Fonseca Theatre's 2023 plays about abortion, gentrification and more will highlight choice
Big cultural talking points will be subjects of the Fonseca Theatre Co.'s 2023 season. A road-trip-style play will highlight the individual complexities behind abortion, another will examine gentrification from the point of view of a longtime neighbor's family and a third will contend with a college's painful past of slavery and racism.
The final production of the year will be a continuation of a new tradition that folds Indianapolis playwrights' work into an October production.
All together, the Fonseca Theatre, located at 2508 W. Michigan St., is billing 2023 as a season of choices.
Tickets will go on sale Oct. 14. Buy them and find more information at fonsecatheatre.org.
'Abortion Road Trip'
By Rachel Lynett. Feb. 10-26, 2023
Three women take a road trip from San Antonio to New Mexico to get an abortion. On the way, they talk about their baggage and what informed their decision — fleshing out their full characters beyond the situation at hand.
'Dream Hou$e'
By Eliana Pipes. March 31-April 16, 2023
Two sisters opt to have an HGTV-style show help them sell their family home. Once on camera, one deals with difficulties from their ancestral past while the other must come to grips with whether they're selling out the community.
'TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever'
By James Ijames. July 21-Aug. 6, 2023
University Dean TJ is in love with Sally, a student and his employee. But she doesn't return his feelings. The play examines the legacies of former President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, who was enslaved and gave birth to several of his children, and it works to dismantle the modern-day manifestations of slavery and racism.
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Boo-La-La! An Indianapolis Spook-Tacular 2
Oct. 13-29, 2023
Once again, Indy playwrights can offer up tales under 10 minutes to celebrate the season of spook, and some will be selected for the show.
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