BAT IN THE WIND - 2024 PROGRAM - Catalyst Repertory

CAST

TAYLOR ( MATT KRAFT )

Matt Kraft is an actor based in Indianapolis, IN. He has previously appeared in many local productions including A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Catalyst Repertory), PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS (Stage Door Productions), and A FEW GOOD MEN (Civic). This June he will be appearing in SPAY (American Lives Theatre). Matt would like to thank this amazing cast and crew for making this show such a fun ride!

RANDY ( DANE ROGERS )

Dane is happy to be back with Catalyst where he was last been seen in The Pillowman as Michal. Now located in Cincinnati, he’s busy directing with his wife, most recently the OCTA award winning Communicating Doors, local shorts for Homebrew Theatre 7 at The Drama Workshop, and up coming productions of The 39 Steps and POTUS, however, it’s always nice to come back and play with his friends when possible. He also works as a Simulation Specialist with the Wright State University EM Residency Program and is a NREMT. Favorite roles include: Tick, tick…BOOM! (Jon), Pippin (Leading Player), The Last 5 Years (Jamie), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Picasso), Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit), and Oklahoma! (Curly). Thanks to Zack and Casey for trusting him, Matt for being a fabulous scene partner, and to his wife Sarah for building him back up when everything tears him down.

PRODUCTION TEAM

ZACHARIAH STONEROCK
( DIRECTOR )

Zach has been a formative member of Catalyst for a long time and currently sits on our board of directors. He is also one of our Directors in Residence, as well as, an Actor in Residence. You’ve seen Zach on stage with Catalyst in The Diviners (Ferris Laymen, 2016), Tooth of Crime (Chaser, 2017) and in our 2021 IndyFringe offering, Copyright/Safe (Eyepatch).

You’ve also seen Zach’s work with Catalyst as the director of many of the new works (and a classical adaptation!) we’ve premiered; such as Feral Boy (Bennett Ayres, 2016), Popular Monsters (Lou Harry, 2018), Romeo + Juliet (Shakespeare, 2018), and Lanista (Bennett Ayres, 2022). Zach has been seen on numerous Indy stages, as well as, directed and acted as a teacher, for many local companies.

CASEY ROSS
( PLAYWRIGHT/PRODUCER )

Casey is a playwright, director, designer, illustrator, and the Artistic Director/Founder of Catalyst Repertory. Casey has become known as a veteran local playwright, through her work at the IndyFringe, amassing a collection of more than 10 critically-acclaimed original plays. Some of Ross’s most notable Fringe festival works include her published trilogy of plays, The Gallery Trilogy, her love letter to comicbooks, Copyright/Safe, and her bawdy ‘stage-sitcom,’ The Tortillo! Trilogy. Ross is also an acclaimed director and conceptual designer, in the Indianapolis area, with her celebrated productions of The Pillowman, Equus, Tooth of Crime, Coriolanus, Taming of the Shrew, Timon of Athens, The Diviners, and more. In 2017, Ross, alongside Co-Artstic Director, Pelsue, won the IndyFringe ‘Best Vetern Producer’ Award, solidifying them amoung the festival’s key players.

Last year, Ross’s major projects inculded the conceptual design and direction of Catalyst’s intimate collaborative production of A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as, Catalyst’s June revival adaptation of Broadway oddity, Starmites, both of which, took place at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre. Bat in the Wind (or A Recent Study on Depression and Addiction), originally premiered that year, at the 2023 IndyFringe. Her next play on stage will be Gallery, brought back in a newly revised script, Gallery: A Retrospective, which will play at this year’s Fringe festival.

TIM DICK
( LIGHTING )

Tim Dick is an Indianapolis based lighting designer/technician. An elusive cryptid that can most often be found haunting the lighting systems of The Phoenix theatre or incoherently babbling lighting jargon to UIndy students. After graduating with a B.A. from ISU, they spent time designing and working on both the East and West coasts. Upon returning to Indy, they are excited to be part of an ever growing theatre scene with immense talent.

AUDREY STONEROCK
( STAGE MANAGEMENT )

Audrey Stonerock is an Indianapolis-based actor and choreographer. She is a Site Director with the YMCA, serving as an afterschool childcare provider, where she can share her passion of show choir and dance with her kiddos as they get the opportunity to perform throughout the school year. Audrey has performed with numerous theatre companies throughout her time in Indy including American Lives Theatre, Betty Rage Productions, Catalyst Repertory, Defiance Comedy, Eclectic Pond, Footlite Musicals, NoExit Performance, Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre and Wisdom Tooth. All my love to Zach!

MASON ABSNER
( SET DESIGN )

Mason Absher was born on mid-December day in the late 80’s in the hallowed lands of Anderson, Indiana. He is a graduate of the Uindy department of theatre and is currently pursuing his MFA in scenic design at Randolph College. Mason enjoys the finer things in life like Diet Dr. Pepper and White Castle.

BOARD OPERATIONS...KATHY HOEFGEN
SOUND DESIGN...ZACHARIAH STONEROCK & CASEY ROSS
FIGHT DIRECTION...SARAH HEIDER
PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY...DEREK MARTIN
LOGO & MARKETING DESIGN...CASEY ROSS
SEASON SPONSOR...DEB KENT, COMPASS REALITY

SPECIAL THANKS...DOVE PRINTING, INDYFRINGE, AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS WHO GOT US TO THE FINISH LINE OF CREATING NEW WORK FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS STAGE.

CAST

TAYLOR ( MATT KRAFT )

RANDY ( DANE ROGERS )

PRODUCTION TEAM

ZACHARIAH STONEROCK ( DIRECTOR )

CASEY ROSS( PLAYWRIGHT/PRODUCER )

TIM DICK( LIGHTING )

AUDREY STONEROCK( STAGE MANAGEMENT )

MASON ABSNER( SET DESIGN )

ZACHARIAH STONEROCK
( DIRECTOR )

CASEY ROSS
( PLAYWRIGHT/PRODUCER )

TIM DICK
( LIGHTING )

AUDREY STONEROCK
( STAGE MANAGEMENT )

MASON ABSNER
( SET DESIGN )