UIndy’s Department of Theatre has a great season [1] planned for the coming year, but two productions on campus over the next few days are connected instead to the College of Health Sciences.
Friday night brings Tangles, a unique stage musical about a family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease. The play is part of the national conference [2] on physical therapy and aging taking place this week at UIndy.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Ransburg Auditorium, with a discussion to follow at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased at the door or in advance at this link [3], which also has more details on the story.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dr. Sally Wasmuth of the School of Occupational Therapy [4] will premiere a sequel of sorts to the theater-as-therapy project [5] she staged in June. Modified, the new play by local writer Ben Asaykwee, features a cast of seven people in substance-abuse recovery who signed on for the six-week project as an alternative to group therapy or other more conventional approaches to maintaining sobriety.
The performances begin at 7 p.m. each night in UIndy’s Studio Theatre, located in the lower level of Esch Hall, and each will be followed by a 15-minute discussion session with the players. Admission is free and open to the public.