Tri-County Players

06/17/2026

Capping off our 2025 - 2026 season:

Twelfth Night

Thank you to the cast and crew for bringing this classic to life!

1Excellence in Acting in a Play Erica Beimesche
Excellence in Acting in a Play Hannah Wagner
Excellence in Acting in a Play Michael Scarpelli
Excellence in Acting in a Play Colleen McElroy
Excellence in Costume Design Linda Roll
Excellence in Lighting Design Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Producing Lori Bowling
Excellence in Program Art Gregory Carl Smith
Excellence in Set Décor Sharon Buchtman & Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Sound Design Gregory Carl Smith & Chris Lee

Nominations:
Excellence in Acting in a Play Stephen Beck
Excellence in Acting in a Play Trisha Cooper
Excellence in Direction Bob Buchtman & Gregory Carl Smith
Excellence in Ensemble Michael Scarpelli, Jarret Reid, Ilana Milberg, & Trisha Cooper
Excellence in Ensemble The Cast of 'Twelfth Night'
Excellence in House John Vanderplough & Jamie Ball
Excellence in Other Erica Beimesche for Guitar Playing & Vocal Stylings
Excellence in Other Linda Roll for Malvolio's Costume
Excellence in Other The Vocal Trio of Erica Beimesche, Ilana Milbert, and Kali Reeves
Excellence in Program KarenElaine Stueve
Excellence in Properties Sharon Buchtman & Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Stage Management Caitlyn Hatfield

06/16/2026

Our third production during the 2025-2026 season

Leading Ladies went up in March 2025.

Orchid Awards were received from ACT of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. at the annual banquet.

Congratulations to the cast and crew from a fantastic production!

Excellence in Acting in a Play Fletcher Layton
Excellence in Acting in a Play Nathan Courtney
Excellence in Direction Trisha Cooper & Bob Buchtman
Excellence in Ensemble The Cast of 'Leading Ladies'
Excellence in Acting in a Play Catherine Collins
Excellence in Acting in a Play Jim Waldfogle
Excellence in Acting in a Play Jody Cohn
Excellence in Costume Design Karen Elaine Stueve

Nominations:
Excellence in Acting in a Play Nan Bogiani
Excellence in Acting in a Play Stephen Beck
Excellence in Hair/Wigs Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Lighting Design Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Lighting Ex*****on Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Lobby Display Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Program Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Program Art Gregory Smith
Excellence in Set Décor Sharon Buchtman & Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Set Design Trisha Cooper & Sharon Buchtman
Excellence in Sound Design Gregory Smith & Chris Lee
Excellence in Stage Management Caitlyn Hatfield

06/16/2026

Congratulations to both! You may remember Mary from her performance in A View From the Bridge.

06/15/2026

Continuing to celebrate our 2025-2026 season with the Orchid Awards received from ACT of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.

A Christmas Carol presented in December, 2025

Excellence in Acting in a Play Adria Whitfill
Excellence in Acting in a Play Elias Dean
Excellence in Acting in a Play Evan Beckmeyer
Excellence in Acting in a Play Micheal Kiser
Excellence in Costume Design Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Direction Sarah Louise Rogers & Dane Rogers
Excellence in Ensemble The Cast of 'A Christmas Carol'
Excellence in Lighting Design Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Lighting Ex*****on Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Producing Gregory Carl Smith
Excellence in Program Art Gregory Carl Smith & Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Properties Karrie Stoner & Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Set Décor Sarah Louise Rogers & Dane Rogers
Excellence in Set Design Sarah Louise Rogers & Dane Rogers
Excellence in Sound Design Chris Lee & Gregory Carl Smith
Excellence in Sound Ex*****on Chris Lee & Gregory Carl Smith
Excellence in Stage Management Lori Bowling
Excellence in Vocal Direction Jon Scheiding & Adria Whitfill

Additional Nominations given to:
Excellence in Acting in a Play Katie McDaniel
Excellence in Dialect Coaching Elias Dean
Excellence in Other Timothy Taylor for Puppets
Excellence in Photography Karen Elaine Stueve
Excellence in Pre-Show The Cast of 'A Christmas Carol'
Excellence in Program Karen Elaine Stueve & Gregory Carl Smith

06/14/2026

As we close our 2025-2026 season we celebrate our casts and crews and share the ACT of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. Orchid Awards which were received:

The Lost Virginity Tour presented in August, 2025

Excellence in Acting in a Play Lori Bowling
Excellence in Acting in a Play Barb Russell
Excellence in Acting in a Play Peggy Allen
Excellence in Direction Judy Berrens
Excellence in Ensemble Peggy Allen, Lori Bowling, Linda Roll, and Barb Russell
Excellence in Lighting Ex*****on Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Producing The Weird Sisters (Sharon Buchtman, Koben Hinman, and Judy Berrens)
Excellence in Program Art Gregory Smith
Excellence in Properties Mindi Emmons
Excellence in Set Décor Sharon Buchtman
Excellence in Stage Management Kelly Geoppinger & Caitlyn Hatfield

Additional nominations given to:
Excellence in Acting in a Play Linda Roll
Excellence in Set Design Judy Berrens
Excellence in Sound Design Michael Hughes

The Lost Virginity Tour also represented Tri-County Players at the OCTA: The Ohio Community Theatre Association Southwest Regional this past weekend.

Congratulations to Peggy Allen for receiving a Merit In Acting award.

06/12/2026

Break-an-eyelash to the cast and crew of The Lost Virginity Tour by Cricket Daniels. Performing at the OCTA: The Ohio Community Theatre AssociationSouth West Regional this Friday evening, June 12th at Princeton High School.
Open to the public, if you love theatre this is a great opportunity to see what local Cincinnati theatre companies have to offer. Tickets available at the door. Friday evening, June 12 and all day, Saturday, June 13th.

06/08/2026

Gentleman, don't let the fact only one man is needed stop you. This is an ensemble piece and everyone is almost always on stage!

ONE MORE CHANCE!

Tri-County Players
2026-2027 Season Opener

The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith
Directed by Judy Berrens

Auditions:
TONIGHT Monday, June 8th - 7pm
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, History Room (second floor)
10500 Reading Road Evendale, OH 45241

· Cold reading from script
· Bring a list of all conflicts between auditions and tech week as rehearsal days will vary as we will be using multiple libraries. Consideration will be given as to which library depending on those cast.
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2 women: 50 – 70
1 man: 20-50
1 either male or female, age range open “camera person”

Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for thirty years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly’s long-suffering TV-producer son, Stephen, tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!

Performances: August 21, 22, 23, 28 & 29 (Tech week 8/15-8/20)
Performances are at Evendale Bell Tower.

06/08/2026

ONE MORE CHANCE!

Tri-County Players
2026-2027 Season Opener

The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith
Directed by Judy Berrens

Auditions:
TONIGHT Monday, June 8th - 7pm
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, History Room (second floor)
10500 Reading Road Evendale, OH 45241

· Cold reading from script
· Bring a list of all conflicts between auditions and tech week as rehearsal days will vary as we will be using multiple libraries. Consideration will be given as to which library depending on those cast.
**********************************************************************
2 women: 50 – 70
1 man: 20-50
1 either male or female, age range open “camera person”

Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for thirty years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly’s long-suffering TV-producer son, Stephen, tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!

Performances: August 21, 22, 23, 28 & 29 (Tech week 8/15-8/20)
Performances are at Evendale Bell Tower.