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15
Jan

Hope’s Theatre Year 2012: The Best, the Most, the Other…

I know, I know: most people have already shared their “best of 2012″ lists and moved on.  What can I say?  Sometimes I like to linger. Before I talk about the shows that impressed me and/or affected me most in 2012, I’d like to make note of a few other things that were unique to this [...]

02
Mar

Several Quickie Reviews and a Writing Plan

(Photo is of Jonah Winston in “Diaspora.”  Photo provided by the director, Michael Hosp.  See below for more info about the show.) Well, I have been tweeting fairly regularly (@IndyTheatre) but I am way behind in my blogging!  What can I say?  My fulltime day job and my personal life have demanded most of my [...]

18
Nov

Storytelling Reviews and News: 2010 Basile premieres plus Niall de Burca is coming!

On Saturday, November 6, 2010 I drove to the Indiana History Center in downtown Indianapolis to see The Frank Basile Emerging Stories Fellowship Premieres, presented by Storytelling Arts of Indiana. As usual with this annual event, there were actually two premieres:  two new 50-minute pieces developed independently for adult audiences by selected Indiana storytellers.  This [...]

21
Oct

Storytelling Review: “Disquieting, Disturbing, and Dreadful Tales”

Late on Saturday afternoon, October 9, 2010, I wrenched a leg muscle as I was leaving my day job.  Oh, man, did it hurt!  The last thing I felt like doing was going to a show. However, that Saturday night was Storytelling Arts of Indiana’s second annual ghost story event for adults on the canal [...]

04
Oct

Storytelling Review: Donald Davis & Carmen Agra Deedy in Indianapolis

This past weekend was the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.  Performance storytelling lovers from all over the country – and even from other countries – gather to swap tales at this annual festival.  I’m talking thousands of people, sitting on folding wooden chairs crammed under huge tents, listening to individuals on raised platforms “just” [...]

21
Aug

2010 Indy Fringe – Day One – Four Shows

  I had a wonderful, wonderful first day of shows at the 2010 Indianapolis Fringe Theatre Festival yesterday.  I met some lovely new people (including Australian comedian Lou Sanz – see the little informal video we made after her first show, above) and reconnected with some dear friends. And…I saw four satisfying shows!

09
May

Storytelling Review: “Nepantla: Between Worlds” by Olga Loya

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, I drove to the Indiana History Center in downtown Indianapolis to hear professional storyteller Olga Loya present “Nepantla: Between Worlds.”  This event was produced by Storytelling Arts of Indiana and the Indiana Historical Society as part of the Printing Partners Storytellers Theater series. I had been looking forward to this [...]

03
Apr

Storytelling Review: “A Feast for the Eyes” by Peter Cook

On Saturday, March 13, 2010, I drove downtown to the Indiana History Center to see bilingual storyteller Peter Cook in “A Feast for the Eyes.”  This event was presented by Storytelling Arts of Indiana and the Indiana Historical Society. This was my third or fourth time hearing/seeing Peter share stories here in Indianapolis.  He is [...]

27
Feb

Jabberwocky: “Once Upon A Time” Stories

On Tuesday, February 9, I drove to the Indy Fringe Theatre Building in downtown Indianapolis for the second monthly “Jabberwocky” event of 2010. The first one had been a lot of fun, so I looked forward to the second one as well.  The “Jabberwocky” series of “rendezvous of Jabbers who share their life stories” is [...]

03
Feb

Storytelling Review: “Root Doctors, Midwives, and Fried-Mice Pie” by Susan Grizzell

On Sunday, January 24, 2010, I drove to the Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre in the newly renovated Indiana History Center in downtown Indianapolis to hear the premiere performance of “Root Doctors, Midwives, and Fried-Mice Pie: Medicine in Early Indiana.”  Storyteller Susan Grizzell was commissioned to develop and present this piece by Storytelling Arts of [...]

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