August Wilson's

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

directed by Timothy Douglas

January 27 - February 22

OneAmerica Financial Stage

27

Tuesday

January 27, 2026

28

Wednesday

January 28, 2026

29

Thursday

January 29, 2026

30

Friday

January 30, 2026

a journey of self-discovery

This powerful story from a beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright is an American masterpiece. At a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911, descendants of the formerly enslaved have come North seeking new jobs, new lives, and new beginnings. In this story of spiritual and emotional resurrection, Herald Loomis arrives in search of his lost wife. Haunted by the past, he must regain a sense of his own heritage and identity. 

Co-produced with Syracuse Stage

 

 

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Know Before You Go

  • Tickets range from $27 to $120
  • 2 hours and 30, minutes including one 15-minute intermission
  • Recommended for 9th grade and above
  • ASL-interpreted, audio described and open captioned performances are available on select dates
  • Content Spotlight: Contains profanity, references to drunkenness, discussions of slavery and slave catching, Christian theology and Black American ethnoreligious traditions and practices.

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Special Programming

Show Times

Tue, January 27, 2026

7:30PM

Wed, January 28, 2026

6:30PM

Thu, January 29, 2026

7:30PM

Fri, January 30, 2026

7:30PM

Sat, January 31, 2026

5:00PM

Sun, February 1, 2026

2:00PM

Thu, February 5, 2026

2:00PM

Sat, February 7, 2026

5:00PM

Sun, February 8, 2026

2:00PM

American Sign Language and Audio Description Performance
ASL/AD

Tue, February 10, 2026

6:30PM

Thu, February 12, 2026

7:30PM

Fri, February 13, 2026

7:30PM

Sat, February 14, 2026

1:00PM

Sun, February 15, 2026

2:00PM

Sun, February 15, 2026

6:00PM

Wed, February 18, 2026

7:30PM

Fri, February 20, 2026

7:30PM

Sat, February 21, 2026

4:00PM

Sat, February 21, 2026

8:00PM

Sun, February 22, 2026

2:00PM

Cast

Stephanie Berry
Bertha Holly
Stephanie Berry
Bertha Holly
Stephanie was seen in The Gospel at Colonus at Little Island. She appeared in Gem of the Ocean at Two River Theatre, Staff Meal at Playwrights Horizon, and as Olivia in Classical Theatre of Harlemís production of Malvolio. She is the 2023 recipient of an Obie Award for Performance for her role in On Sugarland at the New York Theatre Workshop, and an Obie Award for her solo show, The Shaneequa Chronicles: The Making of a Black Woman. Selected film and TV credits include Fantasy Island, O.G., The Last O.G., Bull, Blue Bloods, Blacklist, and Law and Order.
Peter Bisgaier
Rutherford Selig
Peter Bisgaier
Rutherford Selig
Off-Broadway: Reservoir Dogs, Roberto Zucco (Empire Theatre Co.); Patience (Boomerang). Regional: McCarter Theater, Arden Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Bristol Riverside, InterACT, Act2 Playhouse, Quintessence, Montgomery Theater, Delaware Theatre Co., Pegasus Theatre Co., The Fulton, Passage Theater, Horse Cave Theater, Phoenix Theater, Stella Adler Theatre, and Lincoln Amphitheatre. Film: Sparkle: A Unicorn Tale. Peter is Co-Artistic Director of Pegasus Theatre Company in New Jersey and a member of the improv team Peter & Matt. Thank you to Corinna, Milo, Monica, and Mom.
Kaitlyn Boyer
Mattie Campbell
Kaitlyn Boyer
Mattie Campbell
(she/her) Kaitlyn is thrilled to join the cast of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and make her Indiana Repertory Theatre debut! Some favorites include Elsbeth (CBS); Dracula! A Comedy of Terrors (Off-Broadway); Nine Night (Round House Theater); School Girls; or, The African American Mean Girls Play (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Cyrano de Bergerac (Guthrie Theater); A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Kaitlyn received her B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program. kaitlynboyer.com
Dane Figueroa Edidi
Molly Cunningham, Choreographer & Cultural Consultant
Dane Figueroa Edidi
Molly Cunningham, Choreographer & Cultural Consultant
(she/her) Lady Dane is an award-winning playwright, choreographer, filmmaker, writer, and actor. Some of her roles include Ruby in Seven Guitars (Arena Stage), Ruby/ Rebecca in Ghost/Writer (Rep Stage), Priestess/Klytmnestra in Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem (Theatre Alliance), and Faith in Wig Out! (Studio Theatre), as well as Patra in the web series King Ester, Woman in the short film Home, and Dr. Grace Grace in the web series I Need Space. A producer and director, her short film A New Creation Story is making the festival rounds. She is an Artistic Ensemble member of Long Wharf Theatre.
