Cardinal Stage is the first theatre company in Indiana to receive the prestigious National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (the organization that administers the Obie and Tony Awards). “This grant recognizes Cardinal in the national theatre arena and shows our viability and sustainability as a significant company,” says Cardinal’s board president, Caroline Dowd-Higgins. Click here to read about what the award means for Cardinal and local theatre.
In Nick Dear’s contemporary adaptation of Frankenstein, the Creature confronts his Creator in a morally nuanced, existential variation of the “monster story.” Cardinal Stage Company founder Randy White returns to Bloomington to direct the show and notes that the play’s “focus on the Creature as Other” gives it power and relevance — and dovetails with Indiana University’s Themester on Diversity, Difference, and Otherness. Click here to read more about Frankenstein.
Cardinal Stage Company’s 10th season culminates with America’s classic retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Boasting one of the most iconic scores in musical theatre, West Side Story will feature the Sharks and Jets dancing it out at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, addressing matters of love, race, and class through musical performance. Click here to read more about Cardinal's West Side Story.
Cardinal Stage Company’s Cardinal for Kids season finale, A Year with Frog and Toad, brings to life the old bedtime favorite with heart and humor. Fun for kids and a throw-back for adults, this high-energy, family-friendly musical captures the wonder of childhood and champions the lessons of compassion and tolerance. Join fun-loving Frog and cantankerous Toad along with their woodland friends for a wild ride this spring! Click here to read more about Cardinal’s production of A Year With From and Toad.
Featuring a future king and a ghost of sovereigns past, Cardinal Stage Company’s King Charles III is a comedy about British politics and the press that will strike a chord on this side of the Atlantic. Nominated for a Tony in 2016, Cardinal Stage’s cast and crew bring this acclaimed play to life at the Ivy Tech Waldron Auditorium. Click here to learn more about Cardinal’s production of King Charles III.
In preparing for his imminent departure to Chicago, Randy White, the Artistic Director of Cardinal Stage Company, has found an experienced and ambitious leader to shoulder the administrative responsibilities of the theatre. Gabe Gloden, the new Managing Director for Cardinal Stage Company, has big shoes to fill, but he also has big ideas and is ready to make Cardinal stronger in this “critical time.” Click here to learn more about Gabe Gloden!
