RUTHLESS – January 25 – February 17
- The venue: The Studio Theater
- Based on The Bad Seed, this aggressively outrageous musical hit garnered rave reviews during its long Off-Broadway run. Eight year old Tina Denmark knows she was born to play Pippi Longstocking, and she will do anything to win the part in her school play. Anything includes murdering the leading lady! This spoof has enough plot twists and multiple identities to fill several old movies…the fun comes from the sheer brazenness of this hysterical musical!
- Dates and times:
- Friday, January 25 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, January 26 – 2:00 pm
- Saturday, January 26 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, January 27 – 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, January 30– 7:30 pm
- Thursday, January 31 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 1 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 2 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, February 3 – 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, February 6 – 7:30 pm
- Thursday, February 7 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 8 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 9 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, February 10 – 2:00 – pm
- Wednesday, February 13 – 7:30 pm
- Thursday, February 14 – 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 15 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 16 – 7:30 pm
- Sunday, February 17 – 2:00 pm
Meet the Cast
Nya Skye Beck – Tina Denmark
Nya is thrilled to be making her ATI debut. She is a fourth grader at Lantern Road Elementary where she is on student council, a member of choir, handbells, spell bowl, science fair and theatre club. She dances at Academy of Dance Arts and loves dance, singing, coloring, soccer, guitar, piano and basketball. Her shows include Annie (Orphan July), The Music Man and 5 Years of Yuletide with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Nya wants to thank her mommy, daddy, dogs, besties 😊 and Tamara Totty (her voice teacher) for love and support! And thank you ATI and William Jenkins for believing in me!
Cynthia Collins – Miss Thorn
A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1991, her OffBroadway 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 and Dinner Theatre. Her television/film credits include: Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Ed, Sex and The City, OZ, Die Hard III, Sabrina, Maid in Manhattan, The Thomas Crown Affair, When I Grow Up, Hide & Seek, Zoolander, Coyote Ugly/ 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). As Co-Founder and Associate Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Indiana, she was last seen on the ATI stage as Drood in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A native of Livingston, N.J. and longtime resident of New York City, Cindy currently resides in Carmel with her partner Judy Fitzgerald.
Judy Fitzgerald – Judy Denmark
A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Credits Include: Radio City Music Hall w/ Glenn Close, Madison Square Garden w/ Liza Minnelli & Danny Burstein (conducted by Marvin Hamlisch). National Tour w/ Debbie Reynolds, Shirley Jones &Omar Sharif. Off-Broadway: Swingtime Canteen w/Tony Award-winner, Charles Busch (Blue Angel); Placido Domingo’s operetta VLAD (Lamb’s Theatre); Dodsworth w/ John Collum, George Lee Andrews, Dee Hoty (York Theatre, John Houseman Theatre); Irene (Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse);Face the Music,That’s The Ticket! w/ Tony Award-winner George S. Irving( Musicals Tonight! Series).Other credits include Regional Theatre, Summer Stock, Dinner Theatre, Cabaret, Industrials… As a Co-Founder of Actors Theatre of Indiana, Judy was last seen on the ATI stage as Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She resides in Carmel with her partner Cindy Collins & their daughter Lizzie.
Suzanne Stark – Lita Encore
Suzanne Stark is thrilled to be making her ATI debut! Having played leading roles for over 40 years, primarily at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, her latest roles include Mrs. Schubert in “Shear Madness”, Jack’s Mother in “Into the Woods”, Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast”, Mother Superior in “Sister Act”, Mrs. Tottendale in “The Drowsy Chaperone”, Mrs. Darling/Grown Wendy in “Peter Pan”, dual roles of Talking Shopkeeper Mrs. Corry and evil nanny Miss Andrew in “Mary Poppins”, and Mother Abbess in “Sound of Music.” She loves this life…so much dancing and drama… and that’s just the line to the rest room! Thank you for supporting live theatre!
Laura Sportiello – Louise Lehrman
Laura Sportiello is thrilled to be back with her ATI family for what is sure to be her silliest stint in Carmel yet! Sportiello is a Chicago-based actress and a proud graduate of Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Professional stage credits include A Chorus Line and Young Frankenstein (Metropolis PAC); Scapin (Citadel Theatre); Porchlight Music Theatre’s New Faces Broadway 1939; Grand Hotel (Kokandy Productions); The Most Happy Fella (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre), It Shoulda Been You and The Fantasticks (Actors Theatre of Indiana), Cabaret (Big Noise Theatre), Guys and Dolls (BrightSide); and Gypsy, My Fair Lady and Guys and Dolls (Music Theater Works, formerly Light Opera Works).
John Vessels – Sylvia St. Croix
John Vessels has donned a dress before! Here! TWICE! He played Mary Sunshine in ATI’s production of Chicago many moons ago, and just last year he played Lillian Baxter in Lillian Baxter and Friends. We Enjoy Being a Girl. In pants, John has been seen as Durdles in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Albert in It Shoulda Been You, and Francis in La Cage aux Folles. John has also been seen recently as The Old Man in A Christmas Story at Rising Star Casino and as Lord Farquaad in Beef and Boards’ production of Shrek the Musical. Love to Jay.
SPECIAL ‘VIP’ GUEST APPEARANCES
SHERMAN BURDETTE- JAN 25 / 7:30 PM
BRENT MARTY – JAN 26 / 2:00 PM
JEFF WORRELL – JAN 31, FEB 13, FEB 15 / 7:30 PM
RANDY SORRELL – FEB 1 / 7:30 PM
MAYOR JIM BRAINARD – FEB 2 / 7:30 PM
BRAD OSBORNE – FEB 8 / 7:30 PM
RAY CORTOPASSI- FEB 9 / 7:30 PM
ADAM AASEN – FEB 10 / 2:00 PM
DON KATZ – FEB 14 / 7:30 PM
DENNIS O’MALIA – FEB 16 / 7:30 PM
TIM GRIFFIN – FEB 17 / 2 PM