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Late, A Cowboy Song- Sara Ruhl
“By all accounts, Late, a Cowboy Song is Sarah Ruhl’s most elusive script — a tender, underproduced meditation on identity, long-term love, and the fences we build around gender roles and personal freedom. But under the direction of Aiden Dalton, Performing Arts Director, this rarely-seen work comes to life with poignant clarity and quiet defiance...Late, a Cowboy Song may not be Ruhl’s most celebrated play, but in the hands of the Ghostlight Stage Company, it’s a profound, resonant evening of theatre.This production reminds us that freedom — in identity, in love, in life — is always worth being late for." - Bryna Chandler with League of Cincinnati Theaters
"This is an incredible achievement for Director and Sound Designer Aiden Dalton and Composer Jarrett McCormick. Their vision is clear in every moment and the music builds into the personality of the show....I especially appreciate their willingness to take a chance on a show like this, and their commitment to accessibility in the theater. They have multiple resources for the blind and visually impaired as well as the deaf and hearing impaired. In addition they have adopted an excellent pay-what-you-can program to assist with making theater affordable for everyone who wants to see their work. This is an excellent example that other theatres in the area should emulate (and yes, many do!) in this reviewer’s humble opinion. Live theatre should be accessible for all. Go see this show." - Chase Johnson, LCT
Sherwood: The Adventures of Robinhood - Ken Ludwig
" The multiple fight scenes are well choreographed and executed, and sound design supports the show with many arrow “thwaps.” Director Aiden Dalton uses the whole stage, audience space, and walkways, firmly planting the show in a forest...There is interactive fun, too: the audience boos for the bad guy and cheers for the good, stands when Prince John enters, claps when he dictates it...
No Robin Hood would be without great
swordplay (Gina Cerimele-Mechley fight
director), and there is plenty! The story
is told in modern, witty language that
gets a lot of laughs."- Liz Eichler, League of Cincinnati Theaters
Your Neighbor- Aiden Dalton
"Under the direction of Aiden Dalton, Your Neighbor embraces a minimalistic approach that suits the Falcon Theatre’s intimate, close-quarters environment. Rather than relying on elaborate sets, props, or costumes, the production locates its power in the charged space between actor and audience, where eye contact, breath, and silence carry as much weight as any design choice. In this stripped-down context, the emotional clarity of the performances becomes the primary engine of meaning, and in that respect, the production shines...
The original script by Aiden Dalton weaves together three interlocking narratives drawn from in-depth interviews with real people living with HIV in Southwest Ohio. The result is a triptych of perspectives that feel both theatrical and documentary, inviting the audience into an intimate proximity with the characters' fears, failures, and hard-won resilience...
Listed as Dalton’s final season with Ghostlight before relocating to New York City to further his career, Your Neighbor also carries the quiet resonance of a farewell. It reads both as a culmination of his work with the company and a statement of artistic values: theatre that is intimate, community-focused, and grounded in real human experience." -Willie Caldwell, League of Cincinnati Theatres
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