| Date: | Friday, May 8, 2009 |
| Time: | 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
| Location: | Phoenix Theatre |
| Street: | 749 N Park Ave. |
| City/Town: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Phone: | 3174081366 |
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Description
All proceeds (ticket sales, beer and wine and baked treats) on May 8 at the Phoenix Theatre go to benefit The Second Story — thanks to a generous sponsorship by Nogginwerks. Please contact Jim Walker by phone or email to reserve seats. Tickets are $25 and are going fast.
About the show: This is the world premiere of Indiana playwright Jack O’Hara’s The Zippers of Zoomerville, or 200 Laps and a Lass: a mini-mockeretta in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix May 7 through June 6, 2009. The book and lyrics are by Jack O’Hara, and the music is by O’Hara and Tim Brickley.
O'Hara is a Nashville (IN) based writer, musician, comedian, actor, and director. In The Zippers of Zoomerville he has written a gentle send-up of all things Indy 500 -- but also a gentle send-up of all things Gilbert & Sullivan.
O’Hara studied theatre at IU-Bloomington and taught theatre at Marian College. In the 1970s, he was a key member of The Nebulous Players, a comedy troupe that was wildly popular on the Indianapolis club scene. He has worked as an ad agency creative director, and has acted recently for the Phoenix Theatre, Brown County Playhouse, and Jewish Theatre of Bloomington.
O’Hara describes The Zippers of Zoomerville, or 200 Laps and a Lass: A mini-mockeretta this way: “Speed, greed and the dirty deed drive this world premiere musical spoof of fast-track fever, wherein an oval raceway rouses a circular city to revel ‘round its maypole. A rite-of-springish, Gilbert and Sullivanesque celebration of flat-out folly and full-throttle love, The Zippers of Zoomerville fancifully celebrates and gently spoofs the Circle City’s love affair with the Indianapolis 500.”
ABOUT THE PHOENIX THEATRE
“The Phoenix Theatre has cornered the market on hip new works….it is a shrewd outfit willing to turn on a dime.”
-- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
About the show: This is the world premiere of Indiana playwright Jack O’Hara’s The Zippers of Zoomerville, or 200 Laps and a Lass: a mini-mockeretta in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix May 7 through June 6, 2009. The book and lyrics are by Jack O’Hara, and the music is by O’Hara and Tim Brickley.
O'Hara is a Nashville (IN) based writer, musician, comedian, actor, and director. In The Zippers of Zoomerville he has written a gentle send-up of all things Indy 500 -- but also a gentle send-up of all things Gilbert & Sullivan.
O’Hara studied theatre at IU-Bloomington and taught theatre at Marian College. In the 1970s, he was a key member of The Nebulous Players, a comedy troupe that was wildly popular on the Indianapolis club scene. He has worked as an ad agency creative director, and has acted recently for the Phoenix Theatre, Brown County Playhouse, and Jewish Theatre of Bloomington.
O’Hara describes The Zippers of Zoomerville, or 200 Laps and a Lass: A mini-mockeretta this way: “Speed, greed and the dirty deed drive this world premiere musical spoof of fast-track fever, wherein an oval raceway rouses a circular city to revel ‘round its maypole. A rite-of-springish, Gilbert and Sullivanesque celebration of flat-out folly and full-throttle love, The Zippers of Zoomerville fancifully celebrates and gently spoofs the Circle City’s love affair with the Indianapolis 500.”
ABOUT THE PHOENIX THEATRE
“The Phoenix Theatre has cornered the market on hip new works….it is a shrewd outfit willing to turn on a dime.”
-- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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