![]() ![]() Price includes membership to the Presidential SiteĪlready a member? Enjoy a huge price savings! One ticket to all four Candlelight Theatre 2022-2023 productions One ticket to all four Candlelight Theatre 2022-2023 productionsPrice includes membership to the Presidential SiteAlready a member? Enjoy a huge price savings! ![]() Read more about season ticket package options and 2022-2023 productions below. In the fall, a ghostly tale encompasses most of the mansion, with every scene taking a new twist and turn through historic rooms.Holiday performances feature vignettes of seasonal traditions and favorite yuletide characters.Our new February production that showcases a night of love, with poetry, art and music, celebrating Valentine’s Day, Black History Month and a few of Indiana’s beloved poetsSpring productions follow a salon theatre format, using the mansion to share intimate one-act mysteries and comedies. As well as having written some of the Spring short plays, Jim has written numerous versions of plays based on the real-life murders attributed to Nancy Clem, who was tried by Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis in 1868.Candlelight Theatre offers exceptional theatre performances on a stage unlike any other.Įach season features plays within the 23rd President’s historic mansion, which provides an authentic backdrop.Ĭreative Director Donna Wing, Resident Playwright James Trofatter and a dedicated company of seasoned actors perform a combination of mysteries, comedies and thrilling historically-inspired tales. He has directed, written and acted in the Ghost Tales series since 2006, has directed and acted in the Spring salon productions since 2004, and has written the ‘Twas the Night Before… series since 2016. Candlelight Theatre and the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site have been Jim’s creative home since 2004 he was made Resident Playwright in 2006. In addition to play writing and acting, Jim was technical director for Theatre on the Square from 2005-2012. His first three full-length plays based on “Harmony” books of Philip Gulley were produced by the Irvington Repertory Theatre. He has performed at Theatre on the Square, Edyvean Repertory Theatre, the Irvington Repertory Theatre, the Oaklandon Civic Theatre, and Candlelight Theatre, as well as in various locations during the Indianapolis Fringe Festival. In 2003, Jim retired from academia to fully focus his efforts on writing plays and acting. in Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University. in Differential and Developmental Cell Biology from Rutgers, The State University, and a Ph.D. Jim was born and raised in north-central New Jersey. Summer productions are full-length plays performed either in the presidential mansion or at a nearby satellite stage.Īfter 19 years of partnership, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site and Candlelight Theatre are proud to announce the 2022-2023 season! Meet Our Talent Current Production. ![]() Spring productions follow a salon theatre format, using the mansion to share intimate one-act mysteries and comedies.Holiday performances feature vignettes of seasonal traditions and favorite yuletide characters.In the fall, a ghostly tale encompasses most of the mansion, with every scene taking a new twist and turn through historic rooms.Creative Director Donna Wing, Resident Playwright James Trofatter and a dedicated company of seasoned actors perform a combination of mysteries, comedies and thrilling historically-inspired tales. Each season features plays within the 23rd President’s historic mansion, which provides an authentic backdrop. Candlelight Theatre offers exceptional theatre performances on a stage unlike any other. ![]()
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