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History of the IRT
Since the Indiana Repertory Theatre was founded in 1972, it has grown into one of
the leading regional theatres in the country, as well as one of the top-flight cultural
institutions in the city and state. In 1991 Indiana's General Assembly designated
the IRT as "Theatre Laureate" of the state of Indiana. The IRT's national reputation
has been confirmed by highly-competitive grants from prestigious funders including
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the
Indiana Arts Commission, the Theatre Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trusts,
the Shubert Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Inc., and the Kresge Foundation.
The IRT remains the only fully professional resident not-for-profit theatre in the
state, attracting audiences of almost 132,000 annually from across central Indiana,
including more than 49,000 students from 59 of Indiana's 92 counties. A staff of
more than 100 seasonal and year-round employees creates nine productions exclusively
for Indiana audiences. Actors, directors, and designers are members of professional
stage unions.
The IRT's history has been enacted in two historic downtown theatres. The Athenaeum
Turners Building housed the company's first eight seasons. Since 1980 the IRT has
occupied the 1927 Indiana Theatre which was renovated to contain three performance
spaces (Mainstage, Upperstage, and Cabaret) and work spaces, reviving this historic
downtown entertainment site. Beginning in 1997, we renovated many of our facilities
to upgrade the IRT's audience support services as well as its theatrical production
equipment. The Mainstage Auditorium was renovated in 2001, the two-story 1927 Grand
Lobby was renovated and restored in 1999, the rehearsal room and the Cabaret were
renovated in 1998 and the Upperstage Theatre and Lobby were renovated in 1997.
Nearly 39 percent of the company's operating income is generously supported by individuals,
corporations, and foundations throughout the community. Such recognition reaffirms
the IRT's commitment to its mission: to provide a unique opportunity for audiences
and artists to share experiences that can be enjoyable, uplifting, thought-provoking,
even life-changing.
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The company of The Gentleman from Indiana
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The company of ProLiance Energy presents Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Tom Haas
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Henry Woronicz and Money Butler in I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda
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