"Lies and promises for $10 an hour"

Here at anderson university the next play that opens up is called Living Out by Lisa Loomer. We open on Thursday. It's neat to find modern shows that have purpose and relevance and not just humor and sex. All eight characters in this one are split into two ethnicities: white-wealthy-suburban anglos and immigrant-now-working-for-the-anglos hispanics. When I first read the script, I thought it was great that we were doing a show about race issues, but I didn't think it had much relevance to this area or anyone who would see it. Then we saw a film on campus about immigration, and it explained that yes, the largest rise in ethnicity in the U.S. over the last 5 years has been Hispanic. And also, the region that experienced the most drastic increase is the MidWest. And also, the state that experienced the most dratic increase in the MidWest is Indiana.
...so apparently this is extremely relevant.
In Indianapolis, a very on-the-edge theatre called the Phoenix Theatre now hires multi-lingual actors and provides performances of relevant shows in English and other nights in Spanish. I wish we were able to do this show with this cast closer to the metropolis (booming... I know ; ) to reach more of the audience (Anglo and Hispanic) that this show applies to. And hopefully, the community even here in little Anderson can realize that although this play takes place in L.A., whether they venture to a bigger city or stay in Indiana, these are topics that they will need to address, and hopefully learn from this play the importance of understanding, acceptance, and equality.

Oh, and yes, I play one of the Anglo moms. Mother of twin boys. Slightly frantic. Who loves them dearly in spite of how often she has to take one or both of them to the emergency room.

Dates for the shows are Thurs-Sat for two weekends: April 17, 18, 19 and 24, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are $5 for students, $12 for adults, and $10 for senior/military.

Let's do more theatre like this...