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Latest SWP Headline News
MYNX & SAVAGE ARE COMING!!!!!
StageWorthy Productions is back!
SWP is bringing the Indiana premiere of the award-winning play, MYNX AND SAVAGE by Rebecca Gorman O'Neill, to their home at
The Stage Door Theatre at Irvington!. Director John Kastner is excited to bring this thought-provoking story of moving
forward to the Indy Theater Community.
Getting lost in a story is a dangerous temptation. Adam is a comic book writer coasting on
his past successes in the glossy pages of Mynx and Savage. Much to his chagrin, his employer has assigned him a partner,
Ket, to ensure he makes his next deadline. Ket is young and ambitious; her life was changed by Adam’s first serious graphic
novel, and she aches to know what new, “important” work Adam is working on. As the duo sets to work on the 100th issue
of Mynx and Savage, the fantasy bleeds into reality as the superheroes and their mild-mannered alter egos invade the artists’
space. Adam finally starts to trust Ket and shares the story he’s been hiding. It is the story of Jill and Kyle,
two childhood friends on summer break who dream of superheroes. Where Kyle is frightened, Jill is brave; where Kyle is
secretive, Jill insists on honesty. This is the story that tortures Adam, the story he’s been hiding from the world;
it’s the origin story of Mynx and Savage. In the end, as the worlds of the children, the superheroes and the artists collide,
Ket helps Adam realize that he has no future until he makes amends with his past.
The play features a talented quartet of SWP newcomers: Josh Cornell, Kayla Cange, Emma Howell and Tanner Brunson.
Performance dates are June 23rd, 24th, & 30th and July 1st at 8 p.m. and June 25th & July 2nd at 2:30 p.m.
The theatre is located at 5635 Bonna Ave., Indianapolis, 46219.
All tickets are $15.00 (cash or check only please) Call 317-750-6454 for reservations and seating information. Seating is limited. Reservations are preferred.
GoFundMe Page for SWP Recovery Efforts
As you may have heard, in December 2017, a few days before Christmas, a fire broke out at our old venue at the Broadway United Methodist Church. While the majority of the church suffered smoke and and water damage, the Community Room where we hold our performances was completely destroyed. All of our production materials (wall pieces, tools, props, platforms, costumes, etc) were deemed a total loss. All was either burned, melted or infused with water and toxic soot.
While we have been promised a home to come back to by the building manager, renovations will take time. We have been told to scrap plans for all of 2018 and look to begin our second decade (our eleventh season) in 2019. That being said, a gofundme page has been set up to help us in our rebuilding efforts. We lost even the most basic of supplies and even though we keep our production costs as low as possible by recycling and creatively refurbishing, we are still in need of help to more or less "start again".
You can read the full play by play at the gofundme site ( https://www.gofundme.com/stageworthy-fire-recovery-fund ). If you are unable to help, we would ask if you could to please at least post this to your various social media accounts to help spread the word of our need. For anyone interested in learning more about SWP, you may direct them to our official website, www.stageworthy.org , for past productions, photos, etc. All donors will be thanked in a special section of all future StageWorthy programs.
Thank you so very much for an incredible fifteen years of support. We hope to see you as we begin our next decade of fresh, thought-provoking theatre.
Sincerely,
John Kastner
StageWorthy Productions
Fire Destroys SWP VenueAs you may or may not know, on the early morning of December 20, 2017, a fire broke out at Broadway United Methodist Church in the Community Room (which houses our theatre space and all of our supplies, props, etc). According to church representatives, while not definitive, it appears to have been an accident. The room and its contents were destroyed. The fire was contained, but soot and smoke was spread throughout the entire building. A massive restoration project has begun but it will take awhile before we will be able to have regular use of the building. The latest update figures the rest of the building will be out of use for the next 30-60 days. Neither the sanctuary or the Community Room right now are getting work done, as the focus is on the other spaces and while the investigation continues in the Community Room as to the cause of the fire in the first place.
I have been told by reps that we should not look to produce anything in the space for the entire calendar year of 2018.
I was allowed into the area for a brief time on Saturday, December 23 to try and assess the damage to our area/belongings. Wearing a face mask and rubber gloves, I was escorted with a rep from the remediation team down into the space. Armed with only flashlights, we entered through the stage door (as we were not allowed onto the room floor by order of the insurance company) and were immediately met with what appeared to be Christmas wreaths melted to the backstage floor. The Christmas trees I saw onstage just a few weeks earlier (as decorations for the annual charity Christmas store) were blackened and melted over with tops melted to the stage floor. Most of our materials are reclaimed/recycled to help keep costs down (and also because we have very limited storage space), but all of that was unfortunately lost or is now unusable.
Any porous materials (our cardboard and foam wall pieces, our bolts of muslin for flat-making /black fabric for masking, as well as our few furniture pieces and prop storage boxes) if not melted, burned or water-soaked, were covered in a thick coating of soot. This soot is very toxic as it contains the remains of the numerous melted folding banquet tables that occupied the Community Room main floor (imagine the smell of a melted pan handle multiplied a hundred times). Some of our shelving units were so melted, it left the shelves tilted or twisted. Even our extension cords were melted beyond use.
Of all that was lost, there was a small sign of hope for us. I DID find our history boards (the photo/poster boards we display to memorialize all of our past shows) and they may be salvageable in some way as they were not completely blackened, waterlogged or covered in soot.
All that said, StageWorthy needs your help! We will be asking for a waiver from the Encore Association that would allow us to retain our membership in the group while we search for an interim performance space (or to suspend production while our home is renovated), but we are basically looking to start from scratch. We are seeking financial help for the sure-to-be larger rental rates we may experience from an interim facility, as well as for the most basic of production supplies (to replace those that were lost). We hope to start a gofundme page once we have a chance to detail exactly what was lost and what is in need of replacement (and what our adjusted production costs might be for the future).
In the meantime, if you have ever participated in or enjoyed one of StageWorthy's productions over the course of our first decade, I would like to humbly ask if you would consider making a donation so we can get back on our feet and continue in our mission to bring you fresh, thought-provoking theatre at affordable prices. A donation tab is currently on our website (Please click donate above.) with a printable donation form. This was a devastating blow for us as we are looking to begin our second decade of presenting quality, award-winning theatre for our dedicated patrons and newfound friends alike. Any help you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
I will keep you updated as we have new information to share.
As always, thank you so very much for your continued support of StageWorthy Productions over the years.
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