Now Accepting Performer Apps for IndyFringe 2010
Applications for performance groups for IndyFringe 2010 are now open, as of Nov. 1, 2009. Download the application form in either format:
MS Word (457K) | Adobe PDF (160K)
12 Pubs Of Christmas - Mass Ave Bar Crawl
Friday, December 4, Part of Holiday Hoopla on Mass Ave
7:00 PM - late
$10.00 donation to benefit IndyFringe and Indy Pride
Forget your company “Holiday” party, get your tinsel, wigs, north poles and costumes ready for a rollicking good time! Come dressed in an outrageous festive outfit — naughty or nice — as we kick-off the holiday season in 12 bars along Mass Ave. Enjoy discounts at participating bars and win prizes throughout the night!
Register
Online in advance here or at indyprideinc.org.
Unlike other bar crawls you make your own itinerary - just make sure to sign-in with our elves from 6pm-8pm at any of the 12 bars to get your passport. The rules and locations will be sent to you when you register!
Bring all you friends and make new ones!
If you want a merry group to start out with, park, sign in and kick-off the night at 6 p.m. at the Mass Ave Wine Shop, 878 Massachusetts Avenue, The Chatterbox, 435 Massachusetts Avenue and other bars along Mass Ave
DivaFest 2010
A juried competition for female playwrights, especially emerging artists.
DivaFest, the newest initiative under the IndyFringe umbrella, announces a ‘Call For Scripts’ Dec. 15, 2009-Jan. 15, 2010.
IndyFringe is launching the First Annual Indy DivaFest during May 2010, with special tie-ins to the sixth annual IndyFringe Festival during August 2010.
“IndyFringe is expanding its commitment to audiences and providing new opportunities for women playwrights through a program that has proven its viability in other fringe communities,” said Pauline Moffat, IndyFringe executive director. “Through DivaFest we will develop and present voices not often heard and showcase the work of established voices. DivaFest is different from other juried competitions in that we will help playwrights learn the process of play production and marketing.”
“In addition we will involve audiences in the process of playwrighting and production through public conversations and discussions during DivaFest. We want to engage the community in how to approach a new script as an audience member as well as learn from actors, directors and designers how they approach a new script.”
The long range goal is to establish Indianapolis as a centre for developing women playwrights through an annual May DivaFest and as a vibrant part of the annual IndyFringe.
“We want to engage the entire community in providing benefits to community/civic, college/university and professional theatres through an ongoing May DivaFest.”
Scripts are to be from 45-60 minutes in length, single-set, new or have been produced elsewhere, and can be one-person or multiple-cast covering a range of dramatic forms.
If further information is required contact Pauline Moffat or by phone 317-522-8099.
Download the application for DivaFest 2010
Two formats:
MS Word (84K) | Adobe PDF (74K)
Upcoming Shows at IndyFringe
Curse of the Starving Class
IndyFringe Theatre
Two Weekends Only!
Dates: November 20, 21, 22 and December 4, 5, 6.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. Arrive a half hour early to party and dance to bluegrass music! For reservations call 317-522-1945. Tickets are just $10.
Fast-paced, highly theatrical, and quintessentially American, Obie winner Curse of the Starving Class takes the age-old melodramatic device of “losing the farm” and turns it on its head. Dad is an absentee alcoholic and Mom is fed up. Their feisty daughter is ready to leave home and lead a life of adventure; and their melancholic son is ineffectual in his attempts to hold the family together. Already in trouble from the forces within the family, they are further assaulted by an array of shady characters intruding upon their not-so-quiet household. You will not want to miss this high-octane performance of one of our greatest American playwright’s most daring and original plays.
Weston (John Joyner) and Ella (Gail Bray) argue in Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, opening November 20th at the IndyFringe Theatre
Trina Hamlin, Singer Songwriter
7 p.m. Doors Open, 7:30 p.m. Concert
Tickets $15. Available in advance for $12.50 at Outward Bound Books.
Donate non-perishible food item!
New York singer/songwriter Trina Hamlin returns for her third show in Indianapolis. In 1998, Trina released her first solo album, titled Alone. "Keeping Me Whole," "Half Blind," "Angel," and "Flower Days" are some of the folk-rock numbers on this debut. A few of her songs were featured on the popular prime-time show Dawson's Creek. Hamlin's second album, Living Room, was released in 2000 and carries tracks like "Can't Put My Finger on It," "Discontent," "Down to the Hollow," and "A Second Thought to Why." She returned to recording two years later, self-releasing Foundation through her website. Much of Hamlin's music is more than folk-rock. Fans will catch hints of styles from R&B, to country, to blues in works by this talented artist.
