16.Jun.2010 Press Release: Priscilla Lindsay to leave IRT for new role at the University of Michigan
June 16, 2010
CONTACT: Kelly Young, 317.753.3258, kelly@baisecommunications.com
IRT Curtain Closes on One of Indy’s Favorite Actresses as the IRT Announces the Resignation of Priscilla Lindsay, Associate Artistic Director, Director and Actor
(Indianapolis) – At today’s Annual Meeting, Indiana Repertory Theatre officials announced that Priscilla Lindsay, veteran actress and IRT’s Associate Artistic Director, has accepted an appointment as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Drama in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, pending the approval of the Regents.
“IRT is the first and only theatre with which I’ve been associated here in Indianapolis, and I’ve had a grand time,” said Lindsay, “so many wonderful roles and great plays to direct! More importantly, I’ve had the best colleagues and friends in the world. My husband Richard and I have reared our three children here and could not imagine a more perfect, loving community in which to do that.”
Lindsay has been with the IRT 33 of its 38 seasons. Among her more than 80 productions at the IRT are the title roles in Shirley Valentine, Driving Miss Daisy, Molly Sweeney, and Joan and Charles with Angels, as well as Melissa Gardner in Love Letters, Nat in Rabbit Hole, Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Alving in Ghosts, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, and Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa. In recent years she has directed The Year of Magical Thinking, To Kill a Mockingbird and ten editions of A Christmas Carol, and Huckleberry Finn, The Color of Justice, A Woman Called Truth, Romeo and Juliet, The Red Badge of Courage, The Miracle Worker, I Am Somebody, and Ride a Blue Horse.
“Priscilla’s contributions to professional theatre in Indiana are inestimable: from her ingenue roles, played in the earliest years of the IRT, to her 10-year run directing IRT’s holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, to her inspiring work as a theatre educator, to her acting virtuosity in recent years in such roles as Linda Loman (Death of a Salesman), Amanda Wingfield (Glass Menagerie) and the unforgettable Shirley Valentine (which she did twice!), Priscilla’s momentous talent, authentic spirit, and generous heart have thrilled audiences young and old,” said Janet Allen, Artistic Director and Co-CEO. “We can’t begin to thank Priscilla enough for the contributions she has made to the IRT in these many roles, but we can salute and celebrate the great artistry she has left behind, acknowledging that truly, she has been a cornerstone in the making and sustaining of the Indiana Repertory Theatre.”
Lindsay graduated from the University of Michigan in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and in 1972 as a Professional Theatre Fellow with a Master of Arts.
“This new job was not something I was seeking, but an offer like this comes around once in a lifetime. I look upon this as a new adventure, a new chapter in our lives. To be a part of one of the great universities of the world, heading up the department I was once a part of, is a dream come true.”
Lindsay is the first woman to chair the Theatre Department at Michigan. She will officially begin her tenure on September 1, 2010.
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