By Rick Pender

More and more chances lately to see new plays right here in Cincinnati. (Check out "Rebels With A Cause" on page 65.) Friday evening New Edgecliff Theatre offers a reading at the Cincinnati Art Museum as it prepares for its world premiere of SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT by Randall Cook. The show will be fully staged this fall (Oct. 26-Nov. 5), but the CAM reading (a benefit for Women Helping Women, the agency serving victims of sexual assault and domestic violence) offers a sneak preview. The "wicked, dark comedy [is] about a hopelessly dysfunctional and angry family of women," trapped by a group of fundamentalist Christians protesting a production of The Diary of Anne Frank. Mingling comedy with serious moments, the play explores issues of self-worth and cultural values. Tickets: 513-662-5654. ... Last weekend's ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI production of My Left Breast, Susan Miller's moving chronicle of her battle with cancer, was such a success that ETC is negotiating with Miller to return for another round of performances in October or November. ... OVATION THEATRE COMPANY has announced an ambitious 2000-2001 season for the Aronoff Center's Fifth Third Bank Theater. Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starts the season in October. Other productions will include Douglas Carter Beane's As Bees in Honey Drown, a program of one-acts by Lanford Wilson, and a musical review by Stephen Sondheim, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow. Info: 513-369-1544. ... Last Sunday's New York Times tersely corrected its theater listings: Keith Glover's THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, which played to rave reviews at the Cincinnati Playhouse a year ago and had subsequent productions in several cities, "was to open on June 11 at the Minetta Lane Theater. It has been withdrawn from production." According to the Playhouse's Peter Robinson, problems between the producer and the union were the final straw. Glover's "cowboy vampire" show, DARK PARADISE, will get its world premier at the Playhouse early next year.

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