The Mousetrap
7:30PM Wednesday December l6, Thursday December l7
Tickets : $l0.00
www.yatkid.org
The Mousetrap introduces a bizarre mix of characters who are thrown together at a remote country house as a raging snow storm ensures that they're stranded for the night. Everthing seems fine until one of the guests is murdered and the brilliantly intricate plot thickens! The Mousetrap is Agatha Christie’s most successful play in that since its premier, at the Ambassador’s Theatre in London in 1952, it has never stopped running in London. It is the longest continuously running play of all time, and has become a tourist must-see. It was originally written as a radio play, commissioned by the BBC to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Mary. Featuring faculty and staff from Young Actors Theatre including Justin Wade, Catherine Wade, Ben Jones, Emily Bohannon and more...
FringeFriday – December l8 @ The IndyFringe Theatre
Confirming : Christian and Katalina – Mindtripping magic!
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Celebrate the holiday season with IndyFringe
Food, wine, entertainment!!!!
Richard III
Absolute power... rocks. No matter who you have to kill to get there. See Shakespeare's greatest villian murder his way to the top in a creative re-telling of this classic story. Eight Actors in fifteen roles bring you this no-tights, in-your-face high tension drama.
January 8-24, 2010
Thursdays at 7PM
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM
Sundays at 5:30PM
$13 at www.no-holds-bard.com or 317-557-1395
$l0 students and teachers
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent" No Holds Bard Productions presents Richard III. Shakespeare's most ruthless villain, Richard, battles to obtain and retain the crown. Slaughtering relatives, friends and enemies alike Richard finds himself in an unsuccessful attempt to defy fate. This minimal, deconstructed production focuses on the atrocities perpetrated by Richard and the juxtaposition of Richard's character (that true Machiavellian nature opposed to the humble friend and lover he presents). Tristan Ross, who adapted the play, describes it as, "Non-tights-and-doublet-epic-Shakespeare; this should get back to base Shakespeare with ink under his fingernails. I want to see people connecting on stage. I want the violence ultra-violent." With only seven other actors to play the remaining fourteen roles Ross says, "This program, being 'fringey', is to exemplify the edginess of Shakespeare; in this case specifically, the hostility. I adapted the script to be universal and more contemporary. The characters all represent duality and I've done my best to make it as much of an ensemble piece as possible; that is, reducing Richard and strengthening the rest. The duality is a reflection on Richard's dual nature. Every character is cast with a double. For instance, one actor will play Elizabeth and Hastings. Elizabeth is compassionate, sympathetic, and aware of Richard's treason. Hastings is competitive, vindictive, and believes Richard is her ally." So, as Richard says, "I am determined to prove a villain/And hate the idle pleasures of these days./Plots have I laid..." Watch your back... Richard Gloucester is coming...
Slaying the Dragon,
by Casey Ross.
January 29-February, 2010
Thursdays at 7PM
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM
Sundays at 5:30PM
$13 - tickets at 317 522 8099
$l0 students
What to do when what you do is done? The magical world of fairy tales is mixed with the modern day in this tale of love, friendship, and destiny. Alexander Meander, a once heroic knight, tries to cope with the challenges of the modern world along side his best friend, a fire-breathing dragon, named Flameson. The unlikely pair find themselves the neighbors of a royal family: a King and Queen steeped in fairy tale tradition, and a princess who embodies the image of a modern woman. The love-struck Meander enrolls as knight to the neighboring "kingdom" and is quickly faced with the ultimate choice: the hand of the princess he's come to love, or the head of the dragon he values as his dearest friend. A comedy poking fun at job definition and stereotypes, Slaying the Dragon offers the chance to laugh at and examine the ever growing yet shrinking world we live in whether you feel outgrown fairy-tales or not. The content of Slaying the Dragon is about PG, so feel free to bring the family, this show offers comedy and content for all ages! Brought to you by Avenging Orange Productions.
6th Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival: Aug. 20-29, 2010
Mark your calendars for Year Six of the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, a big, bold and bodacious celebration of innovative and accessible performance arts!
53 performers. 270 shows. Six stages. And 10 days of splashy spectacle, provocative pageantry and outrageous outbursts of off-beat theatrical fun.
WHO: 53 performance groups from Indiana, U.S.A. and the world.
WHAT: More than 270 live theatre performances in 10 days, plus fine arts, film festival, street performers, and lots more.
WHEN: August 20-29, 2010
WHERE: Six venues in the Massachusetts Avenue Cultural District.
WHY: Why not?
HOW: Buy a $3 festival badge onsite (good for all 10 days), then pay $10 cash per person per show at the door, 30 minutes before any show ($7 students, $5 under age 12).
With Thanks to our Sponsors
The Christel DeHaan Family Foundation is one of the sponsors of IndyFringe. The mission of Christel House International is to help children around the world break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient, contributing members of their societies. We thank the foundation for its generous support of the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival!
Additional funding provided by The Indianapolis Foundation, NUVO, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and Young & Laramore. Sponsor page...
FutureFringe:
6th Annual IndyFringe: August 20-29, 2010
7th Annual IndyFringe: August 19-28, 2011
