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Carlos William Carlos

Poetry, or what you will...

A special presentation in honor of National Poetry Month and April Fools' Day. Carlos is one of the seminal...no...important...God, no...Carlos is one of the poets of the twentieth century. His work has been described as "existing," "excruciating," and "random words on a page."

Come join us at the Village Lights Bookstore in downtown Madison this April 3 for two sets of poetry, parody, pastiche and other words beginning with P. The first set is at 7pm, the second at 8pm, with the music of Tamara Dearing to cleanse the palate in between.

This event is free to the public.

Coming soon--information about our National Poetry Month fundraising event at the end of April!

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Seeing Red

Paint your palette blue and gray...

A one-man show about Vincent van Gogh, as told by his friend and sometime protege, Emile Bernard. This show premiered out of town in Franklin Springs, Georgia, in February 2009. We will be travelling with this show throughout the region this year before taking it to New York this summer, finally presenting it in Madison, Indiana, this September during the annual Madison Chautauqua Festival of Art. The show features Jim Stark as Bernard, van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. It was written by artist-in-residence David J. Loehr.

Stay tuned for more information about this show.

Wise Man

There's no place like home for this holiday...

When novelist Geoffrey Sagemiller calls, his estranged daughter Ellen comes rushing home at Christmas time. The question is, what--or who--will she find when she gets there? His young second wife, Jessica, for one thing. And a police officer. And...wait...where did the baby come from?

This production kicked off our 5th year of live performance in Madison with the world premiere of a new full-length play by artist-in-residence David J. Loehr, Wise Man, starring company members Jim Stark, Julie Mauro, Tamara Dearing and Chris Reynolds, directed by V. Lori Hedges.

Click here for more information about the show.

previously

A Report of Gunfire

In times of war, silence can be deadly...

A journalist and a translator find themselves working in a war zone, covering the story of their lives. Thing is, how can you keep objective when you start to live that story?

The Washington Post said, "It's bleak, it's dangerous, it's scary. Iraq, not the play. The play is very good--it covers one of the strangest (and in some ways most noble) professions."

Coming in the spring of 2009, the midwest premiere of the full-length play by artist-in-residence David J. Loehr, as presented by the Lethal Theatre Company at the Capital Fringe Festival this past July in Washington, D.C. Directed by Joel David Santner.

For more details, please visit the production website.

Girl in Landscape

Live onstage at Actors Theatre of Louisville!

Part of the Promiscuous Materials project as presented at Actors Theatre of Louisville, April 25, 2008, this short play by David J. Loehr is an adaptation of a song lyric by author Jonathan Lethem, directed by Jim Stark, featuring Kate Glasheen, Lori Hedges, Jim Stark and David J. Loehr.

Click here for more information.

watch us at work

The Media Vault

Click here to see footage of Riverrun onstage. Now updated to include What Song the Syrens Sang from last April at Actors Theatre of Louisville, as well as A Report of Gunfire and a musical performance by company member Tamara Dearing.

click here for our production history

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Support the Arts

The Riverrun Theatre Company is now a 501(c)3 non-profit public charity. What does this mean? It means that if you love the arts, you've got one last chance at a tax deduction for the calendar year 2008. We thank you for your support.