The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis will produce the Midwest premiere of Nicholas Wardigo's The Dos and Don'ts of Time Travel in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix July 16 through August 15, 2009.
Dos and Don'ts of Time Travel is the love story of Claire, a no-nonsense, buttoned-down professional woman, and Zoey, a punk chick who doesn't really want to grow up. When Claire is diagnosed with cancer, Zoey figures out how to travel through time to try to change the outcome of their love affair. Zoey even tries different tactics to make their story come out better, and at one point encounters a version of herself as they pass in time. Rachel has a crush on Zoey and wants Zoey to stop nursing her ailing lover long enough to change the course of their friendship. In a universe of endless possibilities, they learn no moment can ever be recaptured.
Philadelphia-based Nicholas Wardigo is a recipient of the Roger Cornish Award, as well as Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. In addition to The Dos and Don'ts of Time Travel, Wardigo's plays include Exit Corpse, Concrete Dinosaur, Chessboard Heroes, The Biggest Box of Crayons, and Editorial Decisions. He has enjoyed productions and/or staged readings with Theatre Exile, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, The Brick Playhouse and InterAct Theatre Company.
Bryan Fonseca directs a cast that includes Elena Flores as Claire, Kelli Johnson as Zoey 1, Sarah M. Grant as Zoey 2, and Sara Riemen as Rachel. Bryan Fonseca is the set designer, Dani Norberg is the lighting designer, and Karen Witting is the costume designer, and Zach Rosing is creating special videography.
The Do's and Don'ts of Time Travel will be performed in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix July 16 through August 15, 2009. Performances are Thursdays at 7:00pm, Fridays at 8:00pm, and Saturdays at 8:00pm. Through a generous grant from Duke Energy, all tickets for this production are Duke Energy CheapSeats tickets priced at just $15. To purchase tickets: 317.635.PLAY (7529) or through the Buy Tickets Now button at
www.phoenixtheatre.org.
The Phoenix Theatre is Indiana's only professional contemporary theatre, and has presented productions to challenge and entertain the Indianapolis community for 26 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 70 world premieres in its quarter century. The Phoenix operates the 130-seat proscenium Mainstage as well as the 75-seat cabaret-style black box Frank & Katrina Basile (buh-SEAL) 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 Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, the Indiana Arts Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as dozens of local corporate and foundation funders and more than 500 individual donors.
Photos by Julie Curry.
Kelli Johnson and Sara Riemen
Sarah M. Grant and Elena Flores
Sarah M. Grant and Elena Flores
Sara Riemen, Kelli Johnson and Sarah M. Grant
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