18.Feb.2011 From the Danner Lounge with Janet Allen
Janet Allen, IRT’s Artistic Director and director of The Diary of Anne Frank, talks with us about directing The Diary of Anne Frank and how it still speaks to today’s audience.
26.Jan.2011 NUVO’s Review for Diary of Anne Frank
IRT’s Diary of Anne Frank by Josefa Beyer Rebecca Buller stars in ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ at IRT. 4.5 stars Wendy Kesselman’s 1998 adaptation of the acclaimed Diary of Anne Frank (1955) injects into the original more of the real Anne’s actual diary passages and more dialogue about Nazi-era horrors. What remains crucial to [...]
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 [...]
22.Apr.2010 Artistic Director Janet Allen on AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
80 days, 37 chapters, 24 time zones, and 5 actors by Janet Allen, Artistic Director Just three years before Jules Verne wrote Around the World in Eighty Days (serialized in Le Temps in 1872), two great achievements changed the course of human movement. In 1869, the French opened the Suez Canal, so that ships from [...]
18.Mar.2010 Becky’s New Car: Notes from the Artistic Director
BENITA’S NEW PLAY by Janet Allen, Artistic Director It’s a pretty joyous day when we find a smart, insightful contemporary comedy to produce! Sadly, these days, comedy seems to be relegated to serial television and romantic movies—largely disposable forms. The shelf life of a comedy in the theatre isn’t all that long. In part, this [...]
Notes from the director of Becky’s New Car
LIBERATION by James Still, Director What if Cinderella goes to the ball and stays past midnight? I have liked, admired, and followed Steven Dietz’s work as a playwright for 20 years, so it’s especially sweet to find myself directing Becky’s New Car. As a student of other writers, there’s nothing like directing a play to [...]
21.Jan.2010 Crossing the Line
by Janet Allen, Artistic Director Romeo and Juliet is easily the best known of Shakespeare’s plays. Popularized by innumerable film adaptations, the story of the star-crossed lovers is known world-wide, and is equally accessible to both children who are seeing their first Shakespeare play and adults who have seen this particular play many times. In [...]
22.Dec.2009 Channel 8′s Dick Wolfsie Onstage at IRT
WISH-TV 8′s Dick Wolfsie visited artistic director Janet Allen this past Sunday morning on the set of St Vincent Health presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL. They discussed that production and our current Upperstage production of A. R. Gurney’s LOVE LETTERS. Janet revealed that Dick had appeared in the play years ago at the Edyvean Repertory Theatre!
IRT TV: Channel 8′s Dick Wolfsie makes a quick change
WISH-TV 8′s Dick Wolfsie visited Janet Allen at the IRT this past Sunday morning. They checked out the dressing rooms for the actors of St Vincent Health presents A Christmas Carol and Dick advanced his theory of standing ovations. He also tried his hand at making a quick change!
14.Dec.2009 Now playing at IRT: Renoir
IRT’s production of A.R. Gurney’s LOVE LETTERS has begun previews (get your tickets here!). Sharing the stage with Priscilla Lindsay and Patrick Clear is a work by Pierre Auguste Renoir called Sketch after Danse à Bougival. The work, a “sketch” by the artist from this larger work, was chosen by director Janet Allen and scenic [...]