Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) has announced the lineup for its 19th season of Broadway in Your Backyard. The 2023-24 season will bring back familiar events and be full of shows that will have you dancing in the aisle and enjoying some laughs.
The season kicks off with ATI’s Greatest Hits on Oct. 28. This will feature tunes from past ATI productions, several performed by the same actors who brought the hits to life.
ATI’s annual fundraiser, Cocktails, Comedy and Costumes, returns this season, taking place on Dec. 1. ATI will host a fabulous fundraiser with local community friends modeling favorite costumes to help celebrate the new season.
ATI will celebrate the season with the Christmas Show Dec. 13 to 17. Many more details will follow regarding this show that is sure to get you feeling merry and bright. As always, that jolly elf from up north is sure to make an appearance.
ATI will present two Broadway productions for your pleasure during the 2023-24 season. The first will be Route 66, running from Feb. 2 to 18, 2024, at the Studio Theatre in Carmel.
Take a dollop of Grease, mix in some Pump Boys and Dinettes, and add a generous dose of Forever Plaid and you’ve got the high-octane fun of Route 66. Beginning with the sounds of 1950s Chicago and traveling along the “Main Street of America” to the California coast with the surf music of the 1960s, this exciting musical revue features 34 of the greatest ‘Rock ‘n’ Road’ hits of the 20th century. Songs include “Dead Man’s Curve,” “King of the Road,” “Little Old Lady from Pasadena,” “Beep Beep,” “Six Days on the Road,” “Little GTO,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” and many more. Get your kicks with this smash coast-to-coast hit musical revue.
The new season will wrap up with Forbidden Broadway from April 26 through May 12.
In this long-running Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters. “There’s no Broadway like Forbidden Broadway!” says E.T. Weekly. “Even if you’ve never been within 1000 miles of Broadway, you’ll still love Forbidden Broadway,” according to Boca Raton News.
ATI will also be bringing back the LAB Series in partnership with the Carmel Clay Public Library. The LAB Series program is ATI’s way to show commitment to nurturing new plays and playwrights. Chosen plays will have a reading and a talk-back session with ATI audiences, staff, cast and the playwright at the Carmel Clay Public Library. The productions featured in this season’s LAB Series have yet to be determined, but will take place on Oct. 14, 2023, and March 16, 2024.
Ticket information will be available soon at atistage.org. The folks at ATI can’t wait to see you soon to be a part of the 19th season.