21.Oct.2009 Family Activity Guide for THE GIVER
The Family Activity Guide for our production of THE GIVER is ready for download. Family Activity Guides will be available for all three of this season’s Family Series plays: THE GIVER, ROMEO AND JULIET, and AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. The Guide includes discussion topics and activities for families to enjoy before and after [...]
12.Oct.2009 Conversation: THE GIVER
by Janet Allen, Artistic Director Newbery Award–winning writer Lois Lowry’s adolescent novels are cautionary tales set in a futurist world predicated on the loss of individuality and memory. Children, educators, and parents alike love these books for their intensity, their immediacy for young readers, and their ability to spark conversation that radiates far beyond the [...]
Lois Lowry on THE GIVER
From the time I was eight or nine, I wanted to be a writer. Writing was what I liked best in school; it was what I did best in school. I was a solitary child, born the middle of three, who lived in the world of books and my own imagination. There are some children, [...]
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 Beyond: Notes from the Director of THE GIVER
by Richard J Roberts, Director of The Giver “I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.” Over the past few months, I have mentioned to various people, young and not so young, that I am directing The Giver. And every time the reaction has been the same. First: “Oh, I love [...]