Tamara Harkavy works deep in the ghetto. She knows it, and now I do too. "You're in the ghetto, girl," she says, after hearing I've gotten lost in Over-the-Rhine en route to our first meeting  

Risk-taker, outspoken and courageous. They are fully loaded words used by Catherine Roma to describe the characteristics of a powerful person. And when taken in context, Roma herself is powerful.  

"Power is about not quitting. You can't quit in the theater, and you can't quit on 12th and Vine." In the context of theater in Cincinnati and the realities of theater in general, that's bru  

"Art is an effort to create, besides the real world, a more human world." -- Andre Maurois Art is rough business. Making art is hard, and so is showing it. After the artistic showcase, there