Cincinnati Magazine
April 8, 2021
ETC’s streaming production of “Side Man” features Spencer Lackey (top), Jennifer Joplin, Charlie Clark, and five other actors.
Photograph provided by Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati has had to be scrappy over its 35-year history, long before Over-the-Rhine was a go-to destination, surviving and thriving thanks to the creative leadership of Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. Like theaters everywhere, ETC screeched to a halt in March 2020 when the pandemic shut down the world, especially venues where audiences gathered. They’d presented one performance of Dominique Morisseau’s
Pipeline when Ohio was suddenly locked down.