So this was sent to me by my Dinette sister Prudie (Karen). For those who have wondered when and where we've produced this thing in the past, here goes:
Indy’s Own “Pump Boys & Dinettes”
Our History
“All of us have been doing theatre or performing for a very long time,” says cast member Karen Frye Knotts, “but this type of experience has been totally unique. We have become like family and easily fall back into the same crazy routines – onstage and off – every time we get back together. In fact, that’s a large part of the reason we have continued to perform the show again and again over the past eighteen years”
The group first performed together in the Indianapolis premiere of “Pump Boys & Dinettes” at the Indianapolis Civic Theatre in 1989. The production was very well received and the group enjoyed working together so much so that they reunited to mount the production independently at the IRT Cabaret two years later. And so a tradition, or obsession, was born. Although each cast and staff member pursues other professions and performing opportunities, the group has had only one cast member change (for the second performance) and has now performed at nine different venues throughout Indiana and one run in North Carolina.
Civic Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, March 1989
Indiana Repertory Theatre Cabaret, Indianapolis, IN, July 1991
Theatre on the Square, Indianapolis, IN, August 1994
Elks Lodge (BPOE), Frankfort, IN, November 1994
Shawnee Playhouse, Bloomfield, IN, July 2000
Buck Creek Players, Acton, IN, October 2000
Seven Lakes Country Club, West End, NC, July 2003
The Artists’ Studio, Fishers, IN, August 2003
Oaklandon Civic Theatre, Oaklandon, IN, April 2007
Oh - and, of course, Indianapolis Civic Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, August 2009.
Ten productions in 20 years, finishing back where we started. Has a nice symmetry, doesn't it??
Love y'all,
Rhetta
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