10 noteworthy shows to be spotlighted on area stages in June
Multiple premieres, a celebration of one of Dayton’s favorite sons and the exciting return of Dayton’s newest dance troupe will be spotlighted on area stages in June.
‘Mean Girls’
May 31-June 5, Dayton Live Dayton Live presents the local premiere of this 2018 Tony Award-nominated Best Musical adapted by Tina Fey from her 2004 screenplay of the same name about high school frenemies. The tuneful score features music by Fey’s Emmy-winning husband, Jeff Richmond (“30 Rock”), and lyricist Nell Benjamin (“Legally Blonde”). 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton. $29-$125. 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org.
‘Considering Matthew Shepard’
June 2-5, INNOVAtheatre Craig Hella Johnson’s oratorio about the late Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998, receives its Southwest Ohio premiere just in time for Pride weekend. Directed by Richard Lee Waldeck, this work features passages from Shepard’s personal journal as well as interviews and writings from his parents, Judy and Dennis. 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sorg Opera House, 63 S. Main St., Middletown. Reserved seating is $25 in advance. www. innovatheatre.org.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’
June 10-12, Children’s Performing Arts of Miamisburg
CPAM is heading to Skid Row as it presents Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s tuneful musical about a carnivorous plant nicknamed Audrey II. Shawn Furl, a junior at Miamisburg High School, portrays meek flower shop assistant Seymour. The Audrey II puppets are provided by the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Auditorium, S. Sixth St., Miamisburg. $10-$12. 937-388-4814 or cpamburg.com.
‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’
Through June 12, Dayton Theatre Guild
Jeff Sams directs the local premiere of Pigpen Theatre Co.’s folktale-flavored musical about an eventful journey across land, air and sea and the unwavering power of love. 8 p.m. Fridays, 5 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Ave. $14-$21. 937-2785993 or daytontheatreguild.org.
‘My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend’
June 16-July 3, Human Race Theatre Company
The Dayton premiere of this new musical about Charissa, a quirky 20-something actress, befriending Milton, an 80-something millionaire, features book and lyrics by Wright State University graduate Christian Duhamel and music and lyrics by Edward Bell. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays, and 7 p.m. Tuesdays and
Wednesdays at the Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main St., Dayton. $17-$48. 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org.
‘Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Juneteenth Celebration’
June 17-18, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
The sesquicentennial anniversary (150 years) of the birth of Paul Laurence Dunbar is celebrated in an evening of classical and gospel music. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton. $5-$85. 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org.
‘The Addams Family’
June 17-19, Muse Machine Joe Deer directs the Muse Machine’s presentation of Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s charming 2010 musical comedy about the budding romance between Gomez and Morticia’s macabre daughter Wednesday falling in love with straight-laced Ohioan Lucas Beineke. 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton. $27-$65. 937228-3630 or musemachine.com.
‘Something Rotten!’
June 17-26, Beavercreek Community Theatre
Matt Owens directs Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick and
John O’Farrell’s Renaissance-era 2015 musical comedy about two brothers/playwrights seeking to outshine William Shakespeare. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Lofino Center, 3868 Dayton-Xenia Rd., Beavercreek. $13-$16. 937-429-4737 or bctheatre.org.
‘Fiddler on the Roof ’
June 21-26, Dayton Live Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein’s classic 1964 musical, heightened by current relevancy as the war in Ukraine rages on, features such timeless tunes as “Tradition,” “Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Anatevka.” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton. $26-$109. 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org.
‘Making Moves’
June 24-25, Dayton Dance Initiative
The collaborative Dayton Dance Initiative offers eight world premieres of works ranging from contemporary ballet to modern dance to ballroom followed by a Q&A with the artists. 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday at the PNC Arts Annex, 46 W. Second St., Dayton. $20-$30. 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org.