Indy Theatre Habit

I saw thirty regular shows at the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival (five of them twice), plus one Fringe Next show.  It took me a while, but I wrote about each of them here on my blog.
It has been a very rewarding, very enjoyable two weeks.
Mind you, one Fringe artist threatened to sue me if I did not revise my review […]

My last show to review for the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival is “The Caverns.”  It was written by one of my favorite actors, Marc Szewczyk, and presented by Brand X Theatre.  It was directed by Katelyn Coyne.  The stage manager is Marti Brown.
This is the group that you may have glimpsed walking around on their […]

On the final day of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, after spending a lot of time on Mass. Ave. just chatting and relaxing with new and old friends, I walked over to the Phoenix Theatre to catch Taylor Martin’s new magic show.
Martin creates characters that make his magic shows more amusing and intriguing than shows […]

On the final Sunday, the final day of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I made it downtown just in time to catch the noon performance of the Kenetta’ Dance Company’s “Speaking Without Words.”  Kenyetta’ Dance Company (KDC) was founded in 2004 by Vanessa R. Owens and Nicholas A. Owens.  They are sister and brother.
This was […]

For my last show of the second Saturday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I walked down to the American Cabaret Theatre to see the Firefall Dance Theatre’s presentation of “Common Humanity.”  It was created and choreographed by Stephanie Riner.
In the lobby I bought a can of soda from Joe Tauber.  I ran into […]

On the second Saturday of the 2008 Indy Fringe Festival, after a yummy dinner with friends at the new Forty-Five Degrees restaurant on the 45-degree corner of Mass. Ave. and College, I walked down to the Theatre on the Square to see “My Friend Hitler” performed by Zhera (rhymes with “Sarah”) Fazal.
I hadn’t planned to see […]

On the second Saturday of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival I began my intake of shows with a 4:30 performance of “Meet the Rock,” starring Indianapolis resident Sam Harper.  Harper is a Rockwell interpreter licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing Company, Niles, IL.  He originally researched and performed this role to accompany a Rockwell exhibit at the Indianapolis […]

I closed out my second Friday evening of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival by walking back down to the Theatre on the Square’s Second Stage to see the very useful “And He Ran Screaming,” written and performed by Jeffrey Barnes.  Kirk D. Fields was the producer.  Lucy Anne B.R. Fields is the stage manager.  Manny […]

I admire the people behind the scenes who make the performers look and sound their best for the audience.
On the second Friday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, in between seeing “Potpourri Potluck Kitchen Sink Meatloaf” and “Phil the Void: Comedy Over Quality,” I got a chance to chat with theatre technician Chris Strange.  […]

At 7:30 on the second Friday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival I walked down Mass. Ave. to the Theatre on the Square to see “Potpourri Potluck Kitchen Sink Meatloaf.”  This witty collection of first-person stories, or monologues, was written and read aloud by Matt Fotis.  Fotis is the founder and artistic director of […]