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IUPUI Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to host ‘True Colors,’ a look at bigotry and tolerance after Obama’s re-election

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“TRUE COLORS” PLAY AT IUPUI EXPLORES BIGOTRY AND TOLERANCE

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will be the site of the premier of an entertaining and provocative new play that explores perspectives of discrimination, bigotry, and tolerance in the U.S.  “True Colors”offers six vignettes to gauge reactions to the re-election of the nation’s first black president.
The Indianapolis Chapter of Indiana Black Expo, Inc. will join the Indy Chapter Neal-Marshall Alumni Club and Word of Mouth Productions in hosting “True Colors,” written, produced and directed by Vernon A. Williams, on Tuesday, April 30 at Hine Hall Auditorium (formerly the University Place Conference Center) at 850 W. Michigan Street in Indianapolis.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and curtains rise promptly at 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.  The IUPUI Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will make an appeal for contributions from the audience to support campus diversity initiatives.  For more information, contact Erica Broadus at ebroadus@iupui.edu.
“True Colors” stars Daniel Martin who has performed the role of Jesus Christ in the Indianapolis passion play “Upon This Rock,” with Kelly Skaggs who also appeared in “A Woman’s Place,” Isaac Beauchamp and Eryn Bowser.  Stacia Murphy is stage manager and assistant director and Charla Booth is artistic director.

Measure for Measure Presented by Hoosier Bard

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Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

After the international success of “The History of Cardenio”, Hoosier Bard returns to the Fringe with a world-premiere double bill: Shakespeare’s original Measure for Measure, set in Italy, uncensored, written in 1603, alongside the more familiar version, adapted in 1621 by “our other Shakespeare”, Thomas Middleton, set in Vienna. See the newly restored Italian version on Feb 21, 22, 23, and the Viennese version Feb 28, March 1, or March 2.
For More Information on the Oxford Shakespeare Project: http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/shakespeare/productions/ 

 

After the international success of “The History of Cardenio”, Hoosier Bard returns to the Fringe with a world-premiere double bill: Shakespeare’s original Measure for Measure, set in Italy, uncensored, written in 1603, alongside the more familiar version, adapted in 1621 by “our other Shakespeare”, Thomas Middleton, set in Vienna. See the newly restored Italian version on Feb 21, 22, 23, and the Viennese version Feb 28, March 1, or March 2.

For More Information on the Oxford Shakespeare Project: http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/shakespeare/productions/ 
IndyFringe Basile Theatre
719 E St. Clair
Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Feb. 22 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Feb. 23 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Feb. 28 @ 7:30pm
Friday, March 1 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 2 @ 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 adults / $8 Student

Artist-in Residence Performance: Tim Hardy in The Ancient Mariner, A Dramatic Song Cycle Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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DATE: Friday, September 14, 2012

TIME: 8:00PM – 9:30PM

LOCATION: Crystal Terrace Ball Room, Columbia Club; 121 Monument Circle; Indianapolis, IN 46202 

Tickets available here. $25 general, $15 students.

The IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) and Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Art are pleased to present the American premiere of this unique musical program featuring internationally acclaimed performer Tim Hardy of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and piano accompaniment by Rebecca Edie.

The 2012 artist-in-residence at the IAHI, Tim Hardy has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, with the Opera Music Theatre London, and at prestigious theaters across the United Kingdom and Europe. he has narrated more than 300 television documentaries, and his extensive directing credits include Romeo and Juliet, Twelve Angry Men, and the Crucible.

Award-winning composer Geoff Page has created an impressive body of musicals that include Academy of Death, A Christmas Carol, and The Signalman.

Tickets available here.

 

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