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DocuSign Envelope ID:Al 391 C8C-C731-4683-B498-D5B7783F86E4 s,directors and designers of the year I Theater I Indy Week <br /> Arts »Theater December 18, 2013 <br /> Honoring the best plays , performers , <br /> directors and designers of the year <br /> By Byron Woods <br /> Welcome to our annual bash. We'd call it a holiday gathering, but the party's <br /> actually been in progress all year long, in theaters large and small across our <br /> region. Everybody brings a camera to these things, it seems—and we're no <br /> different. In the categories and lists below you'll find a series of snapshots, <br /> candids and motion studies we've taken of an exuberant theater.community <br /> ever busy in the business of creation. (No selfies. You're welcome.) <br /> Contributors to this story included INDY Week critics Kate Dobbs Ariail, Tom <br /> Elrod, Emma Miller, Zack Smith and Chris Vitiello. All winners are listed in <br /> alphabetical order. <br /> SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE THEATER <br /> Ellen Hemphill, Derrick Ivey, Tim Scales <br /> We get it: It is hard enough getting your own shows up and running in the <br /> first place. That's why it's particularly notable when stage artists are able to <br /> contribute something beyond their own work to the larger community of <br /> practice as well. <br /> When Duke University gave ELLEN HEMPHILL no room to stage her newest <br /> work, she raised the funds, summoned the people power and converted a <br /> long-shuttered warehouse on Foster Street to a stately pleasure dome called <br /> 539 Muze. There she staged The Narrowing, and in December Little Green <br /> Pig produced The Man Who Was Thursday in the same space. <br /> With Manbites Dog Theater just two blocks away and the Shadowbox one <br /> block over, what could stop this development from catalyzing a downtown <br /> theater district? The bulldozer's blade, perhaps, as the commercial space is <br /> rumored for redevelopment. Still, it was fun while it lasted. <br /> http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/honoring-the-best-plays-performers-directors-and-designers-of-the-year/Content?oid=3787897&mode=print 1/16 <br />