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CCM Mainstage Series Continues with Timely Political Drama Her Naked Skin
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Musics (CCM) Mainstage Acting Series resumes in February with the regional premiere of Rebecca Lenkiewiczs enthralling drama,
Her Naked Skin
. Directed by CCM Acting Chair
,
Her Naked Skin
plays
Feb. 9-12
with a special preview performance on
Wednesday, Feb. 8
. Set in London in 1913, this production focuses on the thousands of suffragettes who served time in Holloway Prison after demanding their right to vote.
Her Naked Skin
explores a crucial moment in the Suffragette Movement when, with emancipation almost in sight, women refuse to let the establishment stand in their way. Political battles collide with personal struggles when Celia Cain, trapped by the policies of the day and a frustrating marriage, begins an affair with seamstress Eve Douglass while they are imprisoned.
Lenkiewiczs plays give theatre a fighting chance in an easily distracted age, wrote
The Guardian
. One of her first works,
The Night Season
, won the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2004. Four years later
Her Naked Skin
became the first play written by a living female playwright to be performed in Londons Olivier Theatre, the National Theatres largest venue. The play plants a defiant feminist flag on stage, praised
The Guardian
after its premiere.
It is imperative that the CCM Acting Department presents stories written by women that place women center stage, says Hess. There is a gender bias to so many aspects of life, intentional or not, and
Her Naked Skin
stands proudly on the side of inclusion and equality.
Current events, such as the Womens March on Washington, and a tumultuous political climate make this play resonate with unexpected timeliness, Hess adds. The students in this play, many of whom participated in the recent marches, do not view this as a story of the past.
Hess elaborates, CCM Acting students must be engaged with the world, and our world is currently not unlike the world of 1913. Audiences will be exhilarated by the universal struggle presented in
Her Naked Skin
.
Her Naked Skin
isnt the first play from the National Theatre that Hess brings to CCM. The National Theatre is known for presenting sweeping historical dramas like Helen Edmundsons
Coram Boy
, which premiered in Cincinnati during CCMs 2011-12 Mainstage Series. These scripts, first presented in London, will be new to Cincinnati audiences, Hess says, and the drama on stage is guaranteed to be epic and exciting.
The right to vote is not guaranteed, although it seems to be promised. What would you do to fight for the right to vote if you were denied?
Her Naked Skin
answers that question.
This production contains adult themes and situations, including brief nudity, and is intended for mature audiences.
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Creative team
Richard E. Hess
, director
William Sawyer,
scenic designer*
Tanner Elker
, sound designer*
Patrick Jansen
, sound designer*
k. Jenny Jones
, fight choreographer
Whitney Glover
, projections & media designer*
Ashley Berg
, costume designer*
Marilyn Caskey
, dialect coach
Foster Johns
, dialect coach
Erik McCandless
, lighting designer*
Danae Jimenez
, wig & make-up designer*
Chelsea Taylor
, stage manager*
*CCM Student
Cast
Kenzie Clark
as Emily Davison/Mary Nicholson
Sarah Durham
as Miss Brint
Mickey Tropeano
as Celia Cain
Julia Netzer
as Eve Douglas
Sydney Ashe
as Flower Seller/Mrs. Major/Mrs. Collins
Carissa Cardy
as Clara Franks/Miss Beacham/Waitress
Mafer Del Real
as Florence Boorman
Ella Eggold
as Mrs. Schliefke
Clare Combest
as Mrs. Briggs
Meg Olson
as Woman in Street/Prison Wardress
Katie Langham
as Prison Wardress
Annie Grove
as Nurse
Cater Lacava
as John Seely/Guard/Freddie
Nicholas Heffelfinger
as Augustine Burrell/Guard/Dr. Klein
Graham Rogers
as Edward Grey/Guard
Owen Alderson
as Herbert Asquith/Cecil/Guard
Spencer Lackey
as Newspaper Vendor/Keir Hardie/Guard
Landon Hawkins
as Potter/Speaker/Brown/George Curzon
Ryan Garrett
as Dr. Vale/Hunt
Rupert Spraul
as Dr. Parker/Charlie Power
Isaac Hickox-Young
as William Cain
Andrew Ramsey
as Guard
Performance Times
- 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 (preview)
- 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9
- 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10
- 2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11
- 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12
Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets to
Her Naked Skin
are $27-31 adults, $17-20 non-UC students and $15-18 UC students with a valid ID. Tickets to the Feb. 8 preview performance are just $15.
Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12-15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, also based on availability.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at
ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/her-naked-skin
.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit
for information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit
. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
For directions to CCM Village, visit
.
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Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macys
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