Playhouse Preview
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
A pair of clever comedies and a not-to-miss Rock and Roll Revue Series await crowds this fall at Brown County Playhouse Performing Arts
Center, 70 S Van Buren St. Suzannah Levett Zody said the lineup is“ by far the best” since the playhouse reopened in 2011.
The cozy venue opened as a theatrical outlet for Indiana University’ s drama department in 1949 and offered live plays each fall to the annual tourist crowd. The playhouse closed in 2010 but soon reopened under the management of a local volunteer management board. It now offers yearround entertainment, including stand-up comedy, concerts, movies, and, of course, a strong slate of live performances each fall.
“ It’ s going to be a really good time,” said Levett Zody.
Audiences can purchase single-show tickets. Packages are available that include three or six of the shows scheduled from September through December. Visit < browncountyplayhouse. org > or“ Like” Brown County Playhouse on Facebook for more information.
photo by Danny Key
ROUNDING THIRD: Brown County resident Casey Kersey will return to the Playhouse to direct“ Rounding Third,” a comedy by Richard Dresser that follows two little-league coaches with opposing approaches from their first meeting through the championship game.
Don is a tough, win-at-all-costs veteran coach whose son is the star pitcher. Michael is a newcomer to baseball who agrees to be Don’ s assistant because she wants to take on a special activity with her son. The audience stands in as their team. Levett Zody, who landed her first theater management job in Chicago in 1984, said she was excited to stumble upon this script for the first time.
“ When you’ ve been in the theater business a long time, hearing about a show you’ ve never heard of is exciting,” she said.“ It’ s a very clever piece of theater.”
Kersey also directed hit Playhouse productions in 2013 and 2014,“ Love, Loss and What I Wore” and“ Steel Magnolias.”“ Rounding Third” stars local business owner Hilary Key and Johnson County teacher Jerry Maguire. Judy Games will make a walk-on appearance, marking her third role at the Playhouse.
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