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March 24th, 2011
What an amazing run! 'diaspora' - created & adapted for the stage by Michael Hosp, starring HBP's own Jonah Winston - enjoyed a strong closing weekend at the IndyFringe Building on Mass. Ave. This project, which has been in the works for Hosp and Winston for over 3 years, saw blood, sweat, tears, & cheers during its 3-week run and brought much-deserved awareness of the human spirit & social climates to the stage for Indy's audiences. We simply couldn't be more pleased. Special thanks go out to our amazing set crew, Pat McCarney for lighting, Amanday Lynn Meyer for stage management, & and to the Indyfringe volunteer staff for exemplary efforts. This was also the first show in HBP history where donations were accepted at each show, and what a delight it was to see such generosity in Indy's theater communityfor a new theater company like Half/Black. We certainly hope we can count on such kindness for upcoming productions.
To view reviews of 'diaspora', please visit the following links!
Indy Theater Habit.com
King of Indiana.com
Visit us for upcoming news about Half/Black Productions' next journey: Grendel. Stay tuned...
Janurary 2011
Half/Black Productions co-artistic director Joanna Winston would like to extend her deepest gratitude to the students & faculty of Wabash College for welcoming the cast & crew of Gilgamesh (Indyfringe 2010) to their experimental theater for a revival of our epic tale! Special thanks go out to Robert Royalty Jr. for organizing the event and Michael Abbot for aiding our crew with technical aspects prior to showtime. Teachers & students alike had deep, thoughtful questions at the 2 shows' talkbacks and our performers were deeply humbled by how much it affected each audience. Thank you for taking the journey with us - we wish Wabash College the very best and hope we may have the chance to take another journey to their stage in the future!
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Joanna Eve Winston is in the process of adapting another classic tale to the stage, this time delving into the twisted, egotistical, fractured, & yet beautiful mind of John Gardner's reimagined persona of Grendel. Hailing from the time of fur-clad warriors & meadhalls, Grendel will give audiences the rare opportunity to view the world from the mind of a self-proclaimed "Son of Cain". Grendel will take you on a wild journey underground, over land, to ancient idols, the grand halls of King Hrothgar, and even to the forgotten halls of an other ancient beasts, inviting the audience to ponder, "Who is the real monster - man or Grendel?"
Keep an eye on the Auditions page for more information & upcoming showdates!
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A still shot from Doors to Perception, dir. by Kait Lamansky at Butler University.
Ms. Winston in Churchill's The Skriker playing the musical & deadly Yallery Brown.
A still featuring Ms. Winston & Robert Solmann in Zina Camblin's The Divinity of Women Project, dir. by Michael Bachman.
Ms. Winston featured (right) during a Butler Theater presentation for the opening of the Roman Art Exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
"Mad Kate" mask featured in Dr. John Green's piece The Tamer Tamed at Butler University. Winston was responsible for all mask design & construction.
Joanna & Jonah Winston in Aristophanes' Lysistrata
Joanna Winston will be directing and mask designing for the IndyFringe Festival 2010, representing Half Black Productions with Gilgamesh.
Press photo for Something Wicked This Way Comes at Indyfringe, Dir. by Tristan Ross
Press photo of "Ms. Loretta Ballard" shopping at the IHS 1945 Citizen's Market grocery store in Terre Haute
IMA Roman Art Exhibit opening
Caveman shoot from AnC Movies new production Science, Sex, & the Ladies.
"Romance Novel Woman" from AnC Movies' Science, Sex, & the Ladies filmshoot.
"Pregnant Cave Women" - AnC Movies' Science, Sex, & the Ladies film shoot.
Be sure to check back for updates on Joanna's next project: John' Gardner's "Grendel", coming soon to Half/Black Productions!
Jonah hails from the city of Indianapolis, Indiana where he graduated from the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University in 2008 with a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre and a Minor in Multimedia Film Production. He has performed with a number of theatre companies in the Indianapolis area, including the Susurrus Performance Group, Sapphire Theatre Company, Beef and Boards Dinner Theare, and the Indiana Rep. Theatre. Jonah has also worked with numerous nationally recognized theatre artists including director Anne Bogart, as well as with many internationally recognized theatre and film artists, including Italian director Alessandro Fabrizi, Russian directors Tamara and Alexander Anissimov, Scottish vocal coach/artist Kristin Linklater, and Australian cinematographer Richard Back.
Currently Jonah is preparing to take on the role of the immortal Utnapishtim, as Half/Black Productions takes the epic "Gilgamesh" to the historic Wabash College for two very special performances. He will also be reprising the role of "Man" this coming February/March in the exciting and thought provoking "diaspora" to be produced in association with the IndyFringe Theatre. Jonah is also excited to say that will be appearing as Sir Lancelot Pancelot in the Lilly Children's Theatre production of "The Frong Price" at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, opening in March.
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