October 16 at 3 p.m.Miami University VOA Learning Center
7847 VOA Park Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m.
Springfield Township - Grove Banquet Hall
9158 Winton Road
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Saturday, October 22 at 7 p.m.
Baker Hunt Art and Culture Center
620 Greenup Street
Covington, KY 41011
Sunday, October 23 at 1 p.m.
Mayerson JCC
8485 Ridge Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
Friday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Fitton Center for Creative Arts
101 South Monument Avenue
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Saturday, October 29 at 3 p.m.
Sharonville Fine Arts Council
11165 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Saturday, October 29 at 7 p.m.
District A, Kennedy Heights Presbyterian
513-631-1114
6312 Kennedy Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45213
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