Clear Stage Cincinnati

You can often find them in the Aronoff Center’s ⁵⁄₃^rd Theatre. That is the small black box theater on the north east side of the building. Clear Stage Cincinnati is a small not as well known theater company in our fair city.
Some may remember them from their well publicized productions of the Lord of the Rings a few years back. I never got to see those productions, but I heard they were interesting. I saw two productions. The first was Driving Miss Daisy which was really really good. The acting between the three integral characters was very heart wrenching. The second play I saw was Jean Anouilh’s The Lark; a play about Joan of Arcs struggles. This play was really good, but the text was really heavy so it was easy to follow. The actors were so into it!
Clear Stage tends to have very family friendly programs. They often do the classics mixed with a little extra. I’m not sure where the company currently stands however. They did a production of Othello a few months ago and I haven’t heard much from them lately.
Clear Stage Cincinnati also offers various stage combat workshops and classes. Several of their members are in the Society of American Fight Directors. You can find schedules for these on their website.