Post by M. B. Dabney
Deadbeat, a
play collectively written by the Speed City Chapter of Sister of Crime, has
been chosen for the 2018 Fringe Fest in Indianapolis. The play is the first
project of its kind for any chapter of the national Sisters in Crime
organization.
The
one-act play will premiere in the 2018 Indianapolis Theater Fringe Festival,
which is held every summer in August. There will be six performances of the
two-woman dark comedy. The specific dates have not yet been set.
The
play is about two middle-aged women who discover the dead body of their
ex-husband – and each thinks the other is the killer.
As
the rights owner and producer of the play, the chapter plans to use it as a
fundraiser. The play’s running time will be roughly 40-45 minutes.
The
chapter started the play last June at the suggestion of chapter member Crystal
Rhodes, herself the author of numerous plays. As the chapter pulled together a
group of writers to work on the play, Crystal served as the project’s mother
superior and guide, directing, suggesting and correcting where needed but
allowing the project to move forward in its own way.
Crystal
and her sometimes writing partner Lillie Evans, who’s also a chapter member,
provided invaluable insight into the structure of a play and how it should be
presented. The chapter owes them both a great debt.
IndyFringe
is a “riotous celebration of theatre old and new, edgy and not-so-edgy.” Held
over an 11-day period in the Mass Ave. Cultural District in Indianapolis, the
festival will host 64 performing groups on eight stages for a total of 384
performances.
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