Phoenix Theatre to Host Conversation with Broadway Producer Bradley Reynolds

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis will be hosting a fascinating community conversation featuring Bradley Reynolds, Producer of the Broadway smash Hand to God, and Bryan Fonseca, Producing Director of the Phoenix Theatre. This unique event will reveal the methods and effort required to produce a hit Broadway show, the process of recapturing that success regionally, and the remarkable journey from one venue to the other. This community conversation will take place directly following the performance of Hand to God on Sunday, June 26, 2016, on the Livia and Steve Russell Stage. The community conversation is free of charge.

ABOUT BRADLEY REYNOLDS

Bradley Reynolds, a native of Indianapolis and a graduate of Speedway High School, received his BFA from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Bradley is a TONY, Olivier and Drama Desk nominated producer living in New York City. He produced Broadway's Hand to God, [Title of Show], the revivals of West Side Story and Ragtime, Mothers and Sons with Tyne Daly and It's Only A Play with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. He is currently represented on Broadway with the musical hit Something Rotten! HIs production company, LAMS Productions, invested in Avenue Q and In the Heights. In London's West End he produced Hand to God, Master Class and Blind Date.

ABOUT BRYAN FONSECA

For 33 years, Bryan Fonseca has served as the Producing Director of the Phoenix Theatre. Bryan has directed for the MFA Playwrights Workshop at the Kennedy Center, The Human Race Theatre, Indiana University, Ball State University, and the Civic Theatre of Indianapolis. Bryan has received an Achievement and Service award from the Indiana Theatre Association, two Artist Fellowship awards from the Indiana State Arts Commission, two Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Arts Council of Indianapolis/Lilly Endowment, and the Transformational Impact Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, with the generous funding support of Lilly Endowment Inc. He has served on the board of the National New Play Network and developed and served as the first president of the League of Indianapolis Theaters.

ABOUT THE PLAY
Winner of the 2014 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play and a critical hit on Broadway, this Tony Award nominee follows shy student Jason as he discovers an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry...until his hand puppet Tyrone - once soft-spoken - takes on a shockingly irreverent and dangerous personality all its own. As Tyrone's influence over Jason grows, Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.

Hand to God will run June 16 - July 17 on the Livia and Steve Russell Stage with Mark Routhier serving as director.

THE DIRECTOR

Mark Routhier was the Director of New Play Development at Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with University of Central Florida, where he was a tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in Directing and Acting. He directed productions for them, including Bad Dog, The Best of Enemies, Pluto, The Cortez Method, and Sense and Sensibility. In New Orleans, Mark's NOLA Project directing credits include David Adjmi's Marie Antoinette, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and a co-production of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead with The Nola Project and Cripple Creek Theatre Co. Other New Orleans credits include Orange Flower Water at the Elm Theatre, Cat's-Paw, and The Santaland Diaries. He was Associate Artistic Director at Southern Rep in New Orleans where he directed The Piano Teacher, Opus, and The Seafarer. He directed the world premieres of John Biguenet's Mold, the third installation of his Rising Water Trilogy, and Freedom by Joyce Pulitzer, Sean Patterson, David Seelig and Kitty Greenberg at Southern Rep. Mark served as the Literary Chair and Vice President on the Executive Committee of the National New Play Network for over five years. He helped oversee and directed five NNPN MFA Playwright Workshops at the Kennedy Center. He was the Literary Manager and then the Director of Artistic Development at Magic Theatre in San Francisco. He received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and presently lives in Washington, DC as a freelance theatre artist.

THE CAST

The cast includes Jaddy Ciucci as Jessica, Paul Nicely as Pastor Greg, Angela R. Plank as Margery, Nathan Robbins as Jason, and Adam Tran as Timothy.

Jaddy Ciucci makes her Phoenix debut with Hand to God. Recent work in the Indianapolis area includes Killer Joe (Theatre on the Square), Junie B. Jones (Beef & Boards), and Cabaret Poe (Q Artistry).

Paul Nicely is returning to the Phoenix after previously appearing in Silence! The Musical. He was recently seen in Sweeney Todd at Actors Theatre of Indiana, Xanadu and Les Miserables at Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, and The Sound of Music at Beef & Boards.

Angela R. Plank was last seen at the Phoenix in Pulp. Previous Phoenix roles include Steph in Reasons to be Pretty, Charlotte in Sunlight, and Jessica in Jericho.

Nathan Robbins is returning to the Phoenix stage for the fourth time. Previous Phoenix credits include One Man, Two Guvnors; American Idiot; and The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Adam Tran is making his Phoenix debut with Hand to God. Other local credits include Merry Wives of Windsor, Jason and (Medea), and Last Days of Judas Iscariot.

TICKETS

Tickets for Hand to God are on sale now. Tickets are $27.00 per person on Thursdays and Sundays, $33.00 per person on Fridays and Saturdays, and $20.00 for anyone 21 & under. During CheapSeats Weekend, June 16-19, all tickets are $20. Tickets for Hand to God may be purchased by calling the box office at 317.635.7529 or visiting phoenixtheatre.org. Curtain times for the production are: Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. The Broadway to Indy community conversation on Sunday, June 26, is free of charge.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX THEATRE
"The Phoenix Theatre has cornered the market on hip new works." - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

The Phoenix Theatre is Indiana's only professional contemporary theatre, and has presented productions to challenge and entertain the Indianapolis community for over 32 years. An Equity house, the Phoenix presents the Midwest and Indiana premieres of many popular Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, and has presented more than 91 world premieres. The Phoenix operates the 130-seat proscenium Livia and Steve Russell Stage as well as the 75-seat cabaret-style black box Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. 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 and Culture District. The Phoenix Theatre is a founding 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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