Admission to the play is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22, 2019.
CCM concludes its 2018-19 Studio Series with MJ Kaufman’s Association of Controlled Dreamers on April 25-27, 2019, in Cohen Family Studio Theater.
In the play, a young, charismatic senator pursues policies that could have long-lasting repercussions for public education. A group of college students tries every technique available to them to change his mind, from occupying his lawn to collective lucid dreaming.
“The play is about students fighting for affordable education,” says Brant Russell, the show’s director. “The play also resonates with our current political and educational circumstances in that many college students feel as though they have little power over the institutions that rule their worlds. If students wish to be heard, they sometimes have to resort to less traditional means of communication.”
CCM commissioned Kaufman, who is a staff writer on Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, to write Association of Controlled Dreamers for the college’s summer Playwrights Workshop in 2017. Students presented a reading of the play as part of the workshop, but now audiences can see the fully-staged version.
While the subject matter addresses serious and modern societal concerns, Russell notes that the production doesn’t lose its humor. “The play is funny (really funny), moving, and relies on what’s best about CCM: students collaborating to create something greater than the sum of its parts.”
Performances of Association of Controlled Dreamers take place April 25-27, 2019, in CCM’s Cohen Family Studio Theater.
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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Creative Team
- Brant Russell, director
- Andrew Wright, lighting designer
- Hannah Gruneisen, master electrician
- Maya Hughes, assistant master electrician/board operator
- Will Graham, stage manager
- Cole Nevins, assistant stage manager
- Leah Berry, production assistant
- Emma Heath, production assistant
- Ryan Hurt, sound designer
- Dan DeGroh, composer/musician
Cast List
- Rin Wallace as Brittany
- Annie Jacques as Tara
- Paige Jordan as Vera
- Zoe Cotzias as Amber
- Michelle Jardine as Amaryllis
- Madison Pullman as Mary
- Amanda Nelson as Mother
- Briley Oakley as Social Media
- Sierra Coachman as Secret Girlfriend
- Cameron Nalley as Sammy
- Jason Pavlovich as Tom
- Reid Robison as Edward
- Matt Fox as Senator/Twin
- Frankie Chuter as Job Man
- Sydney Miles as Rhonda/Hope
Performance Times
- 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25
- 8 p.m. Friday, April 26
- 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27
Location
Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati
Admission
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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 uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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Acting Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman and Margaret Straub
Story by CCM Graduate Student Jonathan Dellinger
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