Kerah Jackson
Zonia Loomis
Kerah Jackson
Zonia Loomis
Kerah has attended IRT Summer Camp for the past three summers. She has worked with REACT theatre as the Narrator in their adaptation of The Wizard of Oz and with Summer Stock Stage where she performed in a musical production of Disney’s Descendants. She has been training in the dance styles of Jazz, Hip Hop, and Ballet since the age of four. She currently attends Mahogany Contemporary dance academy. Kerah loves reading, writing stories, and painting, and spending time with her family and friends. Kerah looks forward to her continuing growth and opportunities in her developing career as a performer.
Jacques Jean-Mary
Jeremy Furlow
Jacques Jean-Mary
Jeremy Furlow
Jacques is thrilled to join Joe Turner's Come and Gone at IRT! A Brooklyn native and NYC-based actor, Jacques earned his B.F.A. in Acting from Howard University and continued honing his craft at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England. His most recent credits include The Hot Wing King at Denver Center and Exception to the Rule at Studio Theatre. "I strive to explore the beauty and complexity of the human experience, drawing inspiration from life, history, and my roots. I give special thanks to God, IRT, and Timothy Douglas for this incredible opportunity!
Christian Makai Lucas
Reuben Mercer
Christian Makai Lucas
Reuben Mercer
is proud to make his debut at the Indianapolis Repertory Theatre in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. He is 12 years old and has previously appeared on stages at the Goodman Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (A Christmas Carol), and the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Factotum, Cavalleria Rusticana). Christian has trained at Second City Chicago and Interlochen Arts Camp. When he is not performing, he enjoys cooking, crochet, choir, and dance.
DeShawn Harold Mitchell
Bynum Walker
DeShawn Harold Mitchell
Bynum Walker
(he/him) Broadway: George in All My Sons (Roundabout Theatre Company). Regional Theatre: Kenneth in Primary Trust, Flip in Stick Fly (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Robert in Nicole Clark Is Having a Baby (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). Film: Double Dope in Highest 2 Lowest (A Spike Lee Joint), The Preppie Connection, Air Jordan. Television: Godfather of Harlem, Mike, WeCrashed, FBI: Most Wanted, Orange Is the New Black, Run the World, That Damn Michael Che, Blindspot. IMDb: DeShawn Harold Mitchell. @Soulfisticatedfunk
Lilian A. Oben
Martha Pentecost
Lilian A. Oben
Martha Pentecost
Primary Trust (McCarter Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse); Mud Row (Gulfshore Playhouse); Nine Night (Round House Theatre); Murder on the Orient Express (Everyman Theatre); Intimate Apparel (Orlando Shakes); The Crucible (Olney Theatre); The Second Shepherds' Play (Folger Theatre). Film: The Noel Diaries. Writing: NYT Modern Love; Now Casting, Aether (Keegan Theatre, Festival); Olympus (Semi-Finalist, Red Bull Theater). M.S., Boston University; B.A., Middlesex University (UK); Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory; The Barrow School. Awards: 2023 HH Award Nominee-Outstanding Lead Performer. lilianoben.com
Keith Randolph Smith
Seth Holly
Keith Randolph Smith
Seth Holly
IRT: Les Trois Dumas. Broadway: Jitney; Piano Lesson; King Hedley II; Fences; Come Back Little Sheba; Salomé; American Psycho. Off-Broadway: Paradise Blue (Signature); …what the end will be (Roundabout); Tamburlaine (TFANA); Lockdown (Rattlestick); Holiday Heart (MTC). Regional: Old Globe; Mark Taper Forum; Goodman; Alliance; Seattle Rep; Yale Rep. TV/Film: The Good Fight; Law & Order; NY Undercover; Malcolm X; Girl Six. Alumnus of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts; The Actors Center NY, and Quick Silver Theater Company; recipient of the Fox Fellowship and the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship for Acting.
Shane Taylor
Herald Loomis
Shane Taylor
Herald Loomis
(he/him) IRT: Jitney. Off-Broadway: Knives in Hens (The Shop Theater/59E59), 50th Anniversary Production of In White America (New Federal), Romeo and Juliet (Lincoln Center Institute). Regional: The Billie Holiday Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkeley Rep, and McCarter Theater. FILM/TV: God’s Forgotten House, Sarbane’s Oxley, King of the Bingo Game. Education: M.F.A. from Rutgers University.
Amor Coleman
Zonia Loomis Alternate
Amor Coleman
Zonia Loomis Alternate
is a native of Atlanta, GA. Now residing in Indianapolis, this 5th grader is thrilled for her Indiana Repertory Theatre acting debut in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
Joshua Klaman
Reuben Mercer Alternate
Joshua Klaman
Reuben Mercer Alternate
Bio to come!

