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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Director William Brown Invites You to go AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Travel with Us by William Brown, Director I read Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days when I was in grade school. I grew up in a small town in West Virginia. We didn’t have much money, and family vacations meant an occasional trip to grandmother’s house. But I always, always wanted to travel. [...]
Design Concepts for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Kevin Depinet Scenic Designer From the beginning, the director and I wanted to incorporate the exotic and foreign nature of the Indiana Theatre’s existing architecture into the set. The red walls of the theatre evoke a Victorian sensibility that could easily represent Fogg’s home or even an exotic temple in Bombay. The set echoes the [...]
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 Designers of Becky’s New Car Discuss their Concepts
Zero to Sixty Kate Sutton-Johnson Scenic Designer The staging dynamics for Becky’s New Car drove the set concept and early environmental decisions more than any other style choice. The pace at which Becky’s story unfolds and the undeniable sense that the various locations in her life overlap and occupy a shared space were departure points [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]