22.Apr.2010 Meet the Cast and Production Team of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
La Shawn Banks Passepartout et al. La Shawn hails from Chicago and makes his debut at the IRT. Chicago credits include The Island at Remy Bumppo Theatre; Old Glory, The Turn of the Screw, Othello, The Duchess of Malfi, and To the Green Fields Beyond at Writers’ Theatre; Edward II at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Execution [...]
Jules Verne, Author of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Author Jules Verne 1828-1905 Universally acknowledged as the father of science fiction, Jules Verne wrote nineteenth century novels that featured many wonders not yet invented. He is often credited with predicting skyscrapers, submarines, helicopters and airplanes, film projectors, and jukeboxes, as well as expeditions to the north and south poles, the use of hydrogen as [...]
18.Mar.2010 Becky’s New Car: About the Playwright
Steven Dietz, playwright Steven Dietz is one of America’s most-produced contemporary playwrights. Since 1983, his 30-plus plays have been seen at over 100 regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in England, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Greece, Argentina, Peru, Korea, Singapore, and [...]
The Production Team for Becky’s New Car
James Still Director Over his 12 years as playwright-in-residence, IRT audiences have seen James’s plays The Heavens Are Hung in Black, Interpreting William, Iron Kisses, Looking over the President’s Shoulder (twice), The Gentleman from Indiana, Searching for Eden, He Held Me Grand, Amber Waves, And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne [...]
20.Jan.2010 Shakespeare
Although William Shakespeare is generally considered the greatest dramatist in the English language, few facts are known about his life. Only a handful of legal documents verify his existence. Tradition has it that he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small market town, on April 23, 1564. His father was a glove maker who became High [...]
The Cast of ROMEO AND JULIET
Karen Aldridge Nurse Karen makes her IRT debut. At Chicago Shakespeare Theatre she has played Olivia in Twelfth Night, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Isabella in Edward II, and the Princess of France in Love’s Labor’s Lost; she also appeared in the international tour of Le Costume directed by Peter Brook, which included performances at Chicago [...]
12.Oct.2009 THE GIVER production team
Eric Coble Playwright Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up on Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado. He earned his B.A. in English from Fort Lewis College in Colorado and his M.F.A. in acting from Ohio University. His play Bright Ideas was produced off-Broadway in 2001 and has since [...]
The Cast of THE GIVER
Reilly Crouse Asher Reilly was born in Mobile, Alabama, where he developed a taste for fine Southern BBQ and first learned the fine art of enjoying the feel of sand between his toes. He moved to Indianapolis with his family in 2001 and has studied both the usual and unusual at Isom Elementary and Greenwood [...]
02.Oct.2009 The Cast of The Heavens Are Hung in Black
Nick Abeel Thomas Haley, ensemble Nick is a (young) old friend of the IRT, getting his start on this very stage in To Kill a Mockingbird twelve years ago, and later appearing in A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, The Red Badge of Courage, and more. Now he is thrilled to be returning to the IRT as an [...]