Creative Team

Timothy Douglas
Director
Timothy Douglas
Director
IRT: Jitney, Intimate Apparel, Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun. Frankenstein (CSC); Primary Trust (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); She Who Dared (Chicago Opera Theater); The Color Purple (Denver Center); Blue (New Orleans Opera); Father Comes Home From the Wars, (Roundhouse); The Crucible (Syracuse Stage); Champion (Boston Lyric Opera); King Hedley II (Arena Stage), and the world premiere of Radio Golf. (Yale Rep). Also Guthrie, Signature, Great Theatre of China, Juilliard School, Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf, Folger Shakespeare, Mark Taper Forum, and many others.
Tony Cisek
Scenic Designer
Tony Cisek
Scenic Designer
Tony has collaborated with Timothy Douglas on over 50 productions including A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean, Intimate Apparel, and Jitney here at IRT; Blue with New Orleans Opera; The Hot Wing King and The Color Purple at Denver Center Theatre Company; Primary Trust for Cincinnati Playhouse and McCarter Theatre; and productions at Alliance Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, the Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Rep, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Folger Theatre, among others. tonycisek.com
Kara Harmon
Costume Designer
Kara Harmon
Costume Designer
Select Off-Broadway: The Other Americans, The Public Theatre; The Great Privation, Soho Rep; Watch Night, Perelman PAC. Select Regional credits include: I&You the Musical, McCarter Theatre; We Are Gathered, Arena Stage; The Penelopiad, Goodman Theatre; The Three Musketeers, OSF; 42nd Street, Goodspeed Musicals (CT Critics Circle Outstanding Costume Design Award); Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Children's Theatre Company; Shutter Sisters, Old Globe; Guys and Dolls, Guthrie Theater; The Wiz, Ford's Theatre (Helen Hayes Award); Barbecue, Geffen Playhouse (NAACP Award). KaraHarmonDesign.com
Jason Lynch
Lighting Designer
Jason Lynch
Lighting Designer
(he/him) is a Chicago-based lighting designer and returns to IRT, where he designed Marie and Rosetta, The Play That Goes Wrong and Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Regional: Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Geva Theatre Center, Goodman Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, among others. Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design (International Black Theatre Festival), one Joseph Jefferson, two Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge, Michael Maggio Emerging Designer. Jason is represented by The Gersh Agency. jasondlynch.com, @jasonlynch.design
Christopher Darbassie
Sound Designer
Christopher Darbassie
Sound Designer
Off-Boadway (select): The Antiquities, Amusements (Playwrights Horizons); The Counter (Roundabout); Caroline, Table 17 (MCC); Six Characters (LCT3); Grangeville, A Bright New Boise, A Case for the Existence Of God (Signature NYC); The Apiary, Camp Siegfried, Patience (2ST); I'm Almost There (Audible @ Minetta Lane/Francesca Moody Productions @ Edinburgh Fringe); This Beautiful Future (Cherry Lane); Heaux Church (Ars Nova); and work at Petzel Gallery, the Goodman Theater, the Alliance Theater, Playmakers Rep, the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum, and more.
Rueben D. Echoles
Wig Designer
Rueben D. Echoles
Wig Designer
(he/him) Rueben is an accomplished costume and wig designer, author, director, choreographer and illustrator, who served as Associate Artistic Director of Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago for 17 years. Wig and hair designs include She Who Dared (Chicago Opera Theatre); Fat Ham (Cleveland Play House); Metamorphoses (Folger Theatre); The Lion in Winter, Antigone, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Stokely (Court); Hello, Dolly!, Fela (Olney); In the Heights, Rent (Muny); Dreamgirls (Paramount); Pump Boys and Dinettes (Porchlight); Women of Soul, Sister Act (Mercury); and Day of Absence (Congo Square).
Chels Morgan
Intimacy and Violence
Chels Morgan
Intimacy and Violence
(they/them) Chels is an intimacy, violence, and movement director, theatre educator, an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator, adjunct professor at DePaul University, and the Director of Accessibility and Inclusion at the Intimacy Professionals Education Collective (IPEC). Off-Broadway: How to Defend Yourself (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Centre Theater Group, the Old Globe Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Shakespeare Theater Company, Bucks County Playhouse, among others. Television: Lace (AllBlk Network). Education: M.F.A. in Directing, Loyola Marymount University.
Richard J Roberts
Dramaturg
Richard J Roberts
Dramaturg
This is Richard’s 36th season with the IRT and his 28th as resident dramaturg. He has also been a dramaturg for the New Harmony Project, Write Now, and the Hotchner Playwriting Festival. He has directed IRT productions of A Christmas Carol, Bridge & Tunnel, The Night Watcher, Neat, Pretty Fire, The Cay, The Giver, The Power of One, and Twelfth Night. Locally he has directed for Actors Theatre of Indiana, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Edyvean, and many more. Richard studied music at DePauw University and theatre at Indiana University and was awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
shiku thuo
Stage Manager
shiku thuo
Stage Manager
(any/all) shiku thuo is an artist hailing from Southern California, but taking residency in New York. Their most recent works include: HEAUX CHURCH (Ars Nova), BUST (Alliance/Goodman Theatre), Table 17 (MCC), Sunset Baby (Signature Theater), Fabulation or the RE-Education of Undine (Billie Holiday), 'Bov Water (Northern Stage). A vivid day dreamer, lover of kindle unlimited, and really REALLY good food. For Mama Bui, always, and for the liberation of us all.
Rebecca Roeber
Assistant Stage Manager
Rebecca Roeber
Assistant Stage Manager
Becky is an Indianapolis local and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. This is their sixth season working at Indiana Repertory Theatre. They also serve as production manager for Summer Stock Stage and as production stage manager for Summer Stock Stage’s young professionals branch, Eclipse. “I am proud to be a part of the Indianapolis theatre community and grateful to continue to produce theatre with the team at IRT.”