OnyxFest - The Price of Progress

July 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. & July 27 at 4:00 p.m.

Examining 80 years of history along historic Indiana Avenue, from bebop to hip-hop, fashion and the businesses that shaped the community. It also tells IUPUI’s history through scenes portraying its founding, struggle and what it actually costs to have this establishment exist today.

 

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OnyxFest - The Price of Progress

July 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. & July 27 at 4:00 p.m.

Examining 80 years of history along historic Indiana Avenue, from bebop to hip-hop, fashion and the businesses that shaped the community. It also tells IUPUI’s history through scenes portraying its founding, struggle and what it actually costs to have this establishment exist today.

 

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ONYXFEST – THE PRICE
OF PROGRESS

JULY 25-27
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“Coming into this play, I was completely surprised by the history of IUPUI — how it all began. “I had no idea of the struggle and the price it actually cost to have this establishment that we have here today.” — Jay Fuqua, Actor “The Price of Progress”

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— IndyStar, Dec. 2018

 

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— NUVO, Oct. 2018

 

 

“In the District’s intimate cabaret space, you get to see them perform right up in your face.” 

— NUVO, Jan. 2019

“The intimate confines of The District Theatre secondary cabaret stage add to the atmosphere, especially when Banta and Mullen’s antics take them through the audience.”

— Plays with John & Wendy, March 2019

 

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