A History of CenterStage Players
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1885: Local residents could reach downtown Cincinnati and its cultural attractions only by a train ride or horse and buggy. That year, a group of local performers gathered in Wyoming's two-room schoolhouse to present The Dowager, an English comedy of manners. After several changes in name/venue, Wyoming Players came into existence.
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1886: The Amusement Hall was built with a stage. Wyoming Players presented productions there for many years. A memorable, unique performance was A Game of Living Chessmen, in which two chess players conducted a real game by directing actors who represented the chess pieces around a giant board laid out on the stage floor.
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Early 1950s: Wyoming Civic Center was built. It had a large common room but lacked a stage or backstage area. The WCC was the Players' home base for thirty years.
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1984: The Players moved to the Fay Centennial Auditorium in Wyoming Middle School. They performed a centennial presentation of The Dowager in 1985.
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2002: The Players returned to the Wyoming Civic Center
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2007: Wyoming Players moved to the Monmouth Theatre in Newport, KY.
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2012: The Wyoming Board of Directors voted to change the group's name to CenterStage Players Inc., moved back to Cincinnati to the North College Hill Civic Center and created a small theatre on the stage end of the gymnasium.
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2016: CSP lost its longtime matriarch, Dolores "Dee" Dunn. The Dolores Award, chosen via audience, is in her memory.
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2017: CSP moved to its location at the Lockland Auditorium, a beautifully maintained theater with a dedicated stage, dressing rooms, backstage, and a grand drape.
Lockland High School Venue Information
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Venue Address: Lockland High School Auditorium 249 W Forrer Ave. Door #10 Cincinnati, OH 45215
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Venue Owned: Rented
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Stage Dimensions: 24 X 24
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Set Construction: On Site
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Wing Space: 4 Feet
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Fly System: None
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Time Onstage Before Opening: 6-8 weeks
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Lighting Equipment: 19 Conventional and 11 LED
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Lighting Equipment Owned: Owned
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Lighting Control: Vista M1
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Lighting Restrictions:
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Very limited power available for the portable dimmer packs
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Each outlet box, whether it’s a 2 outlet or 4 outlet box, can handle a maximum of ONE dimmer pack per box. NOTE: On nights and weekends, we do not have access to the circuit breakers controlling the balcony outlets, so it’s very important to follow these warnings.
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On balcony, there are two new boxes and one old box on the back wall.
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Each can power a maximum of ONE dimmer pack with NO MORE THAN THREE conventional (non-LED) instruments.
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We typically power two more dimmer packs with 100’ extension cords plugged into new outlet boxes just behind the grand drape and running along the walls, then up to the balcony.
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To use the movable spotlights, we run extension cords into the hallway behind the balcony and plug into outlets along the walls.
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Backstage, there are two boxes on each side of the stage on the backstage side of the doorways. Each box, whether two or four outlets, can only power ONE dimmer pack. The LED lights and backstage blues can share these outlets.
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Space heaters CANNOT be run on any of these circuits.
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The (11) LED lights draw very little power and can be plugged in any box that has a dimmer pack on it.
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The light/sound booth is powered by a single extension cord located on the back wall of the balcony. It can share an outlet box with a dimmer pack.
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Available Dim Channels: 19
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Sound Equipment:
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Behringer 4 channel amp
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Peavy 4 channel guitar/PA amp
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(2) Peavey small speakers
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(2) Rockland powered speakers (No separate amp required)
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We borrow a snake from LHS.
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We use (3) baby monitors for backstage monitoring.
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Behringer Europower EPQ304 4 channel amp
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Sound Equipment Owned: Chris Lee regularly loans his Behringer 1204USB Mixer to run sound from computer to amps.
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Sound Restrictions: None
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Year Founded:
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Wyoming Players Founded in 1885
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Changed name to CenterStage Players in 2012
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Full time Staff: No