Indy Theatre Habit

Last Monday, I took an hour off as “personal business time” from my day job so that I could drive downtown to the Circle Centre Mall to attend the “Women’s Meet and Greet” event sponsored by the new, professional Sapphire Theatre Company.
It was a very exciting hour!

On Saturday, October 11, 2008, I drove downtown for the final day of the four-day Printing Partners Hoosier Storytelling Festival.  I have already written about the five featured storytellers: Gene Tagaban, Kevin Kling, Brenda Wong Aoki, Charlotte Blake Alston, and Beth Horner.  I would also like to write a little about the swap that […]

This past weekend was crazy-busy(!) but deeply satisfying.  I judged two Encore shows but also heard and saw a wealth of creativity and talent that I am allowed to write about.  Coming soon:

Five more posts about the Hoosier Storytelling Festival.
A post about the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as a venue and about its production of “Guys […]

The Hoosier Storytelling Festival is this week!
Last night, I drove downtown to the Eiteljorg Museum to hear Native American storyteller Gene Tagaban.  I was supposed to have been his driver this whole week as he and the other featured tellers shared stories with crowds of school children in the huge Festival tents in Military Park, […]

I have heard from several sources that the Phoenix Theatre has decided to extend its run of David Mamet’s “November.”  My friend Chris and I saw this show opening weekend and loved it.   Apparently, we were not the only ones.
According to the press release that Phoenix Managing Director Sharon Gamble sent me yesterday, “…audiences have […]

 
On September 1, 2008, I officially began my year as a judge for the Encore Association.  Before that, in August, I attended a new judges’ orientation session.  I am not allowed to talk or write about any of the shows that I see for Encore, but I am allowed to write about the judging procedure […]

I saw sign language interpreter Joyce Ellinger in the lobby of the Indianapolis Civic Theatre last Thursday night.  We were both waiting to see “Little Shop of Horrors.”
I have long admired Ellinger’s signing of programs offered by Storytelling Arts of Indiana.  I was glad to hear that she and her colleagues will again be signing […]

Last Friday night I drove downtown for the opening night of “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” at the Indiana Repertory Theatre.  To read my thoughts about the show itself, please go back one post, here.
I want to share some thoughts about the razzle-dazzle of the first opening night of the season at the IRT, too.  […]

It’s been a while since I mentioned here on my blog that I have been commissioned to create a 90-minute storytelling piece on Abraham Lincoln to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth in 2009.  However, last night I turned in the title for it:

The above photo has nothing to do with Mailbox Monday, but I just thought I would add it to this post about other Phoenix Theatre announcements.  It is a snapshot from David Mamet’s “November,” which will open at the Phoenix on September 11, 2008.  It was taken by Julie Curry, who also happens to have […]