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2008 Summer Classes Announcing our |
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| A MUSICAL WEEKEND AT THE HUMAN RACE July 11-13, 2008 Three brand new musicals will all collide on the Loft stage the weekend of July 11 – 13, 2008, in what will be our most musical week ever! Our Musical Theatre Workshop will have two musicals in development being presented as staged readings, and our Summer Stock Teens program will be presenting their original musical, developed in cooperation with the Lovewell Institute. <<about the show>> |
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| SNAPSHOTS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by David Stern September 20 – October 7, 2007 Series 1 & Series 2 We are proud to have been selected to produce this brand new work by famed composer Stephen Schwartz. <<about the show>> |
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| THE SUNSET LIMITED by Cormac McCarthy October 25 – November 11, 2007 Series 2 In this thoughtful drama from the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a professor throws himself in front of a train and an ex-con pulls him out of harm's way and takes him home to talk. <<about the show>> |
| A TUNA CHRISTMAS by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard December 6 – December 23, 2007 Series 1 Leave your brain at home and roll with the holiday fun in the third smallest town in Texas, where the best lawn display contest is down and dirty, and a mysterious phantom may strike at any time. <<about the show>> |
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| DAYTON'S DIVINE MISS P. KATIE PEES ONE-WOMAN SHOW April 12, 2008 After much hint-dropping and very little persuasion, the incomparable Katie Pees will perform her newest one-woman show, DAYTON’S DIVINE MISS P. The show guarantees an evening of surprises and old favorites of divine comedy, song and dance! Proceeds of this event benefit The Human Race Theatre Company’s musical programming. <<about the show>> |
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STEPHEN SCHWARTZ SCHOLARSHIP SHOW April 26, 2008 Eight talented young people with local ties will be performing unusual auditions April 26 – unusual and very special. Instead of singing in front of a director or a college professor or two, they’ll be at The Loft Theatre downtown, in front of a crowd that will include one of the foremost musical theatre composers of our age. The eight are the finalists for the first Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Scholarships from The Human Race Theatre. <<about the show>> |
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5K RUN/WALK April 26, 2008 Get some exercise as you support the performing arts! Each spring, The Human Race holds its annual “Join the Race” 5K Run/Walk along the banks of the Great Miami River in Downtown Dayton. Participants of all ages are welcome, with T-shirts for everyone and medals going to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each age group. Just for registering, each adult participant receives a ticket voucher to selected shows on the Loft Series. <<about the event>> |
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| FIVE COURSE LOVE Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin Starts June 12, 2008 for a limited run Love is the recipe for comedy. Five Course Love is completely sung-through with three performers, each playing five characters in five different restaurants. <<about the show>> |
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AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO... What? You didn’t know? You can be front and center for the Tony Awards. Okay, not in New York. But in Vandalia! That’s right – The Human Race will present its third Annual Tony Awards Party Sunday, June 15, at the incredibly beautiful estate of Miles & Karen Brazie and Kirk Stager. The event is a fundraiser for The Human Race Theatre Company and begins at 6:30pm, with live broadcast of the Tony Awards from New York at 8 pm. The entire evening is sponsored by Westminster Financial Companies. You notice the date is Fathers’ Day? Well, what better way to treat dad and yourself than being served your favorite libation, indulging in a sumptuous spread of foods prepared just for you and mingling with friends from The Human Race. And in addition to all the food and drink and the thrill of the awards, there will be games, prizes and unique auction items. Tickets are $75 per person ($50 a tax-deductible gift). Space is limited, so call The Human Race at 461-3823 today. Join The Human Race as we present the best of Broadway theatre! |
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WINE CELLAR RAFFLE Love wine? Love someone who loves wine? RAFFLE TICKETS: $20 per chance, or 6 chances for $100 TO PURCHASE: Call The Human Race 937/461-3823 DRAWING: June, 2008. Must be 21 to enter. Need not be present to win. WINE CELLAR
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| SHENANDOAH Music by Gary Geld • Lyrics by Peter Udell Book by Peter Udell, Philip Rose and James Lee Barrett May 6-18, 2008 At the Victoria Theatre • Produced by The Human Race Theatre Company Dealing with one family’s struggle to stay out of the Civil War, Shenandoah is a piece of inspirational musical theatre whose time has come once again. <<about the show>> |
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