OnyxFest Fall Theater Festival

Tickets are now on sale for OnyxFest 2022! OnyxFest is Indiana’s first and only theater festival dedicated to the stories of Black playwrights. Sponsored by the  Africana Repertory Theatre of IUPUI (A.R.T.I.) in partnership with IndyFringe, this revving fall festival will feature six never-produced one-act plays written by local playwrights.

OnyxFest 2022 is scheduled for November 3 – 6 at the IndyFringe Basile Theater and November 10 – 12 at the IUPUI Campus Center Theater. Tickets are $15 and on sale at https://indyfringe.org/OnyxFest/.

This year’s line-up of plays are as follows:

• “A NOISE IN THE ATTIC” by Vernon A. Williams. The life of a suburban housewife – neglected by her ambitious husband and disrespected by her spoiled stepdaughter – becomes even more complicated by sudden, unexplained noises in their new house.

• “BLACK IS MY COLOR” by Celeste Williams. In 1989, poet/philosopher Mari Evans wrote an essay entitled, “Ethos & Creativity” for a publication edited by David Hoppe. This story tries to capture her essence.

• “HOUSELESS, NOT HOMELESS” by Michael Florence. The story of five homeless people, how they came to be homeless and how they survive day-to-day.

• “MAJESTIES” by Charla Booth. Three Black women from three generations meet on a journey to discover themselves and their worth.

• “POLICE STATE” by Rain Wilson. A young Black Man with so much promise has lost his life to police brutality and in the midst of community organizing being led by the younger brother – the father decides that its not enough – and there must be a different road chosen this time.

• “YOUR LOVE WILL BE JUDGED” by Gabrielle Patterson. Six jurors residing in a world where divorce is only an option if a jury of your peers says so, is quite the challenge when everyone has vastly different opinions about love and marriage.

For information, visit onyxfest.com or https://arti.sitehost.iu.edu/. Inquiries may also be directed to 317.274.8710.