Indiana Repertory Theatre
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
"The trial and the repercussions for the Finch family present a gripping drama, full of tensions and character revelations."
http://www.edinburghguide.com/aande/theatre/reviews_05/t/to_kill_a_mocking_bird_pitlochry.shtml
"...this Liberal morality-tale plays out its inevitable miscarriage of justice."
http://www.theatermirror.com/mock.htm
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus
"...this is ''Crime and Punishment'' as pure Christian morality tale."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE5D6153DF93AA35752C0A961948260
"Writers' Theater co-founder Marilyn Campbell and Chicago writer/director Curt Columbus have condensed the complex 1866 masterpiece into a 90-minute psychological drama..."
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1N1-110EB32A05DC84D0.html
The Ladies Man
by Georges Feydeau
Adapted from Taillieur Pour Dames by Charles Morey
"Well, this is a farce so the plot is both crucial and of no consequence at all..."
http://myvanwy.tripod.com/companies/shakesco/ladiesman.html
"The Ladies Man features razor-fine, saucy language and whip-smart dialogue that make this comedy zing."
http://www.shakespeare.org/blog/2008/05/the-ladies-man-opens-saturday/comment-page-1/
Crowns
by Regina Taylor
"A musical based on a coffee table book of quotes and black and white photographs..."
http://www.goldfishpublishers.com/Crowns_ATC.html
"Ms. Taylor has thrown in as many genres as she could get her hands on...a satire of stereotypes.."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E5DE1639F93AA2575AC0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
"...the drama also marks a significant departure for Mr. Lindsay-Abaire..."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/theater/reviews/03rabb.html
"David Lindsay-Abaire’s comic drama, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007..."
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/04/theater-revie-2.html
Interpreting William
by James Still
World premier, May 12 2009
No reviews currently available
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by Steven Dietz
"IRT has not been especially well-known for its mysteries in recent years, but if future productions equal this one, that reputation may change."
http://www.indy.com/posts/theatre-review-irt-s-sherlock-holmes-the-final-adventure
"...the episodic play keeps moving briskly..."
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275971
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
"And while I felt some trepidation about watching a mostly amateur cast take on Shakespearean tragedy.."
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901100335
..."Shakespeare’s greats, a drama that, at once, contains politics, poetry and paganism, awesome insight and sustained irony.."
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/01/chicago-shakespeare-stages-a-gutsy-macbeth-with-hints-of-chicago.html
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Tom Haas
"Set on a minimalist stage covered in snow, this adapation features the characters narrating their own actions to the audience and intersperses carols and dance along with the visits of the ghosts."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A_Christmas_Carol_adaptations
"...[an] understated social commentary on money, happiness, and family."
http://www.examiner.com/x-1471-Boston-Theater-Examiner~y2008m12d16-A-Christmas-Carol-at-the-New-Rep-theater-review
This Wonderful Life
by Steve Murray
Conceived by Mark Setlock
"This Wonderful Life is a one-man presentation of the repeatedly enjoyable 1946 Frank Capra film, It's a Wonderful Life."
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/pitt/p177.html
"...somewhere between adaptation, homage, and parody..."
http://www.pcs.org/_images/press_releases/ThisWonderfulLife06PR.pdf
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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