Stage Write

Every theatre is unique and the shows that they produce there reflect that diversity. I’m grateful Indy has so many great ones to choose from. There were some wonderful shows in 2014 and here’s a top ten list of my personal favorites. Make sure you keep an eye on these theaters in 2015!   1) The Wars of the Roses performed by the EclecticPond Theatre Company   2) Who Am I This Time? at the Indiana Repertory Theatre 3) A Streetcar Named Desire an Acting Up Production     4) The Tempest a Shakespeare on the Canal performance by HART   5) The Rocky Horror Show a Zach Rosing Production 6) The Book of Mormon at the Old National Center performed by Broadway Across America 7) Petunia and Chicken an iNDYFRINGE performance 8) Tribes at the Phoenix Theatre   9) The Games’s Afoot at the Indiana Repertory Theatre   10) Hamlet an Acting Up Production Photos courtesy of EclecticPond, Acting Up, HART, ...

Billy, a deaf man, is part of a large opinionated family. They are intellectual snobs ruled by a condescending patriarch, Christopher, and his empathetic wife Ruth. Their three adult children have all moved back home after frustrating turns in their own lives. They bustle about the set, a crowded but cozy home filled to the brim with books and knickknacks, all lost in their own problems. Billy (Andrew Martin) has spent his whole life surrounded by the angst and chaos of his family. He's become used to a world in which he is a spectator but rarely a participant. Then he meets Sylvia, a lovely young woman on the verge of losing her hearing. He begins to question his role in the world and the way he interacts with others. Billy and Sylvia (Ryan O’Shea) have wonderful chemistry on stage. O’Shea is particularly good as a young woman trying to come to terms with a massive change in her world. She conveys the mixture of anger and frustration in such a sincere way and it's easy to fe...

The Phoenix Theatre has announced its 2013/14 Indianapolis season.    Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike By Christopher Durang September 19 – October 20, 2013 2012 Tony Award-winner for Best Play It’s a lovely day at Vanya and Sonia’s farmhouse in Bucks County, PA. But instead of spending the morning strolling through their cherry orchard, these wacky siblings have their hands full with a soothsayer/cleaning woman, a neighborhood costume party, and a surprise visit from their movie star sister, Masha, and her studly new boy-toy, Spike. This explosively funny, laugh-out-loud Broadway smash-hit marks the eighth Christopher Durang production at the Phoenix Theatre – with the playwright at his affectionate, unpredictable best. Rancho Mirage By Stephen Dietz October 24 – November 24, 2013 NNPN Rolling World Premiere From the playwright of Yankee Tavern and Becky’s New Car comes this National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. On this comedic journey into...