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Marcia Eppich-Harris is the artistic director and founder of Southbank Theatre Company in Indianapolis. She holds a PhD in Shakespeare and Dramatic Literature and taught at the college level for over fifteen years. She is a playwright, lyricist, and composer, and her writing includes plays, musicals (composer/lyricist), fiction, poetry, scholarship, and reviews. Her creative writing is influenced by the literature and history of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the British Medieval and ... view more »

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About My Work:

Marcia’s most recent theatre productions include a variety of ten minute plays and performances of her full-length plays Seneca and the Soul of Nero and The Profession. The Profession was published by Next Stage Press in 2023. Her first musical, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, will be produced in July 2023, and her play Seeking Nietzsche will be produced in September 2023, both in Indianapolis at Shelton Auditorium at Butler University (produced by Southbank Theatre Company). Her short fiction has been published internationally.

Upcoming Events:

Marcia’s musical, Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida: The Musical, will be produced in July 2023 and Seeking Nietzsche will be produced in September 2023, both in Indianapolis at Shelton Auditorium at Butler University (produced by Southbank Theatre Company).

Education:
  • Marquette University, PhD – English, Shakespeare and Dramatic Literature
  • Indiana State University, MA – English, Dramatic Literature and Creative Writing
  • St. Mary-of-the-Woods, BA – Music, Performance
Affiliations:

Indiana Playwrights Circle, Shakespeare Association of America, Southbank Theatre Company, Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights Center, Indiana Writers Center, and New Play Exchange.

Awards:
  • Semi-finalist, Epiphanies New Works Festival, Waco, TX, Seeking Nietzsche, Jan. 2022
  • Finalist Epiphanies New Works Festival, Waco, TX, The Profession, Jan 2021
  • Semi-finalist, Plays in Progress, The Athena Project, Denver, CO, Jan 2021
  • Finalist, Lakeshore Players 16th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, White Bear Lake, MN, “Scavengers,” March 2020
  • Quarter Finalist, Screencraft Stage Play Contest, Los Angeles, Seneca and the Soul of Nero, Jan 2020
  • Semi-finalist, Campfire Theatre Festival, Boise, ID, The Profession, Jan 2020
  • Top 10 Book Editors in Indiana, Writing Tips Oasis, Aug 2019
  • Best of Across the Margin, “Play Ball” (short story) was recognized as one of fifteen “finest fiction” publications in Across the Margin, Dec 2016
  • Outstanding Contribution to Theatre as a Volunteer, Marian University Department of Theatre 2013

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