Comments for Indy Theatre Habit http://www.indytheatrehabit.com Reviews, rants, and raves about all kinds of live theatre in the Indianapolis area. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:44:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Theatre Review: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (plus Ben Vereen info) by Hope http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/03/03/theatre-review-cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-plus-ben-vereen-info/comment-page-1/#comment-76848 Hope Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:44:51 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2589#comment-76848 You're welcome, Michael. Thank YOU and CCP for a wonderful show. Thanks for the further explanation, too. You’re welcome, Michael. Thank YOU and CCP for a wonderful show.

Thanks for the further explanation, too.

]]> Comment on Theatre Review: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (plus Ben Vereen info) by Michael T. Long http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/03/03/theatre-review-cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-plus-ben-vereen-info/comment-page-1/#comment-76847 Michael T. Long Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:58:33 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2589#comment-76847 Hey Hope, thanks for your kind words about Cat. It was truly one of the best theatrical experiences of my life. I wanted to expand a bit on the two weekend thing. When we were planning our season, we were looking at 2 other things: A) We needed to cut costs, B) We doubled our audience capacity from 60 to 120. By moving our shows this season to two weekends, we attacked both of those issues. We saved a bit of money by having 8 performances instead of the 9 we'd do over three weekends. Also, by removing 1 performance and cutting it down to two weekends, we were able to make the 120 seat space seem fuller. By that I mean, 30 people in our old space still felt full. In our new space, that feels and looks empty. So, we were able to accomplish two of our goals by reducing the number of performances and weekends. Thank you for supporting CCP and the Greater Indianapolis Arts community. Hey Hope, thanks for your kind words about Cat. It was truly one of the best theatrical experiences of my life.

I wanted to expand a bit on the two weekend thing. When we were planning our season, we were looking at 2 other things: A) We needed to cut costs, B) We doubled our audience capacity from 60 to 120.

By moving our shows this season to two weekends, we attacked both of those issues. We saved a bit of money by having 8 performances instead of the 9 we’d do over three weekends. Also, by removing 1 performance and cutting it down to two weekends, we were able to make the 120 seat space seem fuller. By that I mean, 30 people in our old space still felt full. In our new space, that feels and looks empty. So, we were able to accomplish two of our goals by reducing the number of performances and weekends.

Thank you for supporting CCP and the Greater Indianapolis Arts community.

]]> Comment on About the reviewer by Ken Oguss http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-76845 Ken Oguss Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:10:47 +0000 #comment-76845 Hope, I LOVE what you are doing! We need to talk shop, okay? Call me, please. Ken Oguss Hope,

I LOVE what you are doing! We need to talk shop, okay? Call me, please.

Ken Oguss

]]> Comment on Discovery: Sports Storytellers on the Radio by Hope http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/02/27/discovery-sports-storytellers-on-the-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-76844 Hope Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:42:04 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2548#comment-76844 Yay! Thanks, Mo, for reading and for leaving this comment. Yay! Thanks, Mo, for reading and for leaving this comment.

]]> Comment on Discovery: Sports Storytellers on the Radio by Mary Morgan http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/02/27/discovery-sports-storytellers-on-the-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-76843 Mary Morgan Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:18:14 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2548#comment-76843 Hopie, I completely agree with your observations of game-calling as the art of storytelling. When we moved to Rochester NY in the early 1990s, we knew no one and had no TV. For entertainment, we spent many nights listening to John Sterling and Michael Kay do play-by-play calls for the New York Yankees games. I wasn't a baseball fan, and certainly wasn't a fan of the Yankees, but their storytelling – their raw passion for the sport and for these players – converted me. It's an art, and not often recognized as such. Hopie, I completely agree with your observations of game-calling as the art of storytelling. When we moved to Rochester NY in the early 1990s, we knew no one and had no TV. For entertainment, we spent many nights listening to John Sterling and Michael Kay do play-by-play calls for the New York Yankees games. I wasn’t a baseball fan, and certainly wasn’t a fan of the Yankees, but their storytelling – their raw passion for the sport and for these players – converted me. It’s an art, and not often recognized as such.

]]> Comment on “Premiere-itis,” Several Mini-Reviews, and Plans by Hope http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/02/14/premiere-itis-several-mini-reviews-and-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-76840 Hope Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:15:40 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2527#comment-76840 Thanks very much, IzzyBeth! I see from your blog that you are involved with the Carmel Community Players and enjoying it very much. That is fun to read, too. Everyone, here is a link to IzzyBeth's post about working on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof": http://izzybeth.blogspot.com/2010/01/theatre-update.html My home computer is still in the shop, getting cleaned and "optimized" and having its Vista insides replaced with Windows 7. All of this, I hope, will make it possible for me to produce a sentence in four minutes instead of the four hours (I kid you not) it had been taking. I am doing this quick update on a borrowed computer, but hope to be posting on a regular basis again soon! Thanks for missing me. :-) Thanks very much, IzzyBeth! I see from your blog that you are involved with the Carmel Community Players and enjoying it very much. That is fun to read, too.

Everyone, here is a link to IzzyBeth’s post about working on “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”:

http://izzybeth.blogspot.com/2010/01/theatre-update.html

My home computer is still in the shop, getting cleaned and “optimized” and having its Vista insides replaced with Windows 7. All of this, I hope, will make it possible for me to produce a sentence in four minutes instead of the four hours (I kid you not) it had been taking. I am doing this quick update on a borrowed computer, but hope to be posting on a regular basis again soon!

