28.Oct.2009 A Christmas Carol: Production Team
Priscilla Lindsay Director A favorite at the IRT for 33 of its 38 seasons, Priscilla most recently played Nan in Rabbit Hole. Among her more than 50 roles at the IRT are the title roles of Shirley Valentine, Driving Miss Daisy, and Molly Sweeney, as well as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Mrs. Gibbs in Our [...]
27.Oct.2009 LIVE BLOG: A Christmas Carol Meet and Greet
12:01 PM* IRTlive – The Meet and Greet is over! Thank you for joining us. 12:01 PM* IRTlive – ProLiance Energy is our sponsor for Education and Outreach Programs. They will be sponsoring student matinees of A Christmas Carol. 11:56 AM* IRTlive – The costume designs are lining almost the entire south wall of the [...]
12.Oct.2009 Production notes from the designers of THE GIVER
James Schumacher Scenic Designer As a team, we began this project with several things in mind. The Sameness of Ms. Lowry’s world is not a prison, even though it must be escaped. It is not actual Sameness; there are small differences, shades and gradations. People have different talents; some people are valued more than other [...]
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 [...]
05.Oct.2009 Lincoln By Design
IRT designers and artisans have been hard at work creating a vivid world for Abraham Lincoln and his cohorts to inhabit in James Still’s The Heavens Are Hung in Black. The scene and paint shops have used wood and foam to furnish Lincoln’s office with dark wood walls and furniture. In this photo Charge Scenic [...]
02.Oct.2009 Program Notes/The Designers of The Heavens Are Hung in Black
Russell Metheny Scenic Designer This play is conceived of historical fact and fiction to reveal a most powerful parallel between the late nineteenth century America of Lincoln and the twenty-first century today. I love the idea of characters on stage from different eras: past, present, and future, living and dead. My challenge is to support [...]
27.Sep.2009 Lincoln Blogs: Hard Hat Zone
This week we begin a close look at our first production of the season: James Still’s The Heavens Are Hung in Black. We’ll go back to the scene shop to see the skilled artisans of IRT bring designer Russell Metheny’s set to life. Stay tuned!
23.Sep.2009 Get ready for the Lincoln Blogs
James Still’s new play, The Heavens Are Hung in Black, opens IRT’s 2009-2010 Season on October 6. If you haven’t yet purchased your tickets, do so now. Better still, make this remarkable play the first of a whole season of great productions with an IRT subscription. From now until the opening of the play, keep [...]
29.Aug.2009 A colorful backdrop part 5
Big words indeed! This drop is HUGE, as long as the entire width of the IRT Mainstage. In the third photo you can see the steps in the lower left, giving you an idea of the scale of this thing. It’s from the IRT production of Cyrano and was designed by Rob Koharchik and painted [...]
17.Aug.2009 A Colorful Backdrop part 3
Today’s backdrop was created for the 1996 production of A Christmas Carol. It was designed by Russell Metheny and painted by Troy Longest. This drop was mounted in a lightbox which served as a “window” on the large Mainstage set. The attention to detail is staggering!