NEXT TO NORMAL, SEMINAR Highlights Phoenix Theatre 2012-2013 Season

BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
September 20–October 21, 2012
Music and lyrics written by Michael Friedman
Book by Alex Timbers
Livia and Steve Russell Theatre – Midwest Premiere

In the vein of AVENUE Q and SPRING AWAKENING comes BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON an irreverent, high-octane, hysterically funny musical about America’s first “rock star” president, Andrew Jackson. If you think politics is a dirty business today, just wait until you see what it was like in 1829!

SEMINAR
October 25–November 25, 2012
By Theresa Rebeck
Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre – Midwest Premiere

In Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy, the diabolical, sarcastic Leonard gives a Masterclass-style writing seminar to four students. As Leonard’s biting criticisms mount, alliances are made and friendships are broken. Who will win the approval of the man who literally wrote the book on what makes authors and writing great? Theresa Rebeck has written for television (SMASH, NYPD BLUE, LAW AND ORDER), movies and stage and has been produced at the Phoenix many times.

A VERY PHOENIX XMAS 7: GETTING FIGGY WITH IT
November 29–December 23
By Various Artists
Livia and Steve Russell Theatre – Midwest Premiere

It must be the Holiday season because A VERY PHOENIX XMAS has returned with new sketches, musical numbers, and more dancing than ever. Yes, the Sock Monkeys are back! The holidays get turned upside down as various playwrights put a new spin on tried-and-true traditions in a way that is a sure-fire treat, guaranteed to make you laugh. This year features performances by Indy’s newest “it” group-The Fourth Wall.

GUAPA
January 3–20, 2013
By Caridad Svich
Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre – NNPN Rolling World Premiere

Single-mom Roly lives in a dusty Texas border town that everyone longs to escape. She’s never seen anything like Guapa, a natural-born athlete with a fiery ambition to become an international soccer star. When Guapa joins Roly’s family, everyone’s life is turned upside down. With only one shot to reach the big leagues from the barrio, how can Guapa convince the non-believers to let go of their doubts, spread their wings and fly? This inspiring story will have you cheering in the aisles!

NEXT TO NORMAL
January 24–February 24, 2013
Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Music by Tom Kitt
Livia and Steve Russell Theatre – Midwest Premiere

This ground-breaking and innovative musical touches on themes not usually found in the genre. Diana Goodman has been struggling with her bipolar disorder, and almost twenty years later, she and her family are still coping. Winner of three Tony Awards and becoming only the eighth musical to win the Pulitzer Prize, NEXT TO NORMAL is a potent look at grief, loss, and, ultimately, healing.

THE LYONS
February 28–March 31, 2013
By Nicky Silver
Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre – Midwest Premiere

In this scathing dark comedy, Rita Lyons rules the family with an iron fist, and her dying husband, Ben, is swearing at everyone because he has nothing to lose. Lisa, Rita’s daughter, is an alcoholic, and her son, Curtis, is gay, which he has not mentioned to his homophobic father. Tempers flare, words are exchanged, and secrets are revealed.

To Be Announced (TBA)
April 4-5, 2013
Livia and Steve Russell Theatre

Many times in the past we have announced a season with a “TBA” slot. This allows us the opportunity to wait for an especially “hot” play to become available. And this year is no exception. We have our eye on several titles which required a few more months past the deadline for this brochure for production clearance. This allows us to bring timely, new shows direct from New York and share them with you. I can guarantee that this show will be worth the wait.

4000 MILES
May 9–June 9, 2013
By Amy Herzog
Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre – Midwest Premiere

After finishing his transatlantic bike ride, Leo arrives at his grandmother’s Greenwich Village apartment. Over the course of several weeks, Leo and his grandmother, Vera, learn from each other the lessons that life has to teach as well as tolerance for each other’s differences. The two different generations impart to one another a sense of wisdom from their radically different worlds in Amy Herzog’s funny and moving play.

Summer Season

The hottest season in Indiana is an exciting season at the Phoenix, too. The summer months mean the return of Dos Fallopia to the Phoenix stage, along with a second summer production. Additional details and exact dates and times will be announced, but we hope you put these on your calendar now.

Ticket Details

It is the goal of the Phoenix Theatre to be the best ticket value in town for live, professional theatre. Our ticket prices were the same from 1999 to 2009 – with the exception of one year due to inflation. Since then, we even lowered our prices when we felt the recession might keep people from investing in live theatre.

This season, thanks to the generosity of Katrina Basile Realtor, Phoenix CheapSeats will continue to be available. This season, Katrina Basile Realtor CheapSeats performances will be the entire opening weekend of each show and not just on Thursdays throughout the run.

PLAYS - Ticket Information

$18 – Katrina Basile Realtor CheapSeats Opening weekend; First Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
$28 for all adults All remaining performances after opening weekend (Thursdays,
$18 for individuals Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays age 21 and under

MUSICALS- Ticket Information

$23 – Katrina Basile Realtor CheapSeats Opening weekend; First Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
$33 for all adults All remaining performances after opening weekend (Thursdays,
$23 for individuals Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays age 21 and under

Phoenix FlexPass

Phoenix FlexPass is the best theatre deal in Indy and will only be available through October 31, 2012. Buying a FlexPass is like getting one regular-priced ticket for free. A FlexPass for $115 gets a patron five vouchers that can be traded in for any combination of tickets for any of the 2012-2013 productions.

Tickets for the new season may be purchased by calling the box office at 317.635.7529 to charge by phone, and will be available to purchase on-line at phoenixtheatre.org beginning August 1, 2012. All seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. Performances are Thursdays at 7:00PM; Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 2:00PM, unless otherwise noted on our website. Doors open ½ hour prior to curtain for seating. The Phoenix Pub, located inside the theatre, offers beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee and bottled water, as well as treats, and all refreshments may be taken into either theatre and consumed during the performance.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX THEATRE

The Phoenix Theatre is Indiana's only professional contemporary theatre, and has presented productions to challenge and entertain the Indianapolis community for 30 years. An Equity house, the Theatre presents the Midwest and Indiana premieres of many popular Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, and has presented more than 85 world premieres in its quarter century. The Phoenix operates the 130-seat proscenium Livia and Steve Russell Theatre as well as the 75-seat cabaret-style black box Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre. The Phoenix Pub, located in the Basile Theatre, serves beer, wine, coffee, soft drinks, water, and treats, and patrons may take all refreshments into either theatre. Both venues are housed along with administrative offices in a renovated 1907 church in downtown Indianapolis' historic Chatham Arch neighborhood, part of the Mass Ave Arts & Theatre District. The Phoenix Theatre is a member of the National New Play Network and the League of Indianapolis Theatres, and is supported by the Indiana Arts Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as local corporate and foundation funders and more than 400 individual donors.

 

 

 

 

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