The IPFW Department of Theatre presents The Color of August at Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall on March through April 6. The Color of August was written by Spain's leading female playwright, Palomo Pedrero and was translated by Phyllis Zatlin. Pedrero examines the relationship between two artists and the way their passion for their work affects their lives. Directed by senior theatre major Betsy Breitenbach, this intense psychological portrait is done against a semi-realistic backdrop, and stars Liane Parsons and Diana Malmstrom.

The classic American musical ON THE TOWN, with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, will run at the Williams Theatre April 26 through May 5. Directed and choreographed by Larry Life, the musical takes place in 1943 New York. Three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave take a carefree tour of Manhattan in search of -- what else -- women.

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PULSE OPERA HOUSE WINS AT ICTL

The Pulse Opera House production of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT won no fewer than four awards at the Indiana Community Theatre League Festival on March 23. Their awards included Best Backstage Coordination, Best Coordination of Costumes, Best Ensemble, and Best Stage Combat.

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Is The Theatre Dying: True or False?

Such is the topic of the latest in the Civic Theatre's "Food for Thought" dinner/lecture series. David Hunter, CEO & President of Auburn Foundry, will discuss the future of theatre on April 13th at 5:30 p.m. A three-course meal will be catered by The Oyster Bar, followed by the final performance of Neil Simon's PROPOSALS. Tickets for the dinner are $30 per plate. Adult dinner/theatre tickets are $48 each.

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PLAYWRIGHT TO CONDUCT WORKSHOP

John Pielmeier, one of today's most prolific stage and screenwriters, will conduct a workshop at IPFW on Friday April 5. Pielmeier, whose works include AGNES OF GOD, Flowers for Algernon, and Sins of the Father, will be joined by the New Harmony Project's artistic director Anna D. Shapiro, a resident artist at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. The workshop is designed for college students and adults. Playwrights and those interested in the development and production of new plays will be able to speak one-on-one with the celebrated writer, who also wrote the Academy Award-nominated film version of Agnes of God. Shapiro is directing AGNES OF GOD at the Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT), running through April 13.
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CHILDREN'S AUDITIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Amish Acres Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee will hold children's auditions in mid-April for THE KING AND I. Audition dates and times will be announced at a later time.

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FORT WAYNE NATIVES OUT OF TOWN

Nicholas Hartman, former assistant costumer at the Fort Wayne Civic Theater and Youtheatre, has earned a professional costume design gig at an Equity house -- the outdoor Oak Park Shakespeare Theaatre in Chicago. This summer's production will be A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Tony Sirk is a featured player in Ball State's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. Tony plays Henrik, the seminarian son of a philandering middle-aged lawyer married 11 months to a virginal 18-year-old, with whom Henrik is secretly in love. The musical also features David Mitsch, also of Fort Wayne. I saw the production last weekend and it's definitely worth the trip.

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