Thanks for missing me. :-)

]]> Comment on “Premiere-itis,” Several Mini-Reviews, and Plans by IzzyBeth http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/02/14/premiere-itis-several-mini-reviews-and-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-76838 IzzyBeth Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:13:28 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2527#comment-76838 Still waiting on those planned reviews . . . I love reading them!! ;-) Still waiting on those planned reviews . . . I love reading them!! ;-)

]]> Comment on Blogger Grapevine: Commission of a New Play by James Still! by Kevin Caraher http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/01/31/blogger-grapevine-commission-of-a-new-play-by-james-still/comment-page-1/#comment-76837 Kevin Caraher Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:51:05 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2459#comment-76837 Hope, Thanks for your reply on one of my favorite subjects and that is RFK. I actually did some door to door campaigning for him here in Indianapolis in 1968 when I was 15 years old. RFK had inspired me that much at an early age. I am always looking for places to restage my RFK Remembered show. I forgot to mention that I staged it for a select group of history students at Scecina High School a couple of years ago and they really appreciated it. Lots of good questions afterwards. Indy's Irish Fest has been my sponsor throughout all the productions and I could not have pulled it off without their financial backing. Like I said, I am always looking for new venues to restage RFK Remembered so if anyone out there would be open to that you can reach me at kevincaraher@hotmail.com There is a possibility that I might restage the show at Marian University again. Will let you know so maybe you can do a blog on it Hope ! Peace, Kevin Hope,
Thanks for your reply on one of my favorite subjects and that is RFK. I actually did some door to door campaigning for him here in Indianapolis in 1968 when I was 15 years old. RFK had inspired me that much at an early age.
I am always looking for places to restage my RFK Remembered show. I forgot to mention that I staged it for a select group of history students at Scecina High School a couple of years ago and they really appreciated it. Lots of good questions afterwards.
Indy’s Irish Fest has been my sponsor throughout all the productions and I could not have pulled it off without their financial backing.
Like I said, I am always looking for new venues to restage RFK Remembered so if anyone out there would be open to that you can reach me at kevincaraher@hotmail.com
There is a possibility that I might restage the show at Marian University again. Will let you know so maybe you can do a blog on it Hope !
Peace, Kevin

]]> Comment on Blogger Grapevine: Commission of a New Play by James Still! by Hope http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/01/31/blogger-grapevine-commission-of-a-new-play-by-james-still/comment-page-1/#comment-76835 Hope Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:27:33 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2459#comment-76835 Kevin, thank you for this wealth of interesting background information! I appreciate it very much! Kevin, thank you for this wealth of interesting background information! I appreciate it very much!

]]> Comment on Blogger Grapevine: Commission of a New Play by James Still! by Kevin Caraher http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2010/01/31/blogger-grapevine-commission-of-a-new-play-by-james-still/comment-page-1/#comment-76834 Kevin Caraher Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:39:33 +0000 http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/?p=2459#comment-76834 Hope, I was excited to see that RFK's legacy will live on through another playwright. Will be eager to see the final outcome of this project. My wife and I enjoyed The Heaven's Are Hung In Black at IRT very much. It was a well crafted piece of work. I am not sure if James is aware of this or not but a play by the name of RFK Remembered was produced at The Indiana Historical Society in October of 2004 and then again at Marian College in Nov/Dec 2007. It was a multimedia piece and was received very well. I know all this for a fact since I too was inspired by that speech years ago. It so inspired me that I researched, compiled,produced, and acted as RFK in the production. I am very blessed in that I am an Irish Catholic as well and bear a slight resemblance to the late Senator. My facts can be checked by contacting Mark Szbody with the IHS and Kris Steege with the Marian University Theatre Department. An additional sidenote to mention is the fact that another actor by the name of Jack Holmes performed in the show simply called RFK at The Culture Project in New York City. That show was produced October 2005 and apparently was well recieved as well. I was not fortunate enough to be in attendance though. With James Still producing another play it reinforces a favorite quote of mine that RFK used, which is that "No martyr's cause is ever stilled by his assassin's bullet". RFK's legacy of peace, hope and understanding will live on ! Kevin Caraher Hope,
I was excited to see that RFK’s legacy will live on through another playwright. Will be eager to see the final outcome of this project. My wife and I enjoyed The Heaven’s Are Hung In Black at IRT
very much. It was a well crafted piece of work.
I am not sure if James is aware of this or not but a play by the name of RFK Remembered was produced at The Indiana Historical Society in October of 2004 and then again at Marian College in Nov/Dec 2007. It was a multimedia piece and was received very well. I know all this for a fact since I too was inspired by that speech years ago. It so inspired me that I researched, compiled,produced, and acted as RFK in the production. I am very blessed in that I am an Irish Catholic as well and bear a slight resemblance to the late Senator. My facts can be checked by contacting Mark Szbody with the IHS and Kris Steege with the Marian University Theatre Department.
An additional sidenote to mention is the fact that another actor by the name of Jack Holmes performed in the show simply called RFK at The Culture Project in New York City. That show was produced October 2005 and apparently was well recieved as well. I was not fortunate enough to be in attendance though.
With James Still producing another play it reinforces a favorite quote of mine that RFK used, which is that “No martyr’s cause is ever stilled by his assassin’s bullet”. RFK’s legacy of peace, hope and understanding will live on ! Kevin Caraher

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