LOU’S VIEWS: Oh Christmas plays, oh Christmas plays
Holiday season staples take the stages at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre.
Holiday season staples take the stages at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre.
This week, the young adult best-seller “The Giver” is staged at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. Plus some thoughts on school
field trips.
This week, Spanish artists explore the sacred and the IRT’s playwright-in-residence presents a haunted Abe Lincoln.
This week, a film and theater star uses Indianapolis as a test market, Shakespeare holds a rain-soaked mob, and a somber ISO plows
through a Beatles afternoon.
This week, William Conner on stage at the IRT and another chorus of "Tomorrow," courtesy of Beef &
Boards.
This week, new artwork in front of the Central Library, and a Pulitzer-winning
play at IRT.
Rob Koharchik, 40, has designed sets for local theaters including IRT and the Civic, developing a national reputation along with a keen eye for detail and an uncanny ability to marry form with function.
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.”
For a terrific example of an adaptation that works, go no further than the Indiana Repertory Theatre and see…
This week, emptying the notebook on recent work at the ISO, the Phoenix and the IRT.
Despite its annual appearance for many years during the holidays, “A Christmas Carol” continues to be produced creatively
by fine actors, directors and designers at the Indiana Repertory Theatre.