Indy Theatre Habit

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On my way back to my car tonight (the 2nd Saturday of the 2008 Indy Fringe Festival) after a 10:30 show, Justin from the Fringe office pulled up to me on his bicycle.  “It’s been a big night for us,” he said.  “Four or five shows sold out, or came very […]

Several days ago, after I had seen the Spotlight Players’ production of “The Dastardly Ficus and other Comedic Tales of Woe & Misery,” I got to chat by phone with the playwright, Emily Schwartz.  She was born and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana, but now lives in Chicago.
It was a pleasure chatting with her!  I am […]

I have now reported on the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival for seven days straight.   I am taking today (Thursday) and maybe tomorrow off from seeing shows to play catch-up with my posts and my life.  Even God took a break after six days, right?  And God knows, NO reviewer is a deity.
So, before I get dressed […]

Beloved readers, I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be able to post any new reviews until this afternoon.  Justin from the Fringe headquarters invited me to the Performers’ Luncheon today.  How fun is that! 
(But I hope that if there are tomatoes on the menu, certain performers will be able to resist […]

For the last time slot (10:30) of the first Sunday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I had circled the “Potpourri Potluck Kitchen Sink Meatloaf” show by Shantz Theatre Company out of Chicago.  I enjoyed their “Burying Mom” show at last year’s Fringe (pre-blog.)
However, that particular performance was cancelled, so I dashed down Mass […]

I happened to meet actor/writer Les Kurkendall at the Metro Bar and Grille after the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Preview Night Party.  I enjoyed chatting with him, so I looked forward to seeing his personal storytelling show, “Christmas in Bakersfield,” too.
I saw it at Stage Two of Theatre on the Square at 9:00 on the first Sunday evening of […]

At 7:30 on the first Sunday evening of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I walked over to the Phoenix Theatre to see “Stripped,” a new play by Amy Pettinella.  She also directed it herself, and stars in it with Greg Browning.
Several people had made a point of telling me about this piece, but I would […]

On the first Sunday afternoon of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival I had to miss a few of the time slots because of a previous commitment, but I was back downtown on Mass. Ave. by 6:00 in time to see one of my most-anticipated shows, “And I Am Not Making This Up,” by Bloomington (Indiana) […]

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Becki Roach, the volunteer coordinator for the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, told me that they still need several volunteers to staff their box office tables, usher, and do other things.  There are evening shows all this week and the second Fringe weekend is coming up! 
If you have some time you could give, please […]

 
By 10:30 on the first Saturday night of the 2008 Indy Fringe Festival I was worn out.  Worn out, and therefore in danger of biting people’s heads off.  Even though the structure of the Fringe festival allows for a relaxed, just-right transistion time betweeen shows, six shows in one day, plus all of the enjoyable but […]