Indy Theatre Habit

Late last Sunday afternoon I drove to Massachusetts Avenue in downtown Indy to catch the 5:00 showing of “Proof” at Theatre on the Square.  It was…oh-my-GOODNESS wonderful. This Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning drama was written by David Auburn.  Julianne Inskeep directed it here at TOTS, assisted by William Skaggs.  The technical director was James Trofatter. The [...]

I have a friend who always reads the last few pages of a book first.  Then she goes back and reads the whole thing from the beginning.  She says she can more fully enjoy the book if she knows what’s coming.  I would never do that – and I am not going to spoil anything [...]

On Saturday night I drove downtown to the Fountain Square neighborhood to see a staged reading of Eve Ensler’s play, “The Vagina Monologues.”  The venue was the Wheeler Arts Community building.  The reading was organized by Kelly Thomas to benefit The Julian Center. This two-night, sold-out benefit was part of V-Day, which is “a global movement [...]

On Friday night I drove through thickly falling snow to the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis to see Stageworthy Productions’ presentaton of “Six Degrees of Separation,” by John Guare. The venue was the sanctuary of the Jesus Metropolitan Community Church.  Lori Raffel directed.  The producer was John Kastner. This is a very cerebral show: it didn’t [...]

After a long conversation with Sue at the IRT box office this afternoon, I caved.  I accepted free tickets to see “The Power of One” and “The Piano Lesson.”  Less than two months as a theatre reviews blogger and I am back to accepting media passes. Sigh… I was not going to accept any more media [...]

On Wednesday night I went with friends to Beef’n’Boards Dinner Theatre on the northwest side of Indy to see “West Side Story” – book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. I had never seen a staged version before, only the 1961 Academy Award-winning movie.  The movie was adapted from the [...]

Last Sunday afternoon I drove a bit south of Indy to Martinsville to see “Dearly Departed,” by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones.  It was directed by Brent Wooldridge and presented at “The Depot” by The Martinsville Arts Council’s Merry MAC Players. I was charmed and delighted by this wacky piece.  It manages to take every [...]

On Saturday night I drove downtown to the Indiana History Center for storyteller Bil Lepp’s presentation of “Punching the Lard: True Stories & Tall Tales.”  It was produced by Storytelling Arts of Indiana and sponsored by Andrew Hamaker. The IHC’s Frank and Katrina Basile Theater was packed.  Earlier in the evening, several people had attended Storytelling Arts of [...]

On Friday night I drove downtown to the Alley Theater to see the opening night performance of “Unmerciful Good Fortune,” written by Edwin Sanchez and directed by Carrie Schlatter. Afterwards I sat in my car and sobbed for a good long while.  The cumulative effect of this intense drama is a satisfying catharsis.

My new business cards for Indy Theatre Habit arrived in the mail today! They look a little different from what I imagined when I filled out the online template, but I am still delighted.  Now I will have something tidy to hand to people who ask me to repeat the name of my blog, rather than tearing [...]