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Alicia Rodenbeck

Alicia Rodenbeck

Whatzup Features Writer

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This year's Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre production will be Legally Blonde the Musical.

Youths get taste of theater with ‘Legally Blonde’

Omigod you guys! Just when you thought the pretty pink Barbie world had left Fort Wayne, we have the invasion of the Delta Nus!  The Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation is […]
Gavin Thomas Drew portrays Leo Bloom in Summit City Music Theatre’s upcoming production of The Producers, which will be shown at Carroll High School from June 21-30.

Summit City tackles ‘The Producers’

At this time of year, when graduations are bountiful and school is out for summer, there’s a great deal of sentimentality that is found in looking at friendships: How people […]
The music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons is brought to life in the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s production of Jersey Boys. Running through May 19 at Arts United Center, the show stars, from left, Aaron Mann, Dylan Record, Owen Saalfrank, and Adam Cesarz.

Civic Theatre stays in step with telling of ‘Jersey Boys’

Frankie Valli celebrated his 90th birthday on May 3, and what a career he’s had to celebrate!  Through 60 turbulent years, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons have claimed numerous […]
Ashley Shewman and Brad Davis share in a scene in First Presbyterian Theater’s upcoming production of The Father. Opening night is Friday, May 10.

First Pres ends Season of Love on somber note

First Presbyterian Theater have spent their 2023-24 season celebrating love of all kinds and varieties.  Kicking things off with Bedroom Farce, the theater company took us into the lives of […]
all for One productions’ Winnie-the-Pooh: A Dream of Honey continues April 26-28 at PPG ArtsLab in downtown Fort Wayne.

all for One whisks you to Hundred Acre Wood

I often watch my three children, ages 2-6, playing with their toys and creating the most innovative of worlds. This stuffed burger is married to that stuffed unicorn and their child […]
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre will present Six Degrees of Separation, beginning Friday, March 15.

Social connections are focus of Civic show

It is often said there are no more than six degrees of separation between any two people on Earth. This theory was proposed nearly 100 years ago by Hungarian writer […]
Genesis Outreach will put on Ragtime the Musical at University of Saint Francis’ Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center.

Genesis sheds light on homeless with ‘Ragtime’

As we wander through downtown Fort Wayne going about our daily business, it’s easy to see the impact the arts have had on our community. There are sculptures every few […]
Summit City Music Theatre's "A Christmas Carol" continues at Salomon Farm Park through Dec. 10.

Take in ‘A Christmas Carol’ in rustic setting

The recent weather in Fort Wayne has not been all that different from the weather that is typical of London this time of year: dark, misty, and cold. This is […]
The Purdue University Fort Wayne production of Urinetown the Musical runs through Nov. 18 at Williams Theatre.

You’re in for a treat with ‘Urinetown’

It’s been nearly 20 years since I was a freshman in college, and I still remember my first college production.  I attended a school smaller than Purdue University Fort Wayne, […]