Indy Theatre Habit

Yay! Today Gabe Gloden, Managing Director for  The Bloomington Playwrights Project, emailed me (amarylliswriter at gmail dot com) a press release with info about their upcoming season.  I love it when theatres do this!  So far, BPP is the only theatre in Indiana to do so this year.  Thanks very much, Gabe and BPP!  You can be [...]

If you have been reading my blog from the beginning you know that I love to interview theatre artists when I can.  I am especially interested in playwrights because a) I think of myself as a writer, too, and excellence in other writers of all kinds inspires me, and b) the unique, multi-faceted magic of [...]

My goodness, there is a lot going on this next weekend!  “Annie” is still running at Beef and Boards, for example, and “Octopus” continues at the Phoenix…but before I tell you about the new stuff that caught my eye in my email box this week, let me invite you to take a virtual tour of [...]

Last Friday night I went to ComedySportz in downtown Indianapolis to see the “FaceTweet Finale” show by Three Dollar Bill Comedy Company.  This was a “best of” show.  3$B has been performing their original sketch comedy pieces based on current events during the late night slot at ComedySportz every Friday for six months now.
I have [...]

So this morning I ran into my friend and theatre buddy, David.  I said, “I’m going to see ‘Octopus’ at the Phoenix Theatre tonight.  I won’t have media passes because I already saw it once, but would you like to go Dutch with me?  Tickets on Thursday nights are $15.”

Last Thursday night I met my friend, Chris, and his partner, Doug (who is also becoming my friend, I hope!) at the Phoenix Theatre in downtown Indianapolis to see the opening night performance of the Midwest premiere of “Octopus,” by Steven Yockey.  Bryan Fonseca directed it, assisted by Brandon Gelvin.
It is an intense show, full of [...]

I heard that playwright Steven Yockey (www.redkingdreaming.com) was in Indianapolis for the opening of his new play, “Octopus,” at the Phoenix Theatre.  On a whim, I asked if I could interview him on the day before the show opened.  He said yes!
So then I scrambled to read more about his work and to prepare questions [...]

Guess what?  I heard today from a little bird who heard from a little bird who heard from a little bird who is related to a certain young actor that he has been cast to play the “givee” in the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “The Giver” next season. 
I don’t think I have seen this [...]

Guess what?  As of last Friday, I have been writing about theatre for two years.
Yup, I posted my first thoughts about the Phoenix Theatre’s production of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” on IndianaAuditions.com on June 5, 2007 under the pseudonym Amaryllis Jones.  It felt good, so I kept on doing it.
And now, two years later, I [...]

Well, I now have my first Broadway tour Playbill (the usher told me to call it that instead of a “program”) and I now understand all the fuss about “Wicked.”  A friend took me to see it for the first time tonight and “I have been changed for good.”
What a wonderful, wonderful experience.
I am not going to [...]