Six Students of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Named to Cast of Love Knots World Premiere

Co-Director of Essex Theatre Arts Studio Bob Allen announced six College-Conservatory of Music Drama students have been selected as cast members for the world premiere of Love Knots (a love-fest of short plays) by Kentucky playwright Philip Paradis.
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May 15, 2012 - PRLog -- Cincinnati, OH  (May 15, 2012) Co-Director of Essex Theatre Arts Studio (ETAS) Bob Allen has announced that six College-Conservatory of Music Drama students have been selected as cast members for the world premiere of Love Knots (a love-fest of short plays) by Kentucky playwright Philip Paradis. The ninety-minute show Love Knots, which is a compilation of five short comedies dealing with love’s manifestations and complications, will be presented by Essex Theatre Arts Studio and the 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival June 1-8, 2012 at the Emery Theatre, 1112 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202.
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“What a tremendously talented cast,” says Allen. “We have six students from The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama Department. I’m pleased to be working with them on this premier of Love Knots by Phil Paradis, who is a talented up-and-coming new playwright.”  In addition to the six CCM students, the cast includes nine local actors who are active in the tri-state theater scene.  

Selected to perform in Love Knots are the following CCM students:

Connor Lawrence, of Bowling Green, KY, is a sophomore at The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music pursuing a BFA in dramatic performance. He was with the Public Theater of Kentucky and Fountain Square Players in To Kill a Mockingbird (Jem Finch), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), The Diary of Anne Frank (Peter Van Daan), and Death of a Salesman (Bernard).  

Madeline McKenzie, of Fort Collins, CO, is a junior in The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama Department. She was recently seen in Ulysses as the Irishman and in Transmigration 2012: Booth as Mary Surratt.

Callie Schuttera, of Landen, OH, is about to begin her senior year as a dramatic performance major at The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She was in Coram Boy and in Ulysses. In last year’s Cincinnati Fringe, Callie played Josephine in Opal Opus: Journey to Alakazoo, which was winner of the Audience Pick of the Fringe 2011.

Sarah Vargo, of Mansfield, OH, is a junior at The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama Department.  Some of her past credits include: Thomasina Coverly in Arcadia, CCM Drama; Miss Price in Coram Boy, CCM Drama; and Penny Sycamore in You Can't Take it With You, Lexington Theatre.

Nathan Wallace, of Tupelo, MS, recently finished his first year at The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music studying dramatic performance. Some of his credits include:  A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit), Once Upon a Mattress (King Sextimus),  Lucky Stiff (Lugi de Gaudi), Gepetto and Son (Stromboli), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster), and Alice and Wonderland (Mad Hatter).  

Trey Wright from Louisville, KY, a sophomore Drama Major at The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, has played Exeter in CCM’s The Civil War, Jim in Youth Performing Arts School's Big River, Axel in The Nerd, and the Emperor in My Emperor’s New Clothes.

The 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival is a Know Theatre Production and runs from May 29-June 9th.  Five performances of Love Knots will be presented at the Emery Theatre, June 1-8, 2012.  All tickets are $12.  For information or tickets: www.cincyfringe.com/tickets/ or call 513.300.KNOW (5669).

      
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