Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ Goes to High School
November 17, 2025
Cincy Shakes is known for creative reinventions of Shakespeare’s works and this is certainly a creative gamble. I am happy to say that it pays off.
President 2025-2026, and 2012-2014; Stage Insights Chair
Liz Eichler (she/her) is a member of American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, and has managed LCT’s Stage Insights for over 12 years. Her career has encompassed arts, education, and arts education, and has worked at the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware, New Jersey Shakespeare Company, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the University of South Carolina, and more. She’s taught Marketing, Digital Marketing, Communications, Theatre, Design and Acting. BA in Theatre and Speech at DeSales University, Master of Theatre Education at Rutgers’ Mason Gross, and MBA from Wright State. A proud mom of five amazing humans who also love the arts, and proud grandmother.
Vice President for Organizations
Shelby has a background in theatre education and dance, including the Director of Artistic and Educational Programs with the Surry Arts Council in North Carolina where she directed, choreographed, designed and taught for students throughout North Carolina and Virginia. Shelby has a background in teaching students diagnosed with various physical, mental, and learning disabilities. Shelby has taught at various institutes across the country including Lexington Children’s Theatre, Shooting Stars YouTheatre, Missoula Children’s Theatre, StageRight MTC Inc, Morehead State University, Surry Community College, Surry Arts Council, Ryle High School, Surry County Schools, Millennium Charter Academy, Cincinnati Public Schools, Boone County Public Libraries, Kenton County Public Libraries, Grant County Public Libraries and now The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.
Treasurer (since 2013-stepping down in 2025)
Pamela M. Young has been on the LCT board since Summer 2013 as treasurer. She enjoys being a part of this vibrant group. Her full time job is with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati since 2007. Pam says there is something about seeing children attend live theatre and the amazement on their faces, totally hoping they become the next generation of theatre goers!
Secretary
The recipe for a Kate Mock Elliott is to take one part Peter Pan complex, two parts Type-A control freak, mix together and simmer inside twelve years of Catholic school, let rise in a liberal arts music program, combine with an atheist guitarist, add two strong-willed daughters, fill with a burning desire to change the world for the better, and flavor generously with a wide assortment of hobbies, passions, interests, and skills. Heat over a candle burning at both ends, and watch what happens. katemockelliott.com
Past President 2023, 2024
Erin Carr (she/her) is currently working as a physical theatre practitioner, intimacy choreographer, and movement/kinesics consultant out of Cincinnati, OH. She is a proud graduate from NYU-Tisch where she studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing. She also recently received her MBA with a focus on Entrepreneurship and is currently working on her neuro-linguistic programming certification. In addition, she is the Co-Artistic Director of the feminist-centric theatre company, ReVamp Collective, based in Philadelphia, PA, as well as the Co-Founder of Solasta Theatre Lab in Cincinnati, OH. Additional information: www.erincarr.com
Past President 2019-2022
Accomplished artist and educator Maggie is now the Assistant Dean of Prep and Community Engagement at UC – CCM. Previously she was the Artistic Director at SCPA, and Theatre Director of The Carnegie. She served as President of LCT through the Pandemic. Maggie has extensive experience in community arts programs, dance, theatre, administration, and education. She is also a Cincinnati native. She obtained an undergraduate degree from Miami University in theatre, education, and community arts and a Master’s in Teaching from Thomas More University.
| American Legacy Theatre | Dora Bayliss |
| Broadway Series | Elizabeth Truitt & Anne Simendinger |
| The Carnegie | Tyler Gabbard |
| The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati | Roderick Justice |
| Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music | Brant Russell & Curt Whitacre |
| Cincinnati Lab Theatre | Torie Pate |
| Clifton Perfomance | Carol Brammer |
| Cincinnati Landmark Theatres | Rodger Pille |
| Cincinnati Playhouse | Katie Baskerville |
| Cincinnati Shakespeare Company | Candice Handy |
| Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati | Torie Wiggins |
| Falcon Theatre | Ted Weil |
| Gem City Players | Riki Mitakides |
| Human Race Theatre Company | Emily N. Wells |
| InBocca | Caroline Stine |
| Know Theatre | Katie Hartman & Bridget Leak |
| Magnolia Theatre Company | Gina Minyard |
| Miami University Theatre | Matt Omasta |
| Mount St. Joseph’s Theatre | Lauren Carr |
| NKU SOTA | Michael Hatton |
| Stage Right MTC | John Siedenberg II |
| The Ghostlight Theatre Company | Aiden Dalton |
| The Story Collective | Susan Jung |
| Xavier University | Stephen Skiles |
Cincy Shakes is known for creative reinventions of Shakespeare’s works and this is certainly a creative gamble. I am happy to say that it pays off.
Director Matthew Lewis Johnson transports Shakespeare’s story about 400 years from the 1590’s to the neon-soaked pulse of the 1980’s.