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Indy Fringe

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Final_Poster_Design_ReedIndy Magic Monthly welcomes one of Indiana’s most unusual mystics, the conjurer known as Obtuse. Known not only for his magic, but for his wonderful story telling. From Kokomo, Obtuse is one of his home city’s most in demand entertainers.
Headlining Indy Magic Monthly will be first-time performer Reed Masterson’s Impossible Magic. A frequent act at many fantasy conventions, Impossible Magic mixes grand illusion with circus arts to come up with a unique style that is sure to please. Fireating, along with other unusual skills, will thrill those in attendance at Theatre On The Square.
Also performing is the series creator, Taylor Martin, as, well, he hasn’t decided yet. His seven different characters have all performed at one time or another in the past year, so maybe he’ll just pick it out of the top hat. Also, prizes and surprises galore promise another great evening of magic. Come see why Indianapolis is becoming a destination for magicians and fans of magic, alike.

And coming January 16 through 20 at The Cook Theatre and The Indy Fringe Theatre, The Fourth Annual Indianapolis Winter Magic Festival, with guest of honor, Johnny Thompson — The Great Tomsoni.  

What:  Taylor Martin’s Indy Magic Monthly Show #69
When: Tuesday, Jan. 7,  2014 @ 7:30, Lobby opens at 7 PM, Doors at 7:15 PM
Where: Theatre On The Square, 627 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, IN
Tickets:  $20 Adults, $12 seniors, full time students, and active military personnel. $50 family ticket for up to 5, at least 2 children, please!

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The Third Annual Winter Magic Festival

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Taylor Martin’s Indy Magic Monthly and The Indy Fringe Festival present: The Third Annual Indy Fringe Winter Magic Festival at The Cook Theatre at Indiana Landmark Center, 12th and Central Ave., Indianapolis, IN   46202, January 17-20, 2013.  Shows start at 6 on Thursday and Friday and 1:30 on Saturday and Sunday.

The performers are:

  • From Richmond, Indiana: Vaudeville’s Anthony The Great!
  • From Louisville: The Action Brothers featuring Miss Direction. Comedy Magic at it’s best!
  • From Pittsburgh, PA: Eric Starkey, Superheroes and Card Tricks
  • From Indianapolis: Magically Ever After, A Play With Magic,  w/ Devin Stewart and Jen Cavanaugh
  • From Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio: A Touch Of Magic presents The Young Champions of Magic, including from the movie “Make Believe” Bill Cook, TJ Ketchmark, Tyler Nygren, and Reuben Moreland.

Each performer’s show is one hour long, with a half hour break between shows.  Each show is a separate ticket.

Tickets are $12.50 adults and $8.00 for under 16.

Going Going Gone returns to Indy Fringe Theatre Dec. 2

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Ed’s Auction House opens for business again on Dec. 2, this time with a former Broadway actor joining one of the show’s co-creators onstage in the live auction comedy “Going…Going…Gone.”

Lynn Stafford has appeared on Broadway in “The 1940s Radio Hour,” off-Broadway in “The Fantastiks,” and in numerous regional theatres across the U.S. The Indianapolis native is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and president of the management consulting firm LS Stafford & Associates. Indianapolis writer and PR consultant John Thomas collaborated with Lou Harry to create “Going…Going…Gone” for the 2012 Indy Fringe Festival, but this is the first time either Thomas or Harry have appeared in the show.

After attracting sell-out crowds at the 2012 Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, “Going…Going…Gone” opened earlier this year as a monthly show at the Indy Fringe Basile Theatre. Created and produced by Two First Name Productions – aka, Harry and Thomas – “Going…Going…Gone” is featured at 7 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month.

The show takes place on the final night at Ed’s Auction House. Ed’s dead, and those close to him face the task of selling off his last worldly possessions. How? By having the audience bid using fake money they received when they entered the theatre.

The action unfolds as the actors learn along with the audience what items must be auctioned off – and create the stories behind those items. The best part? Audience members who place winning bids take their purchases home.

Some of Indy’s best and gutsiest talents – including actors you’ve seen at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Indiana and the Phoenix Theatre – have signed on. And, as they did at the Fringe Festival, audience members likely will make repeat visits to see how different actors manage the madness. After all, it’s never the same show twice.