ALABAMA STORY: OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 17
- The venue: The Studio Theater
- Indiana premiere!) Step into the Deep South of the Imagination … An Indiana native who becomes state librarian of Alabama finds her life and livelihood at risk when a controversial children’s book crosses her desk. The innocent tale of a white rabbit marrying a black rabbit is angering politicians in the Civil Rights era. But will Emily Reed give in to demands to have the book burned? Meet history’s forgotten hero of free speech in the Indiana premiere of a fact-inspired, highly theatrical new American play brimming with humor, heart and humanity
- Actors Theatre of Indiana is excited to announce our partnership with the Central Indiana Chapter of the IU Alumni Association for the upcoming Indiana Premiere of Alabama Story. In this true story, heroine Emily Reed was an Indiana University graduate. On Friday, November 15th is IU Night at ATI! All IU Alumni will receive $10 off their ticket using promo code “IUNight”. After the show, there will be a Meet and Greet with playwright Kenneth Jones for the IU Alumni. For tickets call 317-843-3800.
- Actors Theatre of Indiana is excited to announce our partnership with the Culver connections for the upcoming Indiana Premiere of Alabama Story. In this true story, the heroine of the play is Emily Reed (Home grown in Culver IN – her Dad was the prominent and highly respected Culver physician for nearly 30 years Dr. Donald Reed). On Saturday, November 2nd is Culver Night at ATI! All Culver Alumni will receive $5.00 off their ticket. After the show, there will be a Meet and Greet with playwright Kenneth Jones for the the Culver Connections
- Dates and times:
- Friday, October 25 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 26 – 2:00 pm
- Saturday, October 26 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 27 – 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 30 – 7:30 pm
- Thursday, October 31 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 1 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 2 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, November 3 – 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 6 – 7:30 pm
- Thursday, November 7 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 8 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 9 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, November 10 – 2:00 – pm
- Wednesday, November 13 – 7:30 pm
- Thursday, November 14 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 15 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 16 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, November 17 – 2:00 pm
Meet the Cast:
PAUL TAVIANINI
is grateful to be returning to ATI for this production of Alabama Story, after performing the role of George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play last fall. He most recently appeared in the Drury Lane Theatre (Chicago) production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. In Indianapolis, Paul has performed in the productions of A Raisin in the Sun at IRT, and Bright Star at the Phoenix Theatre Company. Regional work includes appearances with the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Nora Theatre and Huntington Theatre companies (MA); Hippodrome Theatre Company (Gainesville, FL); Capital Repertory Theatre (Albany, NY); Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and A Noise Within (Los Angeles). Paul was also a founding member of the Theatre Asylum in New York City, producing works by new playwrights and classic American authors such as Tennessee Williams, Clifford Odets, William Inge and Elmer Rice. He has appeared on Law & Order, the Discovery Channel series Kidnap and Rescue, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Love to Johnna and my girls, Frannie and Angie.
DON FARRELL
has 32 plus years working as a professional singer, dancer, actor, director, choreographer and producer with credits that include Off-Broadway, International and National Tours, Las Vegas, Regional productions and guest soloist concerts with major national symphonies. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1992, Don’s credits include 5 world premieres and over 90 different regional productions. As an accomplished Director and Choreographer, Don has over 30 different production credits including such reputable theatres as The Frederick Loewe Theatre, Springer Opera House, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Florida Studio Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Birmingham Theatre and Westchester Broadway Theatre among others. On the concert stage Don has worked with the late Maestro Erich Kunzel, Keith Lockhart, Jack Everly, Alfred Savia, Crafton Beck, Adrian Gnam, John Morris Russell, Robert Moody and Janna Hymes. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (BFA Music Theatre, ‘91) Don is a Co-Founder and the Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Indiana. He currently resides in Westfield, IN and is a proud father of his talented daughter, Elizabeth.
CYNTHIA COLLINS
A proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1991, her Off-Broadway credits include: Fifty Million Frenchmen, Face The Music, Jubilee, That’s The Ticket with Tony Award winner George S. Irving (Musicals Tonight Series); Valentino,The Musical at the Judith Anderson Theatre; Lone Star Cafe at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre and Gigi at Equity Library Theatre directed by Gerard Alessandrini, creator of the famed Forbidden Broadway. Cindy has toured Nationally in Singin’ In The Rain and internationally in My Fair Lady as well as multiple Cruise Line appearances. She has worked Regional, Summer Stock, Dinner Theatre contracts all across the country.. Her television/film credits include: Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Ed, Sex And The City, OZ, Die Hard III, Sabrina, Maid in Manhatten, The Thomas Crown Affair, When I Grow Up, Hide & Seek, Zoolander, Shaft, Coyote Ugly, Shaft… She has had the pleasure of working with such artists as Ben Vereen, Sandy Duncan, Claude Aikins, Comden & Green, Cy Coleman, Avery Schrieber, Joel Grey, Cyndi Lauper, Fred Waring and his famous Pennsylvanians, Chita Rivera, Sutton Foster, Diane Rehm (NPR‘s The Diane Rehm Show). Her latest film work was an Independent piece entitled FUBAR, based on a Kurt Vonnegut Short story. As Co-Founder and Associate Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Indiana, she was last seen on the ATI stage in Forbidden Broadway. A native of Livingston, N.J. and longtime resident of New York City, Cindy currently resides in Carmel with her partner Judy Fitzgerald.
SAMUEL L. WICK
is an Oregon actor headquartered in New York City. His previous credits include – Regional: Maecenas in Antony and Cleopatra (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sailor/Pirate/Ens. and Thaliard/Fisherman/Boult in Pericles (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Folger Theatre, Guthrie Theater); Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antigonus/Gentleman in The Winter’s Tale, Player in Inferno, Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew, Clarence/Catesby in Richard III (Island Shakespeare Festival). His training includes a BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University.
CAMERON STUART BASS
is a guest artist from Fabulous Las Vegas. He has received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Stage and Screen Acting from the University of Nevada — Las Vegas in May of this year. His recent credits include William Henry Brown in the African Company Presents Richard the Third, Judge Hathorne and Fight Captain in The Crucible, and Lyons (understudy) and the Fight Captain in Fences for the Nevada Conservatory Theatre.
