Indiana Rep’s Janet Allen, Benjamin Hanna: Staying Power
As IRT’s longest-serving artistic director, Allen has led the company with an eye on the future, and now it’s Hanna’s turn to serve Indiana’s unique Midwestern audience.
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As IRT’s longest-serving artistic director, Allen has led the company with an eye on the future, and now it’s Hanna’s turn to serve Indiana’s unique Midwestern audience.
Currently an associate artistic director at the theatre, he will succeed Janet Allen as of July 1.
October recalls the extraordinary career of a 19th-century performer, the founding of both an Indianapolis institution and a West Coast bilingual theatre project, as well as the premieres of 2 very different works by queer Latinas on the East Coast.
Theatre folks from Alaska to Ohio to Misssissippi tell us where they’re seeing the most change and what they’d like to see on a stage in the coming season.
This month features some notable births, a devastating fire, and an Indiana theatre founding.
Still was recognized for his
series of plays ‘The Jack Plays.’
The company will partner with WFYI Public Media to capture and stream virtual performances.
The lineup will feature a series of works created by Indianapolis artists in celebration of the city’s bicentennial.
So far the theatre has received $17 million in commitments toward its $18.5 million goal.
Company managers wear many hats, all fashioned to make out-of-town artists feel at home at the theatre.