Phoenix Theatre Partners with Local Mystery Author

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis embraces the Halloween spirit in a partnership with local mystery author Madalyn S. Kinsey. Kinsey will be on site at the theatre October 27-30, selling signed copies of her works throughout the opening weekend of Static, a haunting World Premiere by Phoenix playwright-in-residence Tom Horan.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Madalyn S. Kinsey was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has lived and worked as a corporate attorney in Indianapolis, Chicago, and San Francisco. Searching for inspiration for her writing, she called upon fond memories of frequent childhood visits with cousins on the family farm near Fishers, Indiana, where abandoned buildings, a Civil War-era graveyard only steps from the house (rumored to be haunted by a Civil War soldier), a mysterious creek running through the property, and a nearby municipal airport, made her real-life visits fascinating and full of adventure. Those memories have inspired the plots of her Vanessa Mysteries series, the first of which was The Ghost of Cheeney Creek, and its sequel, The Mystery of Gatewood Airport. In each book, her main character, 14-year old Vanessa, and her cousins and their friend, Jim, are swept into new and different adventures requiring courage and commitment to friendship and family. When not writing, Madalyn practices corporate law with an Indianapolis law firm, and enjoys classic movies and TV, ghost hunting, travel, and flying.

ABOUT THE PLAY
20 years after Walter and Millie have passed away, a young woman named Emma moves into their abandoned home. When she discovers Walter's tape recorder, she can't help but be drawn in by its strange collection of memories. The longer she stays in the house, the more consumed she becomes by the need to understand the couple's secrets... the key to which lies in a single missing tape-and Emma will stop at nothing to find it. This world premiere of Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan's newest work will find you guessing, hoping, and deeply moved.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

Tom Horan is a writer and Sound Designer who serves as the Playwright-in-Residence at the Phoenix. His works have been honored with several awards, including Best-of-Fest at the Austin FronteraFest for The King and the Clockmaker, and two Austin Table Critics Awards for The Poison Squad. Static will be his fourth premiere at the Phoenix; previous productions include last season's Acid Dolphin Experiment and Leyenda, and Typhoid Mary before that. Elsewhere, Static was workshopped this summer at the Source Festival in Washington D.C. He recently joined the faculty of the Ball State Theatre Department.

TICKETS

Tickets for Static are on sale now. Tickets are $27.00 per person on Thursdays and Sundays, $33.00 per person on Fridays and Saturdays, and $20.00 for anyone 21 & under. During CheapSeats Weekend, September October 27-30, all tickets are $20. Tickets forStatic may be purchased by calling the box office at 317.635.7529 or visiting phoenixtheatre.org. Curtain times for the production are: Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm.

ABOUT THE Phoenix Theatre
The Phoenix Theatre is Indiana's only professional Contemporary Theatre, and has presented productions to challenge and entertain the Indianapolis community for over 33 years. An Equity house, the Phoenix presents the Midwest and Indiana premieres of many popular Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, and has presented more than 91 world premieres. The Phoenix operates the 130-seat proscenium Livia and Steve Russell Stage as well as the 75-seat cabaret-style Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. Both venues are housed along with administrative offices in a renovated 1907 church in downtown Indianapolis' historic Chatham Arch neighborhood, part of the Mass Ave Arts and Culture District. The Phoenix Theatre is a founding member of the National New Play Network and the League of Indianapolis Theatres, and is supported by the Indiana Arts Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as local corporate and foundation funders and more than 400 individual donors.

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