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Freud’s Last Session @ Phoenix Theatre
When last we wrote about Freud in these pages, it was concerning David Cronenberg’s film A Dangerous Method, which chronicled, in part, the relationship between Sigmund and his protege turned bete noire, Carl Jung. That was, as they say, based on a true story; Freud’s Last Session, which opens Thursday at the Phoenix, is more a counterfactual affair, imagining what might have happened if C.S. Lewis, the Chronicle of Narnia author and Christian apologist, had met with Freud in London on the cusp of World War II, shortly before the psychoanalyst took his own life. Such a meeting might have happened; according to the study that inspired Mark St. Germain to pen Freud’s Last
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Session, the historical record shows that an unidentified Oxford professor visited Freud after he immigrated to England. Lewis would have been in his early 40s at the time, on the cusp of his great works; Freud, an 83-year-old dying of mouth cancer. Germain’s account of the meeting has Lewis fearing a stern talking-to from Freud, whom Lewis had satirized in a recent book, only to find that the psychoanalyst is, rather, legitimately interested in why Lewis has adopted a Christian belief system. Two theater professors are among the principals in this production: Butler theatre department head William Fisher directs, with Purdue assistant director of theatre Gordon McCall playing Freud, in his debut on the Phoenix stage. Phoenix mainstay Scot Greenwell plays Lewis. March 15-April 15 @ 749 N. Park St.; Thurs., $15; Fri.-Sun., $25 (ages 20 and younger, $15); phoenixtheatre.com
FRIDAY
Urbanski conducts ‘The Planets’ @ Hilbert Circle Theatre
He’s back! Krzysztof Urbanski: the indefatigable Polish phenom, the spiky-haired sensation. We all knew going into this season that the newly-named ISO music director would be conducting a fraction of concerts here Urbanski and the ISO during this season; because conductors book so far in advance — and because Urbanski is also chief conductor for a symphony in Violin Concerto , No. 2 (performed by ISO Trondheim, Norway — he won’t lead a music concertmaster Zach de Pue ) and Barber’s director’s typical share of concerts until the Adagio for Strings . 2013-14 season. But why complain; Urbanski is back for two programs this month, kickMarch 16 and 17, 7 p.m. @ 45 Monument ing off with this weekend’s presentation of Circle; $20-80; indianapolissymphony.org
Holst’s The Planets , Szymanowski’s
Ibex Puppetry practices “Celebration of Flight.”
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SATURDAY
Spring Equinox @ Indianapolis Museum of Art’s 100 Acres
FREE
The IMA , which puts together some kind of programming for 100 Acres with the passing of each season, is bringing in a kite performance troupe, Ibex Puppetry, to mark the arrival of spring. The team will put on a 12-minute performance, Celebration
of Flight , which tells the story of how, to quote a press release, “the intangible spirits of wind and flight visit a young crane and lead it to its destiny.” Guildworks manufactured the kites and flags; the music is by Paul Rudolph. Audience participation is built into each performance; attendees will have a chance to build their own kite at an on-site workshop, then fly it during the show.
March 17 and 18, noon-4 p.m. (performances and workshop times vary) @ 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park; free; imamuseum.org
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