IndyFringe 2009

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Comment by Bob Burchfield on August 30, 2009 at 12:49pm

Sunday noon. More photos from Daniel Axler added to embedded slide show (from Saturday's activities). GREAT WORK, Daniel!

Comment by Justin Brady on August 30, 2009 at 10:32am

If you bring kids down to see the sell-out Blunder Construction stay a bit later and take them to the family friendly Simple Joys. An Indiana Audtions blogger called said: "This is edgy, experimental theatre at its best. Granted, not edgy like say-a-bunch-of-crass-lines edgy or naked edgy; more like play-with-balloons-and-plastic-toys edgy." http://tiny.cc/mc8Yn Check it out tonight!

Comment by Bill Skaggs on August 30, 2009 at 10:28am

Welcome to BLANKSVILLE has it's last show tonight at 7:30! Make sure you come out to Phoenix and see it tonight!

Comment by Justin Brady on August 30, 2009 at 9:45am

IndyFringe has hit record numbers all festival long thanks to all of the wonderful Smoosiers who have been coming out and sparking conversation here about the shows. Come out for one more day of fun and Fringing!

Comment by Sara Galer on August 30, 2009 at 12:49am

Sex/Death at TOTS was hilarious. Well played comedy for grown-ups! Humanature at Earth House was a nice way to round out the evening.

Comment by PK Koduri on August 29, 2009 at 2:46pm

Via Susan Masek:

"I Do, I Do in Delhi" is written and performed by Karen Thibodeau. It is a "slice of Life" piece about an Indian wedding she experienced. She played at least 10 different characters (that I counted), and very well. Her descriptions beautifully brought her experience to life for me. Her show is without a hint of irony, so many plays these days are so... "nudge, nudge, wink, wink!" and it was refreshing. The characters are strong, the transitions excellent, but I was a bit taken abock in that there seemed to be little structure: no begining, middle, end, no climax. It was like watching someone's travel slides at a cocktail party: lovely, sweet, a nice evening.

Comment by Dick Davis on August 29, 2009 at 1:33pm

While several of my friends were talking about the Indy Fringe Festival I had the misconception of connecting it with the Pride festival. Deciding to pass on the event made sense to me at that time. One of those same friends came to me and said she was in a jam and needed someone to blog on four of the plays. She gave me no choice other than which ones she needed to have reviewed. Wanting to be seen and heard in the blogosphere, I took all four. 7 (x1) Samurai, Another Classic of Western Literature, The Tragical Ballad of Black Bonnet, and Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach were scheduled and, with steno notebook in hand, I was ready.

In an ad for IRT on the back cover of the festival program the statement was made; “This fringe movement blatantly defies our midwestern values while challenging traditional intellectual sensibilities.” The initial reaction was why should I have my midwestern values, which seem to be quite suitable, “blatantly” defied? “Traditional intellectual sensibilities” doesn't seem like something that required challenging. Visions of raw humor, outrage against the establishment, and blasphemous rantings, abetted by my wife's attempted discouragement of my participation, made me question why I was doing these reviews. The commitment had been made and the adventure began.

May I say that I enjoyed my participation with Indy Fringe, and from my observations and comments, not really critical reviews, I think that three out of four ain't bad.

My comments can be found at:
7 (x1) Samurai
Another Classic of American Literature
The Tragical Ballad of Black Bonnet
Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach

Comment by Bob Burchfield on August 29, 2009 at 10:30am

Saturday morning (10:30 AM). More photos by Daniel Axler, from Friday's IndyFringe, have been added to the beginning of the embedded slide show that follows (and I think I see Jill's smiling face in there somewhere!):

Comment by Taylor Martin on August 29, 2009 at 9:21am

Well, whoever shot it, it was lovely. I hope to see lots of Smoosiers tonight at Andrea Merlyn's Greatest Hits (and missus!) 7:30 at TOTS.

Comment by Bob Burchfield on August 29, 2009 at 9:16am

Just for the record, I didn't take any of those photos in the embedded slide show. The photos were taken by Daniel Axler, Mr. Nikon Man! Dan takes photographs. I'm more of a snapshot kind of guy.

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