AWARDWINNING PLAYWRIGHT, Y YORK’S RIVER RAT AND CAT PLAYS AT OXFORD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill production of RIVER RAT AND CAT, by playwright Y York, will perform at the Oxford Community Arts Center. The show is open to the public and will take place on Friday, April 27^th at 7PM.

           

York, who will be available to autograph the play’s script after the performance says, “I’m thrilled that the Cincinnati Playhouse is producing River Rat and Cat for their littlest supporters because, as it’s happening in my town, I’ll get to see it over and over as it works its power on my favorite audience.”  (Scripts will be available for a $7.00 donation to OCAC.)

An award winning playwright, Y York has written pieces that have been variously described as monologues, monodramas, stories, performance pieces, or poems.  “Y York writes with passion and delivers a powerful appeal for personal freedom and idiosyncratic behavior,” writes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  The New York Times credits her with “making her points by not taking herself too seriously, even as she offers astute observations about environmental, racial, and family matters.”

In 2002, Y was awarded the AATE Charlotte Chorpenning Award, recognizing her body of work, and in 2004, she received the Hawai`i Award for Literature.  She has been writing plays for children since 1993. 

According to Playhouse Director of Education Mark Lutwak, “River Rat and Cat is a thoroughly delightful romp that manages to touch on the meaning of friendship. This play will be enjoyed most by children between the ages of 4 and 94.”   Appearing are Margaret Ivey (River Rat), Aram Monisoff (Cat) and Katherine Leigh (Dale Beaver) from the Playhouse’s Bruce E. Coyle Intern Company.

Members of the River Rat and Cat production team include Mark Lutwak (Director) Tamara L. Honesty (Set Designer), Lisa Molyneux (Costume Designer), Anna Goller (Props Designer), Carlos Saldaña (Stage Hand/ Musician) and Sydney Kuhlman (Stage Manager). 

Off the Hill is made possible by The Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation.  This performance at OCAC is made possible by a grant through ArtsWave Presents, a program bringing musicians, dancers, actors and artists from Cincinnati’s arts organizations into neighborhoods for public performances.

The Oxford Community Arts Center is located at 10 S. College Avenue, in Oxford, Ohio. For additional information about Second Friday, or about the Arts Center itself contact 513-524-8506, email info@oxarts.org, or visit their website at www.oxarts.org.